Theory Test

Originally Posted by Seggons

"Welcome to the wild side."

He he he. Born to be wild eh?!

Originally Posted by Seggons

I've been talking to the dealer that is selling the bike and that said there's no reason why I shouldn't buy it, but the reason the front plug gets water in it is because the drainage hole gets blocked up easy and all that really needs to be done is to check the hole every now and then.

Yep, but in addition to helping with that potential, but admittedly rare problem, they do help keep the bike clean quite well too- and as accessories go they're cheap.

Originally Posted by Seggons

This is a alarm and immobiliser, the META 357T V2 to be exact. My reason behind buying it wasn't for the product itself, but the insurance side. I'm in no way loaded with cash so when it comes to something like this I need to do what I can to get it as cheap as I can.

Realistically though how much does having an alarm reduce insurance? In my experience by as little as £10. Assuming it is three times this at £30, thats still 10 years of insurance to recoup your £'s!

Probably not a good idea to tell you this now you've bought the bike, but you can usually get the dealer to chuck an alarm in for free.

Originally Posted by ASM-Forever

Realistically though how much does having an alarm reduce insurance? In my experience by as little as £10. Assuming it is three times this at £30, thats still 10 years of insurance to recoup your £'s!

So true, to be honest I don't think my insurance is much lower with the alarm on.

Originally Posted by ASM-Forever

Probably not a good idea to tell you this now you've bought the bike, but you can usually get the dealer to chuck an alarm in for free.

Doh!

Picked it up and been showing the family. What a AMAZING bike. I used to a 125cc where you need a fist full of throttle to get anywhere. Even today with gusty winds it still sat at 70!

The exhaust sounds great as-is, I don't really have any choice with it being restricted. With me being ~ 6ft 1" and being a tubby lad the handle bars seem a little low but that's maybe because I used to the up right position of the VanVan.

Any way I'm off to have more fun and put a great big smile on my face, I'll leave you with pictures of me with my K7 SVS.





Edit: How many miles am I looking at to s tank of fuel during run in?

if you're behaving to the book (ie, no more than 5500rpm) then you could be looking at 200 miles per tank. Thats about 75 mph in top, if you need a non-aural guideline.

I can stretch mine to 175 if I behave when the light has been on for 15 miles or so - but I don't behave well enough, like most here

I reckon that running in period is why I ran out of gears so often early on with it - when you change up at 5k, you need about 9 gears to get to 90

[yorkie_chris]

Originally Posted by Seggons

I don't really have any choice with it being restricted.

Yes you do.

A can isnt going to add enough performance to put it over 33bhp, even if it did theres no way they could do you for it, if your bike was shown to be making 33.5bhp then you could just argue the toss about the accuracy of their dyno. And it would certainly be restricted, as it wouldn't be making 70bhp
Though your certificate will say for a standard bike, if it came to it just claim ignorance and remember its up to the coppers to prove that your bike is over 33bhp, not up to you to prove its less than.

Chris

Thanks for that advice yorkie_chris.

Originally Posted by yorkie_chris

Yes you do.

A can isnt going to add enough performance to put it over 33bhp, even if it did theres no way they could do you for it, if your bike was shown to be making 33.5bhp then you could just argue the toss about the accuracy of their dyno. And it would certainly be restricted, as it wouldn't be making 70bhp
Though your certificate will say for a standard bike, if it came to it just claim ignorance and remember its up to the coppers to prove that your bike is over 33bhp, not up to you to prove its less than.

Chris

+1

IMHO unless you are speeding around like a loon, or going well over a ton, the police don't seem to take much interest in restriction.

[yorkie_chris]

Just out of curiosity, has anybody dynod a restricted bike?

(prefereably a curvy done with the sliders)