The "Today I did something to my bike" thread

blade1

Titanium Akrapovic fitted for now.
This bike would have originally came with two exhausts.
One for the road(too quiet) and one for the racetrack.
It was missing the race one when I bought it but I'm trying to hunt one down.
So in the meantime...

D3V!L

blade1 wrote: »

Titanium Akrapovic fitted for now.
This bike would have originally came with two exhausts.
One for the road(too quiet) and one for the racetrack.
It was missing the race one when I bought it but I'm trying to hunt one down.
So in the meantime...

Jaysus , at least use NSFW tags or something !!

Post reported. :pac:

H_Lime

blade1 wrote: »

Titanium Akrapovic fitted for now.
This bike would have originally came with two exhausts.
One for the road(too quiet) and one for the racetrack.
It was missing the race one when I bought it but I'm trying to hunt one down.
So in the meantime...

Last of the gooduns!

H_Lime

Lube, plus, cables, filters, sync, mosfet.

blade1

H_Lime wrote: »

Lube, plus, cables, filters, sync, mosfet.

Either CBR 600 or 900 ?

H_Lime

blade1 wrote: »

Either CBR 600 or 900 ?

Bird:)

Hows the aprilia treating ya Blade? What reliability mods you done/to do?

blade1

H_Lime wrote: »

Bird:)

Hows the aprilia treating ya Blade? What reliability mods you done/to do?

Ah,forgot about the blackbird.
Aprilia is treating me great.
I have s few of them so they must be doing something right.
No mods yet but I'll be doing them as I go along.
Only have it over a week.
Done 300miles on it yesterday and loved every second of it.
Didn't want to get off it when I got home.

H_Lime

blade1 wrote: »

Ah,forgot about the blackbird.
Aprilia is treating me great.
I have s few of them so they must be doing something right.
No mods yet but I'll be doing them as I go along.
Only have it over a week.
Done 300miles on it yesterday and loved every second of it.
Didn't want to get off it when I got home.

Cool, my old mille r responded well to airbox elim kit and mapping. Brown connectors, beefier/extra earths and fuel connectors were a must along with a mosfet. Savage machine that enjoy the hell out of her! Where'd ya buy?

blade1

H_Lime wrote: »

Cool, my old mille r responded well to airbox elim kit and mapping. Brown connectors, beefier/extra earths and fuel connectors were a must along with a mosfet. Savage machine that enjoy the hell out of her! Where'd ya buy?

Came from Belgium via Ap uk

H_Lime

blade1 wrote: »

Came from Belgium via Ap uk

Nice and fair dues in getting her in. Not the kinda craic i subscribe to but a nice clean one of them will increase in value over time;)

blade1

H_Lime wrote: »

Nice and fair dues in getting her in. Not the kinda craic i subscribe to but a nice clean one of them will increase in value over time;)

8000 miles and it's like brand new.
It's getting a lot of attention anytime I pull in somewhere.
As posted above I have the carbon race bellypan fitted and I also have the carbon race nose cone.
Would like the full race kit that originally came with it but pretty much impossible to pick up.
I've a few people trying to source me the race exhaust.
I located two so far but one guy won't sell and the other guy will only swap for something rare.

A few people have contacted me already telling me they need the carbon race bits I have and would I sell them so it's pretty much at a name your price stage with these parts now.
I have no interest in selling them.

The Nutty M

Put a set of tyres on the bike last week. Had only done 160kms on it since last November and my God did I feel rusty on it taking it out last week.

Went to Donegal and back. Rode like a complete knob and noob but enjoyed every minute of it.

H_Lime

What tyres ya fit Nutty?

Righting the accountants wrongs when they told the techs to save on wiring. Out with the sub par skinny wire.


In with high quality heavier guage

Additional earth added too.
Cranking amperages were dropping into the nines, substantially higher now in upper tens. Starter spins like its being jump started and ocassional warm start hesitancy gone, worth doin.

Light!

Switchback drl's/indicators and relay fitted, wired into the sidelight. Bastards see me now!


Fun at the dyno last week




There is nothing quite like the ride home from having the afr set correctly, even if its pissin☺

blade1

H_Lime wrote: »

Righting the accountants wrongs when they told the techs to save on wiring. Out with the sub par skinny wire

In with high quality heavier guage
Additional earth added too.

Never a bad idea.
For the winter,i'll be adding bigger battery leads,bigger battery,bigger starter solenoid and cutting out connectors and heat shrinking the wires between reg/rectifier and the stator.

H_Lime

blade1 wrote: »

Never a bad idea.
For the winter,i'll be adding bigger battery leads,bigger battery,bigger starter solenoid and cutting out connectors and heat shrinking the wires between reg/rectifier and the stator.

Spoken like an aprilia veteran:)
I did the same and bypassed the rr wiring and went direct to battery (bigger ytx14) with an inline fuse for the mosfet.
Hitachi 150amp solenoid is a nice touch too.

Hows she running Blade you out on her much? Any plans for mapping?

blade1

H_Lime wrote: »

Spoken like an aprilia veteran:)
I did the same and bypassed the rr wiring and went direct to battery (bigger ytx14) with an inline fuse for the mosfet.
Hitachi 150amp solenoid is a nice touch too.

Hows she running Blade you out on her much? Any plans for mapping?

She's running beautifully.
2000 miles done so far.
And I've picked up some rare racekit parts as well
A lad in France had these in his attic since new in 2003.
A race kit exhaust hanger and reverse gear shifter.





Also picked up a Ti Evo race exhaust which I should have on Monday.

H_Lime

blade1 wrote: »

She's running beautifully.
2000 miles done so far.
And I've picked up some rare racekit parts as well
A lad in France had these in his attic since new in 2003.
A race kit exhaust hanger and reverse gear shifter.





Also picked up a Ti Evo race exhaust which I should have on Monday.

Brill! Any snaps of the exhaust? Will you have it mapped to suit?
My old rsvr had a renegade air box elim kit/twin underseat system, chip for ign adv and pc3 mapped to 125 on a dynojet 250i dyno. Thing was lovely but I was crippled after a half hour on er haha.

The reverse shift is trick but wouldn't be my bag, rode a leery 7/11 outa specials in Galway with one once and spend more time trying to think backwards than shifting lol.

Be gas if you and my buddy on his same tuono r should cross paths, never seen two together in the flesh!

Whats the craic is she daytime only in that pic with no headlight or is it a cover or sommein?

blade1

H_Lime wrote: »

Brill! Any snaps of the exhaust? Will you have it mapped to suit?
My old rsvr had a renegade air box elim kit/twin underseat system, chip for ign adv and pc3 mapped to 125 on a dynojet 250i dyno. Thing was lovely but I was crippled after a half hour on er haha.

The reverse shift is trick but wouldn't be my bag, rode a leery 7/11 outa specials in Galway with one once and spend more time trying to think backwards than shifting lol.

Be gas if you and my buddy on his same tuono r should cross paths, never seen two together in the flesh!

Whats the craic is she daytime only in that pic with no headlight or is it a cover or sommein?

I'll be opening up the airbox.
At the moment I have fr100 chip with a mivv exhaust as I couldn't bear the sound of the standard exhaust.
I'll be changing the chip again when I do the airbox and ti evo fitted.
The front is a race nose cone that can be swapped in about 3 minutes with the road nose cone that has the headlight attached to it.
Your friends Tuono,is it an R or a Racing?
I only know of one more Racing in Ireland that was for sale around 4-5 years ago.
I would have loved to have bought it at time but I was just after buying my Mille.

H_Lime

blade1 wrote: »

I'll be opening up the airbox.
At the moment I have fr100 chip with a mivv exhaust as I couldn't bear the sound of the standard exhaust.
I'll be changing the chip again when I do the airbox and ti evo fitted.
The front is a race nose cone that can be swapped in about 3 minutes with the road nose cone that has the headlight attached to it.
Your friends Tuono,is it an R or a Racing?
I only know of one more Racing in Ireland that was for sale around 4-5 years ago.
I would have loved to have bought it at time but I was just after buying my Mille.

Yeah it a racing (not sure what number), he's in Cork and I've seen another in Dublin a couple yrs back with a 2 into 2 akra.

blade1

H_Lime wrote: »

Yeah it a racing (not sure what number), he's in Cork and I've seen another in Dublin a couple yrs back with a 2 into 2 akra.

I wouldn't mind crossing path sometime with your mate so for a nose at his bike.
Twin Akras?,nice.
That reminds me of another mod I must do.
Adding a single race can gives you a flat spot between 4k and 5k rpm so I have to modify the collector box to sort that.

blade1

H_Lime wrote: »

Brill! Any snaps of the exhaust?

This is the exhaust that's on the way.
Definitely not a looker, especially with that small outlet :eek:

The Nutty M

Went back to PR4'S from PR5's.

D3V!L

I replaced the frumpy tall screen on my Ultra Limited and added some trim





It took all of 10 minutes to do. Really changed the front.

Hotblack Desiato

The Nutty M wrote: »

Went back to PR4'S from PR5's.

Any reason, apart from them being (presumably) cheaper?

The Nutty M

Hotblack Desiato wrote: »

Any reason, apart from them being (presumably) cheaper?

Don't know the price difference but it came down to the 4's lasted longer. The 5 did around 4k Kms less.

Also maybe it was in my head but many a cold morning I got the brown stuff scared out of me. It seemed like the 5 took longer to heat up and get grip. Coming out the dual carriageway out of Letterkenny one morning and I came awful awful close to going tarmac surfing. So my confidence in them plummeted.

The 4 I find is amazing for grip in the wet.

Wonda-Boy

I was a PR tyre man all my biking life....until I got the Metzeler Roadtec 01s. I found them much better then the pr4 and pr5.

Give them a try.

The Nutty M

Wonda-Boy wrote: »

I was a PR tyre man all my biking life....until I got the Metzeler Roadtec 01s. I found them much better then the pr4 and pr5.

Give them a try.

I'd a bad experience with a Z8 on the old busa so they wouldn't be for me. But as again it's down to personal preference and confidence.
If the confidence is not there in a corner then you're goosed.

zubair

The Nutty M wrote: »

I'd a bad experience with a Z8 on the old busa so they wouldn't be for me. But as again it's down to personal preference and confidence.
If the confidence is not there in a corner then you're goosed.

Similar experience for me, won't buy metz again, they're probably fine and the 01 is well reviewed but I was done with them. Don't get me started on Bridgestones.

Best tyres going for normal riding and wet weather are the pr4, r5 and dunlop rs3.

Wonda-Boy

Reason I went with metz is that every single generation of PR tyre after the 2s scallop on the front (its a weird groove ingrained the more you ride) It's a known problem as they get the compound softer...was talking to the rep at the NEC bike show and he knew exactly what I was on about.

But yeah Bridgestone I would not ever get.

I am impressed by the Pirelli Scorpions on the KTM they heat up really fast and so far grip has been very good.... Need more rain riding to really see how they handle but all things considered statistically you only lose 3-4% grip in the wet (not counting diesel and wet man hole covers etc) so id say I am good.

listermint

zubair wrote: »

Similar experience for me, won't buy metz again, they're probably fine and the 01 is well reviewed but I was done with them. Don't get me started on Bridgestones.

Best tyres going for normal riding and wet weather are the pr4, r5 and dunlop rs3.

Riding Bridgestones 3 years now and they give me acres of confidence after terrible experience with Michelin anakees.

I think tyres can be entirely personal as can be demonstrated from above comments.

My next set will be Bridgestone again. I drive all year round all conditions and the BTs have never let me down

zubair

Wonda-Boy wrote: »

Reason I went with metz is that every single generation of PR tyre after the 2s scallop on the front

I find a lot of fronts scallop on me. probably because of all the straight line riding. PR4s scallop the worst, even the Dunlops scalloped but the R5s seem fine so far and are squaring, I think they'll be down to TWI before they scallop but that's more down to being a softer tyre with a shorter lifespan. I'd take that over scalloping.

listermint wrote: »

Riding Bridgestones 3 years now and they give me acres of confidence after terrible experience with Michelin anakees.

I think tyres can be entirely personal as can be demonstrated from above comments.

My next set will be Bridgestone again. I drive all year round all conditions and the BTs have never let me down

I wonder if the difference is because they are adventure tyres.

listermint

zubair wrote: »

I find a lot of fronts scallop on me. probably because of all the straight line riding. PR4s scallop the worst, even the Dunlops scalloped but the R5s seem fine so far and are squaring, I think they'll be down to TWI before they scallop but that's more down to being a softer tyre with a shorter lifespan. I'd take that over scalloping.




I wonder if the difference is because they are adventure tyres.

Bridgestone BT would be classified as touring not adventure. That obviously means road tyre so I don't believe that's the reason if you look at the profile etc nothing about it says adventure

zubair

But the Anakees are adventure tyres aren't they? So are you comparing adventure tyres to road/ touring?

Emmersonn

Wonda-Boy wrote: »

I am impressed by the Pirelli Scorpions on the KTM they heat up really fast and so far grip has been very good.... Need more rain riding to really see how they handle but all things considered statistically you only lose 3-4% grip in the wet (not counting diesel and wet man hole covers etc) so id say I am good.

Have to agree with you on the Scorpions. I'm on my second set of these on a Super Tenere. Changed them at just shy of 8000 kms . More grip than I need wet or dry. I was a committed Tourance user until they started coming from China and the quality dropped off.(and no it was not in my head) I usually put up around 30k per year and am doing that for longer than i will admit. LOL. On my FJR I am using Angel GTs and again I am very happy with them. Usually change them between 7 and 8k Klm.

listermint

zubair wrote: »

But the Anakees are adventure tyres aren't they? So are you comparing adventure tyres to road/ touring?

The anakees came with the bike. Theyre a road tyre with adventure capabilities. They're not a straight up off road tyre.

They are ****e though

To be clear I'm comparing the BTs to the two sets of BTS before them. Grip for days. Never an issue and as I said I drive entire year round. Mix of rural L roads N roads and motorways.

I don't see the problem with Bridgestones to be frank. I put about 25k plus km on the bike per year and not granddad miles.

Blanchy90

I put a new led headlight on my bike last week an the new saddle arrived today, I'll get some pics up when its on

Wonda-Boy

Crash bars and new saddle en route.....order placed for new exhaust....think I am done then.

blade1

Wonda-Boy wrote: »

think I am done then.

I recall saying something similar 30 years ago

D3V!L

I spent a day pulling my Ultra Limited apart to install a GPS tracker. It's time consuming but very simple and straight forward. The great thing about the different model ranges from HD is they all follow the same basic design.

H_Lime

D3V!L wrote: »

I spent a day pulling my Ultra Limited apart to install a GPS tracker. It's time consuming but very simple and straight forward. The great thing about the different model ranges from HD is they all follow the same basic design.

Cool. How does the tracker work?

D3V!L

H_Lime wrote: »

Cool. How does the tracker work?

It's a Biketrac, its using GPS, radio and phone networks. Costs €12 a month and is well worth it.

zubair

D3V!L wrote: »

It's a Biketrac, its using GPS, radio and phone networks. Costs €12 a month and is well worth it.

Link plx!

Also, spotted this today and it gave me a chuckle. :-)

D3V!L

They have a UK and Irish site. https://biketrac.ie/ . The live monitoring is very well done. You're called within seconds of an event.

"Betsy the Bus" aka my Ultra Limited is on a diet this week because she's too fat. I'll post pics later

D3V!L

Seems I'm on garage duty this week. My wife hasn't even turned on her R Nine T let alone driven it in about 6 weeks and guess what ?? The battery is so dead it won't take a charge.

The process for removing the battery is about 90 minutes of dismantling !! I honestly don't know how BMW decided this was a good idea. I'll post a pick of the very stripped down bike later. It's terrifying.

H_Lime

Anyone running the michelin road 5 trail?
In comparison to the pr4' s who have behaved A1 is there any negatives? Profile similar? Turn in any sharper?

All this talk of scalloping has me jittery. 10k kms on pr4's has the rear a couple hundred ks away from the indicator. Could get away with keeping the front (basic wear nothing untoward) but these days I don't rack up miles and change as a set.

Wonda-Boy

KTM Powerparts saddle and crash bars on....seat does make a difference alright but its wider and taller. Really would not want to be vertically challenged on the 1290 I tell ya.

Glad I got the orange it ties in well with the front as the black bars would have done nothing for the bike.

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listermint

D3V!L wrote: »

Seems I'm on garage duty this week. My wife hasn't even turned on her R Nine T let alone driven it in about 6 weeks and guess what ?? The battery is so dead it won't take a charge.

The process for removing the battery is about 90 minutes of dismantling !! I honestly don't know how BMW decided this was a good idea. I'll post a pick of the very stripped down bike later. It's terrifying.

Why don't you have a trickle charge line installed in it .


Seems ridiculous not to if the bike gets infrequent use

D3V!L

listermint wrote: »

Why don't you have a trickle charge line installed in it .


Seems ridiculous not to if the bike gets infrequent use

It's a new garage and theres no power in it yet. Lesson learned I think . €80 for a new battery.

scudster

D3V!L wrote: »

It's a new garage and theres no power in it yet. Lesson learned I think . €80 for a new battery.

Just hook another battery to it for a while to get some charge back into it. Then try the charger again.

Wonda-Boy

scudster wrote: »

Just hook another battery to it for a while to get some charge back into it. Then try the charger again.

Depending on the battery type if it gets discharged too much there is no way back from the flat state no matter what you do.