Saturday, October 31, 2009
Pete's GSX-R For Sale
Pete is selling the mighty GSX-R. This is a lovely bike and in primo condition. Shouldn't take long to find a home...
More on the 2010 Connie
A couple more links (there's a ton of them) with articles on the new Concours 14. One has a video of the traction control in action.
http://blog.motorcycle.com/2009/10/29/motorcycle-news/2010-kawasaki-concours-14-traction-control-video/
http://www.motorcycle.com/manufacturer/kawasaki/2010-kawasaki-concours-14-review-88880.html
http://blog.motorcycle.com/2009/10/29/motorcycle-news/2010-kawasaki-concours-14-traction-control-video/
http://www.motorcycle.com/manufacturer/kawasaki/2010-kawasaki-concours-14-review-88880.html
Friday night ride
Not a big turn-out for the Friday night ride this week and only a short little ride over the Saddle, back through Balance and over the track to the Summerhill shopping complex for some takeaways.
The ride was marred by one guy falling off at very low speed when he braked in some gravel on the side of the road. No injuries to the rider and very little to the bike as well. Still not something that we want to encourage on these rides. I hope the rider is more careful next time out - it is not a race and nobody should feel that they have to prove anything.
I also had an issue with the Honda - when I left Summerhill I noticed that my headlight was out. Luckily it was still not very dary and I got home ok without attracting any unwelcome attention. Today I traced the problem to simply the plug falling out of the bulb...
Hopefully we'll get a few more next week and can plan a decent pootle somewhere.
The ride was marred by one guy falling off at very low speed when he braked in some gravel on the side of the road. No injuries to the rider and very little to the bike as well. Still not something that we want to encourage on these rides. I hope the rider is more careful next time out - it is not a race and nobody should feel that they have to prove anything.
I also had an issue with the Honda - when I left Summerhill I noticed that my headlight was out. Luckily it was still not very dary and I got home ok without attracting any unwelcome attention. Today I traced the problem to simply the plug falling out of the bulb...
Hopefully we'll get a few more next week and can plan a decent pootle somewhere.
The VTR gets a birthday
Yep, the VTR is coming up on 24,000km and so this week it went in for a service and a new rear tyre. She came away with a clean bill of health and a brand new PR2 on the back.
I decided to fit the PR2 to the Honda after having such a good run with them on the Connie. The previous tyre on the Honda wore out the centre well before the side so I figure the harder compound in the centre of the PR2 might work out a bit better. I think when it comes time for a front I'll go with a slightly softer Pilot Power on the front as the Honda is a lot lighter and more sporty than the Connie. It will be interesting to see how that combination works.
Time to go riding...
I decided to fit the PR2 to the Honda after having such a good run with them on the Connie. The previous tyre on the Honda wore out the centre well before the side so I figure the harder compound in the centre of the PR2 might work out a bit better. I think when it comes time for a front I'll go with a slightly softer Pilot Power on the front as the Honda is a lot lighter and more sporty than the Connie. It will be interesting to see how that combination works.
Time to go riding...
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