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I will as soon as I sell the SV
http://www.donedeal.ie/for-sale/motorbikes/2267864[/URL]
Is your reak name Davin :eek:
Nice job cantdecide, what prep and paint did you end up using?
I just went to my local motor factors and they gave me a can of Simoniz high temp exhaust paint. I just followed the can instructions. I wire brushed and sanded the lot first. You need no primer. It just says that the first coat is just a mist. You just have to remember to half heat up the bike and let it cool so it harden's right before you redden the bike.bf fixed his bike and if gone on a spin... im home with the little one
not fair! nice, kamikazi...do it!
Nice. Did Denis get everything he needed? Did he do any more tweeks while he was in there?0 -
bike to work! \o/
well thanks to my friend staying over with us and driving with me
a scooter over took us... twice, damn im slow!
and my nerves are gone thinking someones gona reverse into my bike outside, spending most of the morn looking out the window!! lol
@cantdecide yep, he spent ALL weekend on it!! and literally just got it working properly at 11pm last night, says its better then before! lol
and he got leathers for track day but thats all he has atm,
a one piece, a tight one piece 0 -
bike to work! \o/
well thanks to my friend staying over with us and driving with me
a scooter over took us... twice, damn im slow!
and my nerves are gone thinking someones gona reverse into my bike outside, spending most of the morn looking out the window!! lol
Proud of ya, dawlin'
he spent ALL weekend on it!! and literally just got it working properly at 11pm last night, says its better then before! lol
and he got leathers for track day but thats all he has atm,
a one piece, a tight one piece
You'll have to put him on a diet Glad he's motoring again. Did he get the cast off? 0 -
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Thanks for the well dones but im feeling crappy now
lost all my confidence on way home.
The other half was supposed to come meet me outside work but his bike broke down on way. i had to make my own way to him which wasnt too bad nor too far but i was parked facing the curb and i could not for the life of me turn the bike around, couldnt move it an inch
damsel in distress that i was asked a couple of polish builders to help me which was grand but then i stood for what felt like 10mins trying to turn the alarm off! (fob turns the sound off but when you touch the bike it goes off again, im sure theres a nack to it but i havnt found it yet)
so found the bf and went to a friends house, he left his bike there and went pillion with friend, so had someone infront of me and behind me the whole way home in the rain but id lost all confidence, i had a terrible fear id never had before, practically walked the bike around corners coz i was afraid
dont see how i can do this when i can move my own bike, im so upset and feel like giving up
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dont see how i can do this when i can move my own bike, im so upset and feel like giving up
Don't feel bad. You really are doing well. Everything is new to you at the moment. You have to figure out what you do and don't need to focus on. You will have good days and bad days. When you keep it together on the bad days, which you have done, you become a better rider.
The curb thing was just a rookie error. That's all. What you've learned is that you have to plan forward with regard to parking so you can be sure you can get back out again. You'll remember next time. Try backing the bike up to the curb.
Everyone loses their mojo to some extent in the rain. It changes your entire approach. You reacted perfectly naturally albeit a little over-cautiously. You will figure out what's safe I remember there was a time last year when it hadn't rained in ages and when it finally rained again, I wanted to pull in and call a taxi. You should just stick to dry days for now, is the only advice I can give you.
Keep with it. You're playing a blinder even though you don't realise 0 -
cantdecide wrote: »Don't feel bad. You really are doing well. Everything is new to you at the moment. You have to figure out what you do and don't need to focus on. You will have good days and bad days. When you keep it together on the bad days, which you have done, you become a better rider.
The curb thing was just a rookie error. That's all. What you've learned is that you have to plan forward with regard to parking so you can be sure you can get back out again. You'll remember next time. Try backing the bike up to the curb.
Everyone loses their mojo to some extent in the rain. It changes your entire approach. You reacted perfectly naturally albeit a little over-cautiously. You will figure out what's safe I remember there was a time last year when it hadn't rained in ages and when it finally rained again, I wanted to pull in and call a taxi. You should just stick to dry days for now, is the only advice I can give you.
Keep with it. You're playing a blinder even though you don't realise
thanks CD, im just down in the dumps about it. thinking i probably should have got a lighter bike
im gona try practice moving it around the lane behind the house and im gona think about where i park first so ill be able to get out. im gona keep trying but i know theres a chance i might have to go smaller 0 -
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thanks CD, im just down in the dumps about it. thinking i probably should have got a lighter bike
im gona try practice moving it around the lane behind the house and im gona think about where i park first so ill be able to get out. im gona keep trying but i know theres a chance i might have to go smallerget more training, it really helps!
+1
Your trainer will help you with all of this stuff, too.
You're having a bit of a baptism of fire but I wouldn't do anything drastic like changing the bike yet. You won't be a learner forever. You'd be surprised how many different ways there are of shunting a bike around. This is one of these technique-is-better-than-strength situations. If you get used to thinking ahead and work out a way of shunting the bike that you can manage, you'll be thinking back to this thread and smiling sooner than you think. Like the guys above, I remember posting on Biker.ie when I started and keening about my lack of progress and think that biking wasn't for me. It's just perseverance that's required.
Did you lower it yet?0 -
Thanks both of you, good to hear you say you've felt like this before too.
Its hard for me to get out coz ive a daughter (and the family dont know about the bike, they wouldnt be happy
) so anytime i want to go out i need a babysitter.
And im beginning to feel like a pest to the guys, they arnt gona enjoy a spin with me coz im so slow and need looking after.
inchiuvatu lives around the corner and offered to go out with me but im afraid he'll regret it after 5mins :S
ahhhhhh! (silent scream at my desk!)0 -
cantdecide wrote: »+1
Your trainer will help you with all of this stuff, too.
You're having a bit of a baptism of fire but I wouldn't do anything drastic like changing the bike yet. You won't be a learner forever. You'd be surprised how many different ways there are of shunting a bike around. This is one of these technique-is-better-than-strength situations. If you get used to thinking ahead and work out a way of shunting the bike that you can manage, you'll be thinking back to this thread and smiling sooner than you think. Like the guys above, I remember posting on Biker.ie when I started and keening about my lack of progress and think that biking wasn't for me. It's just perseverance that's required.
Did you lower it yet?
sorry didnt see your post when i posted.
nope not lowered yet, need someone to do it and theyve been busy with the broken bike
yea i should really get my need 3hour in with dave lyons, i could do with it around now.
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...not lowered yet, need someone to do it and theyve been busy with the broken bike...
This must be the tenth time I suggested you give that Denis a clip round the ear but ya- give that Denis a clip round the ear and tell him if he knows what's good for him, he'll have to keep his good lady happy
...wish you lived in dub!!...
Don't you mean you, like any reasonable person, wished you lived in Cork? Easy mistake to make!0 -
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cantdecide wrote: »This must be the tenth time I suggested you give that Denis a clip round the ear but ya- give that Denis a clip round the ear and tell him if he knows what's good for him, he'll have to keep his good lady happy
Don't you mean you, like any reasonable person, wished you lived in Cork? Easy mistake to make!
i could clip him round the ear till the cows come home but dont think hed be able to do it with his wrist, cast is off but im guessing he'll need to use it hard to lower it?
or is lowering easy? could i do it??
and yes, of course i meant cork, ill live there some daymaameeo, not sure if this helps, but any time i move my bike I leave the side stand down. Sort of gives you the safety net in case you go to drop it.
We've all dropped bikes. My latest one was about 2 months ago. Just washed it in Donnybrook petrol station, was putting it on the main stand, had all my weight on the lever, bike was about to go up, but my boots were wet, I slipped off the stand and the bike was off balance and went down!
Actually, should start a thread about stupid ways to drop bikes.
thanks pap, yep i do that too more afraid of it falling the otherway though!
you should start that thread, if you havnt already >_> havnt looked properly lol
id already have two stupid ways 0 -
Keep it leant slightly to the left, that way the only way it can fall is onto the sidestand. If you feel it about to go just try and ease it onto the stand. Remember you own the bike, not the other way around.
thanks pap, yep i do that too more afraid of it falling the otherway though!
This sort of thing will become second nature over time, don't be too worried about it.0 -
Keep it leant slightly to the left, that way the only way it can fall is onto the sidestand. If you feel it about to go just try and ease it onto the stand. Remember you own the bike, not the other way around.
This sort of thing will become second nature over time, don't be too worried about it.
i own it... i likes
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