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Re: K1200S
« Reply #990 on: March 31, 2024, 06:47:49 pm »
I'd rather have your k13
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Re: K1200S
« Reply #991 on: April 03, 2024, 06:22:51 pm »
James Sherlocks bolts turned up this morning so I bolted the new discs onto the grey front wheel. The Hammerite on the wheel carriers got a second coat and I started on the rear swinging arm. The further away you stand the better it looks, but its better than crusty unpainted alloy. Ocean Falmouth are too busy and have a tech on holiday to swap the tyres over till next week, so I'll stick the silver wheel in so I can take the bike out for a wash once the simple green turns up. If it ever stops raining / sleeting / howling :(










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Re: K1200S
« Reply #992 on: April 03, 2024, 06:59:38 pm »
Black with Red highlights...that might just be the fastest colour yet  :thumbsup:
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Re: K1200S
« Reply #993 on: April 04, 2024, 02:56:10 pm »
Quote from: fjtwelve on April 03, 2024, 06:22:51 pm
The further away you stand the better it looks...

I've heard people whisper that near me before now.
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Re: K1200S
« Reply #994 on: April 07, 2024, 04:34:37 pm »
Seeing as storm Kathleen is either trying to wash us away, or blow us away, I finished off the hammerite and did a dry brush of the radiator before trying the simple green. Its still pretty blocked even though its not that long since it was in the dish washer





Oh and accidentally bought another radiator which was allegedly the last new one at bmw sycamore. Haven't seen any new ones elsewhere recently although I haven't searched exhaustively. Still, would rather be looking at it than looking for it.
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Re: K1200S
« Reply #995 on: April 07, 2024, 04:59:02 pm »
According to the add they’ve sold 17  :)
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Re: K1200S
« Reply #996 on: April 07, 2024, 05:17:45 pm »
Quote from: chriscanning on April 07, 2024, 04:59:02 pm
According to the add they’ve sold 17  :)

17 sold, 2 left.
Ha. I'm pretty sure when Brian and I bought one each back last year there were just 5.

Mind you, the price is still 'reasonable' if you consider secondhand ones are £250-300.
And there's a 10% off coupon. Code is 'SPROUT10'. Apply at checkout, blah blah.
I'm guessing from the name that's a Spring thing.
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Re: K1200S
« Reply #997 on: April 12, 2024, 06:09:56 pm »
Got the old silver wheel  in and got the bike outside to wash the radiator with simple green and the 90degree jet wash widget. I'm not sure how much debris was due to each agent, but I tried to catch the debris on a cloth. It certainly wasn't wow! about the simple green. I can now see the lines of brake dust/tyre fragments up the radiator again. So yeah a lot of dirt has come out but nothing spectacular



There are some seriously large holes now where fins used to be so I'm not holding out much hope that it's going to have enough cooling capacity left. Anyway will be a few days till the tyres are swapped. And I have the name of someone who may be able to get the broken drill bit out.
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Re: K1200S
« Reply #998 on: April 16, 2024, 03:17:44 pm »
"It looked fine till I cleaned it boss..."
Yet to go out for a run to see if it actually cools anything






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Re: K1200S
« Reply #999 on: April 16, 2024, 04:54:24 pm »
Oo'er missus!
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Re: K1200S
« Reply #1000 on: April 20, 2024, 10:38:22 pm »
1000 posts on this thread....
You'd think we had something better to do
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Re: K1200S
« Reply #1001 on: May 05, 2024, 07:34:17 pm »
So hammeriting finished, new discs on the grey front wheel, radiator cleaned, bit of a wash and brush up. Need to go for a ride tomorrow and see if what's left of the radiator works.



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Re: K1200S
« Reply #1002 on: May 06, 2024, 07:01:35 pm »
A Bank Holiday afternoon spent on the bike on sunny dry roads without too much traffic in Cornwall? Shome mishtake shurely? Well whatever time and space warp I was in this afternoon had a beneficial effect to on the bike. Did about a 100 miles , a bit of a thrash up the a39 to Bude,  across to Launceston, and a steady cruise back along the A30. The radiator behaved itself in temperatures up to 17 C and for a 40 minute 80mph  cruise. Fuel economy up too. So feeling pleased with myself that all the fettling has helped
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Re: K1200S
« Reply #1003 on: May 07, 2024, 09:30:56 pm »
I'm sure it is the warm weather that gets everything working better; my fan cuts in just before it gets to 5 bars while stationary but it now runs all day at 3 bars with the occasional 4 showing, my vision has stayed steady at one road ahead and having found a great riverside pub with even greater food today was almost too good to be true.
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Re: K1200S
« Reply #1004 on: May 08, 2024, 11:21:22 am »
Quote from: Phmode on May 07, 2024, 09:30:56 pm
I'm sure it is the warm weather that gets everything working better; my fan cuts in just before it gets to 5 bars while stationary but it now runs all day at 3 bars with the occasional 4 showing, my vision has stayed steady at one road ahead and having found a great riverside pub with even greater food today was almost too good to be true.

And here's the detail, in case you dreamt it, Brian:
https://eurokclub.bike/index.php?topic=5379
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