My Falco (and other bikes) in pictures... [UPDATED]

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My Falco (and other bikes) in pictures... [UPDATED]

#1 Post by falcomunky » Wed Jan 03, 2007 9:24 pm

Well, just thought I'd post up a couple of pics of my Baby! :smt007
A 2001 Aprilia SL1000 Falco. :smt003
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!)...
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And this is her now...
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Quite a difference and loads more sexy imo! :smt003
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).
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My last bike up until a 'person' in a cage drove through me on a roundabout in September last year. :smt013
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 :smt009 ); Got the payout, got the Falco! :smt003
Every cloud, and all that... :smt002
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...
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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...
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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... :smt002 ), or sold.
Except for me. :smt006
I refuse to give in! :smt019
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#2 Post by Gio » Wed Jan 03, 2007 9:29 pm

Now that looks really good :smt001
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#3 Post by Kwackerz » Wed Jan 03, 2007 9:44 pm

VERY nice!!
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#4 Post by falcomunky » Wed Jan 03, 2007 10:34 pm

Ta very much! :smt001
(Dont look much like a tourer NOW does she!?!? :smt003 )
Heh! :smt016
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#5 Post by Gio » Wed Jan 03, 2007 10:50 pm

falcomunky wrote:Ta very much! :smt001
(Dont look much like a tourer NOW does she!?!? :smt003 )
Heh! :smt016
It isn't tho is it?

No more than my Blackbird was (well thats what I've been told :smt019 :smt005 )
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#6 Post by Kwackerz » Wed Jan 03, 2007 10:53 pm

:smt003 Okay, I'll give in.. HyperSports Bike with a Comfy Seat... :smt002
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#7 Post by falcomunky » Wed Jan 03, 2007 10:53 pm

SL = 'Sport Light', apparently! :smt017
(190kg aint light in my book, but she has more low-down grunt than me mates 03 RSV!) :smt003
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#8 Post by Gio » Wed Jan 03, 2007 11:13 pm

falcomunky wrote:SL = 'Sport Light', apparently! :smt017
(190kg aint light in my book, but she has more low-down grunt than me mates 03 RSV!) :smt003
Lights the word, 'birds are 223Kg :smt005

Have you lightened it in any way tho?
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#9 Post by falcomunky » Wed Jan 03, 2007 11:28 pm

Took the OE indys off! :smt002
Then put the (probably) heavier Mille swinger on! :smt017
Oh, and the bellypan aint standard either, so its prolly more like 200 kg! :smt002
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#10 Post by Gio » Wed Jan 03, 2007 11:47 pm

Has it been chipped? breathed on?
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#11 Post by falcomunky » Thu Jan 04, 2007 12:08 am

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! :smt003
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#12 Post by Kwackerz » Thu Jan 04, 2007 10:59 am

She fair shifts along!

That's what you get from having an RSV lump to play with... :smt016

I wonder if you could shoehorn a 'Factory' engine into a Falco? :smt012
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#13 Post by Stokesy » Thu Jan 04, 2007 11:03 am

Hey FM

Like those indys, where from and cost please?

looks pretty good for a silver one!!!!!!!!!!!!
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#14 Post by falcomunky » Thu Jan 04, 2007 11:55 am

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! :smt004
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! :smt003
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... :smt017
Glad you like! :smt006
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#15 Post by Aladinsaneuk » Thu Jan 04, 2007 12:39 pm

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