No crying over split grips...

[POB]

There is no split clutch-side heated grip (£££) that a bit of lockwire and some superglue won't fix - for now. Anyone ever tried this? The other option was a squash racket grip

Also snapped some more pics of my very workaday bike, which will shortly be handling a 150 mile-per-day commute with aplomb. Slightly high (and flip) black screen and the much-maligned giant top-box.

http://www.lewismiller.info/photos/bike ... s/r1100ss/

I now have the following parts in cardboard boxes, ready to fit:

* Colour-matched carbon belly-pan from a racer in Germany
* Laser INOX Sport pipes
* Laser single-spark power chip
* Ilmberger carbon hugger (fck me it's pretty!)
* Ilmberger carbon mudguard - not going on for my London commute yet!
* Some tasty CNC short torque arm from the US

I also have a guy who wants to experiment with vinyl graphics on my bike. It's the same chap who sprayed up the bellypan. He reckons that, using the same UV stable vinyl they do van liveries with, he could do me a white GT stripe (one fat one or two thinner ones) donw the length of the bike. I will give him the pillion seat cover and see how it looks.

...The new year will also see an HID kit (just in time for summer ), an LED rear light panel keeping the red lens, and some new non-droopy indicator stalks - last time I checked there were about 5 zip-ties on each side, holding them together.

Loving this bike. I have to say... it's better than my VFR

[Ade B]

Good to see a bike that gets some use

Does that screen do much in the way of wind deflection? - riding back to London (A1/M11) on saturday I was tucked under the standard screen to try to keep warm..... probably looked like I was pretending to be slipstreaming down the straight at Mugello... (which of course I was..)


Ade

[POB]

The screen works pretty well actually - I'm 6'2" and it deflects most windblast onto the top half of my lid (as opposed to round the chinbar / neck area) at about 80. Anything above about 50 in winter and I notice the difference. Also, in winter sun (ha!) the blackness helps to shade the clocks so I can see the all-too-common fuel light easily.

4 things to note / ask today:
* Does the fuel light go from amber to red when you're about to run out - I'm not really interested in testing it, but it would be nice to know how much further (than the 125 miles I currently get) I can go.
* Does anyone have any idicator stalks for sale - I'll pay £5 each plus postage
* DO NOT lose your rear cowl bungee hooks if you fit pannier rails to your bike. They are £15 a side to replace, without bolts.
* The rubber boot at the end of my driveshaft has come adrift at the bottom - I just tried to hook it back on but it's FILTHY. Is this a fix-ASAP issue, or can I leave it. I have horrible vissions of my bevel gear becoming a rusty, gritty mess.

[Steve W]

Hi

With regards to the rear indicators try BMW as the mounting clips are cheap, under £5

With regards to the petrol light it stays yellow and does not go red as far I know.

May have some bungy hooks if you are interested.

Steve

[POB]

If it's a pair of these then that would be great!



Cheers.

[Ade B]

The rubber boot at the end of my driveshaft has come adrift at the bottom - I just tried to hook it back on but it's FILTHY. Is this a fix-ASAP issue, or can I leave it. I have horrible vissions of my bevel gear becoming a rusty, gritty mess.

A punctured rubber boot contributed to the recent demise of my rear paralever bearings. It lets water in which will also corrode the drive shaft - mine was seized onto the gearbox output shaft (see earlier tech threads)

Ade.

[POB]

Sheise. Looks like I'll have to wrestle it later then.

[Steve W]

POB

Yes I have the bungy hooks if you are still intersted.

Steve