So blingking shiny my arms ache!!

When are you going to polish off those huge chicken strips...I thought you were meant to be some sort of riding god who'd take anyone on.

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Originally Posted by Mgaffz

Totally awesome, i want to put my ear on your exhaust ha bet it sounds as good as it looks. Good job fella

mick

Ouch that may burn a little ... tssssssst

Nice clean bike, Kwak will have to practice on mine to get upto your standards LOL

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Looks pretty clean that, not really into shiny stuff at all though, 3 hours spent buffing is 3 hours you could have been riding.

Originally Posted by Lozzo

When are you going to polish off those huge chicken strips...I thought you were meant to be some sort of riding god who'd take anyone on.

Aye up,another 1 who thinks strips show a persons riding abilityin my experience it's more about the profile of the tyre(ie)these corsa's have a huge arc profile from the rim that there's no way you can fully take them off without having a mishap,they were 3 times as wide when i got the bike & the tyre was/is hugely squared off by the previous owner.Checked out some corsa 3s last week & the profile is a lot flatter (ie)a lot easier to get strip free.

My mate got a 1250sa bandit a few months back,i had rid of his strips fully within 15 miles(flatter dunlop profile).

As for the riding god commentyes ive got a lot of experience but have'nt & never would say that about myself....but you just have, so thanks for that!!

Originally Posted by sv-robo

Aye up,another 1 who thinks strips show a persons riding abilityin my experience it's more about the profile of the tyre(ie)these corsa's have a huge arc profile from the rim that there's no way you can fully take them off without having a mishap,

Cobblers. Sorry, but that is just plain old cobblers. I've seen plenty of moderately ridden bikes on the same Diablo Corsa 180/55 tyres that are taken to the edges on a regular basis.

Originally Posted by sv-robo

As for the riding god commentyes ive got a lot of experience but have'nt & never would say that about myself....but you just have, so thanks for that!!

I was taking the p1ss out of the fact you were offering anyone a chance to have a go in another thread a while back. I can dig the thread out if you like.

Chicken strips are not an indication of a riders "skill level". They are an indication as to how easily prepared they are to lose all they have for that extra bit of scuffage on their knee 'sliders'.

Gorgeous bike, what model of tacho is that? Not standard is it?

Originally Posted by instigator

Gorgeous bike, what model of tacho is that? Not standard is it?

It's OEM

Robo, you haven't polished the brake disc carriers.

Originally Posted by instigator

Chicken strips are not an indication of a riders "skill level". They are an indication as to how easily prepared they are to lose all they have for that extra bit of scuffage on their knee 'sliders'.

Gorgeous bike, what model of tacho is that? Not standard is it?

The whole object of sliding your knee is to keep the bike more upright and keep it on the fat part of the tyre. You can always tell a hard rider by the amount of rolling and tearing on the edge of the tyre tread blocks, regardless of the size of chicken strip or lack of it.

Diablo Corsas are one of the stickier road compounds and quite easily scuffed up, Rob's look as smooth as the day they left the factory, even in the middle where the rear has squared off.

Originally Posted by Lozzo

The whole object of sliding your knee is to keep the bike more upright and keep it on the fat part of the tyre. You can always tell a hard rider by the amount of rolling and tearing on the edge of the tyre tread blocks, regardless of the size of chicken strip or lack of it.

It's irrelevant though, isn't it? My point still stands.

And IMHO, I'd say 95% of riders who get their knee down can easily just lean the bike that little bit more. It's jsut that they want to scuff their sliders by looking like a silly monkey, hanging off the bike.

Originally Posted by Lozzo

I was taking the p1ss .

Ditto!!!

Instigator,thanks for the nice comment's(see lozzo,it's not difficult to be nice)as DD says they are the oem ones.And regarding strips,i agree with everything you say,you talk sence my friend.

Maaan....all i did was put some polishing pics up