JLv3.0 wrote: Mon Feb 18, 2019 10:47 am
I love washing bikes but mainly because they don't really get that dirty here so it takes about 10 mins to get them looking awesome.
I couln't even be bothered rolling it forward a few inches to wash the wheels properly. There's a clean bit and a dirty on both wheels. Don't GAF.
Seeing that BMW at 3k rpm for most of the video..............let's just say it's a good thing the nipper is 3k miles away as I wanted to punch the nearest baby. I don't think he ever really got into the fun 9k+ zone even after he blurred the display out.
I get that it's hard to do a vlog on bikes because you can't be seen breaking the limit or riding like a knob. But 44Teeth manage to make it look fun without getting caught or look boring.
I hate the fact that TMF also does riding advice videos and his advice is shit. Find his "do you need to hang off in corners one" where he demonstrates it on some old BMW tourer on a roundabout at <30mph. Gimp.
Took the BMW on a 1k km round trip to Muscat over a long weekend. Those new pegs are a gamechanger - no more torture now than you'd expect on any sports / superbike.
What I did notice was that despite cruising speeds being say 50% higher than in a car, the door to door time doesn't change much as you have stop for fuel three times as often.
Oh and I'm also getting excited about Moto starting up again, and WSBK looks like being a good year as well if Phillip Island was anything to go by.
I took the Street on a short run into Wales yesterday to try and knock out those last few run-in miles, nearly completed it too, just missed out by 30miles or so but I've started extending the revs and holding it open longer. It'll never worry a sports bike in sheer pace but I have to say its right in the sweet spot of "plenty" quick enough but not too much power that you're concerned with opening the taps. Just a great fun bike to attack bends on, super agile, strong brakes, and probably the most stable naked bike I've ridden so far, even cranked right over. Cannot wait for some rain to clean the roads so I can really start having some fun.
Spoke to the local Yamaha dealer about a deal on a TracerGT too, am about done apologising for the hazardous rear shock on mine (and CBA upgrading it), he's already agreed to up the part-ex offer to remove the recent price increase (the least he could do tbh) so I'll start throwing in first service and some accessories and see where he baulks. The upgrade cost is a little salty to be fair but I found out recently we're getting a little freebie bonus from WB so that takes the sting out of it quite nicely!
Fazer is running sweet, last tank did 248 miles to less than 19 litres, which is insane for an ageing four pot on carbs IMO.. And while I'm cruising about due to cold and damp conditions, I'm not exactly mincing about trying to get economy either, just riding it with traffic conditions. 67k miles on ODO.
I'm planning on commuting in by bike as much as I can next week. Just finished fitting the rear wheel back on the 125, after having a new tyre fitted. Ended up going over the top and dismantled most of the rear end to clean everything up.
Going to take it for a ride in a bit. Let's see if the wheel falls off
Been a beautiful last few days around these parts. Only done a few hundred miles but have loved every fucking one of them. Fitted some pazzo RACING LEVERS so am now EVEN FASTER
She does look pretty tidy in that vid I must admit, but, and I can't believe I'm saying this, do we actually need more vacuous content-free videos of some chick showing her ass off?
What have I become - of course we do. Although I imagine she's no oil painting. Because let's be honest here - it's not like fit girls need any excuse to plaster themselves all over the internet, is it.
- she needs terminating!
