Hello and 600/750? - Page 4

20-07-2013, 11:31 AM

Quick shot

20-07-2013, 12:04 PM

Oh very nice! You'll be fine as long as you don't mention you bought the fastest colour

Mr Gazza · 20-07-2013, 12:19 PM

Congratulations and welcome Nwsparky....I hope you will be very happy together.

20-07-2013, 01:43 PM

Thanks, well keep the fastest colour between us!
Got to wait till next Friday! Time to find a nice lid!

20-07-2013, 04:05 PM

Nice one hope you enjoy your ride

20-07-2013, 05:29 PM

6 sleeps to go! Courier booked, leathers bought, boots bought, body armour being watched on eBay....
Not excited atall!....honest....

20-07-2013, 05:45 PM

Nice, by far the best colour

Alan H

21-07-2013, 02:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dirty

Oh very nice! You'll be fine as long as you don't mention you bought the fastest colour

Isn't Yellow the colour that they reccommend for learners and inexperienced riders?...

21-07-2013, 02:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Geoff Ives

Isn't Yellow the colour that they reccommend for learners and inexperienced riders?...

Sounds about right

utopia · 21-07-2013, 03:37 PM

That looks really nice.
Nice cans, two discs at the front, the lighter 3-spoke wheels, later type clutch with external master cyl, rev counter, the right bellypan, nice frame colour, carbon front mudguard, belt covers with inspection windows, screen, and no carbs to ice up in the autumn damp.
Job's a good-un, I'd say.
Could perhaps do with a smaller plate. ..I found that you can trim the borders of a std plate within a few mm of the letters and get the size pretty much down to 8x6, without it looking at all likely to get you pulled. (see rear pic of my bike arriving at the Buell day at East Kirkby yesterday).
Maybe bar end mirrors too ...I found that 75mm round ones actually give a better view than the std mickey mouse mirrors. ...and really cheap, but very decent Chinese ones can be had on ebay these days (though black anodising may fade due to low quality dyes, so I'd go for titanium grey or silver).
....a couple of easy mods for you to pamper your new monster with.

As for colour, I couldn't decide whether yellow or red was the fastest, so my bike is orange.
Mind you, I have a sneaky suspicion that the fastest colour is actually black !!

21-07-2013, 04:50 PM

Thanks sorry I don't have better pics yet!
Owner tells me that if doesn't run with thd side stand down as a safety feature? Is this true? Can you not let it run to warm on the side stand then? I'd have thought it would just cut out in 1st?

21-07-2013, 04:57 PM

No, it won't start with the side stand down as I found out a couple of weeks ago when I bought my 750 - we are thinking of bypassing this particular feature as it is a bit of a pain - I assume that most folk end up doing it!

21-07-2013, 05:00 PM

Yes bit of a faf that, could be 1st mod!

utopia · 21-07-2013, 05:26 PM

I disconnected/bypassed my sidestand switch a couple of years ago, and intended to buy one of the conversion kits (TPO ?) that link it to the neutral switch, so you can start the engine with the sidestand down, but only if its not in gear.
I never got round to it though and, like an idiot, a couple of months ago I ended up thumbing the starter while standing next to the bike, while it was in gear.
The bike jumped off the sidestand, fell sideways on a lamppost before I could catch it, and dented the tank.
So I wouldn't recommend just bypassing the cutout and relying on memory.
I now have a homemade mod which involves just 12 ins of wire, a bullet connector if you're being fussy, and a diode, which does the job.
I only did it a short while ago though, and since then I've had an electrical glitch which melted the alternator/reg.rec connector block. Its almost guaranteed that this is completely unrelated to the diode mod, but I'll give it a few weeks running with the glitch repaired (alternator is now hard-wired to the reg/rec ) before I post details, as electrics isn't my hot subject and I would hate to risk causing your electrics to melt too, despite that being unlikely.
The mod is dead easy to do though, and super neat as well as cheap.
Mind you, my monster is a carby, so I've got no expensive electronics to risk by an amateur mod like this. Again, I think that's unlikely, but I'm not really qualified to state that for certain.
Anyway, I'll post it up in a few weeks, once its been fully road tested.

22-07-2013, 02:04 PM

Just a thought if you're short in the leg just get the saddle cut, had 20mm taken out of the M750 saddle and the 5'3" GF (short legged) can touch the floor no issues. Haven't bothered with anything else as I didn't want to upset the handling.

I've got a lowered saddle (20mm again) for the S4R and she can get the balls of both feet down. I will drop the forks and put a shorter link in it once she takes it on full time.

20-07-2013, 11:31 AM	#46
Nwsparky Guest Posts: n/a	Quick shot

20-07-2013, 12:04 PM	#47
Dirty Guest Posts: n/a	Oh very nice! You'll be fine as long as you don't mention you bought the fastest colour

20-07-2013, 12:19 PM	#48
Mr Gazza Lord of the Rings Join Date: May 2013 Location: Norwich Bike: M900sie Posts: 5,805	Congratulations and welcome Nwsparky....I hope you will be very happy together.

20-07-2013, 01:43 PM	#49
Nwsparky Guest Posts: n/a	Thanks, well keep the fastest colour between us! Got to wait till next Friday! Time to find a nice lid!

20-07-2013, 04:05 PM	#50
tricky73 Guest Posts: n/a	Nice one hope you enjoy your ride

20-07-2013, 05:29 PM	#51
Nwsparky Guest Posts: n/a	6 sleeps to go! Courier booked, leathers bought, boots bought, body armour being watched on eBay.... Not excited atall!....honest....

20-07-2013, 05:45 PM	#52
Fatal Guest Posts: n/a	Nice, by far the best colour Alan H

21-07-2013, 03:37 PM	#55
utopia No turn left unstoned Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: leicester Bike: M750 Posts: 4,545	That looks really nice. Nice cans, two discs at the front, the lighter 3-spoke wheels, later type clutch with external master cyl, rev counter, the right bellypan, nice frame colour, carbon front mudguard, belt covers with inspection windows, screen, and no carbs to ice up in the autumn damp. Job's a good-un, I'd say. Could perhaps do with a smaller plate. ..I found that you can trim the borders of a std plate within a few mm of the letters and get the size pretty much down to 8x6, without it looking at all likely to get you pulled. (see rear pic of my bike arriving at the Buell day at East Kirkby yesterday). Maybe bar end mirrors too ...I found that 75mm round ones actually give a better view than the std mickey mouse mirrors. ...and really cheap, but very decent Chinese ones can be had on ebay these days (though black anodising may fade due to low quality dyes, so I'd go for titanium grey or silver). ....a couple of easy mods for you to pamper your new monster with. As for colour, I couldn't decide whether yellow or red was the fastest, so my bike is orange. Mind you, I have a sneaky suspicion that the fastest colour is actually black !!

21-07-2013, 04:50 PM	#56
Nwsparky Guest Posts: n/a	Thanks sorry I don't have better pics yet! Owner tells me that if doesn't run with thd side stand down as a safety feature? Is this true? Can you not let it run to warm on the side stand then? I'd have thought it would just cut out in 1st?

21-07-2013, 04:57 PM	#57
stormlet Guest Posts: n/a	No, it won't start with the side stand down as I found out a couple of weeks ago when I bought my 750 - we are thinking of bypassing this particular feature as it is a bit of a pain - I assume that most folk end up doing it!

21-07-2013, 05:00 PM	#58
Nwsparky Guest Posts: n/a	Yes bit of a faf that, could be 1st mod!

21-07-2013, 05:26 PM	#59
utopia No turn left unstoned Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: leicester Bike: M750 Posts: 4,545	I disconnected/bypassed my sidestand switch a couple of years ago, and intended to buy one of the conversion kits (TPO ?) that link it to the neutral switch, so you can start the engine with the sidestand down, but only if its not in gear. I never got round to it though and, like an idiot, a couple of months ago I ended up thumbing the starter while standing next to the bike, while it was in gear. The bike jumped off the sidestand, fell sideways on a lamppost before I could catch it, and dented the tank. So I wouldn't recommend just bypassing the cutout and relying on memory. I now have a homemade mod which involves just 12 ins of wire, a bullet connector if you're being fussy, and a diode, which does the job. I only did it a short while ago though, and since then I've had an electrical glitch which melted the alternator/reg.rec connector block. Its almost guaranteed that this is completely unrelated to the diode mod, but I'll give it a few weeks running with the glitch repaired (alternator is now hard-wired to the reg/rec ) before I post details, as electrics isn't my hot subject and I would hate to risk causing your electrics to melt too, despite that being unlikely. The mod is dead easy to do though, and super neat as well as cheap. Mind you, my monster is a carby, so I've got no expensive electronics to risk by an amateur mod like this. Again, I think that's unlikely, but I'm not really qualified to state that for certain. Anyway, I'll post it up in a few weeks, once its been fully road tested.

22-07-2013, 02:04 PM	#60
bluestoesonnose Guest Posts: n/a	Just a thought if you're short in the leg just get the saddle cut, had 20mm taken out of the M750 saddle and the 5'3" GF (short legged) can touch the floor no issues. Haven't bothered with anything else as I didn't want to upset the handling. I've got a lowered saddle (20mm again) for the S4R and she can get the balls of both feet down. I will drop the forks and put a shorter link in it once she takes it on full time.