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Postby boxerscott » Tue Aug 12, 2014 10:25 pm

Nice bike, pristine looking, good value for money no doubt. The power of dreams eh? Can not beat it. I love the Honda thing, with certain models they sure connect bang on with the sweet spot. Looking forward to seeing it in the flesh at Hawes.
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Postby dave the german » Mon Sep 08, 2014 4:22 pm

Richard, did the pipes come polished? I've just bought some from Motad and they're a lot duller than that (Solvol and Dremmel will be used in copious amounts!!!)
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Postby Gromit » Mon Sep 08, 2014 7:41 pm

Hi Dave - the pipes are actually a dull finish which I rather like. Trouble is, I know if I start polishing them they'll need to be kept polished and being so complicated in shape I really can't be arsed (Bob'll disown me!!). :D

The Motad pipes do colour-up slightly on first use and I really like the look of them now. The quality if finish is a lesson to OEM manufacturers that's for sure.
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Postby dave the german » Mon Sep 08, 2014 8:25 pm

Richard I tried to polish the rear cylinder pipes and they were a bugger to get to shine - admittedly I didn't spend much time and I got them cos they were cheap direct from Motad. Will be a winter fitment job so we'll see
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Postby Gromit » Fri Sep 12, 2014 4:35 pm

Playing around with RAW files in Lightroom 5 finally been able to get the Honda red colour near enough true to life...

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Took the bike for a spin of 50 miles or so this morning, the brakes now feel a whole lot better. On stopping, the r/h disc is still hotter than the left but it's nowhere near as bad as it was. Hopefully it's sorted now. :)
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Postby Gromit » Sat Nov 01, 2014 12:13 pm

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Postby Gromit » Thu Jan 15, 2015 10:49 am

Took the bike out this morning...about 10 yds:

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Postby Boxered » Thu Jan 15, 2015 11:29 am

Your drive needs weeding :wink:

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Postby Gromit » Thu Jan 15, 2015 11:53 am

Boxered wrote:Your drive needs weeding :wink:

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LOL tell me about it, Steve. :cry:

Bloody hate block-paving. :(
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Postby PBBoxer » Thu Jan 15, 2015 7:28 pm

like
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Postby Dog Tyred » Thu Jan 15, 2015 9:22 pm

PBBoxer wrote:like


Block paving or Richards bike :)

BTW Paul did you get sorted after the Devils Bridge incident?

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Postby PBBoxer » Thu Jan 15, 2015 10:37 pm

The bike :)

Yes thanks

Damage was very minor as you saw, but got sorted very nicely, thanks for asking. Still got the bike but will b selling in spring. It's a punchy thing, just too short in the leg
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Postby Dog Tyred » Mon Jan 19, 2015 9:14 am

PBBoxer wrote:The bike :)

Yes thanks

Damage was very minor as you saw, but got sorted very nicely, thanks for asking. Still got the bike but will b selling in spring. It's a punchy thing, just too short in the leg


Good news. Whats next?

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Postby PBBoxer » Mon Jan 19, 2015 6:31 pm

Just sold it last night.

Have had a go at a vfr800 on ukgser, 3900 miles from new in silver. Good price too. Got blackbird too and probably selling the rt shortly, as may go for something like an fjr.. but prob another rt lol
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Postby Gromit » Thu Jan 22, 2015 3:27 pm

Was going to put this in the '35mm scans' thread in photo corner but it's a bike therefore it's here. This is one of the first off the roll with my new (to me) Olympus OM-2n and a scan of the negative. Tiny bit of tweaking in LR5 but otherwise minimal b*ggering about with. I'm fairly pleased with the result:

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