Two weeks in progress report.

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jjdugen · #1 Post by **jjdugen** » Wed Jul 05, 2017 2:59 pm

Hi all.
I've been dodging the weather and family and friends commitments (the usual), but I've managed to put a good few hundred miles in. As mentioned, I've had carby fireblades since 2001, probably the epitome of reliable speed at 125cc prices. So I approached the Falco as a learning curve, toe in the water V twin 'experience'. Given that these are eye-wateringly cheap to buy I approached it as being no great loss if we didn't gel.
So, what do you get for £1K? First, I do have to say that this was a one, fastidious owner Falco. All the right mods, Mille rear shock, braided brake lines, full service history, nothing else molested.
What a stunning bargain!
I have had to realign my riding methods. The 'blade starts to sing round about 4K rpm, building power as the revs increase. Wack it open and you have a few milliseconds to change your mind! Not so with the Falco!! Open throttle, go like stink! Handling is a little on the slow side, I'll get under her and raise the ride height a lot of tads, checking the linkages while I'm there.
Only cost has been a new battery, owner quite open about it probably needing one, bike was in too good condition to quibble.
In the process of modding a spare grab rail to mount a Givi rack, spending more on polish than bits. Well pleased, to say the least!
Only one last thought. Just how many ARE left up and running, seems to be a very exclusive club, this one!
(Can't seem to see how to add a picture. Is there a restriction on new posters?)

fatboy · #2 Post by **fatboy** » Wed Jul 05, 2017 5:03 pm

Good to hear there's another one hooked !
You do get a whole load of bike when you buy into the Falco.
I'm sure you will find loads on here about sharpening up the handling, tyre choice also makes a difference.
As for posting pics, I'm sure a grown up will be along soon to help with that, \I cant help, I cant even be trusted with kids safety scissors

#3 Post by **mangocrazy** » Wed Jul 05, 2017 9:07 pm

Hi jjdugen, most folks use a photo hosting service and then link to it to add photos. I've always used Photobucket, but have heard bad reports that they are starting to clamp down on 3rd-party linking. At some point in the future we'd like to add a picture hosting service on the forum, but aren't able to offer that at the moment.

D-Rider · #4 Post by **D-Rider** » Thu Jul 06, 2017 7:59 am

Here's the forum "How to post Pictures" sticky:
https://www.ridersite.com/viewtopic.php?t=231

The trouble with free picture hosting sites is they tend to lose pictures from time to time .... which can be annoying.

Also, be aware that for them to be seen here, you need one that will provide a link that ends with a picture file extension (.jpg .bmp etc).

The one I've just started using is https://imgbb.com/
I'm not going so far as to recommend it ... I had to find a new one quickly when the New Joiner Pictures disappeared. However, so far so good.

#5 Post by **mangocrazy** » Thu Jul 06, 2017 9:02 pm

D-Rider wrote:The one I've just started using is https://imgbb.com/
I'm not going so far as to recommend it ... I had to find a new one quickly when the New Joiner Pictures disappeared. However, so far so good.

What site did we use previously for the New Joiner pics, Andy? Was it Photobucket by any chance?

D-Rider · #6 Post by **D-Rider** » Thu Jul 06, 2017 9:38 pm

mangocrazy wrote:
D-Rider wrote:The one I've just started using is https://imgbb.com/
I'm not going so far as to recommend it ... I had to find a new one quickly when the New Joiner Pictures disappeared. However, so far so good.
What site did we use previously for the New Joiner pics, Andy? Was it Photobucket by any chance?

TBH I can't remember for sure but it was probably Imageshack.

JeanLucRidehard · #7 Post by **JeanLucRidehard** » Fri Jul 07, 2017 6:45 pm

I use photo bucket it's fairly easy to upload