Back from France

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First off thanks everyone for your help before i went :thumbup

4 days touring :devious Brittany with a Buell, fazer and a Tuono.

AMAZING

MASSIVE THANKS TO TIM & ANDY AT SOUTHERN CROSS YOU LITERALLY SAVED MY LIFE

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For those that have followed my plight, clutch was slipping on my 2000 mille after fitting a Renegade air box. Many weeks later and a new pressure plate (thanks CK) and thought it was fixed :doug, wrong.
Oil change (twice!! stupid 10/40) and the day before going away after having a new exhaust custom made i rang southern cross to see if they could fit the bike in on thursday (sail 8pm thur night) which they did.

Set off at 6am to get to southern for 9. Got there was handed a coffee :thumbup, my mates bikes were put in the lockup, we got changed in the tea room nd dumped all our gear including luggage there and headed into the big smoke to meet a mate.

Just over an hour later the bikes fixed, then Tim asked me if i wanted the suspension setting up.....

France + Suspension set up = :roost

Got on tube and when i got off i had a message to say there was some issues :eek2. Rang tim and he ran through it.

Rear swingarm bolt was held on by the cover only, no nut. life or death by a bolt and a plastic cover, felt like a right :jack as i had ridden 200 miles to get there and used bike all week for work. Rear sprocket bolts were loose aswell. Needless to say they fixed it all and the price was very good. Southern cross for me in the future, the guys are legends. Big thanks guys your customer service was second to none :flip

Got to france and the roads are like billiard tables, amazing and virtually deserted, didnt see a copper whilst we were there!!!! Bike handled amazing and never missed a beat. Some amazing sweeping corners and a 30km section that blew my mind, we did it 5 times in 2 days and it was 200 miles from camp.
Put a pic on of bikes parked up, new exhaust and pic of my baby now she is clean after 1300 miles in 4 days.

Mate France was awesome, weather helped and car drivers stopped for us. TBF all the french were really helpful. Suspension made huge difference, no unused rubber on those black rings, held line like never before and just dropped into corners,of cause the swingarm being tight helped, but the bike handled awesome,taking her to southern at least once a year for check up, can`t recommend them enough, only a small shop but the knowledge is very impressive. Am Hooked

Copy of the renegade system, custom made link pipe and oval cans, sound awesome and are loud as fook, love em to bits. Need to go back to shop as melting my boots a bit, just need to move the heat shield. going to sell my temi titanium on flea bay.

I just did it, she keeps asking the price ad i keep blagging it, not looking forward to the statement coming through

Thanks for the great words, i love my bike and will be checking nuts and bolts in future :doh. Still need to move the indicators and buy some different ones, was hoping to get led ones built into the rear lights, has anyone heard of these? seen there is another trip to france on the zone, am tempted, will have to see what the wife says. Are we any closer to a northern ride out?
Cant wait to see your bike mb,will it be ready for the weekend?
Big un- twin pipes are the way forward big time. irate

I much prefer 2 cans, pipework looks awesome too. Blaming BOB for this as i saw his and fell in love, Thanks BOB, will send divorce solicitor invoice to BOB @ Bedford :devious:nana.
Big un ask for the next 5 years birthday and xmas presents at once.

certainly do,i look forward to that, and i have that plastic thingy for you too, just got to pick it up, will tell you when i have it.

THE shape, old shape and black , there aint any faster. Chuck some dates around then and will organise, any other northern monkeys want a go?? I am away in italy for 10 days 20th to 30th of this month so any other dates than that are cool with me.