Yeah but with no drugs!!Do you feel comfortably numb
What have you done on your bike today?
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When you scan the various news sources, every now and again something gets your attention
From where exactly?
Yup... ok, i may have posted in the wrong thread... the pies are still epic though!And you did all this on your bike
Today i fitted my side stand extention on the Harley, you have to drill two holes, made two nice pilot holes with my new drill bits then started to make them bigger. The thing is i didn't have a drill bit big enough so had to use the biggest one to make the holes larger by twisting the drill to carve out enough for the bolts. Job done and works a treat, i can now find it easy with my heel instead of having to use the force!!
Will you still be able to find it “with your heel” when it gets cold?Today i fitted my side stand extention on the Harley, you have to drill two holes, made two nice pilot holes with my new drill bits then started to make them bigger. The thing is i didn't have a drill bit big enough so had to use the biggest one to make the holes larger by twisting the drill to carve out enough for the bolts. Job done and works a treat, i can now find it easy with my heel instead of having to use the force!!
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Was the hammer bluntToday i fitted my side stand extention on the Harley, you have to drill two holes, made two nice pilot holes with my new drill bits then started to make them bigger. The thing is i didn't have a drill bit big enough so had to use the biggest one to make the holes larger by twisting the drill to carve out enough for the bolts. Job done and works a treat, i can now find it easy with my heel instead of having to use the force!!
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Last week I fitted a set of lowered footrests to my old Monster., these ones helpfully suggested by @Laava .
And here on the bike
The 40mm drop is very noticeable if like me you are approaching old gripper status and have a few sports injuries affecting your knees. I wouldn`t say its now a luxury tourer but I was able to do easily twice as much as before without a break and still get off feeling quite fresh. They should fit any Monster from the early 600 till the big change in 2008 to 696/796/1100.
And here on the bike
The 40mm drop is very noticeable if like me you are approaching old gripper status and have a few sports injuries affecting your knees. I wouldn`t say its now a luxury tourer but I was able to do easily twice as much as before without a break and still get off feeling quite fresh. They should fit any Monster from the early 600 till the big change in 2008 to 696/796/1100.
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I don't get why bikes don't come with 'EDIT: adjustable' rear sets - standard fitments can only be optimal for a very limited number of riders.
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The KTM RC8R did. Not only the pegs but the bars as well. You could set it up either as a focused track bike or a relaxed, almost supernaked, sports bike for the road. As far as I know it remains the only sportsbike that had this amount of ergonomic flexibility.
That more manufacturers haven't followed suit will be down to cost cutting. When you buy fancy rearsets for £600+ they usually come with a lot of adjustability.
I agree it should be standard on new bikes. If it puts another £500 on the OTR price it would be money well spent if you can customise the riding position to suit yourself.
And when mass produced, the cost would be a fraction of the price of aftermarket sets so wouldn't add that much to the price.
Have you thought about buying some new belts for it?Cleaned the tank out and refitted the pump assembly today, running out of jobs to do soon️
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I think Nelly sells them.
I got a discount on some already for somewhere.............
Went for a nice country ride today. The Bent bridge used to be a railway bridge and during a Storm many years ago, a bridge further upstream broke free and got washed downstream where it slammed into this bridge and bent it. They didn’t bother repairing the railway so it got converted to general access. Had a good view of a couple of new wind turbines being built. Also, we went to some cool spots looking out over the ocean.
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Rich was showing me at the time....i think it went round the end of the cam's....after i posted i did actually find this site...so, nitrile bands are a thing in that....you can get them in all sizes....
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On land wind turbines are great. When I lived near the capital of the fens, we used to drive down to a place between Chatteris and Warboys where they had dozens of land wind turbines and we used to play "I spy with my little eye a land based wind turbine" Oh how we laughed in anticipation.
Sadly despite the many hours of watching, not one moved so the lesser spotted moving land turbine remained as unseen as the lochness monster.