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    Now there is a story…why was it the most disappointing crash you ever had?

    David
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    I'm with you Kokopelli, mine also has no depreciation even though I put 68000km on it over 3 years. Every time I step into the garage and see 'Galactica' sitting there, I smile. :-), when I'm riding I smile  🙂 and when 'Galactica' is broke and I'm fixing her/ it, I smile  🙂 . Long may she live!

    David
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    Artig, you are da man!!!! although mccawberissm looks like he it catching?

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    Tyzam, there is no way your bike is in contact with the tarmac on your avatar!!!  😛

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    Bloody brilliant Bwucie!

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    Cool, doesnt need much adjustment though. See you had a couple of 'hot' corners there DTY  🙂

    David
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    in reply to: Lower suspension #10501

    You must have a long private road to your apartment 😮

    Yes, had a Chinese graphics design team draw one up  😀

    David
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    in reply to: Lower suspension #10498

    a bit like the 140kph restriction with the panniers on, fast enough for the Autoban but not enough for the backroads. I can say they are no problem at 190kph!  🙄

    David
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    in reply to: Gentle Annie #9958

    https://www.bmwmc.nz/newsletters.phpdownload August 2007 Page 12http://forum.bmwor.org.nz/index.php/topic,1152.msg5903.html#msg5903 "Gunny Rob's" experience.Mine: Great road, love the Gentle Annie, make sure you do what mountainboy said and gas up before you go. Also leave earliy enough to get out the other end in daylight. We were going to have an ex-Pressec ride this year but I'm going to the other side of the world instead!have fun,

    David
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    Ahhhh, ABS, that gizmo that makes enemies from friends and friends from enemies, neither whom may have tried it at length. If I was an off-road man I may or may not opt for the system, new one yes, old one no! That said, I'm not, I'm a tarmac teaser. 99% of my rides take place on the macadam, much of it in built up places. I no longer panic about white painted lines, man hole covers, road works or the bloody big squares of steel the Auckland City Council contractors are allowed to put about the place lately! As long as the bike is vertical I'm fine. I know it takes longer to stop but stopping upright is preferred to stopping lying down... ABS works for me  😎

    David
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    in reply to: Ride in Japan? #9612

    I'm soooooo looking forward to that sashimi (raw fish)  :-D, and the ride!  👿

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    From one who knows Alex, leave it alone! You'll break the pins, they're only plastic after all. Once you use up the spares you cant buy more, it's more dosh for another visor with pinlock or bog the holes they leave. Once the weather gets a bit wet you'll never want to ride without it. I dont notice any peripheral vision restriction with it in place. Er, and by the way, peel the protective plastic off before you ride  🙄 , you look bloody stupid when some cute chick comes along and does it for you….Contrary to Leighs writing I wont buy another System 5, they're noisy, take some 'running in' - it took about 2 days to get it to fit without hurting my forehead. and are bloody expensive. That squitty little BMW roundel adds $500 to the price. After my visor went down a wall, yeah, on the helmet and with my head in it, it cost $220+ to replace 😕 The BMW pinlock pins are a different material and shape to the original pinlock pins and mine wore through and broke 2 minutes after the warranty expired. It was, of course, during last years RAG when it absolutely persisted down all the way home! The BMW pins have no provision for rotating the cam to get optimum sealing between the outer and inner.  I had to steal the pins off my old SHOEI visor and finally had to use a sealant to seal the pinlock screen to the visor.  That worked fine until its little mishap in the New Year.I had a Shoei Synchrotec, with pinlock visor, the forerunner of the Multi-tech, and will probably buy another when the Sys5 needs replacing.

    David
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    http://www.metzelermoto.com/web/products/product_literature/default.pageGo down the page and open the 'Test Winners' download leaflet. They are all there, including Honda, Ducati, Yamaha, Cagiva, Suzuki & Kawasaki.Does it say anything in the bike manual?

    David
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    Must be all that heavy braking  😉

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    in reply to: Pinging #9354

    If you wuz an infanteer Bwucie you've been riding in my Huey!  👿NZ fuel is not crap, it is manufactured to a tight spec and undergoes serious quality control and random inspections from the refinery to the pump! If you have a pinging problem after refuelling there may have been a small amount of water in the gas station underground tank. Dont go back to that site until you've seen the forecourt dug up.  😉

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