Coincidently I also got a set of bars from Rafal this week. I threw her down the road at 60. The GIVI engine bars did their job, but thereafter were toast. I only read about Rafal's work after installing the last ones, I took advantage of the fact he was making them to order by asking for a particular colour. You see, I've always wanted a KTM.
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The eagle eyed amongst you will notice that in the fuel station photo the side fairing is missing stickers. This fairing was ground flat when it slid along the road, rebuilt the shape with body filler, pain stakingly prepped, and undercoated. You can imagine my frustration when of the two yamaha blacks on ebay, I picked the wrong one...
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Last April, my fork seals blew out due to pitted forks - pitted high up but I must have bottomed out on a pot hole. On inspecting the stanchions, I figured I'd be good with just a fork seal change so I went for that - if I recall corectly the bank account at the time wasn't too happy with me either which may have influenced the decision. 14k miles later, I take my bike for her MOT today. Failure, fork seals? The bike gets commuted on every day, cleaned regularly and it hasn't felt rubbish so I'm 80% I didn't ride in with them like that. idk, I don't want to point fingers without knowing certain but upsetting just before MOT due next week. No choice but to get garage to fix it due to time constraints, so there we go. New stanchions on order this time around.
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I had almost convinced myself to change up to a super tenere, but I guess I'm sticking with her for some time longer.
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Does anyone know what this thing is for? I am certain a centre stand I bought a while back is meant to attach here but the allen heads are all fudged. Would love the go-ahead from someone on this forum to grind them off. It looks as though it could be the remnants of a previous owner's centre stand as it's got holes for a bolt to slot through
https://photos.app.goo.gl/rc2mymFT3pynrxaLA
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https://photos.app.goo.gl/VdZ6BNWz72v9fDYo6
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The eagle eyed amongst you will notice that in the fuel station photo the side fairing is missing stickers. This fairing was ground flat when it slid along the road, rebuilt the shape with body filler, pain stakingly prepped, and undercoated. You can imagine my frustration when of the two yamaha blacks on ebay, I picked the wrong one...
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Last April, my fork seals blew out due to pitted forks - pitted high up but I must have bottomed out on a pot hole. On inspecting the stanchions, I figured I'd be good with just a fork seal change so I went for that - if I recall corectly the bank account at the time wasn't too happy with me either which may have influenced the decision. 14k miles later, I take my bike for her MOT today. Failure, fork seals? The bike gets commuted on every day, cleaned regularly and it hasn't felt rubbish so I'm 80% I didn't ride in with them like that. idk, I don't want to point fingers without knowing certain but upsetting just before MOT due next week. No choice but to get garage to fix it due to time constraints, so there we go. New stanchions on order this time around.
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I had almost convinced myself to change up to a super tenere, but I guess I'm sticking with her for some time longer.
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Does anyone know what this thing is for? I am certain a centre stand I bought a while back is meant to attach here but the allen heads are all fudged. Would love the go-ahead from someone on this forum to grind them off. It looks as though it could be the remnants of a previous owner's centre stand as it's got holes for a bolt to slot through
https://photos.app.goo.gl/rc2mymFT3pynrxaLA