First post, don't you hate incompetant thieves?

[Nobby the Bastard]

Photos of my bike after a scummy little shite fucked up my bike.


https://i428.photobucket.com/albums/qq9/Nobbythechihuahua/P1170182_zps936f1694.jpg

https://i428.photobucket.com/albums/qq9/Nobbythechihuahua/P1170179_zpsdd5b7f55.jpg

https://i428.photobucket.com/albums/qq9/Nobbythechihuahua/P1170178_zps803cd64a.jpg

https://i428.photobucket.com/albums/qq9/Nobbythechihuahua/P1170177_zpsa78f29b0.jpg

https://i428.photobucket.com/albums/qq9/Nobbythechihuahua/P1170181_zps821acb09.jpg

And yes, it's been fixed by me, not the insurance cause they would just write it off again....
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Triumph Sprint ST 1050

[instigator]

I'm actually a little surprised they went to the effort to steal that bike.

[BigDan1190]

[Nobby the Bastard]

So am I. I mean, why would you attempt to steal an 155mph* bike?

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*originally designed to do 145 mph, but gearing at 155mph gives a nice 90mph at 6 grand. Just off the 4.5grand vibration zone and just right to bang it down a couple of cogs and hit the 7.5 grand mentalist zone...
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[Nobby the Bastard]

A photo of it when it's not covered with winter riding crap...

https://i428.photobucket.com/albums/qq9/Nobbythechihuahua/DSCF0500.jpg
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Triumph Sprint ST 1050

[Kickstart]

Hi

I do like FZs. Should sort mine out to go back on the road.

But really consider a different pipe. The Microns had an awful reputation for flat spots. One on mine was awful (got a Laser system on now which is far better).

Take it the idiots blew the main fuse trying to hotwire it.

All the best

Keith
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[Nobby the Bastard]

[c_dug]

Kickstart knows EVERYTHING! Honestly I'm pretty sure he knows the meaning of life and everything.
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[SQL]

[Nobby the Bastard]

Mr Kickstart need not apply unless he's currently at Her Majesties Pleasure.

Had a call from Bath nick a couple of weeks ago, it's being TIC'd along with a load of burgularys.
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[pepperami]

Stock reply to threads about bike theft = lets hope they are in a terrible road accident and are maimed for life.
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[Kickstart]

[Nobby the Bastard]

Went for a spin this morning and specifically looked for a flat spot between 3-4 k because I don't remember having one on mine.

Couldn't find it.

FZs do suffer in the mid-range if the size of the pipe at the headers are too large.

I'm wondring if Micron modified their design (before they went bust).
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[UnspeedySam]

Looks a lot like what the little scrotes who tried to nick my 125 did. I think the fact it won't start (at all) with the side-stand down was all that stopped them nicking it.

I love bikes of that age. Would love an FZ750 or maybe a GPZ750 as a project at some point.

The Micron system on my ZZR600 caused a pile of flat spots, the most severe of which was at about 3-4k if I remember correctly. I was in the process of putting a set of stainless 4-2 pipes on it when I got fed up and sold it in favour of the TRX850. I am told, as you've already said, that the header pipe was bigger bore than standard and that somehow upset the fuelling.
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[Nobby the Bastard]

If you are interested in an FZ, have a visit here. There's world of experience with FZs here, including 3 (maybe 4) people who had their bikes featured in Practical Sportsbike last year.



https://fz750.proboards.com/
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[RideLimousin]

Looks quite tidy in the last picture, was that before the crime or after the repairs?
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[Nobby the Bastard]

That was before (and before the write-off by a local recovery truck) but it looks much the same these days.
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[Kickstart]

[Andy J]

[Xenocide]

[Nobby the Bastard]