Thread: What 2 wheeled (3 if you have a Spyder) toy do you have?

Sweet, Vlad. I like the black more than the blue/white. That's the first I've seen in black.

Pedro, the topboxes come off in seconds. I have to make a frame to fit the one I have for the XJR1300.

ooooh!!

I feel a drag coming on!!!

Originally Posted by Pedro_The_Swift

ooooh!!

I feel a drag coming on!!!

Vlad would have a significant weight advantage!

Originally Posted by p38arover

Vlad would have a significant weight advantage!

can you hold yours up? ......

Originally Posted by incisor

can you hold yours up? ......

Umm, the bike or something else?

Originally Posted by Pedro_The_Swift

LOL!!
so how heavy is it??

top boxes are fine,, if you carry stuff all the time.

you'll have to work twice as hard now to replace those chains and tyres,,

It's about 230-ish kgs dry. Ron's XJR would be a tad lighter, though he may be heavier than my 90 odd kgs as he seems to believe I will have the weight advantage.

As Ron says the top box comes off in moments. Sure the bike looks better without the frame/rack but I'll be riding to work every day so its super handy to have the Givi. Somewhere to keep the wet weather lines for my jacket and pants and the helmet.

As to the chain - well modern O-ring chains actually last surprisingly well mate not like those crappy old things we used to have which would be more appropriate for locking the gate to a cattle yard...

Tyres on the other hand well, yes they can use tyres BUT I certainly haven;t been brave enough to come anywhere NEAR the limits of this bike yet as I suspect my limits are much lower.

Gotta do me a "refresher" course - the low speed stuff etc is OK but just need to make sure I;m going to have my techniques right for that high speed (100kph your honour) touring and mountain roads.

Oh and did someone mention a drag race?
The GSX has more torques than the XJR so I'd probably win.
Miond you one can never be sure so it would probably require us to race one another say 20 or 30 times to settle the matter...

That's an awesome beast Vlad! That seat looks so comfy.

Give it a fist full and I think your arms might come off!

Bummer on the drop, how did that manage to happen?

Would have taken some might to get it back up again.

When I got home I kicked the sidestand down and lowered the bike on to it....


...or I would have done had I actually pushed the stand down all the way.

So a 240ish odd kg bike is suddenly on its side, and on my wrist, all at the same time.

As the queen would say "We are not amused".



Turns out I don't have the right technique to lift the bike back onto its wheels and this certainly wasn't the time to learn... I wanted to avoid any extra damage !

Anyway after copping a serve from the bloke I'm living with "You shouldn't ride any bike you can't pick up", they helped me to pick it up out of the slowly forming pool of petrol leaking from the tank. I presume this is normal when a bike is sideways?

Anyway the butcher's bill seems to be...
Broken clutch lever.
Bent / loose LH mirror
Lots of scrapes on the LH side crankcase cover.
The surround to the clocks took a small hit and that has loosened it off I think.
Scratches on the front guard (one place and just needs a touch up).

I think I may have got off lightly. Would have been worse if it was on the other side with that nice pipe...