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Posted: 23:12 - 07 Aug 2020 Post subject: |
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Paddy. wrote: | chickenstrip wrote: | I suspect Paddy is the fuel deleting machine |
My gsxr average 140-150 a tank which is nice. I was filling up 1/2 the time in Spain on my r1 Vs a divvy and bandit 6. I ride proper jewish when I can |
You have shattered all my illusions ____________________ Chickenystripgeezer's Biking Life (Latest update 19/10/18) Belgium, France, Italy, Austria tour 2016 Picos de Europa, Pyrenees and French Alps tour 2017 Scotland Trip 1, now with BONUS FEATURE edit, 5/10/19, on page 2 Scotland Trip 2 Luxembourg, Black Forest, Switzerland, Vosges Trip 2017
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struan80 World Chat Champion
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Peirre oBollox Could Be A Chat Bot
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I’ve had my 06 from new, the obvious things to check are:
Rear hub and suspension linkages, they need annual stripping and re-greasing as part of the 12K/24K service schedule, a lot of owners change the oil/filters and neglect these, the linkage on the early ones where subject to a recall to replace the dogbone.
The early ones had plastic fuel tanks that suffered from swelling caused by ethanol, the later ones have steel tanks.
Electricals, the Rectifier should have been replaced, ideally with a Mosfet unit and wired direct to the battery as the harness block plug for the Rectifier tends to melt.
The starter sprag clutch are prone to failure, as owners keep trying to crank the bike over with a dead battery, and the slow cranking and high load kills the sprag, but swopping out the 3 battery/starter cables for heavier duty ones resolves this and improves cranking, there’s a guy on the sprint/tiger FB groups who sells them for about £15.
Some of the exhaust headers crack and are a nightmare to fix, and result in broken studs. A set of new headers that cost £800 new sold on eBay last weekend for £100+
Luggage: make sure you buy one with luggage and all the brackets, even if you don’t use the luggage, don’t be tempted to get rid of it on a whim, the brackets and metalwork for the side cases are rarer than rocking horse shit. AFAIK I’ve probably got the last set of as new brackets tucked away in the garage and I’m keeping them along with the other spare parts that I’m hoarding.
Generally a lot of owners will throw money at a bike they’ve bought, scouring the forums and socials looking for aftermarket exhausts, Farkles etc to get more power. They’ll modify the airbox engine mappings etc, but mess up doing it. So they sell it on to some mug to sort out. Your probably better off trying to find a stock unmolested bike that’s had the same owner ____________________ I accept no responsibility for swearing, drinking, motorcycle riding or your pregnant teenage daughter. |
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I tested a brand new (at the time) 1050ST when it was first released back-to-back with my 2000 model VFR800FIY.
Despite having 40k miles on the clock, the VFR was a much nicer bike to ride and a lot more refined. I bought a K1200S instead of the ST which was a beautifully built bike, but there were a lot of reliability issues. A used one could be a real money pit.
As others said, I’d look at the Z1000SX |
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I'll take some pictures after I've cleaned it as it pissed it down all the 200 mile ride home. ____________________ VFR800FI, YZF600R Thundercat and FZS 1000 |
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Old Thread Alert!
The last post was made 3 years, 123 days ago. Instead of replying here, would creating a new thread be more useful? |
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