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[kaivalagi]

White Explorer (Cast) with free Panniers, heated grips and seat

Cruise control is good and it has ABS / traction control too...

Couple pics:

[kaivalagi]

Originally Posted by NTECUK

It's quite difficult to give a 1200 the beans and keep your licence to be honest
Now your running it in you can get the rockets wheels powder coated
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Yeah, what I found on the demo rides I did was that it was so smooth and effortless for the bike to get to high speeds (i.e. 130+) I had no idea I was going soooo fast....something I need to remember!

I love the way the thing corners, it's as good as the KTM for normal road riding....once I get used to it proper and have run it in I am sure I wont be disappointed...I put the cruise control on at 60mph through the b roads on the way home in 6th gear and managed all the corners without a worry, first time riding it so I'd say that's a capable and confidence inspiring bike right there

I want to wait until I need to replace the back (and front this time around) tyres on the rocket, when that time comes it's powder coating time for sure! Might even be ramair filter, rear hagon nitro's and progressive front springs time too by then....

[maviczap]

Originally Posted by kaivalagi

White Explorer (Cast) with free Panniers, heated grips and seat

Cruise control is good and it has ABS / traction control too...

Couple pics:

Luurvely, I do wish they could find an alternative to stickers on the tank.

[NTECUK]

I peeled the stickers off the day I got mine
It's a shame that they dropped the gold forks on the 800.
Cruise control...
I'm a bit on the fence.
I find it too easy to hit a bump and roll the throttle back.
But your suspension is lots better than the xrx. So you probably just float over the bumps
How's the hero blobs surviving so far!!!

[kaivalagi]

I'm liking the cruise control, for the motorway it'll be ace, accelerate past the set speed then let off and it settles on it again...brake below and it turns off.

Labels will be coming off soon...I need to find a power lead for the garmin mount first before Monday...

Loads of spare tyre not scrubbed yet, no chance of getting the pegs grounded on this lol

[NTECUK]

I got a din lead plug to go on a car twin adaptor.
Amazon next day.
There's straight adapters if you hunt about.
Most though are angled. That's not so good as it gets in the way
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B004...4GL&ref=plSrch

[kaivalagi]

I'm thinking if the hella socket fitted on the bike has spades connected I can make a splitter lead to accommodate it and the garmin spades...just got to figure out what to take off to get to it lol

[NTECUK]

I bought a double USB socket

Not got round to fitting it though.

But my tomtom battery last 5~6 hours it's not been a issue.
Just used the side plug and charged it under the seat.
I have though fitted my Fuel end can. (Baffle fits under the seat )
Engine bars and low seat

[kaivalagi]

Nice, we need a Tiger outing

Fitted the Garmin ram mount to the center of the bars and wired it using a bit of old low amp AC wire, 2 male spades and 2 female, between the Garmin leads and the power socket...the plastic surround the power socket fits into is easy to get off and quite spacious underneath...enough to take all 2 meters of Garmin cables anyway...

Thought I'd buggered it until I realised I'd blown the 10A fuse for the socket by touching the spades before connecting by mistake....it's on all the time not switched, which is fine

[NTECUK]

Oddly enough last Sunday we took a bimble up to Bressingham.
Found some interesting roads. Green bits down the middle.
Matey on the zzr1400 was less than impressed lol