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elwon20

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  1. I'll update this thread when they're fitted (hopefully Friday), but for now, here they are... There is a teeny tiny mark on one of them (You'd have to get pretty close and really be looking to see it) but other than that they look brand new. They're the exact ones from Performance Bikes Magazine's suped-up TL1000R which was featured in a few articles in 2015: I'm informed they didn't have them long and then they were returned and placed into storage until now.
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    Tyres

    Mrs has PR4's on her CBR, which I've been out on a good few times now (used it to commute to and from work before lockdown during all that flooding). I have R5's on my bike. Honestly, the 4's are great. I didn't notice anything in the wet that I would attribute to the tyres. The 5's supposedly have better wet-grip when part worn, I think that's their main advantage. Hard to tell tbh, I haven't had to do an emergency stop on both in heavy rain. And even if I did, the CBR is a different bike, has ABS, is lowered and the suspension is set up for Mrs, not me. So I still wouldn't be able to do a fair comparison. If you can get the 4's much cheaper, I'd go with them. If they're of similar price or you're not fussed about the money, go with the 5's.
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    Close call!

    Is it just me that thinks his braking (forgetting the rest of his riding) was atrocious? Almost looks like he barely touched the front and slammed on his rear. He was doing what 85~ when it came into view? I'd like to think with what were presumably warm tyres on dry roads he could have scrubbed off a lot more speed than he did. Good job looking at the gap and not the truck though! -- edit -- Did bit of investigating/research. So he had 4ish seconds from when he reacted to when he would have made contact... According to this article: https://www.visordown.com/features/general/zero-100mph-zero A GSXR k7 can stop from 100mph in 4.5 seconds, an old Thunderace with tired rubber hoses can do it 5.1 seconds. But that's from 100, and as we know stopping times/distances get exponentially bigger the faster you're going. I'd like to think with good braking skill he could have stopped or at least been doing <15mph by the time he got to the hazard. So much so that the first time I watched it my immediate thought when I saw the truck was, 'oops, but he should be able to stop in time'. I get that he likely eased off the brakes and chose to avoid the hazard, a very wise decision... but he was still doing over 60mph by the time he got there, from a speed of about 85mph. He managed to shed what 25mph in 3-4 seconds? He needs to slow down and do some braking practice imo. I guess it's possible he was 2 up or something... but if he was he's an even bigger idiot than I initially thought xD
  4. Me and my mate used to get boozed up, geared up and then knock crap out of each other... great fun. Full leathers, gloves, boots, helmets everything.
  5. On the road my best on any bike ever... 260 miles on the road on a CBF125, tank is only 13litres as well! Worst: About 75miles. That's what you get for down gearing and riding like a tit.
  6. I've found the biggest factor in price for me is where it is stored. If I have it as 'private drive', 'enclosed private area' or 'on the street' I get exactly the same quote. Put it in a locked private garage and it drops down from like £2,000 to £450.
  7. I totally get it, to be clear i'm not criticising yourself in any way shape or form, just giving out my own experience. I've taken your advice and contacted them, and we'll see how their customer service responds... If they replace it for free, and the next one doesn't fall off within 3 months i'll be a happy man. These things can and do happen occasionally. Well I reached out to them on 16th March and they still haven't replied... Possibly COVID, but I doubt COVID has prevented them from replying to their emails. Especially as on the 16th it was really having a huge impact on day to day work life yet.
  8. Can't speak for the Shiver, but both of my old RS125's were the most unreliable bikes I've ever owned. I loved it to bits... I'd have another if I could afford to have some other bugger maintain it for me. Love Aprilia's... hated the constant maintenance/repairs on the two I owned. Brake discs warping, callipers getting seized, various cables snapping left right and center, front headlight falling off inside its mount. You name it lol. And that's on top of all of the expected 2-stroke/carb maintenance. However, it's possible that in the last 20 years they've become a lot more reliable, or that the RS125 model was just a one off unreliable model amongst a bunch of otherwise reliable Aprilia models. But then again they're Italian so it's equally likely they haven't and the problems affected all of them! xD
  9. Treated the GSXR to a set of BST Carbon Fibre wheels. Should arrive by the end of this week. Found a good deal, and I always wanted a litre bike with a set of these on, so really quite excited!
  10. £750? They're only £700 in sportsbikeshop new... £660 on demontweaks... Might want to drop the price a little
  11. I recognise this road... was it you who posted a video going down this road on a snowy commute or something recently?
  12. I totally get it, to be clear i'm not criticising yourself in any way shape or form, just giving out my own experience. I've taken your advice and contacted them, and we'll see how their customer service responds... If they replace it for free, and the next one doesn't fall off within 3 months i'll be a happy man. These things can and do happen occasionally.
  13. Wanted to update on this. As mentioned earlier in this thread I bought one of these for the Mrs and rated it highly... It worked well and is cheaper than a pinlock. I was even going to get one for my helmet next time I needed to replace my own pinlock(s). Unfortunately, the Mrs' one has just come unglued inside her visor while she was riding along. Just popped out in her face, properly scared her. I cleaned her visor with alcohol before applying it and applied it in warm temps (indoors). If anything when I put it on my major concern, was that we wouldn't be able to get it off again. I really didn't expect it to just fling off by itself. Could be a one-off but I'm quite disappointed tbh
  14. Dammit nope! Linky? https://themotorbikeforum.co.uk/viewtopic.php?t=72089 Kthx... Agree, never going to happen. And no you shouldn't trust an indicator. I still stand by my statement though
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