Picking her up next weekend. Purchased recently by a mate who found her too heavy. Before that one owner from new, always garaged. 54608 miles, full history. I thought she'll be ideal for Europe over the VFR because she's a shaftie rather than chain drive and she has factory panniers with Givi top box; plus at £1700 she's a steal. Comes with the OEM exhaust as well plus extra screen. She's even got all three keys including the red master key  :shock:

Just listed 2 of my bikes up on eBay if any members might be interested or know anyone who is?

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/404243939863

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/404243958547

Sunday 8th January 2023. 17:36. 8lb 2oz (big bugger). Jamie says hello to the world.  My little spanner monkey has arrived 

First holiday since before lockdown, all of which I worked through. No work phone and no worries for a week 

Already found out I've forgotten most of the Spanish I knew and I was fairly fluent several years ago 

Mounted it to the mirror stalk of the VFR for a test run.

Video quality is excellent, although I may need to look at a mount with built in suspension 

Wind noise without the external mic plugged in is fookin terrible! I've had to reduce the volume in the editor by about 60%.

Picked her up yesterday. She's going to take a bit of getting used to being a V4 and not IL4 (my last V4 was an NC24 race bike about 12 years ago).

Initial impressions are good. The BT023s on her are going though in favour of some Angel GTs after pay day. She's still on OEM hoses so I'll be ordering a set of braided lines from Wez. Forks are a little soft for my liking, there's a bit of dive under braking. For now I'll just twiddle the settings and replace the fork oil with something a bit thicker and see how it goes before investing in new springs. Same goes for the rear shock, a bit too soft for me. The clutch needs a bit of adjustment, the lever is quite far out and the bite is too, hopefully just an adjustment needed on the lever itself. The brakes too need a bit of attention, hopefully also just a lever adjustment. Eventually I'll treat her to a set of Pazzo levers but I have other pressing expenses to consider.
In the meantime, I need to read the book and figure out how to adjust the clock. A man reading a manual? Whatever next? 





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So I've sold two bikes in the last two weeks and I've no replacements lined up. 

Ok own up, who brought the forum back from the grave?  All I can ask is - What took so long? 

Ex- Mr. Mandy checking in........

So how many of the old gang are here?