Recent content by stevemac

Re: Idle speed problem min 800 max 3500 Fintenere, I agree about the BMW. I test rode a gs12 and liked the ride, but as I was buying new and to keep the warranty the servicing would have been done by a dealer. The thought of paying for 3-4 BMW services a year compared to yam prices was...

Re: Idle speed problem min 800 max 3500 Long delay in getting an answer on this as I went on holiday while the shop had my bike. Turns out the linkage on the side of the throttle bodies was seized. I haven't picked up the bike yet due to work so haven't been able to get the mechanic to point...

Re: Idle speed problem min 800 max 3500 I know this is an old thread, but I was wondering if there was any re-occurrence in the idle problem? Unfortunately I'm suffering an idling issue too now. My bike sat for a couple of weeks while I waited for new tyres, it was started once and ridden...

I changed from Exp's which came with the bike to Roadsmarts. I managed 6k with the exp's, but they were mangled by that time. Most of my riding is dual carriageway and motorway so dual purpose tyres are a waste. I liked the roadsmarts best on my FJR and so far love them on the s10. Just passing...

After finding these on Ebay at a good price, £386 with panniers and quick release frame, I went for it. They were from an Italian supplier so I was a little dubious about delivery time, but they arrived within 2 days of the payment going through. Not as good looking as the ali boxes, but as I...

Any body using the Kappa Garda panniers yet? http://www.kappamoto.com/cases/monokey/KGR33-GARDA I'm only an occasional pannier user, mostly just ride with the OEM topbox, and didn't want to spend a fortune on panniers, these seem to fit the bill.

Only wore my new sy max3 once last week on a 120m day. The rest of the week was either in a car or a couple of longer days when I wanted music and hadn't gotten around to swopping over my sena. First thing to note was how easy the visor misted up even though it was quite warm, for us. Later in...

I went to a bike show type thing we have here in the UK called the BMF today. It's on over the weekend and while the displays and shows aren't up to much it's normally a good place to buy kit at good prices. Last year the show seemed smaller than in the past and this year was even smaller, but I...

I spoke to ecunleashed today and my s10 isn't getting flashed tomorrow now as they still want to check a few things out. :'( They want a bike with a pcv so they can have a play around, I think that's you Matt as they mentioned another owner had been in for a chat. My options I'd given myself...

Spoke to the guys on Friday and so long as all is sorted, waiting for confirmation call, mine is being guinea pigged on Saturday....

Same as Taffcd, received the call saying they were working through a few things and will be ready soon. They'll call again when they're ready to take orders, all they ask is that we give them 48hrs notice so they have time to order the flash file if you're hoping to do a ride in, ride out flash...

I'd quite fancy a 6000+m bike trip, it would take a few laps of the British isles to do. It's not so much the knees that couldn't take it, the S10 has the most leg room I've ever had on a bike, it's the pain in the wallet. £1.40 a litre, £6.30 a gallon & the best I can get is 45 mpg(uk), ouch.

Race eng have the kit now. They want to have a play around with it before starting to sell the flashes. They'll contact those that have mailed them when they're ready to go.

Mine was a 6 month old demo with 1k miles. The dealer was no longer doing Yamaha bikes and wanted rid of it. I was the only bidder on ebay and got it for £8k last October. The only extra was a yam top box. The cheapest deal I could find at the time was a pre registered bike, new but the same reg...

Thanks 20v, I guess the changes from European model to US are enough to loose the ECE cert. I'll have to keep saving a bit more then.