Is motorcycling allowed?

[Thug]

2 hours ago, GrahamS2 said:

Quite a few guys I know have done it by painting bakkie liner instead of tape. Much tougher too.

Interesting.

[Hairy]

Put the windscreen back on this morning again.

It looks so dorky compared to not having it fitted, but oh my word it is SOOO nice riding into the current South Easter!

[RoddieJ]

Maybe you just need to use it with the windscreen so it grows on you 🤞🏽

[Hairy]

7 minutes ago, RoddieJ said:

Maybe you just need to use it with the windscreen so it grows on you 🤞🏽

The windscreen comes and goes.

I have a new project out in Paarl I am going to on Saturday morning, so that was also a factor ........... I do really like using the screen, but at the same time I do not.

Most awesome thing though is that it takes less than a minute to fit or remove, so bonus

[Hairy]

On 12/9/2021 at 8:24 AM, Hairy said:

Put the windscreen back on this morning again.

It looks so dorky compared to not having it fitted, but oh my word it is SOOO nice riding into the current South Easter!

Ok, a little more respect for the screen.

Did a ride out for coffee this morning and on the way back I thought I would get pastries for the family from Woolies. While waiting for them to come out the ovens, I also managed to pick a up nice bit of Gammon for Christmas lunch, so now I have a bag of pastries and a lump of meat, and my bungie cords I use to strap things to the sissy bars is at home.

Turns out a bag fits in so nicely behind the screen and in front of the handle bars, worked out perfectly for the little shopping trip.

[Hairy]

This could be awesome to watch when it launches

 

 

[Thug]

So have been looking at replacing my slip-ons for something more suitable for a twin (ie I want to wake the neighbour's up on a Sunday morning ).

Have narrowed it down to either:

Cone Engineering shorty performers, or

SC-Project 70s Conical shorty

A difference of approx 20% in price in favour of the Cone's but the SC-Project look a hell of a lot better and have a more refined sound. Both are stainless steel.

Cone...

SC Project..

 

 

 

 

 

 

[WaynejG]

My vote is the cone engineering jobbies.

[Hairy]

44 minutes ago, WaynejG said:

My vote is the cone engineering jobbies.

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[Hairy]

 

[Steven Knoetze (sk27)]

Agree with the above, Cones for me.
The SC goes against the retro look completely!!

[patches]

Just over 2 weeks until Dakar kicks off.

Gonna be interesting to see if KTM can get top spot again after honda marred their 18yr record with 2 back-to-back wins. They have a strong team with Mathias and Toby, plus bribing over last years winner Kevin Benavides to ride for the big-money team.

I'm also intrigued to see how Sam Sunderland goes on the GasGas (essentially a KTM), as he leads that team.

Wonder how Pablo Quintanilla is going to do on the red machines. I was bummeb when he parted Husky and I was so hoping he'd take a win with them, one of these years. But yeah, such is life!

[Hairy]

Yo yo yo Riff Raff

 

Took the HD to https://www.downtownsa.co.za/ this morning for them to service the fork .... my freaking word, what a difference it has made to the ride. She sits better in corners, smooth as silk and she sits better under hard acceleration.

All in R770.00 for the service and oil .... recon that is prob cheaper than a mtb fork service

Then he also has an immaculate first edition HD Fat Boy (No. 4135/5000) ...... she is drop dead sexy.

[Thug]

Parts which I ordered from Motone Customs arrived.

 

 

And fitted…

 

 

I ordered the X-pipe from Australia but there aren’t any flights at the moment, so it’s sitting at the Courier. 

Edited December 17, 2021 by Thug

[Hairy]

29 minutes ago, Thug said:

Parts which I ordered from Motone Customs arrived.

 

 

And fitted…

 

 

I ordered the X-pipe from Australia but there aren’t any flights at the moment, so it’s sitting at the Courier. 

Those look great, but please align that one screw head

[IceCreamMan]

That’s OCD on a completely different level.