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Offline MartinW

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Re: What have you done with your V-Strom today?
« Reply #6200 on: October 03, 2015, 12:46:06 »
Cleaned of 1900 miles worth of Iberian Flies and other such muck,

Fitted a replacement front brake lever to make the bike look all shiny again.
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Offline markrob

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Re: What have you done with your V-Strom today?
« Reply #6201 on: October 03, 2015, 19:21:30 »
Clocked up 10000 miles of ownership since April.

Avg of 62.7 mpg on motorways & dual carriageways.

I brim the tank to the top each time, and all 5 segments light up, when full, the first segment disappears after about 120 miles.

Avg tank fill is 245 miles.

Keep safe, and look out for the idiots with no lights.

Regard
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Offline imindoors

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Re: What have you done with your V-Strom today?
« Reply #6202 on: October 03, 2015, 20:02:09 »
Fitted some heated grips ready for winter. I must be getting soft in my old age.

Next job is to deep clean, acf50 and grease then clean out calipers and I'll be ready until next spring.
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Offline Hondaman

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Re: What have you done with your V-Strom today?
« Reply #6203 on: October 03, 2015, 22:32:53 »
A pic of the bikes on the annual lads trip, this year in the Vosges near Lembach



Fuel consumption off the autobahns now restored to ~67.
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Offline Barbel Mick

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Re: What have you done with your V-Strom today?
« Reply #6204 on: October 04, 2015, 15:51:53 »
Checked oil level & tyre pressure ready for next bit of the trip. 1,300 miles so far. Been resting up (eating lots & drinking beer) for the last week, off to Seville tomorrow then Gibraltar Wednesday.
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Offline Pav

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Re: What have you done with your V-Strom today?
« Reply #6205 on: October 04, 2015, 16:16:14 »
Not today but week ago I have fitted spot/fog lights with switch. It was a bit expensive but still cheaper than Givi s310.
I have won these lights at auction on eBay.  They were cheeper than buy it now option. Then I bought wiring loom with switch and 22mm mounts/brackets  from the same company. Total cost £92. All parts feel like a good quality and worth the money but we will see ;)
Everything was easy to fit and connect.





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Offline Gerstrom1958

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Re: What have you done with your V-Strom today?
« Reply #6206 on: October 06, 2015, 00:14:47 »
Quote from: "markrob"
Clocked up 10000 miles of ownership since April.

Avg of 62.7 mpg on motorways & dual carriageways.

I brim the tank to the top each time, and all 5 segments light up, when full, the first segment disappears after about 120 miles.

Avg tank fill is 245 miles.

Keep safe, and look out for the idiots with no lights.

Regard
Markrob.

My Glee (August 15) is returning 22.5 Km/l converts to 63.2 mpg if I'm correct. I only have it a few weeks and done 1500 Km. So far I'm very pleased.

Gerry
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Re: What have you done with your V-Strom today?
« Reply #6207 on: October 06, 2015, 18:36:54 »
So after a few days of wondering why my bike was making a horrible crunching/clunking sound when setting off and after trying really really hard to ignore it hoping it would just go away...I found out I need a new chain and sprocket set!  :rain:

To be fair though it is on its stock chain and has covered 16,000 miles with barely any maintenance in the last 6000 miles.
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Offline StromGeeza

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Re: What have you done with your V-Strom today?
« Reply #6208 on: October 08, 2015, 11:20:32 »
Took delivery of a new rear tyre.  :fix:
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Offline S2Rgar

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Re: What have you done with your V-Strom today?
« Reply #6209 on: October 09, 2015, 20:52:15 »
I ordered 3 things for my new bike, a pyramid mudguard extenda, a TomTom power lead and a Cymarc footpeg lowering kit. When they arrived a fortnight ago I booked the bike in for a service (the first 600 mile one) at the Edinburgh Suzuki dealer and told them to fit all three as part of the job.

They gave me this as a courtesy bike  :thumb:


So I thought I'd better take it for a blat down the A1 to St Abbs then Berwick for a coffee at McDonalds. All was well with the world until my phone rang. The fella from the service department tells me whoever sent the lowering kit fkd up and sent 2 lefts instead of a left and right  :shock: WTF can I do about it sitting in the middle of Berwick eating a mayo chicken I'm thinking. Anyway... after a few calls back and forth between Cymarc and the dealer I'm told to get my arse back up to Edinburgh to hand back the GSX-S as they need it but they will give me another bike to take home for however long it takes Cymarc to send the correct fkn thing. A very nice gesture I thought as I was in a fecker of a mood.

They gave me this to take home -



Now apart from a really shit screen (for me anyway) this Yamaha MT-09 Tracer is a cracker of a bike. I was hoping Cymarc would take a while to send me the correct plate as I wouldn't mind a few days playing around on it but to be fair to them they sent it overnight so I have to hand it back tomorrow and pick up my Glee.

Alls well that ends well then.

This was a part rant/part photo test post..... :grin:
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Offline acting_strange

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Re: What have you done with your V-Strom today?
« Reply #6210 on: October 10, 2015, 07:36:23 »
Today I fitted a Gi-Pro gear selector display and a MRA Vario screen on my 2004 beauty...
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Re: What have you done with your V-Strom today?
« Reply #6211 on: October 10, 2015, 18:07:22 »
Quote from: acting_strange on October 10, 2015, 07:36:23
Today I fitted a Gi-Pro gear selector display

Been looking at this myself, how did you find the process of fitting one? fairly easy?
by that I mean could a monkey with a spanner do it (that monkey being me)? :fix:
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Offline MartinW

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Re: What have you done with your V-Strom today?
« Reply #6212 on: October 10, 2015, 18:21:09 »
I managed to fit a Bigpie one OK  :fix: I'm sure you will be OK.
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Re: What have you done with your V-Strom today?
« Reply #6213 on: October 10, 2015, 21:11:52 »
I went to salmesbury to watch the Vulcan bomber fly past. Very impressive. Not so noisy as I was expecting but it does have a serious smoking habit...
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Re: What have you done with your V-Strom today?
« Reply #6214 on: October 10, 2015, 21:20:17 »
Hi

About two weeks ago managed to let the bike fall over in a lay by, and did nearly £500 worth of damage! A bit peeved to say the least!!
Get the bike over 50k miles, and she lays down in mud and gravel, I cannot understand it!

Finally got out on the repaired bike today, and it feels good!

Crazyhorse

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Re: What have you done with your V-Strom today?
« Reply #6215 on: October 10, 2015, 22:29:24 »
Quote from: tallpaul on October 10, 2015, 21:11:52
I went to salmesbury to watch the Vulcan bomber fly past. Very impressive. Not so noisy as I was expecting but it does have a serious smoking habit...
Is that the one with VW engines??? :-P
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Re: What have you done with your V-Strom today?
« Reply #6216 on: October 10, 2015, 23:26:48 »
Meet up with someone taller than tallpaul

 
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Re: What have you done with your V-Strom today?
« Reply #6217 on: October 11, 2015, 06:43:47 »
Not that noisey Tall? We can hear it take off a mere 8.4 miles away. I was car washing yesterday afternoon and was treated to a fly past and display before touchdown. It does smoke well though, an early stealth device?

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Re: What have you done with your V-Strom today?
« Reply #6218 on: October 11, 2015, 22:21:53 »
Not strictly storm related but picked up a AGV K3 in white today. Fitted autocom headset this evening (easy peasy). I'll take the long route to work tomorrow to check it out.

First impressions are good, feels well put together and all the vents and fasteners snick nicely. Nice interior, pinlock and drop down visor.
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Re: What have you done with your V-Strom today?
« Reply #6219 on: October 12, 2015, 15:12:25 »
had a new boot fitted on the rear
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