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[leehenty]

M0rt specifically asked for a single sided one, before ya all ask where the other pipe is.

[howie]

After crushing a lower vertebrae when my 9er fell on me in the garage I have traded it in for an MT07, I had an extensive test ride on one and found it very light nippy and easy to ride, not a long distance touring bike but as I will be 71 in December my touring days are limited to sub 200m a day. The new bike is not due till Jan but I still have my XT250 for short trips, I have a Palmer products screen adjuster for sale at £45.00 + p&p, less than half price, if anybody would like to collect it I will throw in a cut down standard screen that i had fitted underneath it . I live 4 miles east of junc 34 M6.

, tel 07989369042

                                                                                        Cheers, John

[muddy]

After crushing a lower vertebrae when my 9er fell on me in the garage I have traded it in for an MT07, I had an extensive test ride on one and found it very light nippy and easy to ride, not a long distance touring bike but as I will be 71 in December my touring days are limited to sub 200m a day. The new bike is not due till Jan but I still have my XT250 for short trips, I have a Palmer products screen adjuster for sale at £45.00 + p&p, less than half price, if anybody would like to collect it I will throw in a cut down standard screen that i had fitted underneath it . I live 4 miles east of junc 34 M6.

, tel 07989369042

                                                                                        Cheers, John

Look forward to reading your experiences of the MT-07. It looks a cracking bike. 

[steve27bha]

Gave it a once-over and wash in preparation for a three-day jaunt around the top and west of Scotland. 750 miles planned up as far a Durness and home via Skye.

 

Off ASAP Wed morning. Thermals laid out ready!

 

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[wigwamclan]

Gave it a once-over and wash in preparation for a three-day jaunt around the top and west of Scotland. 750 miles planned up as far a Durness and home via Skye.

Off ASAP Wed morning. Thermals laid out ready!

Good luck with the weather pal.....bike looks sweet : )

[m0rt]

Gave it a once-over and wash in preparation for a three-day jaunt around the top and west of Scotland. 750 miles planned up as far a Durness and home via Skye.

 

Off ASAP Wed morning. Thermals laid out ready!

 

 

Hope you have a great ride! (Or had by the time you get this!)

 

 

Last June went up through Scotland, across to Lewis and down through to Harris. I don't know if you have ever been that route, but staggering going down the West of Harris. Stunning just isn't the word. I really envy you where you live.

 

I will just have to put up with Snowdonia...

[arthurbikemad]

Nice looking TDM that!

[steve27bha]

 

Hope you have a great ride! (Or had by the time you get this!)

 

Last June went up through Scotland, across to Lewis and down through to Harris. I don't know if you have ever been that route, but staggering going down the West of Harris. Stunning just isn't the word. I really envy you where you live.

 

I will just have to put up with Snowdonia...

Wife & I did the reverse a few years ago adding Barra and the Uists at the front end - but in the car. She doesn't do two wheels. Harris is magic.

 

Back home today and it got another wash after a couple of days of mixed weather, getting wetter as it went! However it was a great trip, getting to Durness at lunchtime on Thursday, as pictured.

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[Timbo1866]

Hi Guys not posted anything lately but then I have not had anything to say 

 

anyway here is what I did today  Fitted twin horns to my 96 MK2  then got told off by my misses 

they are pretty loud 

so the numpty in the cage might here me now

 

keep on riding

[MickC]

Stated mine up for the first time after crank recon-http://www.carpe-tdm...showtopic=29790

Edited by MickC, 25 October 2014 - 07:30 pm.

[Bjørge]

Put mine in the garage today. No driving in half a year... That's the price for living up monst the eskimos.

[Rallyist]

Put mine in the garage today. No driving in half a year... That's the price for living up monst the eskimos.

bet you got a snowmobile though.

[TDMick]

got my weekly two wheel fix yesterday at Box Hill.
Not commuting much at the moment.

[Bjørge]

bet you got a snowmobile though.

 

Nope. Not allowed unless you're a farmer or has other professional needs for a snowmobile. Ain't the same as a two-wheeler, wouldn't buy one anyhow.... 

[bikermike]

Rode my TDM to work. Stopped at the red light. Heard the alarm sirens go off. Dropped my side  stand, got off the bike (left it standing at the intersection -all other drivers left their cars too), sat low close to a concrete wall and waited.

 

Ten seconds later heard two muffled explosions from a distance, assuming they were anti-rockets missiles intercepting the incoming rockets from Gaza, got up, climbed back on my TDM, waited for the next green light and continued my uneventfull ride to work..

 

Just another morning in our crazy spot in the Middle East.

 

Danresh

 

Yikes... And i thought my ride into work was exciting! 

 

BM

[tomwal]

Ordered pair of new exhausts from Fuel. My standard ones have small dents so I was able to justify the expense to myself.

[Rallyist]

Took the Mk1 out for a run round the Derbyshire Dales had lunch at Monyash cafe with Blackpin, luverly warm day

[Rewop]

 P1040021.JPG   179.46KB   2 downloadsI finally got the Givi top box, and pannier racks fitted to my TDM, thanks to advice from members on various fitting issues - picture attached.  Whilst all the parts fitted reasonably well the instruction sheets provided are very basic and caused me a fair amount of head scratching.

 

Some things were a right pain to sort out - The V35 panniers tuck in very close to the bike so I had to move the rear indicators.  They now hang from redundant bolt holes on the underside of the grab rail.   Moving the indicators meant all the rear plastic body work and rear light had to come off to get access to the wiring.  The wiring wasn't long enough to reach the new indicator position so I had to extend it.  Getting the plastic body work off was made more "fun" than it should have been by a hidden bolt not shown in the service manual.

 

The stays provided with the top box rack that run from the pillion foot pegs to the underside of the frame under the pillion seat can't be fitted with the V35 pannier rack which gets in the way, and shares the same foot peg bolts.  I don't suppose this matters to much as the pannier frame provides some support.

 

My new E460N Top box has room for two helmets and can hold up to 10kg - brilliant you might think, except there is a sticker on the side of the pannier rack which gives a maximum weight limit of 6kg.  As the Top box (with back rest) weighs 4.99Kg if I stick to the reccomendations the most I can put in to the Top box is a 1kg bag of sugar or similar - doh!

 

The total weight of the racks and luggage is just short of 18Kg.  Adding this to the combined weight of my missus and me and subtracting this from the 201kg maximum load carrying capacity of the TDM gives a luggage allowance of about 15kg which makes Ryanair look generous.  Oh well it's a great incentive to start slimming - anyone know if silk Y fronts are lighter than cotton ones? 

 

Cheers all  

 

 

[Studley Ramrod]

Paper thong ?

[butcher650]

Fitted my modified carb to airbox rubbers, cleaned the air filter, cleaned lots of leccy connections, put spring washers on my battery screws, and then was going to fit my scottie, but lost light, and couldny find vacuum point of suitable place to mount rmv.