No fairings?

[Darth]

I salute you!

My riding has taken a new direction today after i sold my gixer and bought this instead...

https://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g82/darthpalmer/IMG_0551.jpg

Best part of 3 hours on dual carriageway to get it home. I can see that i am going to need to grow much stronger neck muscles! Was mostly cruising at 80ish buti might have gotten it up into treble figures briefly - felt like i was hanging on for my life!!

I also feel much more manly on this than the gixer
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Harold_Shand wrote: I suppose it's like anything, you get your fingers burned when you start out, you learn from it and eventually become a complete arsehole about the whole thing.

[Howling TerrorOutOfOffice]

Looks a good honest engine in frame with handlebars and wheels.
What more do you need.
Well maybe a flyscreen..just a small one..and maybe rear hugger and bellypan. Fender extender?

Ignore me, its a good looking bike.

[edit] scrap the sticker tho

Pat
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[Darth]

It did have a hugger but the previous owner boke it and cut it down to a chain guard.

Small screen and tyres will be the first purchases. Sticker might go but i worry about about fading of the surrounding paint so might just stay.
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Harold_Shand wrote: I suppose it's like anything, you get your fingers burned when you start out, you learn from it and eventually become a complete arsehole about the whole thing.

[Howling TerrorOutOfOffice]

Bit of T-cut.

[typing out loud] i see no reason for the Ohlins stickers as your shocks are in plain view.

Less is more, kinda thing
Pat
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[GSF Jamie 600]

Congratulations!

Your a real man now

[27cows]

What the man above said That's a proper bike. Only communists, homosexuals and girls need a fairing
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[Clanger]

I've never owned a faired bike.
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[evoboy]

[27cows]

[hellkat]

I don't really notice the difference, I think I started out without them and then occasionally I end up with a bike that has one, I prolly don't do enough motorway time to notice the difference.

I used to have a sticker on the back of my 125 that said "Only poofters have fairings" or some such. I think I got it off some Aussie website. I took the bike to the Bulldog and parked it up in the non-pleb section, and at some point over the weekend, some clever dick wrote on the bottom of the sticker "Only poofters have 125s"

Bothered/face/face/bothered.


Although I have to admit that in my staunch refusal to wear one of those awful safety vests, having a luminescent green screen (it came with the bike!) makes me just that bit more noticeable.
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Not nearly as interesting in real life.

[dextersaurus]

Nice bike

May i suggest you at least put the chain around the frame, instead of the wheel... unless you want to wake up to this...

https://www.fugly.com/media/IMAGES/Whoops/stolen_motorcycle.jpg

But yeah, i wouldn't mind one of those myself, looks quite meaty

Dunc

[NickD]

[hellkat]

Was you there?
I am disappointed not to have seen you, if you were!

Of course I didn't wear a lid.

Anita was like "Mum, you can't NOT wear a lid, there's policemen EVERYWHERE", so I pointed to the entirety of "London" and said "Are they wearing lids, are their pillions wearing lids? I don't think so"

We got as far as Brixton before she decided to take hers off
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[Dazbo666]

Naked muscle bike is the way to go.
I'm pretty jealous at this one Darth!!
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[teech]

Ooh! I WANT that bike, nice one.
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[Darth]

Cheers Sneaked it out yesterday to get some new rubber but havent got my insurance through to get tax on it yet so decided it would be best to take the car to work today
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Harold_Shand wrote: I suppose it's like anything, you get your fingers burned when you start out, you learn from it and eventually become a complete arsehole about the whole thing.

[Darth]

Puig tinted screen fitted - does make a remarkable difference for a little bit of plastic! Still know you are on a naked bike but definately takes the worst of the wind away from the head and gives you something to tuck in behind on the dual carriageway bits

Have also removed ohlins stickers, replaced bit of broken hugger with a shiny original alloy chain guard and as mentioned before, new set of Pirelli Angels scrubbed in.

Still not total sure i like it, think it definately needs some work in the handling department or maybe i am just expecting it to handle like the gixer which it is just never going to do

Hope to get out for a good long run tomorrow to see if we can bond a bit more!
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Harold_Shand wrote: I suppose it's like anything, you get your fingers burned when you start out, you learn from it and eventually become a complete arsehole about the whole thing.

[rac3r]

You could always buy clip ons

Nice bike BTW
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[Darth]

New tyres £200.
Petrol £35
Assorted coffees, sausage rolls and burgers £20



300 miles of Scottish roads on a sunny day getting to know your new bike - priceless!

https://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g82/darthpalmer/IMG_0560.jpg

https://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g82/darthpalmer/IMG_0559.jpg
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Harold_Shand wrote: I suppose it's like anything, you get your fingers burned when you start out, you learn from it and eventually become a complete arsehole about the whole thing.

[Nai]

Looks awesomes! Love the look of it, and its surroundings ^^

[dextersaurus]

That's what it's all about, riding through the scenic roads, taking in the scenery with the sun on your back, and stopping for milkshake.

Dunc

[Howling TerrorOutOfOffice]

Stickers came off ok?

Pat
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