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Well, just thought I'd post up a couple of pics of my Baby!
A 2001 Aprilia SL1000 Falco.
Ive just completed the Mille swingarm conversion, LED indicators, some custom tank-pads and a homemade tail-tidy.
This is how she looked when I bought her, (bout 2 months ago!)...

And this is her now...

Quite a difference and loads more sexy imo!
Why they didnt come with this swinger as standard I'll never know!...
Anyhoo.
Thanks fer looking and all comments welcome!
FM

Before that was...
My 2004 Kawasaki zx6r,(B1H 636).

My last bike up until a 'person' in a cage drove through me on a roundabout in September last year.
I loved the Hi-level Micron. Sounded nice, (fer an inline four!), and looked smart imo.
Want a pair fer me Falco...
The crash wrote her, and very nearly me, off, (light cosmetics but swingarm bent and frame badly scratched ); Got the payout, got the Falco!
Every cloud, and all that...
A (too) razorsharp little missile that, although a lotta fun, lacked the guts I was after in a bike.

Before that came...
My 1998 Triumph Daytona T595...

Got her as I fancied havin a reliable, (affordable), twin or triple and I loved the style from when they were new, but could never afford one.
Very Darth Maul but after a while, (tho I loved the engine), I fancied summink newer and lighter to keep up with me mates 2002 GSXR600, (see above bike)!...

And before that was...
My much missed 1996 Kawasaki zx7r...

Great times and great memories with this bike.
Probably helped that my brother also had one, in silver, and most of our mates had a bike too.
We were out every weekend that we could. Blasts to Alston or Scarborough with occasional jaunts to Scotland and Wales.
Ahhh.
Happy days...
Now we are all Married/With Kids/skint so either have em SORNed, (as in my mates Bandit6, tho thats prolly for the best... ), or sold.
Except for me.
I refuse to give in!

Now that looks really good

VERY nice!!

Ta very much!
(Dont look much like a tourer NOW does she!?!? )
Heh!

falcomunky wrote:Ta very much!
(Dont look much like a tourer NOW does she!?!? )
Heh!

It isn't tho is it?

No more than my Blackbird was (well thats what I've been told )

Okay, I'll give in.. HyperSports Bike with a Comfy Seat...

SL = 'Sport Light', apparently!
(190kg aint light in my book, but she has more low-down grunt than me mates 03 RSV!)

falcomunky wrote:SL = 'Sport Light', apparently!
(190kg aint light in my book, but she has more low-down grunt than me mates 03 RSV!)

Lights the word, 'birds are 223Kg

Have you lightened it in any way tho?

Took the OE indys off!
Then put the (probably) heavier Mille swinger on!
Oh, and the bellypan aint standard either, so its prolly more like 200 kg!

Has it been chipped? breathed on?

Aint checked to see if its been chipped yet. It has titanium cans, (no badge/stamp/sticker so Im not sure what make but they are soooo light!), a 15 tooth front sprocket and K+N filters. She fair shifts along!

She fair shifts along!

That's what you get from having an RSV lump to play with...

I wonder if you could shoehorn a 'Factory' engine into a Falco?

Hey FM

Like those indys, where from and cost please?

looks pretty good for a silver one!!!!!!!!!!!!

Indys offa Ebay and well cheap too! They are intended to use on car mirrors but work a treat on the various curved surfaces on bikes!
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... RK:MEWN:IT
I also had the same ones, (same seller I think), on me zx6r and they were on fer two years, (before the bike was written off!), in all weather and never gave any trouble!
They are E-marked, though Ive yet to go through an MOT with em on, (the 6r was too new fer an MOT)...
Oh, you will need a flasher unit for em and ya have to leave a pair of the OE indys on as well, (They flash like hazards if ya dont; not sure why that is as they were fine on the 6r!). I just bunged the rear OE pair under the pillion seat fer now til I find a solution...
Glad you like!
FM

am interested in the self made tail tidy m8 - any close up photos of that about?