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34 minutes ago, jonny1bump said:

What page Clive.

Can't remember now but think it I took 5mm of the cush drive rubbers, machined both sides of the sprocket carrier and the wheel as well as the bearing spacer, turned thee back sprocket round and used a 525 chain. From memory I gained 8 to 10mm clearance with a 190 tyre.  Pic with 1 standard cush rubber fitted for example. IMG_20240904_183719.thumb.jpg.822900a6d48d0f4a8f26be6ffead1fc5.jpg

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Pie run to butcher up north west of me to scrub the new tyre in. 46psi seems a bit hard round our local roads. Reduced to 38 late in the afternoon (might try it slacker that that) which was loads better for my riding style. 55 tyre is smoother in quick corners but definitely more unstable at high speeds. IMG_20240906_133854.thumb.jpg.bfde10c9f5674644c07fe9e6b67bb82c.jpg IMG_20240906_133834.thumb.jpg.7ee538dae2545a23c1843f3c3b9d5b45.jpg

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Posted
14 hours ago, caferacerdan said:

46? I don't think I've ever ran higher than 36 on my lot...but then again back tyre's don't last long for me for some reason...never been through a front tyre though :D

Tyre shop put 46 in I'v run as low as 12 recently. 

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3 hours ago, clivegto said:

Tyre shop put 46 in I'v run as low as 12 recently. 

The tire shop must looked at your bike and thought it was gold wing with 6 months of luggage and a rather large passenger and riding mega slow or something for that pressure.

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What tyres did you use before ? I had Dunlops on a speed triple and thought they had quite a firm carcass compared with the metzlers which felt plush on bumpy back roads .... 

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53 minutes ago, DAZ said:

What tyres did you use before ? I had Dunlops on a speed triple and thought they had quite a firm carcass compared with the metzlers which felt plush on bumpy back roads .... 

Michelin road 5 before that Metzler Z8 and before those Pirelli Diablo supercorsas. The sports touring tyres last longer have good grip in the corners and better grip in the wet than the sports tyres. Although riding a turbo bike in the wet is a bit like riding on ice O.o

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On 10/13/2024 at 8:51 PM, clivegto said:

So this weekend I took the Harris to Stafford bike show with the Oldsckoolsuzuki Crew B|IMG_20241013_205036.thumb.jpg.fc2bc22209151b12d4c8215417794a77.jpg IMG_20241013_142844.thumb.jpg.de7eeedc0db63504cb3c2354e5182556.jpg

Graham's absolutely hanging out of his arse. xD

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2 seasons riding the Harris and taking it to a few shows with the Oldsckoolsuzuki Crew now so thought it was time for a few little winter upgrades. First on the list was the wheels which are a standard gsxr1000 bronze in satin from new witj a few scratches which had been bugging me. Took the wheels out last week popped the tyres n discs off then removed the cast lettering from the spokes. Dropped them of on Friday at RAW coatings near York who to my surprise rang me up today to say they were ready so of I went to pick them up. Am well chuffed with the finish and only 48 quids per wheel. B|:pimp:B|IMG_20241202_164947.thumb.jpg.ef99390db67589f1ef34ecbd499b40b0.jpg IMG_20241202_161336.thumb.jpg.7732a0455c5e13766d38c0010a3f6294.jpg

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Second thing that had been bugging me was the anodising fading on the front brake reservoir and the clutch one too. I ordered a pair of AEM factory titanium integrated reservoirs to fit the Brembo RCS. Bit pricey but there lovely :pimp:. I'v also ordered a pair of Metzler roadtec SE01's for the wheels as well. IMG_20241203_150817.thumb.jpg.ef7ba08cb14ad27384d4b002ec4871eb.jpg IMG_20241203_151038.thumb.jpg.c3679efddad2c7ded18b383148a2e80c.jpg IMG_20241203_145130.thumb.jpg.86f079b2ec7aa6dd1a4598904c28e547.jpg IMG_20241203_154416.thumb.jpg.5308a874ed180c3df0fd1e7f9bb7e0f9.jpg IMG_20241203_154539.thumb.jpg.ef0c8d99bb65a88635be5bf2b553970c.jpg IMG_20241203_154600.thumb.jpg.c47b356516dda57cf5764e6b78a6eaf2.jpg IMG_20241203_163240.thumb.jpg.d0a06785d9eaabc26d75d1d74c19cde1.jpg 

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