Hello all,
I'm sure people are fed up with newbie posts or glad of another Mille owner perhaps a bit of both, either way just thught I'd welcome myself to the zone in hope of guidance from peers in the community.
Gutted newbie - bought a mint 02 Mille 6000miles on the clock at a steal last week, counted the days down at uni until the weekend to go home and pick it up and on my second outing on it I ended up skidding down the road, which is not an experience I want to repeat.
Long story short live in a village, following my dad on his gsxr back down the lane to the village going under 20mph, a blind bend later and shall we say an enthusiastic 4x4 driver coming the other way, they break my dad puts the anchors on, so do I but move over to the right to stay clear of him hit gravel, lock up and before I know it front end has gone and I'm skidding down the road. I was truly truly gutted with a bruised hip and pride. Those brembos are pretty responsive... lessons to be learned - well theres a few, try and fight natural reaction to grab your brakes and perhaps stay further back, but live and learn and all that
The bike is fine apart from a 50p piece or so dink in the swing arm from the exhaust, and needs some r/h fairing work which is where I could use some help - decals best place to get them without the excessive price tag? Paint codes? been trying to find them all weekend its the silver/grey colour scheme with the red belly pan (if thats any help) and the exhaust is dented however i was planning on getting a new can for it anyway as i like to hear THUNDER - any advice on a can in the £200-250 budget?
Apart from my off, what a bike, coming from a SV 650 woah its a revelation I love it, smoooooooooth power and pulls like a train an effortless ride
any other recommended mods?
I'm sure people are fed up with newbie posts or glad of another Mille owner perhaps a bit of both, either way just thught I'd welcome myself to the zone in hope of guidance from peers in the community.
Gutted newbie - bought a mint 02 Mille 6000miles on the clock at a steal last week, counted the days down at uni until the weekend to go home and pick it up and on my second outing on it I ended up skidding down the road, which is not an experience I want to repeat.
Long story short live in a village, following my dad on his gsxr back down the lane to the village going under 20mph, a blind bend later and shall we say an enthusiastic 4x4 driver coming the other way, they break my dad puts the anchors on, so do I but move over to the right to stay clear of him hit gravel, lock up and before I know it front end has gone and I'm skidding down the road. I was truly truly gutted with a bruised hip and pride. Those brembos are pretty responsive... lessons to be learned - well theres a few, try and fight natural reaction to grab your brakes and perhaps stay further back, but live and learn and all that
The bike is fine apart from a 50p piece or so dink in the swing arm from the exhaust, and needs some r/h fairing work which is where I could use some help - decals best place to get them without the excessive price tag? Paint codes? been trying to find them all weekend its the silver/grey colour scheme with the red belly pan (if thats any help) and the exhaust is dented however i was planning on getting a new can for it anyway as i like to hear THUNDER - any advice on a can in the £200-250 budget?
Apart from my off, what a bike, coming from a SV 650 woah its a revelation I love it, smoooooooooth power and pulls like a train an effortless ride
any other recommended mods?
