Recent content by Z750jay

Worse one is from Portsmouth to the Isle of Wight - 1.3 mile crossing £41 or $60. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

I am lucky as I live in Portsmouth so the ferry for me is only 0.6 miles away. We tend to get an over night ferry so we arrive nice and early and can have a decent amount of riding time when we arrive in France. Sent from my LG-H815 using Tapatalk

Had the Yam ones on mine for the last 2 years. Good points - great for putting the bike down on when I had a couple of stationary topples with full luggage. Bad points - got rusty real quick, in the way of where I want to put my legs for fwd rests. Taken them off th he bike until I work out the...

Re: Any "EX" Vstrom 1000 owners Yep, the old one was pig awful to manoeuvre at slow speed. Took mine through the Alps. Uphill hair pin bends were 'interesting'? Eventually got the rest of my mates to go in front so I could get a good run up, slam it into 1st and lock the rear wheel up...

I looked hard at getting one before I got the S10. Apart from the price (£17,000) and the fact that I would run a high chance of it getting nicked ( on street parking + Ducati) it was those rather expensive indicators in the handlebar bash guards. The bash guards on the Vstrom had numerous nicks...

There is a locking mechanism that intrudes into the box. The bottom has a rubber mat cover Sent from my LG-H815 using Tapatalk

Most if not all are for sites selling in the USA or require the original seat. As the bike is my daily transport I need the seat. Being in the UK I would rather avoid the US manufactures. Easiest and cheapest is to move the top box to the passenger seat position. A Corbin backrest and fittings...

Probably will end up moving the top box fwd as the wife very rarely comes out on the bike. Removed the OEM engine bars this afternoon so will try and knock up a temp fwd pegs at work tomorrow just to see if my leg position will feel better. Took off the front and middle rubbers off the seat and...

Update. Now have a temp backrest - horrid cheap £9 eBay backrest pad strapped to a Givvi bag ( currently filled with firm foam for support) that straps tight to the passenger seat. When I sit on the bike on the centre stand and sit back it's great, nice and supportive and I spent my lunch hour...

Went for a short ride up to a local bike meet with my mate for the first time in several years. He has only just got back on the road with his adapted HD and sidecar, while I am struggling with Degenerative Disc Disease. Great to get out but the 50 mile trip almost killed me. Might have to trade...

A quick clean of the rear end, first time in, err, umm, well since I got it 2 years ago

That's about right, think it's a 22 or 23 lt tank which works out at 5.8 us gallons or 4.8 rest of the world gallons

Got a new DL1000 in 20008 which I had for 6 years. It developed a fuelling issue after a year or so mainly just after starting on cold mornings but I did not find it a problem as I was used to it from when I owned a Drag Star as riding that on the 50 mile commute to work when it's sub zero and...

I want to try to avoid shipping the seat over to the USA as my bike is my only transport at the moment. Thinking on the lines of something like this...

I recently went to the French MotoGP with a group of friends, one of whom is a very inexperienced rider on a CBF600. A very 'interesting' ride as she would get it into 6th as fast as she could and slowly accelerate up to 55mph (we were even overtaken by HGV's - scary). Only good outcome was my...