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Packed and sent Mandi off at 11.30 yesterday and dug the tracer out. Nipped over to Lowestoft on the coast rd. Weather was warm but overcast with some sun so went through to Beccles and stopped for some unlucky fried chicken before remembering F1 started at 2pm so went home again. I like it when you get out and hardly see another bike on the road.

Do you have to take your hand off the throttle to press the cruise knob.

Looks like a Triumph advert

First job on the new lift?

Does that mean it's made in china

So the parts came in the end and the job was completed , no leaking so far so likes the job's a good'un. New DDC valves were fitted as well.

Yes, they don't seem to peel or flake but the colour does fade over time .

Nice one Phil , long live the Donkey

Nice one @Saul , did you have a Willy ice cream ........

Fred calls it lovers lane.

Congratulations @boboneleg, great picture!

There is a story which I won't bore you with but I will be stripping the forks this week so will be on it soon.

7 miles of twisties without the slow hairpins but great views and fast, we call it "Sheep Alley" as that's the main hazard

Fuck off Ian, I never do anything on my bikes, when I had dirt bikes I'd scrape some mud off if I came over all "Pete-ish" oh and change my own tyres, apart from that I never kept them long enough to warrant an oil change Oh, I replaced the clutch in my Pegaso once

They are the latest fad, until someone has an off and breaks their hip.

Keep toying with buying th CF450MT but took the old girl out today, she's been neglected because of the Sled and T100 , not started for months, anyway 2nd spin and she fired up , we've been together now for 15 years or more and she still makes me grin like a twat.......so the the CF450MT is low on the list again.....not all trails are well used

I wonder if it came with the "hipster man bag"

Well played Edinburgh zoo.

Basically what I do on the Harley.

@Saul how did the fork painting go?

Just did a quick search and the Prolink was available here but only in silver.

That got your attention! Get your thoughts out of the gutter. I have been getting a bit of a wiggle from my back end (okay just stop). When I did the inner primary bearing I had a quick check of the swing arm and noticed that the isolator rubbers were looking a bit knackered, for some reason Harley decided that the swing arm pivot shaft should go through the back of the transmission and double up as the rear engine mount. To this end the outer ends of the shaft are mounted in some rubber isolators for vibration damping but to also allow the rear of the motor to move a little in the frame. It is such a brilliant design that they did it differently from the model year after mine. The isolators wear and odd handling occurs, usually a wobble in long curves. With mine I am getting what feels like some rear wheel steer intermittently. Rather than just replacing the isolators, I have decided to fit a different pivot shaft with after market isolators. I have this sat on my dining table at the moment, while I am on I am going to renew the radial swing arm bearings and bushes. So that’s something for you all to look forward to, you lucky people.

Yeah it had a Pro Link. Shame really with a decent paint job and black frame would be a unique and interesting motor.

Pretty sure that was called the Super Sport and later the Pro Link, the latter was US market only if I recall, still never came with the HRC colour scheme though. You are right about the side panels though, definitely a previously faired bike.