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Re: Excited little (41 year old) kid alert!

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Originally Posted by stanie (Post 1623582)

thanks for all the comments guys.
seriosuly tho, could my speedo be wrong, its digital?

Make sure it's not set to Kmh.

Congrats on the new bike.

Re: Excited little (41 year old) kid alert!

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Originally Posted by stanie (Post 1623544)

when you go over a speed bump, do you get your ass off the seat?

I don't stand up but I do put my weight through the pegs instead of the seat and sort of hover my ar*e over the seat.

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Know what you mean about the speedo - I'm used to a CRM250 - went out on Tuesday on mine ( naked one like yours ) for the first time - going along a road I know well, thought I was doing about 50 ( seemed slow anyway ) looked down - doing nearly 80 ! certainly seemed a lot slower than the speedo was saying - I put it down to not being used to the bike.

Nice in black - would have liked a black one myself.

Here's a tip I learned today whilst cleaning mine ( I like to take mine to bits to clean it ) - Dont take the back wheel out, then try and remove the rear suspension ( shock, dog bones, levers etc etc ) with a rear paddock stand supporting it .... .:rolleyes:

Nana

Re: Excited little (41 year old) kid alert!

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Originally Posted by wyrdness (Post 1623589)

Well, what did it say? You might want to check that it's in miles per hour, not kilometers, as it's possible to switch the speedo between the two. 80mph = 128km/h.

if says mph, cos i first wondered that.

Re: Excited little (41 year old) kid alert!

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Originally Posted by banana (Post 1623670)

thats EXACTLY what i was experiencing today! i mustve been going that fast, scary.

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Originally Posted by banana (Post 1623670)

Nice in black - would have liked a black one myself.

i HAD to have black, i always used to have my mx bikes in all balck, until recently.

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Originally Posted by banana (Post 1623670)

Here's a tip I learned today whilst cleaning mine ( I like to take mine to bits to clean it ) - Dont take the back wheel out, then try and remove the rear suspension ( shock, dog bones, levers etc etc ) with a rear paddock stand supporting it .... .:rolleyes:

Nana

wait, i have to clean a road biek? i thougth it was only DIRTbikes that needed cleaning! ;-)

Re: Excited little (41 year old) kid alert!

Very nice looking bike .... now all you need is a cool headlight and your sorted!

i lift off if i forget to break hard enough so yes look like a utter muppet , have a look at the rear suspension though it may be wound up tightish if you find your standing at every bump.

Re: Excited little (41 year old) kid alert!

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Originally Posted by Tim in Belgium (Post 1623576)

I stand on the pegs for bumps/Helmsley jumps, it's the only way, although had the rear fish tail on landing earlier this week, all good fun ;)

Haha, its one of my favourite bits of running that road... Immature I know, but so fun hitting them quick and feeling it lift off.. :D

Enjoy the new bike way mate, smart looking thing.

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Nice looking bike mate, enjoy :D

Re: Excited little (41 year old) kid alert!

Enjoy your new toy, loving the black :cool:

Re: Excited little (41 year old) kid alert!

Great looking bike enjoy it :)