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Old 13-05-2016, 12:48 PM   #1
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My S2R 800

Thought I'd start a thread now that I've had her for a couple of weeks...





As I had a day off work and the sun was shining, I thought I'd flirt out for a bit... when I got here I stopped as there isn't much of Cornwall left!



Back to Penzance and St Michael's Mount in the distance



Slight delay on the way back home



And back home, some 70 or so miles later, and needing a clean



The rear tyre is quite old and square, and I don't really enjoy the front forks as they crash over bumps and disappear when braking (I have some ST4s forks in the shed, hmmmm...) and the front brakes are a bit naff but despite all this we still seem to have lost virtually all of the chicken strips off the rear

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Still lovin' it (but must remember to take the pictures the other way round on my phone )
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Old 13-05-2016, 05:04 PM   #2
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Lovely bike.
I swapped the forks on mine for those from an S4R and I put a Wilber's on the back.
They were much better!
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Old 01-07-2016, 08:55 PM   #3
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Not done a lot recently, until tonight...

Just having a quick look under the seat



Looks like dodgy wiring



And it is...

What's that tape for and where have all the other bits gone..?







And back together again



No side shots as it began to rain, just need to figure out a number plate light and stick a reflector on.... Anyone want a tail tidy for an S2R??
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Old 02-07-2016, 01:22 AM   #4
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Old 02-07-2016, 09:38 AM   #5
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You'll need to cut those cans down next
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Old 02-07-2016, 10:00 AM   #6
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Yea, chop, chop! There is way too much spaghetti under there too.
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Old 02-07-2016, 02:13 PM   #7
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Can't stand the chopped look, ye've spoiled yer bike man.
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Old 05-07-2016, 07:39 PM   #8
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I love the sheep on the way back from lands End. Oh to be in England now the sheep are here.
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Old 05-07-2016, 07:51 PM   #9
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Where did they go before?
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Old 15-08-2016, 08:58 PM   #10
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... ye've spoiled yer bike man.
Err, no... it looks loads better



And the cans aren't going to be cut, but I do need some new mirrors now as one has started to move when I'm 'making progress'

(computer broke, just got a new one, that's why I haven't been doing much on here for a bit, have you missed me??)
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Old 17-08-2016, 06:27 PM   #11
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Still loving my. S2R
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Been a while since I updated this...

I've ridden it twice in the past week, once to the MoT man for him to fail it because the head bearings had gone all notchy (I thought it was cold tyres on greasy, sandy, wet roads) and back to him again today to have new bearings fitted and re-MoT'd.

However the bearings purchased from Ducati haven't turned up FFS, so it's in bits in the bike shop workshop. They might turn up tomorrow apparently.

And while I was waiting, some Triumph Adventure thingy turned up and parked next to the S2r and it makes you realise just how small the monster is compared to other stuff
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MoT passed, with 2 advisories... discoloured rear light (it's clear, no idea what he's going on about ) and noisy exhaust !

The ST4s forks are also fitted... prior to fitting I searched for suitable settings but they were no where near, but it was chucking it down and I wasn't about to do anything silly. When I got home, I backed off the preload and rebound slightly and now when doing the bouncing-up-and-down-in-the-shed test, the sag and rebound are better, not sure on the rest and won't really know until I've been out on it.

Need to wait for some sunshine now
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You wont have to wait long, saturday is looking good
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Gsoh... it has been a while since this was updated... another year, another MoT, another advisory or 2 for tyres and a noisy exhaust, (an advisory is always useful when explaining to the other half why you need new tyres !!).

However, doing my pre-MoT checks I noticed that the switches were touching the tank at full lock - a quick change to the lock stops cured it but closer inspection shows that the tank appears to have swelled as it doesn't fit properly anymore...



New tyres are booked for later this week so time to see what can be done with my current tank
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