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My 08 S2 is now up for sale. Interested? Email me [email protected] I'm going to miss this community but have to trade up to a proper tourer for me and The Pillion. A mate just sold me his Beemer

I know the subject of oil has been done to death but please humour me for a mo. My s2 has been running quite happily (I think) on Motul 300v 15 50 synthetic for over a year. I know its way above spec but I came by a load of it cheap. Came time for a service recently and I changed to...

I know the subject of oil has been done to death but please humour me for a mo. My s2 has been running quite happily (I think) on Motul 300v 15 50 synthetic for over a year. I know its way above spec but I came by a load of it cheap. Came time for a service recently and I changed to...

Reading through some recent threads has reminded me of a belief that I've been barking on about since I was a kid of 20. World governments are completely stupid not dealing properly with the situation that the road is a dangerous environment populated by the skilled, the lazy and the...

Just changed the fork oil yesterday, to 15wt. Got really fed up with the amount of dive on braking and in the potholes of London roads. As I took the springs out they appear to be dual rate springs very similar to pics I've seen on Hyperpro's web site. Mine is an 08 S2. Are these springs a...

This post is for those who had the balls to make a repair but have no idea how long it may last. Ok, my cooling fan as repaired according to the pictures and description elswhere here (08 model) has currently beeen in active service for 5 months of every day riding and has operated on almost...

Does anyone have a short cut 'how to' for greasing the swingarm bearing with it still on the bike? I really don't want to drop it out as I already did the chain/sproks and I have a full Givi rack modified to take my Scorps and the whole kit would take ages to remove.

Well having fitted and loved my scorps for over a week now I was dismayed to see when I raised the seat that a great deal of crud is now thrown into the storeage area and cakes the underside of the seat. (I ride in all weathers) The reason of course is that I have removed the giant OEM muffler...

Hey Tanman, Have you seen what they've done to our precious Box Hill lately?? I hadn't been up for a while but when you mentioned it in another thread, I decided to have a blast one recent sunny afternoon. It seems that in preparation for the Olympics they put ruddy great speed humps all the...

Has anyone else done this? I tested my new sat navs (zumo 220) speed readout against my Saab and discovered that the car's speedo is about 2.5 mph behind right round the dial beyond legal speeds. This seemed to stand as probably quite accurate as the older model sat nav I had indicated the...

I've just been offered 1yr old scorpion slip-ons plus cat eliminator pipe for a very reasonable price. Taken from an identical bike to mine. Has anyone here an opinion either way as to why I should/shouldn't get them? My main interest is that the bike will be a bit louder - good as I...

Does anyone have a Bagster tank cover going begging? Dark blue or black only considered. Will pay shipping to UK. PM me chaps

You may want to visit my thread in the UK section here for news on my pride and joy....... Grab a couple of marker pens in the colours 'Pi**ed off' and 'Gutted' and paint me.:shakehead:

Just to give you guys a heads up on the fact there's a team operating in the neighbourhood stealing bikes. (it goes in waves) How do I know this, you ask?? They took mine a few days ago. Clearly they have been scanning the area for targets, noting each opportunity and arriving with a van. Me...

Ok, so I've been reading and its clearly time to change the oil in the forks. Got the oil, took the caps off..... What? No oil? Oh take sleeves out first, then hook out springs and let forks sag down. Ah, oil! Oh dear. Not very nice is it? 30,000 miles not nice is what it is. (grey sludge...

2 questions really, related to reading and balancing throttle bodies. Has anyone bought the kind of vacuum gauges where there are 2 or 4 in a line mounted on a steel plate? If so, and you are also using a manometer, you almost certainly only need one gauge. So question 1: Fancy selling one to...

First off tho, I'd like to thank the forum for giving me the courage to actually do this small but tricky sounding job! Second, just want to share my day yesterday to give International members an insight as to how feeble my country can be. This story is a repeat of what happens about every...

How stoked am I?:BLAA: Today started around 10.30 when I decided to cook breakfast for the Pillion prior to a planned one-bike ride out. Weather beautiful, GF happy with my cooking, we geared up and set out from North London heading roughly Northward with no agenda. We rode for about an hour...

Well I finally HAD to do it today. I've done over 10 thou miles and the plugs weren't new when I got the bike. I found a useful link to SBN where there is a clear pictorial guide and set about it this morning. I'm quite used to things mechanical but I did find the #1 cylinder lead to be a real...

Was up at the Ace Cafe on the weekend and bumped into a chap with a custom saddle on his big Yam. Gave me the address and said it was comfy and good value. Only trouble is of course I have to send off my own unit to be recovered. Difficult seeing as I use it 7 days a week. So this got me...