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This week I booked the bike in to have its 120,000Km Service on Monday, which apart from the usual oil & filter, is just a whole lot of inspections, but I did specify to do the air cleaner because that’s done over 24,000 and I also asked to have a look at the brake pads because the front set have done 78,000??? (this is only the 2nd set with the first set only managing 42,000Km) I suppose as I’ve got used to the ST and it’s lack of engine braking, I tend to brake a lot less and I am still more inclined ...

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Hi all, I have just bought a 675 triple and the bike has a Jardine muffler with no exhaust heat sheild. Was wondering if a fellow 675 owner may have put a carbon fibre cover on and looking at moving on the original one... If anyone has, let me know. Also looking for a stock windscreen for an 09 model, if anyone has, thanks

HI ALL!

This is the first Post i have created so go easy

Alright, i've recently been inspired into turning my little Suzuki GN250 into a neat Cafe Racer, Mainly by replacing the Handlebars, New exhaust, and a back seat cowling and
a mean paintjob!
The idea has been in my head for a couple weeks and i've got it all planned out, although, it's a mess trying to find parts online, That's where you come in!
I created this Post mainly for people to ...

After yesterday’s delightful ride, it was easy to gear up again this morning for the Uly Long ride to Apiti, except today I needed the wets as well. I was up and away by 0900 to fill at BP Mana and when I got there, I received a text from Ken to say “My girl won’t start this am. Battery I think. If I get going I’ll catch youse up.” Needless to say, he didn’t, ....and as an ex teacher of teachers, I feel he needs a visit from the BDOTGNZA’s!! Really Ken, with an ‘e’ on the end, yous will end up sounding ...

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Forest’s Mum was right, sometimes you bite into one and it tastes like crap!

This time last week I thought I was about to get a new-beaut black beauty ST. I had requested the dealers bank account details to transfer the pingers, bought a new Shoei Qwest helmet in matching black and some scuff stuff to put straight on when I took receipt. I’d organised to get some reflective pin striping done on the bike and helmet and I was preparing for a prolonged diet of boiled rice...at least ...

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Originally Posted by Hanne

It's a chicken-or-the-egg scenario: to pillion or to ride first?
I reckon pillion. To find out why and what my reasoning has to do with winter root vegetables, check out the KiwiRider ezine...

My blog has a theme that at times addresses OCPD, and now that I have purchased yet another motorcycle for this summer (and yes it is a "keeper") I thought it appropriate that I provide a few insightful comments relating to not only my condition but also motorcycle riding safety and a review of another theme "Shit Happens". The Sunday Morning Rides Program for 2011/2012 is a ways and means of providing a forward looking program and hopefully encouraging responsible riding attitudes as well as the ...

I now see the beauty of riding the perfect race as for those 8 - 10 laps your out giving it your all and you become lost in the simple task of riding your bike. Almost nothing else going on in your life matters.

I raced late last month for "one last time" before going into hospital for treatment for cancer. It was the first time my health really affected my riding as I couldn't breath.

Tomorrow I am being admitted into Wgtn Hosp for further tests and start chemo and ...