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    Got it a day early

    Bike was ready today, so couldn't wait and picked it up , loved the ride back , just getting a feel for it, gotta remember its not a sports bike. Trying to get a feel of handling, feels so high and feels like im leaning it further than i am. also getting to grips with gears(using them more)as buell could be left in top gear from 40-130+, got a feel for it 2up also no prob's

    Really like it, loads better than my dads transalp and i loved that enough to sell the buell. I'm gonna ride it all day tomorrow to get used to it. would still be on it now but missus wanted to go home(stored at mum and dads garage, as secure)speeds decieving though feels slower than your acxtually going cause of height

    post some pics soon

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    Enjoy it mate! Ride it hard, get it dirty, show it some foreign shores. But most of all...lock it up!

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    yeah, sorry to hear bout yours, since ive wanted one ive spotted em about so i'll keep an eye out for ya. Also my missus pranged her scooter few weeks ago so im repairing it and am in and out of bike breakers up here so i'll have a look when im there also(just in case)

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    Here she is, done good few miles today and got used to it now also she's running on bridgestone trail wing, anyone know what there like?





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    Quote Originally Posted by captaincaveman
    Here she is, done good few miles today and got used to it now also she's running on bridgestone trail wing, anyone know what there like?




    Nice bike dude, the bridgstone's are also known as Death Wings if that will answer your question. They seem to last forever and not to bad in dry conditions. In the wet there is just know way of knowing what they will do. Sometimes they grip, sometimes they slip. You need proper big boy rubber on that baby now - TKC80's

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    Looks a lovely bike, as to the tyres i've occasionally seen them posted as "Deathwings" but as i have Pirelli MT 80's on mine can't comment if good or bad.

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    In the wet there is just know way of knowing what they will do. Sometimes they grip, sometimes they slip.


    I've soiled myself in various colours with these tyres....

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    can ya get stickies for these without changing the wheels? and what size tyres can fit on the rims? can you go up a size?(width)

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    For the road I don't think you can beat Dunlop D607s, for the mud TKC80's.

    Don't bother changing sizes, Honda spent so much money developing the chassison the AT that they forgot to paint the brake calipers.

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    PS, that bike looks great, congratulations!

    Now let's see it dirty!

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