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Old 19-09-14, 10:39 AM   #151
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This afternoons plan is to 'hopefully' find my handle bars aren't bent at all....... with a bit of jiggery pokery magickery and some front fork bouncing.

See, as stock, most MOT centres would fail the bike on it trapping your thumbs on the tank straight out of the factory. my MOT place knows this is normal.
Currently, one side is banging on the tank, but is still aligned with the markings I drew on them last time I adjusted all the levers and bars for my comfort. They only look bent in the right bent shaped way. Who rides with their thumbs trapped to the tank anyway!!!??

We shall see, fingers crossed, my gut feeling is right

That will be the first job of getting her back on the road post accident.
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Old 19-09-14, 11:49 AM   #152
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You always forget about the lack of gap until you do a U turn and bang your digit. It's even worse if you get into a tank slapper.

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Old 19-09-14, 11:52 AM   #153
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Ah trapped thumbs.
that's why i dropped the daytona doing a u turn. Well that's my story and I'm sticking to it :s
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Old 19-09-14, 12:01 PM   #154
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My bars are like cow horns, great big flat bars.


U turns..... wots them?
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Old 19-09-14, 12:14 PM   #155
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Yea u turns are like wheelies, Stoppies and knee downs.
Optional.
But rospa test I've got to do figure 8 and a U ie. . Holding the front brake on and doughnut is apparently not accepted
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Old 19-09-14, 01:50 PM   #156
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Mines a naked. No chance of trapping thumbs on that.
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Old 19-09-14, 01:54 PM   #157
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Put up a baton in my mums shed to hang her garden tools from
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Old 19-09-14, 03:21 PM   #158
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I bought some bling, I stopped short of buying some new end cans to match!


Bling purely for protection, and in my usual motorcycle fashion its very, very shiny
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Oh go on you know you deserve it
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Oh go on you know you deserve it

The problem I have is...
My Leo Vince pipes are damaged the link pipes are not.. I have looked for some replacement Leos. That's not so simple. They don't exist for this bike.


They sound like they are raising hell



Anything else, will just sound muted
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