[QUOTE] It takes you 20 minutes to do 175 miles?[/QUOTE] 200 - 175 = 25. I have done 25 miles.
<snip> You/ll have to perfect your getting on / getting off technique when the bike's fully loaded. DAMHIKIJKOK -- Dan L (Oldbloke) My bike 1996 Kawasaki ZR1100 Zephyr M'boy's bike 2003 Honda NSR125R Spare Bike 1990 Suzuki TS50X BOTAFOT #140 (KotL 2005), DIAABTCOD #26, BOMB#18 (slow)
Dan L wrote I go at it like a ballet dancer me, with one leg up in the air and hopping in from about three feet away.
WTF told you that you had to do 200 miles to run-in your tyres? Most places say 100 miles (which can still be somewhat excessive, depending on the circumstances). It's not 100 miles per tyre, in sequence, you know.
<cough> http://sweller.dynalias.org/dan/dan_l_26_7_86.jpg That'll be 19 years ago come July. -- Dan L (Oldbloke) My bike 1996 Kawasaki ZR1100 Zephyr M'boy's bike 2003 Honda NSR125R Spare Bike 1990 Suzuki TS50X BOTAFOT #140 (KotL 2005), DIAABTCOD #26, BOMB#18 (slow)
Without wishing to reheat (heh) a previous thread you just need to take it gently for 50 miles at the outside. Just let the tyres get up to full temperature and don't be giving it handfuls in the braking, throttle or lean department for that period. Personally I'm a twenty minuter.
Dan L emerged from their own little world to say He's 6'6". I don't think he'll have much trouble. It always amuses me the way Verdigris gets onto his Tiger. The last time I mounted a bike with such nonchalence was when cocking my leg over a VFR400.
Verdigris emerged from their own little world to say Not necessarily more expensive. I picked up a comfy pair for a couple of quid in TKMax. Admittedly, they are a worrying beige colour but just the thing to tuck into a tank bag for an overnighter.
So you've had it long enough and long enough (iyswim) to know what it looks like long. Go on, Loz, admit it, you'd quite fancy yourself.
<Snigger> You haven't changed much though. I'll have to dig some of mine out when I had long blonde hair. I might even have some when I was at the height of my hippy phase
Bear emerged from their own little world to say I had noticed that too. Whilst miserably attempting to keep Champ in sight across a single track road in the Cambrians my mirrors were filled by his presence. IIRC, once Champ had disappeared off the horizon he passed me as the road widened into 2 lanes. Some people have labelled me as a quick rider. By UKRM standards I am nothing more than mediocre.
Whinging Courier says... Of course, post-mob rebellion time. I fancy myself even with the lights out or when there are no mirrors around. I'm fucking gorgeous.
I didn't see Champ's tail for dust when I went out with him and a few others [1] [1] I didn't see much of anybody else's tail for dust either. -- Dan L (Oldbloke) My bike 1996 Kawasaki ZR1100 Zephyr M'boy's bike 2003 Honda NSR125R Spare Bike 1990 Suzuki TS50X BOTAFOT #140 (KotL 2005), DIAABTCOD #26, BOMB#18 (slow)
F R O Heh (man) -- Dan L (Oldbloke) My bike 1996 Kawasaki ZR1100 Zephyr M'boy's bike 2003 Honda NSR125R Spare Bike 1990 Suzuki TS50X BOTAFOT #140 (KotL 2005), DIAABTCOD #26, BOMB#18 (slow)
<fx: waves dismissively> I realised that. Most of it's down to being experienced enough to understand the current conditions: if it's a scorching hot, dry, summer's day, you'll barely need to run them in at all[0]; if it's soaking wet day in January and barely above freezing, it can take months[1]. [0] Hang a left out of the tyre fitters, then take the next right - OK, they're done. [1] At least, that's what it feels like.
