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Last of the touch up with it being 30c at 10.30 am I needed to finish this at long last and now I can rest sit back and dream of the Tassie ride I missed out on. :unsure::rolleyes::cool: I have to say considering the old girl is a 2016 model I am getting it as new as I can in the looks department at the very least. View attachment 175362 View attachment 175363 View attachment 175364 View attachment 175365 View attachment 175366 View attachment 175367
Nice job mate, it's a very handsome bike.
 

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Last of the touch up with it being 30c at 10.30 am I needed to finish this at long last and now I can rest sit back and dream of the Tassie ride I missed out on. :unsure::rolleyes::cool: I have to say considering the old girl is a 2016 model I am getting it as new as I can in the looks department at the very least. View attachment 175362 View attachment 175363 View attachment 175364 View attachment 175365 View attachment 175366 View attachment 175367
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O0MG geoff what a credit to you.. that is a beautifully maintained machine. might have to bring my girl toy uo for a week :) for you to work your magic.

hope your health is on the improve mate
 

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Hey all i have been very slack in attending here,.January was a hectic month with a fair bit of travelling for a holiday to Cairnes. Ill try toget a post up tomorrow re some ride pics.
Caught up with Baz and his lovely lady today and discussed the forum and realised i had been MIA.
For those in tassie safe riding and have a ball and when the northerners return i'll try to catch up.
 

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I am a short-legged old fart so I ordered a seat-lowering kit from China total cost of a massive $8.00 AUD including postage against the Wunderlich Brand being $66.00 AUD plus $10.00 AUD postage and truth be known they are also made in the same country. At that rate even if these don't last you can still but at least another 6 plus sets and still be in front cost-wise. Anyway, I had a good result that now allowed me to be slightly more flat-footed than before here are some photos before and after with measurements taken from the foot pegs to the seat.
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approx. 10mm doesn't seem a lot but makes a difference.
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The OME Rubber is the one with the hole in the centre and of course, the lowering Rubber is offset as you would expect. The advantage should you want is that to increase the height by 10mm you just turn them in the opposite direction on the spindle.
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Went for a Solo ride down to Phillip Island today. Long wkend in Melbourne, glad I was on a bike, the traffic coming off the Island was banked up for kilometers.
Called into the Phillip Island race track when I was riding past. There was a track day on

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As usual I won again, then a tourist from Lebanon wanted to be in the photo. He rides an electric bike in Lebanon

I can entertain myself and loved chatting to this guy. Spent 1hr discussing his world trip 3rd time around the world, loves Australia said he and his wife find it the most relaxed and safe country.
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Young Tommy Edward whom I worked with loved Phillip Island he and his best mate, Oli Bayliss had some great racing with lots of support from Oli`s dad Troy. Tommy is in Europe now racing and working for Yamaha racing I am not sure if Oli is there too.
 

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Young Tommy Edward whom I worked with loved Phillip Island he and his best mate, Oli Bayliss had some great racing with lots of support from Oli`s dad Troy. Tommy is in Europe now racing and working for Yamaha racing I am not sure if Oli is there too.
Oli was, had a pretty good season last year
 

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I will finish with a bit of fun, I asked 1 of the staff if I could go behind the public barriers to get a photo.
They were happy to allow me and I got them to take a photo.

I finally worked out why I didn't race bikes, bit of a fitment issue, but I would look good in leathers
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Well? Try them on!
 

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Been quiet here for a while.
We had a short fang to one of our neighbouring towns, quick chomp and home again.
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Same here, back to work and back to reality, only just managed to give the bike a good scrub today after the trip. Been bloody hot here
 
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