500 Bullet EFI 2012.
What have you done on your bike today?
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Those are getting great reviews, i'm waiting on a payout at the moment. Hopefully next year, i want a Enfield 650 interceptor.
I will have to save this image now for next yearDoes that mean it gets from 0mph to broken, quicker
Dicks.
Fuckers wanting to know if you are pulling wheelies in the rain FFS... It's crazy I tells yiWhy?
Whilst setting up the new device it asked me if I would like to share data from my device, times dates speed etc. As if there isn't already enough roadside spying regalia, without volunteering to condemn yourself.
You never really gave it a chance did youToday after wasting more of my precious time on the Enfield it still will not run properly, i'm going to get it booked into the Enfield shop.
I'm not going to waste more of my time on it, it's cursed, i'm going to get it fixed then it's getting sold!!
Is 4 minutes 9 seconds a record run for a Royal Enfield before self destructingWhen i get one or maybe buy one with this exhaust fitted this is what i want on it. I've also found an American company that do an exhaust like the Zard but half price and it sounds just as good!!
Does the EFI bit stand for Extremely Fucking Ineffectual ?
Now that's two comments you fucking wanker, go on fuck off!!Does the EFI bit stand for Extremely Fucking Ineffectual ?
Yesterday I delivered this back to its owner having had to replace the ignition switch because it was a bit corroded.
The corroded ignition switch. 12V was going to it but it never left to go anywhere else.
Today I rode 550km from home to Belfast for a 3 day tour around Ulster I’m helping out with. En route I stopped at the one & only tiny Ducati dealer here to get a software update done on my bike. It’s the only thing I can’t do. They’re downloaded direct from the factory and only franchised dealers & official service centres (like Cornerspeed) can act as the gateway to the factory’s servers.
Feck me
will you look at the price of things these days. The V4S Grand Tour is the same spec as mine but costs €6,000 more than mine did.
The corroded ignition switch. 12V was going to it but it never left to go anywhere else.
Today I rode 550km from home to Belfast for a 3 day tour around Ulster I’m helping out with. En route I stopped at the one & only tiny Ducati dealer here to get a software update done on my bike. It’s the only thing I can’t do. They’re downloaded direct from the factory and only franchised dealers & official service centres (like Cornerspeed) can act as the gateway to the factory’s servers.
Feck me
will you look at the price of things these days. The V4S Grand Tour is the same spec as mine but costs €6,000 more than mine did.
Now being sane, i am going to look at the TPS tomorrow as i have done some digging on the net and on Enfield forums etc. It's taken me this long too work it out as i remember when my 996 went tits up and the TPS was out of whack, it does the same thing as that so i will look at that tomorrow.Does the EFI bit stand for Extremely Fucking Ineffectual ?
Yesterday I delivered this back to its owner having had to replace the ignition switch because it was a bit corroded.
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The corroded ignition switch. 12V was going to it but it never left to go anywhere else.
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Today I rode 550km from home to Belfast for a 3 day tour around Ulster I’m helping out with. En route I stopped at the one & only tiny Ducati dealer here to get a software update done on my bike. It’s the only thing I can’t do. They’re downloaded direct from the factory and only franchised dealers & official service centres (like Cornerspeed) can act as the gateway to the factory’s servers.
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I can see why you questioned low mile v4S's low price.
Another, fully kitted out, 1,300 miles 2022 and for £16,995
1301 milesI can see why you questioned low mile v4S's low price.
Another, fully kitted out, 1,300 miles 2022 and for £16,995
who buys these things, pays €1500 for the luggage but then never goes anywhere 
X GS riders?
Maybe didn't have a petrol station within 10 miles of the house1301 miles
Maybe they don’t have a waitrose for their expeditionsMaybe didn't have a petrol station within 10 miles of the house
It does make you wonder. I dropped a shit load on the Harley. I bought it as a keeper, which it would have been if it wasn't for the riding position - which couldn't be fixed except at outrageous cost. But I still managed to put 5000 miles on it in a little over a year before I felt able to make a judgement on whether to let it go. And I decided not to throw any extra coin at it with mods until I was sure about it.1301 miles
But 1300 miles..? The engine will still be tight. You wouldn't even know what to was really like to ride. I assume the owner got a deal on the luggage when he bought the bike and had it pretty much thrown in. The alternative
is just madness.
The lesson for me is I'll never buy another bike new - unless I'm absolutely certain that I'll be keeping it for many years. Harley depreciation follows a bathtub curve. Drops like a stone for the first couple of years and then levels out, regardless of mileage. The longer you keep them and the more you ride them the less you lose. Which is how it should be. And unlike most brands, if you make considered and quality upgrades you can actually add value.
I'd learned that lesson when it came to the Triumph. I paid 16.5K for a one-owner, one year old bike with 3000 miles on the clock. A new one is 24K. That's a fecking expensive 3000 miles.
I think PCP deals have created this situation by hiding the costs of depreciation. If you've bought on PCP (and you're therefore locked into pcp buying for evermore) and don't gel with the bike, it feels easier on the pocket in terms of repayments it chop it in as soon as possible before the tree years is up, and dealers encourage that as they get to make a sale premium on the same bike twice over. If you're a cash buyer waiting in the wings, you get to reap the benefits. So it's cash only and nearly new for me from now on.
I’ll have you (and everyone else) know I had a long overdue software upgrade done on my bike yesterday. One of the things it’s meant to address is fuelling. I now average about 6.8ltrs/100km as opposed to 7.2 (ish). In old money for all you post Brexit Brits that’s an improvement from 39.5 mpg (UK) to 41.5 mpg, so there.Maybe didn't have a petrol station within 10 miles of the house
Went down to Auckland today on the S4R to the National motorcycle show. I did not have a bike in it this year as I am too Fucken slow!
Was a very cool selection but sadly I got so distracted at the imoc stand that I forgot to take photos of the Italian section. My mate Kelvin in photos 2&3 with the big mullet always bumps into people he knows and is up for a chat. One day a lady ran up to him and asked for a selfie with him cos she thought he was the tiger king!
Very cool bunch of Vincents and a good cross section in general. Harley’s very over represented and when you look at the guys huddled around them you can’t help but think it is all gang money.
Was a very cool selection but sadly I got so distracted at the imoc stand that I forgot to take photos of the Italian section. My mate Kelvin in photos 2&3 with the big mullet always bumps into people he knows and is up for a chat. One day a lady ran up to him and asked for a selfie with him cos she thought he was the tiger king!
Very cool bunch of Vincents and a good cross section in general. Harley’s very over represented and when you look at the guys huddled around them you can’t help but think it is all gang money.
She is now Avalon Lewis, and is racing in the Womans World Championship "WSBK.