I only paid £150 second hand for this mate (well, free as it's a birthday present ). Dusty, but great condition. Amazing lol, it's a pleasure to work on the bike when it's raised up!
I've been waiting for 1 to pop up on the evil bay at the right price and somewhere close enough for me to go pick it up. It's on my shopping list for this year.
Fitted a 1/6th turn HRC throttle tube. After reading lots about the tube housing & cables also being needed, I can confirm that the tube on its own is a straight swap on the 2010 model; no modifications needed. Its an easy job but a little time consuming having to remove the air box to put enough slack into the cables.
Fitted my Gilles gear shift rod Support from Calsport And received the bloody wrong Brembo M/C from CapriMoto a 15 RCS instead of the 19 RCS so swings and roundabouts lol
Went and fetched my baby.............all ready to track ! new chain and sprockets, oil and air filters fitted and my HEL lines (inside or out) who cares ?? lol !
Power pure tyres finally arrived and fitted to the rims today but I'm not putting the wheels back on yet as i'm waiting for shiny new chain and sprockets, new duel compound renthal grips and warmish dry weather to give those hard to reach areas and brake callipers a good clean whilst the wheels are off. I might touch up some of the stone chips on the wheels also.
Fitted a 43T rear sprocket................OE was 42T..................just might give me the edge on my m8's 06
Fitted my Ventura Brackets and stuck the new Mistral Bag on just to get a visual. Compared to my Gixer fittings the Blade's brackets are much neater and quicker to fit, and the Mistral bag albeit a tad smaller is a big improvement on the Aero Spada 11. And that dear readers is about as technical as I get
Oh did I mention the new Brembo M/C I fitted today also did a big garage tidy out so i can get around the bike again also much to my wifes dismay hovered the offcut carpet my blade sits on
Had Ventura luggage for about 8 years now, and it's the best I've used, so easy to get on and off, doesn't move around at all, and very well made. This is the new Ventura Mistral Bag, which as I said is a bit smaller, 47 ltrs against 52 I believe, but it is semi-rigid (best I can do these days ) and the pockets are far easier to access.
