What did you do to your bike today?

[StripleR675]

I know what a good tyres like. I like my tyres to grip well and give plenty of feedback.. The metzelers didnt do that very well. So they werent on my list of tyres that id have again.

Tyre choice is a personal choice. I fitted michelin PR3's directly after those and they were soo much better. In my opinion, of course.

Its funny what you say about people who've come to biking in recent years, because my dads been biking for nearly 40 years now, and his GSA came with metzelers. He took em on 1 trip around europe and binned em as soon as he got back.

I wouldnt fit them again.. Simpy because id have to pay for them.. Pay for them to be fitted, rhen pay for them to be taken off if i decide i dont like them, sell them for next to nothing, and pay for something decent. A big job, when i could just get somehhing i know i like.

Stop the press, front page news - All Metzelers tyres are rubbish. Shame nobody told Guy Martin or James Hillier before they joined the 132mph TT club on them, lol...

Gripping tyres I ever rode on were Metzelers - Rennsports, which were totally unnecessary for road riding, but stuck like the proverbial poop to a blanket (and we're, of course, identical to Pirelli Supercorsas, apart from tread pattern, since Pirelli and Metzelers are the same company) But, I ain't getting drawn into an Internet tyre debate - life's too short and, even in a field where as much bobbins is talked as there is in motorcycling, the subject of tyres generates more of it than pretty much any other.

I'm just glad I don't have to sell them anymore, and listen to the toss talked by most of the customers, lol - half of them didn't even know what tyres that had on their bike, most of them didn't know what they wanted, and most of those that asked for advice would then just ignore it and buy something else instead, lol. I remember one afternoon, myself and a colleague wasting a good 15 minutes with three typical sportsbike owners, who were heading off to the south of France, and wanted new Supercorsas fitted - after getting bored of trying to get it into their thick heads that it was a bad idea, that the tyres would be shagged before they even got to their destination, and that they would be better off fitting some decent sports touring rubber, then changing back to Supercorsas to prop up their egos when they got home we just thought "f**k it", took their money, and had a good chuckle at the thought of them stranded somewhere in rural France, trying to find someone to fit another three sets of Supercorsas on a Sunday afternoon, lol...

[StripleR675]

Nikwax Techwash is your friend. Oh, and a washing machine.

Cleans the road muck and dead flies off, then reproofs.

Tech wash doesn't reproof, it only washes. You need to treat with their TX Direct afterwards, if you want to reproof the outer fabric.

[Gyp]

Tech wash doesn't reproof, it only washes. You need to treat with their TX Direct afterwards, if you want to reproof the outer fabric.

I've got these in the cupboard; I'd completely forgotten about them. Time to fire up the washing machine!

[fabiamk2SE]

Ill be honest striple.

Im not gonna read that great long paragraph of presumable sarcasm.

Edited 11 August, 2015 by fabiamk2SE

[StripleR675]

Ill be honest striple.

Im not gonna read that great long paragraph of presumable sarcasm.

No, only the first paragraph was sarcasm, lol.

[FUBAR]

Today the weather was great for the first time in weeks and I realised only this evening that I have a bike........  I spent the day changing tyres from one set of alloys to another and swapping those for the steelies and getting tracking done on car, like an absolute cage monkey :(

 

TOMORROW is another day and come hell or high water, the ninja will be waking the neighbours   Tempted to take it to work Friday morning also, so I get to ride it home, but it does mean a 4am alarm call for all the neighbours   

[XLBaconDoubleCheese]

Do it! Mine got a 3:30 wake up call last Friday

Edited 12 August, 2015 by matt1chelski

[Madrunner]

As above - do it !!!

[CWARD]

After 6 weeks of bathroom renovations and missing out on most of the "good" weather I have managed to clear enough space in the garage that I could actually get the bike out now. Just need to clear it of the coat of various dusts that now dull its shine and make a mental note to buy a bike cover before using the garage for cutting materials next time. Then I can take it for blast whilst avoiding nutters in breakdown trucks.

[Johnny50]

Decided that the Arrow cans were just too quiet on the Speed Triple even with the baffles out.

 

So the stubbying has begun!

 

Both are now done but just need badges/bands/caps riveted back on.

 

Should sound a bit better

 

Edited 12 August, 2015 by Johnny50

[StripleR675]

Decided that the Arrow cans were just too quiet on the Speed Triple even with the baffles out

Should've got the 3 into 1 lowboy system.

[Johnny50]

Should've got the 3 into 1 lowboy system.

Not at the price of them. Not worth the money.

I got these free in the offer when I bought the bike new otherwise I'd not even have opted for the arrows.

[fabiamk2SE]

Took it for a ride to MFN.

I do love riding after dark. Only thing that ruins it is all the bloody flies.

[StripleR675]

Not worth the money.

Yes they are. Great noise, massive weight saving, massive aesthetic improvement, healthy power increase, and only £50 more than the twin cans (if you'd bought them, that is).

[StripleR675]

And won't mess up your fuelling, like those cut down cans will...

[BO60BYS]

Decided that the Arrow cans were just too quiet on the Speed Triple even with the baffles out.

 

So the stubbying has begun!

 

Both are now done but just need badges/bands/caps riveted back on.

 

Should sound a bit better

 

 

You putting the carbon end back on?

[BO60BYS]

Mine went from 

 

 

to this

 

 

and a added breather hose from the fuel cap 

 

 

 

 

It is BRUTALLY LOUD !!!!

[fabiamk2SE]

Very nice! Doesnt look out of place in any way either!

[Madrunner]

What's MFN dude ?!!!

Yours of confused....

[fabiamk2SE]

What's MFN dude ?!!!

Yours of confused....

Middle of ****in Nowhere.

Its a place just outside Nottingham.

Like, a proper pub, but its got loads of land around it so its used for car and bike meets, amoungst other things.

Wednesday night is Bike Night (:

[Johnny50]

You putting the carbon end back on?

 

Yep they're already back on. i hadn't finished riveting everything back together at that point

[Johnny50]

Yes they are. Great noise, massive weight saving, massive aesthetic improvement, healthy power increase, and only £50 more than the twin cans (if you'd bought them, that is).

 

Agree on the weight saving but with my lame skills on a bike the saving isn't noticed

[fabiamk2SE]

Agree on the weight saving but with my lame skills on a bike the saving isn't noticed

It isnt for most.

the biggest improvement to most on the road seems to be the rider.

[Madrunner]

Unless you're being chased by a KTM of course

[Madrunner]

Middle of ****in Nowhere.

Its a place just outside Nottingham.

Like, a proper pub, but its got loads of land around it so its used for car and bike meets, amoungst other things.

Wednesday night is Bike Night (:

Gotcha - sounds a bit like the Victoria pub at Coalville.

Might have to take a mosey up there to see what's what. Not that far away.