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The varlet known as Adrienne M Jenn did proclaim to all assembled:

You have a wobbly seat?
This I must see! ;-)

 

Just seen Molly's pictures from the weekend: that new bike of yours
looks bloody gorgeous. Glad to see it doesn't have a hom colour scheme
like Blaney's ;o)

How long are your legs, btw? (Not that I am jealous, or anything. Me?
never. suffer from leg-length envy or envy of
them-what-can-ride-bigger-bikes-regardless? of course not! much.)

 

Like Blaney's what?

 

Get in there! You're going to have such a fun summer on that

Junctions, particularly sloping ones seemed to be your only nemisis.

Looked like one and a half, sort of bouncing from one to the other, to me

Don't stop until you get home? hmm could be tricky.
I would suggest possibly breaking all the "rules" and putting one set of
toes down firmly, and making that the right foot side. Not sure whether
perhaps sliding slightly off the seat to enable this would be good or
bad, but try and see what works best for you.

Have fun tho

 

Like your old poo-coloured bike. Who did you manage to flog that to?
Or did you pay them to atke it away? ;o)

Heh, not really, on more charitable days, I refer to it as a 'ginger'
bike.

 

Oh, that.

My mate Mark had it off me. He just wants some NCD so he can get a
Gixer Thou.

I did give it to him for a song.

It's clearly brown.

 

Suze says...

Marvellous, have lots of fun on it. Are you going to do the DC w/ again
but this time on the 600?

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Lesley
ZXR400SP
SBS#11[with oak-leaf cluster]
BOTAFOT#101A UKRMHRC#12
BONY#54P BOB#18

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Suze says...

How much did you manage to get it lowered by? 1 or 2 inches?

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It was based around how much Hagon could safely shorten the rear shock by;
they could have taken about 25mm out of it which would equate to about
55mm when fitted to the bike.

However, the safer route was to shorten it by about 10mm which equates to
35mm or about an inch and a half reduction in static height at the rear.
The forks were then dropped through the yokes by an additional 10mm.

Whilst doing this, we all learned what a royal PITA removing the rear
bodywork is on this bike plus Mr.Honda had a brain-fart when designing it
as one has to raise the fuel tank (for which there is no prop or
work-around) to get at the top linkage bolt.

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| Wik -UKRMHRC#10- 2003 R1150GSA -DC#1 -'FOT#0 'FOF #39 - BOD#12 BOB#12
|# You don't believe me | "Experience is the worst teacher.
|That the scenery | It always gives the test first
|Could be a cold-blooded killer. | and the instruction afterward."
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Wik says...

Hmm, thanks. This may widen my search for another bike should I be able
to afford one this year.

I could do it if I sold the 400 first, but I'm a bit worried about not
finding what I want when I want it, IYSWIM, and being bikeless.

Did you have to make any alterations to the side-stand? When I borrowed
Vicky's Bandit the forks were lowered, but this meant that the bike
'stood up' a lot more when on the sidestand, making it difficult to get
onto the (laden) bike in some situations.

Heh, You want to try working on a ZXR4, then you'll learn real cursing
;o)

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BOTAFOT#101A UKRMHRC#12
BONY#54P BOB#18

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Oh aye; lopped off the "foot" and about a 1/2" of stand and then welded a
new "foot" on the end. Needs a spot of black Smoothrite to finish, really.


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| Wik -UKRMHRC#10- 2003 R1150GSA -DC#1 -'FOT#0 'FOF #39 - BOD#12 BOB#12
|# You don't believe me | "Experience is the worst teacher.
|That the scenery | It always gives the test first
|Could be a cold-blooded killer. | and the instruction afterward."
***** human response from wik at blueyonder dot co dot uk *****

 

I think my inside leg is about 28 inches. Sadly I don't long legs for
my height - just pretty much in proportion with my overall shortness!
;-)

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Suze
CBR600F Sport & CBR400RR
BOTAFOT#77 two#23 BOB#13
email (for humans): suzel at blueyonder dot co dot uk
ukrm's endurance race team: www.team-ukrm.com

 

Not sure yet. I don't think it would be worth it until I'm a bit more
confident on it.

Molly spent a day with me last weekend which I very much appreciated and
has helped enormously. I just need to keep practicing.
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Suze
CBR600F Sport & CBR400RR
BOTAFOT#77 two#23 BOB#13
email (for humans): suzel at blueyonder dot co dot uk
ukrm's endurance race team: www.team-ukrm.com

 

Suze says...

Heh, there's a difference in our thinking ;o) I would like to do the DC
w/e on a bigger bike due to the extra engine braking that just isn't
there on the 400. Have you noticed any difference in engine braking
between your 400 and the 600?

Aye, practice makes a better more skilled rider, hopefully.

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Lesley
ZXR400SP
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BOTAFOT#101A UKRMHRC#12
BONY#54P BOB#18

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Enter stage right, Mr. Credit Card!;-)
Actually, I had a nice talk with my credit card company and managed to
negotiate a rather favourable rate, better than any loan or HP
agreement.

That said, I wasn't confident enough to test ride the bike so had to
just go with my gut feeling that it was the right one for me.

I think it just came down to determination in the end and knowing that I
had a long road trip in the summer to contend with so needed to get
something soon.

You may find the following link interesting. I've not spoken with them
but they are approved by Honda.

http://www.fiinternational.com

Having the shorter shock has reduced the ground clearance somewhat but
in my opinion that is a small price to pay for the pleasure of riding
the bike.

Other than that, it's pretty much as Wik has said really.

Good luck!

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Suze
CBR600F Sport & CBR400RR
BOTAFOT#77 two#23 BOB#13
email (for humans): suzel at blueyonder dot co dot uk
ukrm's endurance race team: www.team-ukrm.com

 

Suze says...

You have an inside leg measurement about the same as mine, and I'm 5'
8" tall.

 

Lozzo says...

And what shoe size?

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Lesley
ZXR400SP
SBS#11[with oak-leaf cluster]
BOTAFOT#101A UKRMHRC#12
BONY#54P BOB#18

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SP says...

Euro 40, UK 6

 

Lozzo says...

And me, a 4. If Suze has the same shoe size as I do, it's enough to
make a difference between bikes.

And the sooner I sling this keyboard with it's missing 'e's the f*cking
better.

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Lesley
ZXR400SP
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BOTAFOT#101A UKRMHRC#12
BONY#54P BOB#18

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SP says...

I think the pair of you need to be looking at Daytona LadyStar GTX[1]
boots. They give you an extra 1 1/2 inches in height with a clever built
up insole that you don't notice. 215 of your earth quids IIRC, there's a
link to GLF Accessories in my .sig.

[1] Virtually identical to the RoadStar GTXs that many ukrmers and
police officers wear.