Buckster

38 minutes ago, boboneleg said:

My wife's insurance (for my mother-in-law ) went down £76 this year .  I nearly spat my coffee out all over the dining table ..........

Fire and theft?

Got mine through, increase of £66 but that includes £64 of unwanted breakdown cover, time to shop around before I tell them to take the breakdown cover off.

On 20/06/2025 at 11:41, Six30 said:

Haircut … new style time .. what you guys think ?

 

I thought that was @boboneleg at first, you two could be twins.

In between rain showers I got the bearings and bushes out of the swing arm. They were in pretty good shape but I have new ones including much higher quality bearings, there is definitely signs of the isolators collapsing, the new setup is significantly different. There are various videos of aligning the motor while fitting the rear axle but having examined it it can only fit one way, there is no left and right alignment other than allowing the rear of the motor to slight shift depending on the front upper and lower alignment mounts, once it is bolted up it will assume a neutral position.

43 minutes ago, boboneleg said:

We haven't heard anything from him for a while.....  I didn't even know he was American 

No one from civilisation is called Tyler.

I am going to pull everything off the old wheel then take it down the arches and get the tyre swapped onto the new wheel by @boboneleg’s American buddy.

2 hours ago, Pedro said:

The famous 55mpg Busa

At a steady 300mph

@Six30 will be sorry he missed that.

40 minutes ago, Pedro said:

What’s wrong with the current wheel?

It is spoked and has a fair bit of corrosion, I really want to go tubeless.

I’m wondering if I should swap everything over and put the new rear wheel on.

Didn’t we used to know someone with a busa?

Swing arm is out, pain in the ass it was, it has a bit of rust but it is in great shape for nearly 60k miles, the powder coaters will just need to sand blast it and paint it. It is bloody heavy.

On 15/06/2025 at 01:51, YamaHead said:

@boboneleg's new Hero?.... bet he's got a poster of this guy in his shed....

He has that picture laminated now.

19 hours ago, Renegade said:

I don't get it.

23 minutes ago, boboneleg said:

Sorry mate , I was worried about your cred if someone saw me turn up on the Vespa   

He could have used the bump.

1 hour ago, PHILinFRANCE said:

3 days , should have been 4 but my buddy twisted his knee real bad so had to cut the trip short 

Okay, I will move it to the touring section.

Hit 29 here today, 29 in Scotland is the equivalent of 50c anywhere else.

Over in Hoo?

5 hours ago, boboneleg said:

Yes, good move.  I had to buy genuine Yamaha from Japan so it wasn't cheap but I had no other options and I like that bike .

Should have upgraded to WP.

20c here, expecting 27 tomorrow, gingers will die.

26 minutes ago, Catteeclan said:

Made it to the isle of wight’ got to daughters at about 5.30 where a pint of squash and a glass of rose was placed in each hand.

travelled via the A12 which was mostly overcast. Soon got hotter going west on the M25. It’s bloody roasting here now.

So where are you?

No issue just doing one, they are not matched pairs.