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Anyone have any recommendations for a good wet and cold weather tire? It doesn't really get below freezing in the UK but will hover between 35 and 50 all winter long. It will also rain 3 days per week. At the rate I'm going, I'll probably get through a set before it gets warm again so they will...

I know I'll get flamed for this but Harley bikes are crap. It will probably be the best thing for Buell and MV to get away from them.

yeah, but with the Micron GP it looks awesome. Defense Exhibit A.

On a controlled bit of road I just got an indicated 140 @12K RPM. For some reason (probably the rear box) I couldn't get it to go past 12K in 6th. Maybe without the box I could squeeze a bit more out of it but I don't really care that much tbh. I'm about to do the -1 +2 conversion which will...

Thanks for that. I'll price something out. I'll take a pic when I'm done.

I have crashed already, so that's out of the way. Hopefully I learned my lesson. I'm a 40-something dad of three so I don't go flying around like I would if I were 20 so that should help a bit.

I've seen a few Fazer 520 conversion kits on fleaBay but I'm not sure about the quality of some of the 'off brand' chain rings. Does anyone have a recommendation based on personal experience? (And before you mention it I have done a search on the forum and read the other threads. I'm...

I'm not sure why, but recently I feel that my confidence on the bike has really improved. Maybe it's the fact that I'm at about 20K miles of total riding experience now, or the fact that I've taken some advanced riding classes, or the fact that I've recently done a mod that makes the...

Rossi rocks. Plain and simple. I also think he told Yamaha to get Lorenzo on board because he (Rossi) thinks Lorenzo could be the next 'Rossi' and he wants to teach him a few things. For sure Lorenzo is getting invaluable time in the pits with Rossi and will be learning a lot. I know they have...

She'd probably leave on the bike... ;)

I prefer to ride as the conditions allow. Sometimes on an open highway with no traffic I can make pretty good progress. On 'B' roads that are twisty and may have mud from farm equipment I'm much slower - sometimes below the speed limit. It all depends for me, I try to ride safe and smart but not...

Ok, so I've had more of a chance to get to know the change and I really like it. It's not a huge difference - it's subtle but definitely there. It does turn in slightly quicker but it feels more natural to me. Overall I'm pretty happy about it.

I got one off fleaBay for about a tenner. I got a slightly more expensive one that has two screws not just one. Worked pretty well. I'll definitely keep it.

I'd highly recommend you get a cable oiler and give your clutch cable a bit of oil. I did this for the first time yesterday and now it feels all silky and new again. I hadn't realised how bad it had got over time until I test rode some other bikes and felt how smooth the pull-back on the...

**Update** Well, I lowered them 10mm yesterday afternoon (5 minute job) and took it for a short test ride. It does seem to turn in a bit quicker but only just. Maybe it will make more difference at a higher speed but we'll see. Interestingly, it now feels mor like the FZ1 I test rode the other...

It would be really funny if it weren't true...

Don't have a chain, but I'll keep him in my thoughts.

Ok, cool. Thanks everyone. Since it's really easy to do, I'm going to try it and see how it is. I'll let everyone know that I think as I go along.

Good luck, Pete. My mom works for the State in Austin and could probably give you a postivie reference if it's needed and would help.

Raise/lower whatever... ;) I want to sharpen it up a bit and maybe improve the handling a bit. I said "raise" becasue technically you are raising the forks through the mounts a bit but whatever. Basically I really want a new bike, but I don't want to spend the money so I'm considering some...