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haggis L Plate Warrior
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Posted: 21:15 - 18 Apr 2017 Post subject: best and worst thing you bought for your bike |
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I'm curious following my own long distance travels...
Whats the single most useless thing and single most useful thing you added or purchase to take with you on the bike? ____________________ www.perthtoperu.com | www.perthtoperth.com |
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haggis L Plate Warrior
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Posted: 21:47 - 18 Apr 2017 Post subject: agree with lock ... way tooo heavy |
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natefz6 Brolly Dolly
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The Shaggy D.A. Super Spammer
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Posted: 22:01 - 18 Apr 2017 Post subject: |
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For the latest bike, best thing has been the single seat. Worst thing so far is a pair of cheap LED spots; they are smaller than I envisaged and have a flimsy bracket. ____________________ Chances are quite high you are not in my Monkeysphere, and I don't care about you. Don't take it personally.
Currently : Royal Enfield 350 Meteor
Previously : CB100N > CB250RS > XJ900F > GT550 > GPZ750R/1000RX > AJS M16 > R100RT > Bullet 500 > CB500 > LS650P > Bullet Electra X & YBR125 > Bullet 350 "Superstar" & YBR125 Custom > Royal Enfield Classic 500 Despatch Limited Edition (28 of 200) & CB Two-Fifty Nighthawk > ER5 |
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Rogerborg nimbA
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Posted: 22:35 - 18 Apr 2017 Post subject: |
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Useless: Riderscan.
https://i.imgur.com/Nyf8IaP.jpg
Great in theory. In practice, the actual areas showing your blind spots are tiny, it pretty much always has a bright sun reflection on it somewhere, and it doesn't remove the need to do mirror and shoulder checks anyway. I just couldn't find a way to make it be more of a help than a distraction.
Useful:
Muffs. Tucano Urbano, Bitz-for-Bikes, £9.50 eBay wonders or DIY hairymuffs, they've all worked and been far cheaper than gloves that would offer the same protection. ____________________ Biking is 1/20th as dangerous as horse riding.
GONE: HN125-8, LF-250B, GPz 305, GPZ 500S, Burgman 400 // RIDING: F650GS (800 twin), Royal Enfield Bullet Electra 500 AVL, Ninja 250R because racebike |
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notabikeranym... Formerly known as meef
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Best: K Tech'd R1 forks.
Worst: Don't think I've bought anything that I would consider a waste of money for it, although when I bought the bike, it had a feck-off huge Sprint steering damper on it. Removed that straight away - these bikes just don't need one for anything less than track use, and it's not the first bike you'd think of for track days anyway. ____________________ 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
THERE'S MILLIONS OF CHICKENSTRIPS OUT THERE! |
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Posted: 23:09 - 18 Apr 2017 Post subject: |
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Best - RG500 engine tune
Worst - RG500 engine tune as it went boom shortly after.
____________________ Current Bike - 2000 ZX-7R |
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Best: The current handguards on the k surprisingly keeps a lot of the wind away from your hands and rain.
Worst: Scottoiler, it just didn't work out for me and relied on it to keep the chain lubed. Killed a chain that way so went back to normal chain lube. ____________________ CB125>CG125>GN125>ER5>K100RS>R1100RS>K100RS
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Arfa__ Traffic Copper
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Best: Nautilus Stebel Air Horn - proper loud and has saved my bacon on many occasions from dosy idiots about to head into my path.
Worst: Some cheap Cree LED spotlights. They kind of work, but mounts are shit so they keep coming loose and swing about. Crappy waterproof seals on them, so they keep filling up with condensation. At least they were cheap... ____________________ Beginner Biker Adventures Blog
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trevor saxe-coburg-gotha World Chat Champion
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Best - Can (probably too loud, but twins rarely sound bad to my ear - and the 500 sounds very good; is obviously way lighter; also considerably increases conspicuity beyond line of sight). Cost - £150+
Nurse's fob watch tie-wrapped to clutch cable such that it fits with the speedo. Just useful to have the time there if heading out to meet people. Cost - £1.30. Same as this but black - did nearly go for shocking pink but bottled it in the end (cut t-piece thing off):
https://www.worldofclogs.com/acatalog/worldofclogs_fobwatch_blue.jpg
Best - EP90. Most handbooks recommend it as the preferred chain lubricant. For a reason - applied a small amount to a clean chain daily and the chain basically doesn't wear. 30-40k+ lifespan.
Best - some sort of fender extender product. Front mudguards especially have become vestigial since at least the '90s. Wet salty shit thrown at header studs year after year has probably been more responsible for the premature deaths of jap bikes than anything else including lack of fresh oil. Bloody criminal really. I'm not necessarily saying fit proper ones as standard cos I appreciate most folk don't ride in the rain nor even the wet and also don't want to look like a grandad. But ffs at least make a decent length mudguard available as an after market extra you daft tossers. They'd sell, You'd cover what meagre development/tooling costs would be involved, and you bikes would survive for an extra thirty years so that people the world over could marvel at the finish, material and engineering qualities of japanese manufacturing - all of which is actually down to a £20 front mudguard. Holy fuck get a brain cell several decades ago ya numpty fuckwits.
Worst - dunno, tank bag? This was good for camping (kept stove and cooking shit in it), but I don't use it, it makes the bike feel bulky and I think with better packing it's probably just as easy to get it over the back of the seat.
Some throw-overs. These were probably about £70. A present. Never used. I since found some 28 litre ones for a tenth that which are now on both bikes, with a net on for items that don't fit. Panniers aren't waterproof, but not a problem if carrier bags are used inside. Do they look the part? Fuck no! Do they do the job of carrying shopping and other shite while out and about? Of course they fucking do. Have they lasted well? In fact, yeah - done a winter and 15k miles. Easy to fit? Doddle - needs inventive use of bungees though.
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/PEDALPRO-BICYCLE-BIKE-CYCLE-BLACK-TWIN-DOUBLE-STRONG-REAR-PANNIER-BAG-/351098787971?hash=item51bf1e5883:g:tCgAAOSwr~lYrHLR
Worst - any cleaning product that's not some paraffin or diesel on a rag or some blue roll. Fortunately I've never actually bought any myself, but the odd present here and there. Given away to mates with bikes. Unnecessary expense. And the only place I'd ever use a detergent type product is to get fling off back tyre. ____________________ "Life is a sexually transmitted disease and the mortality rate is one hundred percent."
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Aceslock Spanner Monkey
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Best - Vulcanet Wipes
Literally 20 mins cleaning the bike last night, and i didnt even have to move it out of the garage.......
Worst - SJ1400 Action Cam, can't be arsed to fit it anywhere on the bike. Don't particularly want to use the 3M adhesive, in case it won't come off when it comes to selling ____________________ Previous Bike: Skyjet SJ27
Sold: Yamaha YZF 600 R Thundercat. Sold: ZX636R
Current bike: R1 14B (Beast) |
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Motorhate Nearly there...
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Old Thread Alert!
The last post was made 6 years, 345 days ago. Instead of replying here, would creating a new thread be more useful? |
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