Falco arrives on Friday !!
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- kaisermuldoon
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Falco arrives on Friday !!
After a little problem with the documents the DVLA have came through and sorted things out.
Thanks to all who replied to my earlier post, helped to twist my arm and go for the bike, lovely Hot Red/Diablo Black Falco.
Thanks to Aladinsanek also for coming up with a seat cowl for me, amazing!
Bike should be ready for me on Friday, serviced and fitted with new Pilot Road 2s.
Sidestand ordered from bubseywoo on ebay, and Optimate on it's way too.
That should be me sorted for a while! ':smt003'
Thanks to all who replied to my earlier post, helped to twist my arm and go for the bike, lovely Hot Red/Diablo Black Falco.
Thanks to Aladinsanek also for coming up with a seat cowl for me, amazing!
Bike should be ready for me on Friday, serviced and fitted with new Pilot Road 2s.
Sidestand ordered from bubseywoo on ebay, and Optimate on it's way too.
That should be me sorted for a while! ':smt003'
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as they said to me
get your credit card ready! its only the start! I should get mine on Sunday so congrats and enjoy 

For the avoidance of doubt and for the benefit of my wife, not everything I may say here will be absolutely true I may on ocassion embellish a little for effect.
That said when it comes to motorbikes, I like to ride side saddle with a nice frock
That said when it comes to motorbikes, I like to ride side saddle with a nice frock
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bubseywoo sidestand......
ok.... first off, do you have a delivery date?
second, when it arrives, check it over for quality and finish
when fitting it, make sure it fits properly - the original stands from him were fine, but there have been some recent issues....
(keep us posted on that one - if the delivery time is as I expect, i would scour evilbay and acquire a firestorm leg as an interim measure....)
and i hope to be posting the cowl tomorrow btw!
ok.... first off, do you have a delivery date?
second, when it arrives, check it over for quality and finish
when fitting it, make sure it fits properly - the original stands from him were fine, but there have been some recent issues....
(keep us posted on that one - if the delivery time is as I expect, i would scour evilbay and acquire a firestorm leg as an interim measure....)
and i hope to be posting the cowl tomorrow btw!
Let's face it, you wouldn't go to a nurse to get good advice on a problem with a Falco - you'd choose an Engineer or a mechanic...
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- kaisermuldoon
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Thanks for that ':smt001'Aladinsaneuk wrote:bubseywoo sidestand......
ok.... first off, do you have a delivery date?
second, when it arrives, check it over for quality and finish
when fitting it, make sure it fits properly - the original stands from him were fine, but there have been some recent issues....
(keep us posted on that one - if the delivery time is as I expect, i would scour evilbay and acquire a firestorm leg as an interim measure....)
and i hope to be posting the cowl tomorrow btw!
Delivery is August / September, I figured if the bike has survived 7 years on the original stand then if I'm careful it should make it till the replacement arrives.
I had a bit of a read through the forums and didn't see any bad reports, from what I read it seems to be the best fit what have you heard?
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This thread might help , or might confuse you even more. https://www.ridersite.com/viewtopic.php?t=7469&
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- kaisermuldoon
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Re: as they said to me
Let's hope for some decent weather so we can get aquainted with or new wheels. Have funflatlander wrote:get your credit card ready! its only the start! I should get mine on Sunday so congrats and enjoy

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It's a mixed bag of news over the years as previously said, I'm one of the ones who hasn't had a problem with it, there are a few of uskaisermuldoon wrote:Thanks for that ':smt001'Aladinsaneuk wrote:bubseywoo sidestand......
ok.... first off, do you have a delivery date?
second, when it arrives, check it over for quality and finish
when fitting it, make sure it fits properly - the original stands from him were fine, but there have been some recent issues....
(keep us posted on that one - if the delivery time is as I expect, i would scour evilbay and acquire a firestorm leg as an interim measure....)
and i hope to be posting the cowl tomorrow btw!
Delivery is August / September, I figured if the bike has survived 7 years on the original stand then if I'm careful it should make it till the replacement arrives.
I had a bit of a read through the forums and didn't see any bad reports, from what I read it seems to be the best fit what have you heard?

If, as he says, it's one of the yank Red/Black ones, I believe it will have the later metal peg in the sidestand switch.furygan man wrote: just watch the plastic sidestand pin/sensor thing when removing the old one
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- kaisermuldoon
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Spent the afternoon giving reading the users manual and having a thorough look over the bike. Had it on the paddock stand and thought i'd give the sprocket nuts a quick check as I'd saw the topic on this the other day.
2 nuts loose (no jokes) on a bike with only 3600miles !!
Took out the wheel tightenend them up, will be keping an eye on this from now on.
2 nuts loose (no jokes) on a bike with only 3600miles !!
Took out the wheel tightenend them up, will be keping an eye on this from now on.
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isn't this where one of the
old uns turns up chunnering about loctite nut glue or something 

For the avoidance of doubt and for the benefit of my wife, not everything I may say here will be absolutely true I may on ocassion embellish a little for effect.
That said when it comes to motorbikes, I like to ride side saddle with a nice frock
That said when it comes to motorbikes, I like to ride side saddle with a nice frock