Perkys tilter thingy!

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Perkys tilter thingy!

#1 Post by exupmonkey » Tue May 22, 2007 7:53 pm

Having been the victim of the shocking side stand last year, (minimum damage though :smt012 ), I have been watching the 'what sidestand mod' debate with interest. As most of the mods seem to involve some sort of cut and shut type welding wizardery...well outwith my modest, oh so modest capabilities I decided to give the tilter a try. I know this has been thrashed to death and I offer no apoligies for this post.....but what a great piece of kit this is! Instant relief can be had now, no worried backward glances as I walk away from the bike and no more expectations of carnage as I return to it.....I can relax :smt003 . £30 or so from the 'Bay, fits like a glove, a bargain methinks. I am running the standard shock, I suspect that those who have the Mille types might not have such a good result. Life is good...mind you it will be even better when the X ring chain and sproxs arrive.

P.S. are there any more of those funky rear lenses to be had, I was abroad during the feeding frenzy :smt009

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#2 Post by falcomunky » Tue May 22, 2007 8:02 pm

Maybe if you have in advance this weeks winning lottery numbers to exchange fer one!... :smt002
Two is the magic number... ;)

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#3 Post by Gio » Tue May 22, 2007 8:16 pm

exupmonkey wrote:P.S. are there any more of those funky rear lenses to be had, I was abroad during the feeding frenzy :smt009
I'm not sure if the last supplier will be doing any. but I'm going to have a go this winter, if you can wait that long.

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#4 Post by Falcoholic » Wed May 23, 2007 9:32 am

exupmonkey wrote:P.S. are there any more of those funky rear lenses to be had, I was abroad during the feeding frenzy :smt009
Just so happens I bought 2 innit. :smt002

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Re: Perkys tilter thingy!

#5 Post by HowardQ » Wed May 23, 2007 12:23 pm

exupmonkey wrote:Having been the victim of the shocking side stand last year, (minimum damage though :smt012 ), I have been watching the 'what sidestand mod' debate with interest. As most of the mods seem to involve some sort of cut and shut type welding wizardery...well outwith my modest, oh so modest capabilities I decided to give the tilter a try. I know this has been thrashed to death and I offer no apoligies for this post.....but what a great piece of kit this is! Instant relief can be had now, no worried backward glances as I walk away from the bike and no more expectations of carnage as I return to it.....I can relax :smt003 . £30 or so from the 'Bay, fits like a glove, a bargain methinks. I am running the standard shock, I suspect that those who have the Mille types might not have such a good result.
I nearly bought one, cos like you, I ain't the best welder and don't have easy access to kit, but was not sure if it would work with a belly pan. That is without cutting major chunks out of it, specially now it is nicely sprayed up.
Ended up buying a Renegade tilter off ebay in stead, but never fitted as this looks to have even more major problems with the belly pan, (from Skidmarx), fitted.

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#6 Post by falcomunky » Wed May 23, 2007 2:50 pm

The moral of the story? Get a Gixer stand instead; No welding required and you can still use the switch, (though my bellypan did require a bit o Dremelling to accomodate). :smt003
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#7 Post by EEEP » Wed May 23, 2007 4:10 pm

Here here falcomunkey did the same thing and what a diffrence best mod after getting rid of the MEZ's


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#8 Post by crosstowntraffic » Thu May 24, 2007 3:53 pm

I got a GIXR stand attached to a renegade tilter or to quote Lemmy "Overkill" but it works well.

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#9 Post by HowardQ » Thu May 24, 2007 4:31 pm

crosstowntraffic wrote:I got a GIXR stand attached to a renegade tilter or to quote Lemmy "Overkill" but it works well.
Yeh but do you have a belly pan, that is my main concern, as just spent a lot of time re-spraying mine up nicely and it looks like I will need to carve quite a bit out of it, if I fit the Rene tilter. :smt017

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