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    Depends on your height. I had the Vario touring one on mine then changed to a zero gravity touring one which was better. I am 1.96m though so no screen that will aesthetically please is ever going to work perfectly for me on that bike. The ZG range is good value I reckon. You could consider a madstad but they are spendy.....


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    Quote Originally Posted by Ulsterkiwi View Post
    Depends on your height. I had the Vario touring one on mine then changed to a zero gravity touring one which was better. I am 1.96m though so no screen that will aesthetically please is ever going to work perfectly for me on that bike. The ZG range is good value I reckon. You could consider a madstad but they are spendy.....


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    Im 174cm so not tall. Thinking of just getting one of the little Givi add on jobs.
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    but once again you proved me wrong.
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    I was hit by one such driver while remaining in the view of their mirror.

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    Yep, the ability to try different heights and angles is the best way to go if you aren't sure


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    Wednesday/Thursday I had a trip down to National Park to train someone. 800ks over the two days.

    So now Im really starting to gel with it. It can be a relaxed tourer or go bonkers if you want. If you want to cruze just leave it in 6th. If you want fun in the twisties leave it in 3rd and let it rev. Power falls off after 7500rpm but the stage2 kit I have on order will solve that.

    I will try to grab one of the Givi add on screen things if time allows tomorrow. Wind buffeting is the biggest problem Im having with the bike.
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    Wind buffeting is the biggest problem Im having with the bike.
    Maybe whip the mirrors off for a bit and see if that lessens the wind.

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    Quote Originally Posted by mulletman View Post
    Wind buffeting is the biggest problem Im having with the bike.
    Maybe whip the mirrors off for a bit and see if that lessens the wind.
    Done that and it helped heaps, fitted lower and wider ones. Side benefit is I can see behind me now.
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    Quote Originally Posted by nzspokes View Post
    Done that and it helped heaps, fitted lower and wider ones. Side benefit is I can see behind me now.
    For a bandit? Where from and how muchy? please.
    Good ride those roads aye.
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    Quote Originally Posted by caseye View Post
    For a bandit? Where from and how muchy? please.
    Good ride those roads aye.
    They are like these but the ones I got had fairing mounts. I also spaced them out a bit. Happy with them.

    Keep in Mind the Bandit is very different in the fairing so I dont know if the mirrors would work out the same.

    Picked up a Givi extension for the screen today which seems to work. Also made a tank holder so I could get the sync right, it was way out.

    On other news, sold some bits overseas and the Paypal is looking healthy. My stage 2 kit will be on the way from the US and Im trying to track down some Arrow headers. Looking forward to 30% more power.....
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    So My stage 2 kit is fitted. Hope to ride it over the weekend.

    Also got a givi touring screen for it. With my extension on it works really well.

    And fitted a fork brace.
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    Stage 2 kit fitted. Different bike bike. More power everywhere and a lot smoother. I may go with some Arrow headers for another 9hp up top and 7kg weight loss.

    Fork brace has also settled the front end. Bike is much more confident in turns.
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    Hard to imagine that motor getting any smoother...


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    Quote Originally Posted by Ulsterkiwi View Post
    Hard to imagine that motor getting any smoother...


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    Stock they are very lean. Very, very lean. All to pass emissions. Just removing the secondry butterflys, K&N filter and a cheap control box finds 25hp and 17ftlbs torque.

    Its now a grunter.
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    Arrow headers ordered. Sounds like 6 weeks to get here.

    Then will need to re-tune the Supertune.

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    Still Making The GSX1250FA ?

    Not any new ones for sale at the moment so are these still being manufactured ?

    I see there is a red GSF1250 available but dealers don't stock the GSX1250FA .

    How come ? - any thing to do with EU smoke restrictions or just the PC world gone mad

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    Quote Originally Posted by reasonable View Post
    Not any new ones for sale at the moment so are these still being manufactured ?

    I see there is a red GSF1250 available but dealers don't stock the GSX1250FA .

    How come ? - any thing to do with EU smoke restrictions or just the PC world gone mad
    Looks like NZ got a heap of them on sale a while back which have sold through. 13k from memory.

    New GSF is exactly the same with a minor change to the fairing.

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