Picking my new Falco up tomorrow :)

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wayno · #1 Post by **wayno** » Fri Apr 23, 2010 1:33 pm

Some of yo umay recognise it as Paulm's, he had to sell it as his RAV4 gearbox has blown up, I swooped in and too it off his hands, picking it up in the morning, can't bloody wait

D-Rider · #2 Post by **D-Rider** » Fri Apr 23, 2010 1:39 pm

wayno wrote:Some of yo umay recognise it as Paulm's, he had to sell it as his RAV4 gearbox has blown up, I swooped in and too it off his hands, picking it up in the morning, can't bloody wait

Shame he had to sell - but good that you've found a nice Falco and it remains on the forum

Enjoy

Samray · #3 Post by **Samray** » Fri Apr 23, 2010 1:45 pm

Always did think that was a tidy looking bike.

robertorolfo · #4 Post by **robertorolfo** » Fri Apr 23, 2010 1:52 pm

That bike looks great. I really feel for Paul, having to sell it.

Aladinsaneuk · #5 Post by **Aladinsaneuk** » Fri Apr 23, 2010 2:28 pm

fark me - the boys shows proper vulture action for a falco pilot....

#6 Post by **Kwackerz** » Fri Apr 23, 2010 2:38 pm

Congrats on the new bike, hope it serves you well.

Im sure Paul will be able to pick up another when the time is right and no doubt cheaply too

wayno · #7 Post by **wayno** » Fri Apr 23, 2010 3:10 pm

I hope he sorts out the car soon and gets another one, I do feel bad......... but not that bad as I have a new bike

Plus, as I knew the circumstances behind it, I gave him what he was asking and didn't haggle, so hopefully he doesn't feel too bad (a big pile of cash in his hand tomorrow morning should southe him).

If any of you are up the Ace on Sunday for Kawasaki day I may be up there on it, I'm supposed to be taking the Zephyr project bike to show it off to some folk, but I've been looking for a way to take this one, and now my mate has mullered his back tyre, the only decent thing to do was let him ride the Zeph up there and I take the Falco

wayno · #8 Post by **wayno** » Sun Apr 25, 2010 9:45 pm

I got it, man do these things pull like a train!!

It's going to take some getting used to having only ridden an inline 4, I let 2 of my mates have a go (one with a peaky ninja 636, and one with a 955 daytona), both of whom came back grinning.

I have a few mods in mind that I'll be doing

Dropping the heli bars down a bit as I think they're too high.
Removing that ugly ugly number plate/indicator housing and replacing with a homemade tail tidy, probably change the indicators while I'm at it.

These will be my first jobs as they're free, and I'm now skint

Also changing that god awful side stand, it scares the bejesus out of my everytime I park the bike up. If anyone has a US spec sidestand they'd like to sell, give me a pm.

The back end feels rather underdamped too, but I'll probably have a play with the suspension next weekend to see if I can get it all set up for my weight, if I can't I may decide to upgrade, does anyone have any experience of nitron shocks and the gold RSV shocks (I think they're the 2001-2003 ones), if I upgrade I'll probably go for one of these two options, wondering if anyone has experience of both and can give me a direct comparison (I know how much you all love to fiddle with them)

wayno · #9 Post by **wayno** » Mon Apr 26, 2010 11:29 am

Spent the last hour at work deciding what the tail tidy is going to look like, the sizes are only estimates, I'll measure and figure out the particulars later.

What do you reckon?

Aladinsaneuk · #10 Post by **Aladinsaneuk** » Mon Apr 26, 2010 3:48 pm

if you do a search here - i cannot as on the phone so to speak, then there are several threads about diy tail tidys = at least one has the exact measurements you need

#11 Post by **Kwackerz** » Mon Apr 26, 2010 5:08 pm

https://www.ridersite.com/viewtopic.php?t=5259

Flippin' Eck! that'd dropped onto page 2 of the forum already! Must be a lot of new guys about of late. Forum is more active than ever!

Aladinsaneuk · #12 Post by **Aladinsaneuk** » Mon Apr 26, 2010 6:12 pm

its a falco thing tim.....

need we say more!

D-Rider · #13 Post by **D-Rider** » Mon Apr 26, 2010 6:32 pm

Kwackerz wrote:https://www.ridersite.com/viewtopic.php?t=5259

Flippin' Eck! that'd dropped onto page 2 of the forum already! Must be a lot of new guys about of late. Forum is more active than ever!

and there's this thread too - it contains the info on the one that Willopotomas is working towards making available for us - as well as a few others

https://www.ridersite.com/viewtopic.php?t=6137

Falcorob · #14 Post by **Falcorob** » Mon Apr 26, 2010 7:42 pm

Get a VTR sidestand off fleabay (or another auction site) and fit that. Works a treat with only a tiny mod needed for the switch - which will take seconds to do with a HSS drill bit and a little care.

The bike is so much more secure I can't begin to quantify it properly. Needless to say I now park her up with relative impunity and have the utmost confidence that she'll still be stood waiting for me when I get back.

The only issue is that the kick bar is almost directly underneath your gear lever, but can still be used properly with a little care.

Aladinsaneuk · #15 Post by **Aladinsaneuk** » Mon Apr 26, 2010 9:22 pm

kick bar, meet lump hammer

simples

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