Fitted a hugger...

A big thank you to Janie for letting me pinch the can and hugger from her bike before she sells it! I fitted the hugger yesterday with help from Andy, Janie's husband. The hugger should help to keep the front of the swingarm and the spring clean. Here are some pictures of the new hugger...

Fitted LED's and exhaust..

I decided to fit some LED indicators to the bike so i could do away with the standard big, ugly ones. I went for Dr. Bike indicators from J&S after hearing they are the same thing as Motrax, but half the price! I had to fit an aftermarket flasher relay to reduce the flash rate but now they look great.

I was also offered a Triumph race can by a friend and fitted it on Sunday. The bike now rumbles on tickover and sounds great on the move. The race can looks better too as it's shorter than the standard can and has a carbon finish.

Here are a few photos i took last night...

Blimey.... the bike howls!

Well, The bike broke the 1000 mile barrier 2 Sundays ago so is fully run in. I am still getting used to revving the bike up to it's 14,000rpm red line! It doesn't feel natural after being used to the low revving ZRX. The speed 4 howls as the revs get above 7,000rpm and it just seems to pull and pull!

I'm still happy with the handling of the bike and love the way it can change direction really quickly. It's a whole new style of riding comapred with the ZRX so i'm learning all the time.

The only slight issue I have found with the bike is that it doesn't like slow speeds at low revs. Anything below 3000rpm and things get quite juddery. This can soon be overcome with either more revs, in a lower gear or by simply slipping the clutch. Some people see this as a problem but i just see it as a quirk and something i can happily get along with in return for a great handling bike.

A few more photos from the rideout yesterday

2nd July rideout..

Gemma did her first BIG rideout yesterday on her own bike. We headed towards whitchurch and met up with the Northwest biker gang at the Midway Transport Cafe where the A49 and A41 meet. We then headed off into Wales taking in the scenery around lake vyrnwy and then Lake Bala. We did a wide variety of roads including a single track road complete with gravel, dried mud and sheep! Gemma's bike was suited more to this type of road and the little bike came into it's own! Here are some photos from the day including a few of mine and Gemma's bikes...

300 miles and 6000rpm

Well, i broke the 300 mile barrier last night and can now use up to 6000rpm. The bike is much happier now it is able to rev a little higher. I'm feeling more confident with the bike every time i go out on it. It desperately needs a wash now after been splattered with hunreds of flies last night! I thought i was wearing my tinted visor until i realised it was just fly guts, Yuk!

I've got the bike booked in for it's first service on Thursday when it will also be fitted with a set of R&G crash bungs. By the time i get home from the dealer, i reckon i'll be up to 600 miles which releases another 1000rpm for use!