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blinkey501
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#91
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by blinkey501 » Mon Nov 14, 2016 7:50 pm
JeanLucRidehard wrote:blinkey501 wrote:I had wondered what has happened to you Howard as you had not posted for some time?
I am working away all time now in my new job.
The money is good but riding bike is not on my list of priorities at weekends, family time is.
Only time I really get chance is when the kids are at a party?.
And for arthritic problems, my knees play me up some times due to kneeling on cold floors when I was younger.
I also spend time working on my bikes when I can. Dale my youngest loves the spanners and helping out.
I hope when the better weather comes a few of us from this area, ie nickynoto. Davshill. Mangocrazy yourself Dalemac can meet up for a ride out?
Using the term "working" loosely I presume, all you do is text me or ring me about bikes all day and night..........

Ha. You started it dude.

Tolerance will be our undoing.
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JeanLucRidehard
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#92
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by JeanLucRidehard » Thu Nov 17, 2016 6:37 pm
blinkey501 wrote:JeanLucRidehard wrote:blinkey501 wrote:I had wondered what has happened to you Howard as you had not posted for some time?
I am working away all time now in my new job.
The money is good but riding bike is not on my list of priorities at weekends, family time is.
Only time I really get chance is when the kids are at a party?.
And for arthritic problems, my knees play me up some times due to kneeling on cold floors when I was younger.
I also spend time working on my bikes when I can. Dale my youngest loves the spanners and helping out.
I hope when the better weather comes a few of us from this area, ie nickynoto. Davshill. Mangocrazy yourself Dalemac can meet up for a ride out?
Using the term "working" loosely I presume, all you do is text me or ring me about bikes all day and night..........

Ha. You started it dude.

True my friend true JLRH

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Ben
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#93
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by Ben » Mon Dec 09, 2019 12:08 pm
I had a TL1000s. Great engine, nice front end but I never trusted the rear end, never wanted to push on when riding it. Perhaps I was scared by the reputation? I was on the market for either these days, I'd go for the FireStorm.
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mangocrazy
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by mangocrazy » Mon Dec 09, 2019 5:25 pm
My TL1000S had a 190/50 rear tyre on a 6" rim from new and it just felt wrong. PB did some fiddling and swapping and reckoned that a GSXR600 5.5" wheel with 180/55 tyre slotted straight in and made a big difference. I took them at their word, bought a stock GSXR6 wheel off Crescent Suzuki (they were swapping them out for race wheels) and can confirm it made a major difference. The 190/50 made the bike run wide on the way into turns and really took away your confidence. With the smaller wheel/tyre combo the bike suddenly started to steer properly.