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#61 Post by Kwackerz » Thu Jul 15, 2010 9:31 pm

Although you could use the new telemetry (?) as an anti-wheelie tool.

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#62 Post by Falcopops » Fri Jul 16, 2010 5:03 am

Aladinsaneuk wrote:anyway, point out to him the arrows - and point out to him the arrows on your tyres.... see if he can work out where he fucked up.....
Just make sure the arrows are at the top of the tyre. You know how easily confused these spanner monkeys can get

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#63 Post by cornish mafia » Sun Jul 18, 2010 5:58 am

OK OK hands up it's a complete f@@k up and when i get back i will be changing it myself , only reason i didn't is because i don't have the best way to support the bike in my garage and i'm not that well set up for that sort of thing ..........Am trying to get the misses to go to the garage and send me some photos of the other triangles and dog bone so i can get the all clear from you boys before i make the same mistake !!!

Had an email back from Gabro with a list saying about the problems with fueling i'm having between 3-5 thou on the bike since fitting these new throttle bodies and a chip i had off him ........problem is now when it's start to get real tech that's when i should stop and let people like you lot who know what they're doing take over , i love to give it a go but what normally happens is it costs me twice as much cause i'll probably f@@k it up at some point ... :smt013

So expect more from me when i get back .............unless anyone is holidaying in Cornwall mid August and wants to add some Falco time inbetween the family time !!! :smt005

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#64 Post by Aladinsaneuk » Sun Jul 18, 2010 10:18 am

ok

can you tell me where the nearest trading standards office is please.....

(even better than where is your boss!)

can i also hmbly suggest, while you cannot spend any money on the bike while you are away, buy an abba stand - that makes this kind of job a piece of piss

oh - and as well as the right bobbins for te falco, get the set of bobbin threads that go into the footrest mounts - cost around 15 quid iirc, but allow you to a take the swing arm out, and b get the bike that little bit higher which may help you sort the bottom of the shock out - more clearance is good


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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#65 Post by cornish mafia » Mon Jul 19, 2010 5:09 am

OK after much begging to my good women at home here are the photos of what i have sitting in a box in the garage , hopefully these babies are the right ones .. :smt017

And yes i know there mot perfect but can't do nothing about that ....

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#66 Post by fastasfcuk » Mon Jul 19, 2010 7:46 am

is that dog bone longer than the one fitted.

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#67 Post by D-Rider » Mon Jul 19, 2010 8:37 am

Yep the triangles are the right ones but can't tell the length of the dogbone from the pic.
As Ian says it should be longer than the Falco one.
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#68 Post by cornish mafia » Mon Jul 19, 2010 9:13 am

THINK IT IS LONGER BUT WILL LOOK AGAIN WHEN HOME .......At least i'm heading in the right direction ..... :smt009
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#69 Post by D-Rider » Mon Jul 19, 2010 11:39 am

OK - I've scaled some measurements from that dogbone picture against pictures of the Falco dogbone and mille dogbone.

The ratio of length to the thickness at the ends very strongly suggests that the one you posted up is indeed the mille dogbone.
[basically I'm convinced that's what it is but I'm not going to say that without any shadow of doubt based only on scaling from pictures]
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#70 Post by cornish mafia » Mon Jul 19, 2010 1:31 pm

D-rider how do you do it ....... :smt017 :smt005 Many thanks for the reply and the time put into it ....AS always the forum gods come back firing...... :smt071
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#71 Post by Willopotomas » Mon Jul 19, 2010 5:07 pm

Looks very similar to what that Honda company stick on their VFR800's.. Not saying they're the same, just very similar.. :smt001
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#72 Post by Kwackerz » Mon Jul 19, 2010 7:47 pm

Oooh! Will may have found something new to play with.. :smt005 :smt005 :smt005
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#73 Post by D-Rider » Mon Jul 19, 2010 9:24 pm

We're not having any of that shoddy Honda stuff on our Falcos I'll have you know :smt018
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#74 Post by Nooj » Mon Jul 19, 2010 9:32 pm

D-Rider wrote:We're not having any of that shoddy Honda stuff on our Falcos I'll have you know :smt018
Firestorm stands are allowed though.
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#75 Post by D-Rider » Mon Jul 19, 2010 11:24 pm

Nooj wrote:
D-Rider wrote:We're not having any of that shoddy Honda stuff on our Falcos I'll have you know :smt018
Firestorm stands are allowed though.
For those that prefer an inferior solution :smt002
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