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[Staffy]

Looks great rewop. I never pay much attention to the weight limits. I just try and keep the heavier stuff in the panniers and keep it all balanced. The bike will take a good load. Here's what I had on for me recent trip up the Murray where I did nearly 3000kms in 6 days.

Edited by Staffy, 01 November 2014 - 09:24 pm.

[JBX]

Had a nice ride today, sunny & warm weather.

Here is a pic of the beautiful landscape and the surrounding mountains.

 

 

These mountains also carry the memories of several tragedies :

The summit in the middle was the last destination of a passenger B17 (1946) and a C54 Skymaster (1950).

Bellow the summit on the center-right is the area where a RF101 Woodoo crashed in 1963.

I once had a hike there and found many parts still littering the area : engine, landing gear, etc.

[muddy]

Had a nice ride today, sunny & warm weather.

Here is a pic of the beautiful landscape and the surrounding mountains.

 

 

These mountains also carry the memories of several tragedies :

The summit in the middle was the last destination of a passenger B17 (1946) and a C54 Skymaster (1950).

Bellow the summit on the center-right is the area where a RF101 Woodoo crashed in 1963.

I once had a hike there and found many parts still littering the area : engine, landing gear, etc.

That's beautiful. Where in France is that?

[tomwal]

Put my new Fuel pipes on. A bit louder than the standard pipes but not at all likely to offend. Performance is definitely more brisk but I now get jerkiness at 3000 rpm that wasn't there before so I will have to try one of those FI 1025 devices - will refer to the voluminous info on the Knowledgebase. The other benefit is the substantial weight saving - the bike is now even easier to wheel backwards into the garage.

[Rewop]

Looks great rewop. I never pay much attention to the weight limits. I just try and keep the heavier stuff in the panniers and keep it all balanced. The bike will take a good load. Here's what I had on for me recent trip up the Murray where I did nearly 3000kms in 6 days.

I like your set up, all very neat.  With hindsight I wish I'd bought the same panniers as yours, then I wouldn't have had to mess about resiting the indicators.  It must be great to be able to set off from home and do a straight 3000 mile journey without ferries etc and have sunshine pretty much guaranteed all the way.  We'd  need to fit waterwings and a snorkel for that kind of distance from a base in the Uk, and thats just for the rain, never mind the channel!

[leehenty]

Pumped up the tyres, checked the fluids, fitted a new clutch cable ready for a ride today and...... it's tipping down. 

[TDMick]

Went to photograph a friend who was doing the London to Brighton run, it was a bit wet.

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Found out at 11 am that he had broken down several miles away and wasn't going to complete the run. Probably took one look at the weather and decided to stay at the coffee stop in Crawley

 

 

Discovered I need new gloves!

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Good job I don't work in food preparation!  ,  the dye isn't  coming off   

 

The bike was a bit grumpy at low revs, which is unusual but not unexpected given the weather, but otherwise behaved impeccably.   

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And once again God washed it so I didn't have to.

 

[Catteeclan]

I got out to Norwich as Mandi trader her car and we forgot to take the spare key. Yea got wet.

[JBX]

That's beautiful. Where in France is that?

This area is called "Le Triève", it's located between the Vercors and the Dévoluy.

The main summit is the Mont Obiou (2800m).

This is not a well known area, because there is no big town, the main road goes along one side and it's located between mountains & passes.

A kind of isolated area, which explains why there were a lot of protestants coming there in the past when there where troubles against them.

[Staffy]

I like your set up, all very neat.  With hindsight I wish I'd bought the same panniers as yours, then I wouldn't have had to mess about resiting the indicators.  It must be great to be able to set off from home and do a straight 3000 mile journey without ferries etc and have sunshine pretty much guaranteed all the way.  We'd  need to fit waterwings and a snorkel for that kind of distance from a base in the Uk, and thats just for the rain, never mind the channel!

 

The setup I have has the indicators there because I built the racks.  I used Givi fittings on my own racks so I wouldn't have to pay Givi $200, I wouldn't have to reposition the indicators and I could also then have a support bracket running behind the bike for an extra brake/tail light.

 

There is a plus side to being in Australia with the good weather and a huge country, you're right.  It's just a shame that where I live (Adelaide, South Australia) once you leave the inner country areas here you have a good half a days ride at least before there are any interesting roads interstate. It does rain here too (though sometimes I wonder if that's true) and when it does it gets ya.  

 

I remember one trip where I headed via Melbourne then along the south and east coasts.The first day and a half of riding was at around 45 degree lean angle in a straight line and a lot of this was with the rain coming in sideways.  Those coastal winds along the highway between Adelaide and Melbourne are a killer.  Not that I'm complaining, I enjoy it all the same and wouldn't trade this place for anything.

[steve27bha]

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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.

 

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Oh yes they can:-

 

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Attach the rack and stay on opposite sides of the footpeg hanger, using bolts, nuts and washers like this:-

 

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Those are all stainless 8mm. Doing it that way makes the pannier frames easily removable without disturbing the rest of it. The same arrangement works for the flat-front racks needed for E21s etc..

 

With your load I suggest your tail end needs all the support it can get - put those diagonal stays in!

 

 

HTH

Edited by steve27bha, 03 November 2014 - 05:25 pm.

[leehenty]

I have a wingrack and also those diagonal stays mounted in the same way. I thought the rear end being alloy needs all the help it can get. I mount my scotoiler on the left hand diagonal stay inside of the wingrack.

[Staffy]

My stays don't fit because I don't have the attachments needed at the rear. However I have some attachment points for the ventura rack there so I might need to make some stays myself. Only because I keep hearing how important they are.

Edited by Staffy, 03 November 2014 - 08:46 pm.

[Rewop]

 

Oh yes they can:-

 

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Attach the rack and stay on opposite sides of the footpeg hanger, using bolts, nuts and washers like this:-

 

DSC_3298.JPG

 

Those are all stainless 8mm. Doing it that way makes the pannier frames easily removable without disturbing the rest of it. The same arrangement works for the flat-front racks needed for E21s etc..

 

With your load I suggest your tail end needs all the support it can get - put those diagonal stays in!

 

 

HTH

Hi Steve...

 

There is no mention of re-siting the stays on the Givi PLX pannier rack fitting sheets, and as the parts didn't align when I offered them up I assumed they could be set aside.

 

As the stays connect the bike frame to the foot peg/exhaust plate they don't support the top box rack.  I guess they are aimed at preventing the aluminium bike frame from being stressed/flexing due to the additional weight of the top box and rack and causing premature bike frame failure - so yes now you've shown me how to do it I'll definitely be putting the stays on

 

Many thanks

 

Rewop

[celticbiker]

Got bored today so made a sump guard for the winter months.

 

 

 

 

 

[shadowjack]

Got a new rear (Shinko E705) fitted; finally got around to changing the oil/filter; took it for a ride around the gravel roads in the my new neighbourhood; cleaned the chain of all the roadworks crud; cleaned the bike; got set to start another commuting week. 

[Johnlaas]

Took part on the Ring of Red ride on the M25.

[sidestand]

I looked at the Mk2A sat at the back of the garage, felt a mild twinge of guilt for not getting it serviced & MOT'd……….

 

Then came back inside to watch the MotoGP  

[Matlock]

Washed it, polished it, replaced the front pads, greased the clutch lever and gearchange pivots and coated in ACF50. Just need to grease the rear suspension linkage and change the brake fluid and she's ready for her 11th winter. 

Edited by Matlock, 10 November 2014 - 10:15 pm.

[wigwamclan]

Set forth on a quest in search of the illusive shim stash of which I've heard tell