New user here, be gentle! (with pics)

[Ian 1100XX]

Hello! w;;v

I bought my 3900 mile 06 plate Bird back in January, now reading 5400, well happy with it! It is a one owner, totally standard, bar a hugger and screen.

Most of the time I have my wife Debbie on the back, as we like distance. Got a nice trip planned the end of August, 12 days South of France, with a mate on a K7 Busa, so have been prepping the bike ready.

Been viewing this forum for a while, and have purchased many items from Jaws, top bloke! :bow:


Mods are...

Gold wheel rim tape (very subtle)

R&G bar ends

Chrome HONDA decal on belly either side

Front mudguard extender (sprayed black to match)

Made up 7 grilles to fill the holes in the side fairings (8 hours work over 2 days! And no fingertips left! Fully lacquered so wont rust.)

Heated grips (40 degrees c)

Starcom Advance 1 Rider/pillion Intercom, with volume control up front

CM SEATS Custom seat. Black with silver piping, uprated sponge and gel pads

Mirror extenders (to see past your shoulders!)

12 volt socket hard wired under seat, switched live, (for charging phone, sat nav etc)

Optimate charging point

Double bubble screen and rear hugger were already on there.

Clear headlight protector

Full Givi luggage and wing rack. E52 top and E41 sides

(Note the indicators, I modified them to fit the bike rather than have them up on the rack)

Bagster leather tank cover, with CBR logo in silver

Bagster black and anthracite tank bag

To do...

Radiator protector grille

HID headlight conversion

EBC HH pads all round (before France)

Polished rims (after France when tyres are off)

Few pics taken yesterday....

Hope you like!

Ian.

 

[TANK0700]

nice bike there Ian 1100XX love the colour nice to see you got taste enjoy France but watch your speed my dad live there and tells me there getting a bit strict nowadays.

and welcome the the Forum w4lc0m3

 

[TANK0700]

(Note the indicators, I modified them to fit the bike rather than have them up on the rack)

how you do that then ? got any better pic's of the indicator set up

 

[Ian 1100XX]

Just loading a pic for you Tank......

 

[Ian 1100XX]

All I did put a 1 inch spacer between the bike and indicator, just to clear the number plate. Use a Nylock to do them up.

They are practically made to measure!

I used to follow a mate on his bird, me on a 600f, and I always hated the way his indicators were stuck up in the air like that!

(excuse the rag on the plate, I was getting flashback!)

Ian.

 

[Johnny Blade]

BIKE

Hello and welcome to the mad house w;;vyou have made the right choice would,nt be without my bird. Nothing out there comes close for my needs a true alround can do bike just go and enjoy tearing up the miles effortlessly abroad you only live once.:-0)

 

[TANK0700]

now thats almost as good as Jaws for service , thanks Ian i have my rack on at the min and it winds me up the way it looks, i will try and sort that tonight, thanks for the pics

 

[Ian 1100XX]

No probs, found some clearer pics I already had on my pc! l4m3r

 

[mick the knife]

Welcome to the forum Ian. w;;v

Nice looking bike ( even if it is a boring non-colour )

Enjoy your riding in France. :yo:

 

[Ian 1100XX]

Yeah cant wait for the France trip.

Plymouth > Roscoff ferry, overnight, down the west coast, Bordeaux, etc, meeting some friends in Andorra, then south coast to Monaco, then Northern Italy, Swiss, straight through France, home Cherbourg > Poole on 1 hour fast boat. 12 days, about 2500 miles. :yo:

Got a few other uk trips planned, North yorks, Whitby camping, long weekend, and Isle of White, somewhere we have never been...:-0)

 

[mick the knife]

Isle of White, somewhere we have never been...:-0)

Pick your days carefully as the Island is shut the best part of the week.:-0)

 

[mick the knife]

Ian, just read your first post and you say you've made 7 grills up. You're not thinking of sticking them in the air intakes are you? As this will seriously feck up the proformance on an injection Bird.

 

[richard]

Nice one Welcome to the asylum m8y


Rich & Anna

:beer: :beer: :beer:

 

[Grapefruits]

Welcome Ian, very nice kitted out bike just the thing for high mile trips and like the indicator mod but unlikely to take the trouble to do it myself more of a service & add petrol type of rider

Tank not sure if I followed you through Helsby last night @ half five ish you would have come off the Elton junction I was in the car though but with it being a black one heading towards Frodsham always a chance it could be you

 

[ericonblackbird]

Hi and welcome.

Plymouth > Roscoff ferry

I use that ferry quite often so just in case you don't know a few pointers!

Be careful of all the speed cameras on the way to Plymouth docks from the A38, last time I did the trip a couple of months ago there was 8 fixed installations and 1 mobile ......... all in 5 or 6 miles.
Look out for diesel and adverse cambers on roundabouts as you leave Roscoff! Both the cambers and diesel are always there and can lead to a few buttock clenching moments when you are loaded up!

 

[Ian 1100XX]

Ian, just read your first post and you say you've made 7 grills up. You're not thinking of sticking them in the air intakes are you? As this will seriously feck up the proformance on an injection Bird.

Hello Mick, the 7 holes I grilled are the 2 huge ones on the side fairing, the 1 at the bottom near side, the 2 on each side where the rear handle to lift up onto centre stand (I never used it, always grabbed the pillion footpeg hanger!) and the 2 'nostriils' on the mudguard.

I read on here about not doing the vents under the light, as the blades behind need to be unobstructed.

ericonblackbird, thanks for the advice about Roscoff! :bow:

 

[Melzibub]

welcome to the nut house! :yo:

 

[Duck n Dive]

Welcome to the unreal :yo: w4lc0m3


Now where's the sweety fairy got to ??? :dunno:

 

[Oldbull]

Hello Ian .. welcome to the forum mate w;;v

Gives me a nice feeling to see the Bird loaded up and ready for the off .. not long back from France ourselves and I am already pining to go again .. (which wont be long)

enjoy your trips and remember to post up when your going as you mite get some Bird company along the way :-0)



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[brian willetts]

Nice bike (the bits i can see under all that stuff) be great when you get back from france and can take all them boxes of LOL:yo:
Have a good time in france