Just like a new one!

[Number One]

I have hairy bits on my rubber bits!!!!! This is my first ever full set of brand new tyres and of course right on queue it is of course raining here :Oi:

Lately I've been getting lots of comments about how much MORE noisy my bike is. I got used to it and infact grew to love the roar at full throttle however decided that given the looseness of the rivets it might be a good time to take the muffler off and repack it.

SO took it off the bike, drilled out the rivets and emptied out the packing...:lol: NO WONDER IT WERE SO LOUD! Check out the pics :rofl:

Of course being the hoon that Sully60 is he just had to start the thing up without the muffler on....it didn't sound much different than it has been sounding with the muffler on it!

Then on with the repacked muffler....oooooo it has that lovely gargley VTwin growl back.

NOW I just need a fine day and I am off...yeee haaaa I love holidays - now to decide where to go on it so I can enjoy the new tyres and much better sound....... :whistle:

:banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana:

[Pussy]

Nice pic of your (tyre) tits there, Number One!

[jrandom]

Good call on the Contis.

Also, I think you mean 'right on cue'.

[Number One]

Also, I think you mean 'right on cue'.
Cue yup that's what I meant...but you knew that eh...ya spelling nazi.

Just cos I know it needles some on here I shall be leaving it :lol:

[MsKABC]

Cue yup that's what I meant...but you knew that eh...ya spelling nazi.

Just cos I know it needles some on here I shall be leaving it :lol:

Well at least you spelt 'queue' correctly. There are many on here who would have spelt it 'que' lol

[Madness]

Conti's are shit.

Each to their own though, aye?. :rolleyes:

[The Baron]

It will feel like a new bike now with new tyres and new sound. Have fun.

[Number One]

Never ridden on Contis so I look forward to experiencing them for myself.

Only ever ridden this bike with old worn Metzelers and Super Corsas so I am just looking forward to having some decent rubber under my arse.

Looks like a tootle up to cheer on the Welly Bucketeers is in order now :niceone:

[Trudes]

Yahhhhhh!! They're looking good, and I'm very glad my monsters have safe rubbers now!! And good on ya you re-packer, might be able to sneak up on us now!!:2thumbsup

[Number One]

Yahhhhhh!! They're looking good, and I'm very glad my monsters have safe rubbers now!! And good on ya you re-packer, might be able to sneak up on us now!!:2thumbsup
Nah you'll here me cackling a mile off :niceone:

Gonna organise the babysitter tonight :niceone:

Expect me - I'll bring my own sleeping bag.

[Trudes]

Nah you'll here me cackling a mile off :niceone:

Gonna organise the babysitter tonight :niceone:

Expect me - I'll bring my own sleeping bag.

Awesome, I was just having a looky at the map at how much further it is to come home via Vinegar Hill and Saddle road!!!
Nigel will be pleased, he will get to be 1 Cup for the night!!:rofl:

[Number One]

Nigel will be pleased, he will get to be 1 Cup for the night!!:rofl:
No the sleeping bag is for him. You and I get the bed schweetheart :blip:

[Trudes]

No the sleeping bag is for him. You and I get the bed schweetheart :blip:

*giggle* We could throw Hels into the mix! We can have our room and the boys can have theirs!!!:woohoo:

[Number One]

*giggle* We could throw Hels into the mix! We can have our room and the boys can have theirs!!!:woohoo:
oooo I'll bring the cupcakes! :devil2:

[Madness]

Cupcakes?!?! (http://i166.photobucket.com/albums/u110/Volenier/CUPCAKES.jpg)

[Number One]

Cupcakes?!?! (http://i166.photobucket.com/albums/u110/Volenier/CUPCAKES.jpg)
Indeed!

There'll be none left for you though

[Gubb]

I am just looking forward to having some decent rubber under my arse.

:crazy::blink:

[Number One]

:crazy::blink:
Oh yeah and good tyres on the bike would be nice too :niceone:

[Number One]

OMG!!!!

The bike once again goes exactly where you are looking (not 3 feet wide of that) with almost no effort on the riders part!!!

Very little steering input required :gob:

Just about ended up on the wrong side of the road going around right hand corners a few times.

AND so much easier to flick about at slow speed.

The muffler repack has also improved the way it runs down low too and it does sound yummy - not as loud :rolleyes: but YUMMY nonetheless :niceone:

Bring on the next fine day :banana:

[MsKABC]

Well at least you spelt 'queue' correctly. There are many on here who would have spelt it 'que' lol

See....


No3.The Kopu bridge...470 meters long single lane built in 1927..If there is a que it is acceptable for bikes to go to the front...Some go up the left..

:lol:

[Number One]

Clearly I deserve some brownie points for spelling queue right even though what I should have typed was cue. BUT queue is far more interesting to type!

As I touch type at 100+ words a minute I tend to type the version of the words that I use most at work and queue gets used far more than cue in papers and other such communications. Another example that I regularly type incorrectly is 'their' - used far more than there in my line of work. Mostly I do register that I have typed the wrong word but when I'm on a roll and typing hard out I don't stop to correct till the end and as this is KB sometimes I don't even bother to correct...I get to be as loose as I like on here *sigh*

Waiting for road to dry out a little - new rubber scrubbed and at the ready .........the little girl waits

[MsKABC]

Clearly I deserve some brownie points for spelling queue right even though what I should have typed was cue. BUT queue is far more interesting to type!

As I touch type at 100+ words a minute I tend to type the version of the words that I use most at work and queue gets used far more than cue in papers and other such communications. Another example that I regularly type incorrectly is 'their' - used far more than there in my line of work. Mostly I do register that I have typed the wrong word but when I'm on a roll and typing hard out I don't stop to correct till the end and as this is KB sometimes I don't even bother to correct...I get to be as loose as I like on here *sigh*

Waiting for road to dry out a little - new rubber scrubbed and at the ready .........the little girl waits

100wpm?? That's impressive! I'm lucky to do 65 after 3 years of shorthand typing at school!

Hope the weather clears for you soon - I'm very jealous. I've managed to convince hubby that I need a bike, but he's slower than treacle when it comes to researching & purchasing....unless it's a 748 for himself of course! :rolleyes: We cannot just buy the first one we look at, sheesh. Hopefully I'll be joining you on the roads soon though :2thumbsup

[Number One]

100wpm?? That's impressive! I'm lucky to do 65 after 3 years of shorthand typing at school!

Hope the weather clears for you soon - I'm very jealous. I've managed to convince hubby that I need a bike, but he's slower than treacle when it comes to researching & purchasing....unless it's a 748 for himself of course! :rolleyes: We cannot just buy the first one we look at, sheesh. Hopefully I'll be joining you on the roads soon though :2thumbsup
Do some research of your own my dear :niceone:

I have spent far too much time sitting at a computer.

I like to freak Sully out by regularly typing an email or post while looking at him while I talk to him about something else at the same time....now that is some serious multi tasking is it not?! :lol: I think I might have a tumour or something :rofl:

[MsKABC]

Do some research of your own my dear :niceone:

I have spent far too much time sitting at a computer.

I like to freak Sully out by regularly typing an email or post while looking at him while I talk to him about something else at the same time....now that is some serious multi tasking is it not?! :lol: I think I might have a tumour or something :rofl:

Well I used to know what I wanted, but the budget doesn't stretch that far these days on one income. So now it's about finding a compromise between affordability, reliability and ridability/ride enjoyment :) I sorta know what I want, looking at early 90's inline 4 400s. I guess I really need to get out there and ride a few, huh?

I used to do the same thing with workmates and the touch typing. They look at you like you're an alien :lol:

[FJRider]

As I touch type at 100+ words a minute I tend to type the version of the words that I use most at work and queue gets used far more than cue in papers and other such communications. Another example that I regularly type incorrectly is 'their' - used far more than there in my line of work. Mostly I do register that I have typed the wrong word but when I'm on a roll and typing hard out I don't stop to correct till the end and as this is KB sometimes I don't even bother to correct...I get to be as loose as I like on here *sigh*



Same here... but I'm lucky if I get to 3 words a minute.... :2thumbsup

another loose woman... :drool:

[AllanB]

2 girls one cupcake maybe?


Enjoy the Contis - they are good tyres.


I suspect your muffler was packed with Asian belly-button fluff looking at that photo!

[portokiwi]

I brought new Metzelers for my bike a few weeks back, It was driving me nuts about the noise when going over 50 kmph, It was those little rubber nobbly little thingies on the new tyres:laugh: when I cut them down no more noise. it was a high pitch noise.

[Number One]

another loose woman... :drool:

titter titter titter there's a few of us on here :clap:


2 girls one cupcake maybe?


Enjoy the Contis - they are good tyres.


I suspect your muffler was packed with Asian belly-button fluff looking at that photo!

I always get my own cupcake I don't share that!!! Belly-botton fluff - yes that might explain the strange odour also :lol:


It was a high pitch noise.

I like my bike to shriek a little ;)

[FJRider]

I like my bike to shriek a little ;)

as... I like my women...:bleh:

[Madness]

.........the little girl waits

You taking a pillion?

[FJRider]

You taking a pillion?

She's talking about herself... :whistle:

[Number One]

it's farken freezing in Welly today and a bit wet. Hope it clears a little later on :angry:

ANd yes I meant me smarty pants Madness! :bleh:

[Little Miss Trouble]

it's farken freezing in Welly today and a bit wet. Hope it clears a little later on :angry:

ANd yes I meant me smarty pants Madness! :bleh:

Frustrating!

I can't take my new precious out for a ride just yet either, even worse my reason is entirely self inflicted :apint:

[FJRider]

The sun is out HERE... might go for a RIDE... BYE...

[sinfull]

Still Waining here, but then i hadn't planned on a ride today, hence the spelling, because i was talking about my energy levels bwahahaha
Taupo on tuesday pant pant and a lil boy waits !

[PirateJafa]

Well I used to know what I wanted, but the budget doesn't stretch that far these days on one income. So now it's about finding a compromise between affordability, reliability and ridability/ride enjoyment :) I sorta know what I want, looking at early 90's inline 4 400s. I guess I really need to get out there and ride a few, huh?

Try some V4 400s as well. ;)

[portokiwi]

:bye: Weather cant seem to make its mind up....... But thats ok I am at work:scooter:

[madbikeboy]

I'm sending you some bling for your avatar. God bless Brunettes.

The conti's are frigging great, but here for a good time, not a long time. They are very pressure dependant - I found running them a little lower than other tires gives me the best grip/feel combination.

Mmm. Cupcakes.

[Sully60]

I found running them a little lower than other tires gives me the best grip/feel combination.

Yeah that's what the gentleman who sold them to us said.

We'll try that, I've started with the recommended pressures for the bike which we've always run and it does feel a little tall around the crown of the tyre if that makes any sense. So dropping a couple of psi might help with that.

I'ma just hava to get over my a longa time love fora the Supercorsa's and embrace zee new rubber from zee Deutschland jah?



Mmm. Cupcakes.
I'd wouldn't be a Number One thread without a little high temp:sweatdrop: baking now would it?

[Number One]

I'd wouldn't be a Number One thread without a little high temp:sweatdrop: baking now would it?

THat's right ;) :hug: will have to drop that pressure in the front soon - I'm looking out ther and it don't look nice but it don't look heinous either!

[Kendog]

Awesome, I was just having a looky at the map at how much further it is to come home via Vinegar Hill and Saddle road!!!
Nigel will be pleased, he will get to be 1 Cup for the night!!:rofl:


No the sleeping bag is for him. You and I get the bed schweetheart :blip:

Damn the motel, damn them.

[gijoe1313]

I'm a bit tyred from reading all this innuendo! :devil2: It's riding the ragged edge in terms of humor and I bet that we are treading on thin ice here! :msn-wink:

I'm sure someone will peek above the rim to see if it's not a round and about way of slipping one past the goalkeeper! :confused: I'm pretty sure that someone will wheel away the facade and expose this thread for what it is ..

pure unadulterated filth! :woohoo:

Anyway, got to have a release valve for our ramblings innit? After all, KB is renown for the hot air and not to mention the mention of lines of poultry on tire edges.

Good on having new rubber, either the bike or the bedroom - both improve performance and reduces anxiety that something will go belly side up!

I think I shall stop now :o

[Number One]

Good on having new rubber, either the bike or the bedroom - both improve performance and reduces anxiety that something will go belly side up!

I think I shall stop now :o
:lol: who is the dirty bastard?

[gijoe1313]

:lol: who is the dirty bastard?

Not me says my dominatrix partner ... she says I'm Filthy actually :oi-grr:

[Sully60]

Good on having new rubber, either the bike or the bedroom - both improve performance and reduces anxiety that something will go belly side up!



Personally I thought the rubber innuendo was a bit thin and obvious.


The mention of Asian belly-button fluff on the other hand:whistle:

[gijoe1313]

Personally I thought the rubber innuendo was a bit thin and obvious.


The mention of Asian belly-button fluff on the other hand:whistle:

Is that with or without the drunken prawns in an upturned glass bowl of sake on the stomach?

[Sully60]

Is that with or without the drunken prawns in an upturned glass bowl of sake on the stomach?

With:2thumbsup

I'm easy, if thats where things were headed who am I to stand in the way:blip:

The weather is now good enough that Number One has decided to head out for a ride, in her new leathers, rolling on her new rubber and her tailpipe freshly repacked. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cpys1c3jCNs):shutup:

[Number One]

ooooo aaaaaaa it were lovely! I loooooved it!!!

Rubber is very nice. So little input required to turn it in and like it is on rails. Seems too to soak up the bumps a lot better. NICE and Much Improved :yes:

It did turn in a lot nicer once we had let a little air out of the front as had been suggested.

Leathers are really armoured AND really comfy - no more hip cramp on the 50 I'd say! I can roll up into the foetal position easier and I'm even still able to draw breath! Thanks Nasty :hug:

Muffler sounds more respectable...though I still say that I DID like it when it was roaring out of the loose rivets :shutup: and through that thin smattering of Asian belly-button fluff :lol:

Thank you weather gods for shining this afternoon so I could go try out my new rubber :niceone:

[Ocean1]

There's a fraction too much friction...

[madbikeboy]

I've gotten down to about 30 PSI, and for track days, a little lower even, maybe 27 or so.

I've got a Pirelli SuperCorsa on the rear at the moment, and it grips for longer, but the breakaway is much sharper. I'm waiting for more Conti Race Attacks (softs)...

I'm staring out the window at Scoot right now. I'm going to head down to Welly for a few days in late Jan to hang with friends, will have the new rubber on to do that with.

[firefighter]

Never ridden on Contis so I look forward to experiencing them for myself.

Only ever ridden this bike with old worn Metzelers and Super Corsas so I am just looking forward to having some decent rubber under my arse.

Looks like a tootle up to cheer on the Welly Bucketeers is in order now :niceone:

I have conti rd attacks on at the mo and I think they're bloody great, great grip, and reasonable wearing so far

[Number One]

I am still buzzing. Just gave the bike a much deserved clean even :clap:

Gosh tyres look kinda cool with tread on them :shutup: