New bike

[pinkyfloyd]

Oh yes. The pinky one has joined the V twin riders and splashed out on this baby. Excuse the crap pic quality but the pics were taken as it started to get dark with the camera phone. Bike needs a bit of a clean but I can do that.

In comparison the the GSXR its a whole different animal. Where the GSXR had bundles of power in high revs this thing is all low and mid range torque. Sounds like thunder too!

https://img.photobucket.com/albums/v494/be1ly/new/CIMG0303.jpg

https://img.photobucket.com/albums/v494/be1ly/new/CIMG0304.jpg

https://img.photobucket.com/albums/v494/be1ly/new/CIMG0305.jpg
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illuminateTHEmind wrote: I am just more evolved than most of you guys... this allows me to pick of things quickly which would have normally taken the common man years to master
Hockeystorm65:.well there are childish arguments...there are very childish arguments.....there are really stupid childish arguments and now there are......Pinkfloyd arguments!
Teflon-Mike:I think I agree with just about all Pinky has said.

[P.addy]

you leave them on the road...

sod that.. too much theft around here

Very nice bike mate

[pinkyfloyd]

Saddly there is no where else to park here. The bastards at the council wont let us park them in the land out the front. We get sent nasty letters about it. (Even tho the chav upstairs parks her scooter there without a word)

There is also CCTV pointing at the bikes at all times (not that it helped when someone bent the peg bracket on the GSXR a few weeks back)

It is a side road with nothing but the entrance to the flats and a few garages so very little in the way of traffic. Added to the Fuck Off chains, Disc lock and the new one is datatool alarmed. Old one is standard alarmed. So far.... Touch wood!
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illuminateTHEmind wrote: I am just more evolved than most of you guys... this allows me to pick of things quickly which would have normally taken the common man years to master
Hockeystorm65:.well there are childish arguments...there are very childish arguments.....there are really stupid childish arguments and now there are......Pinkfloyd arguments!
Teflon-Mike:I think I agree with just about all Pinky has said.

[bacon]

cool bike mate, litre twins sound epic dont they!

can you ask the council to maybe supply you with a rail or something to chain the bike to at least?

[Inkognito]

Congrats again
Very nice bike.
Just be careful until you get used to it. They're very easy to go fast on and you don't notice the speed because it feels like you're doing 40 at 60.

Will look forward to the wheelie vids.

[pinkyfloyd]

your right about the speed. The gsxr was fast but it felt like you were going fast. Sitting at 70 on the way home on the VTR felt like I was crawling.
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illuminateTHEmind wrote: I am just more evolved than most of you guys... this allows me to pick of things quickly which would have normally taken the common man years to master
Hockeystorm65:.well there are childish arguments...there are very childish arguments.....there are really stupid childish arguments and now there are......Pinkfloyd arguments!
Teflon-Mike:I think I agree with just about all Pinky has said.

[Inkognito]

Hehe yep.
One thing i do love though is the engine braking. Never used the brakes so little on a bike before.

[Darth]

Cool bike Was actually looking around at a few of these before i found my 9. Still on my list of bikes to own at some point.
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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]

My bike is faster than yours.


Pat
Well....not really...but i won't be stopping every 85miles to fill up.
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[Paxovasa]

Nice one pinky

I would check it as it seems to be leaking oil.

The sub frame looks twisted also
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Suzuki GSF600 K3 (in the fastest colour, black).

[Inkognito]

[MinhDinh]

Is the subframe bent then?
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Hit the G spot.

[Carvel]

Awesome, looks good

Whats happening to the gsxr?

[blurredman]

Yes, I can see it also, It has a twisted subframe.
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[flumpy7]

Yyyyup nice bike, I had one until recently. So much fun and a different feel all togther to an IL4. Really easy to wheelie btw. Are you gonna get a pair of really noisy cans on it?
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[pinkyfloyd]

ha ha. I know. Bloody chain looks tight too! Paxman, them black blobs on the floor are gouges in the road surface from the gsxr's side stand believe it or not! The rest is oil from the cages. Its a comunal parking area. Will get a pic up from summer when i'm at the pc next.

The GSXR was only a long term loan from a friend. It was his spare hack and offered me the use of her until I sorted out my own ride.

EDIT: The pic in question:

https://img.photobucket.com/albums/v494/be1ly/new/CIMG0215.jpg

The floor where the bikes are parked is littered with little dots like that. They just dont build roads strong enough these days!
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illuminateTHEmind wrote: I am just more evolved than most of you guys... this allows me to pick of things quickly which would have normally taken the common man years to master
Hockeystorm65:.well there are childish arguments...there are very childish arguments.....there are really stupid childish arguments and now there are......Pinkfloyd arguments!
Teflon-Mike:I think I agree with just about all Pinky has said.

[Howling TerrorOutOfOffice]

Ooops. Forgot to say, nice twin pinkyfloyd.

Feels good having your own bike eh? I had the loan of a XL..couldn't wait to get my own...a beatup CG

Ride well
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[pinkyfloyd]

[J D]

I was looking at vtr's before i got my hornet, love the noise they make
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m0l0t0v wrote: Chris, just so you know, JD is a nutter

[J D]

I was looking at vtr's before i got my hornet, love the noise they make
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m0l0t0v wrote: Chris, just so you know, JD is a nutter

[pinkyfloyd]

[fbmbmx]

nice bike man .



surprised you could get your phone to work for the pics lol
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[pinkyfloyd]

[Inkognito]

Ok, i tried but i can't do it.
I have to say it.
You will have to respray the bike. I'm pretty sure black is the slowest colour for the firestorms. Almost as slow as the red one. Almost.

[Howling TerrorOutOfOffice]

Black is cool.
But Tim's Storm does look tasty in yellow.
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