K1200S

[fjtwelve]

1 hour phone interview with Ride magazine about having a 100k bike, my 15mins of fame coming up sometime whenever

[Phmode]

Nice one. I hope you were kind to the old girl.

[Matt]

Oh great!

[Bruno]

1 hour phone interview with Ride magazine about having a 100k bike, my 15mins of fame coming up sometime whenever

I look forward to reading it.

[black-k1]

Well done and I look forward to reading it when published.

Nice one. I hope you were kind to the old girl.

I think I'd prefer open and honest over kind.

[Phmode]

I think you can be open and honest whilst still being kind, David, just like you can be open and honest and unkind. It's all in the way you say it, not what is said.

[fjtwelve]

Got the bike back today. Given the size of the bill we are pausing the expenditure and will return for the rest when the service is due in a couple of thousand miles.

So the front end is back to its original self. I could tell before I got out of the car park. No crashing over bumps, perceptible damping over the bumps, just smooth and controllable. So nice I went for a 40 mile run in the cold and rain to check it out. I have noticed that I am needing to put in counter steer to make it turn but I'm not sure if that's the bike or just the difference with the K13 which has always dropped into corners by comparison. Not the best day to push.
Oh, and no warning light and and the brakes are back. One or two finger braking again. The failed ABS unit was obviously having more of an effect than just the abs function. Oh yes. Happy bunny.

Cant say the same for the bank account but hey, if Id flogged it for spares and invested the cash I just spent on some secondhand bike, I would not have bought much and it would have an unknown history.

[richtea]

I have noticed that I am needing to put in counter steer to make it turn but I'm not sure if that's the bike or just the difference with the K13 which has always dropped into corners by comparison.

I found the Motorsport turned slightly easier than my plain 1300S, and wondered if it was the lighter forged wheels. No proof, as ever, and by the time you've ridden one for a week or so, you forget. But like the Akra and footrests - better, but not £1k+ better. Whereas your fixes have had a much bigger effect!

In fact, Swindon Andy said exactly that:
https://eurokclub.bike/index.php?topic=3148.msg37823#msg37823

[fjtwelve]

Went out for a run with son #2 and his Fireblade a couple of days ago. It was a bit parky out , I was only wearing the 5 layers and he was doing press ups in the layby to keep warm when we stopped for a photo.



I sent the photo off for the RiDE article but they said his shadow was a problem so had to go out again and get some more  pictures done, this time with SWMBO. They said they preferred the one with the dogs arse in at first



Sigh, the problems of being famous for 5 minutes

[Costas]

A well maintained bike puts smiles in your face amd miles on the bike .

[fjtwelve]

Anybody know why the exhaust gas out of the end of my Akrapovic on this bike is so much cooler than that coming out of the Akrapovic on the K1300?

[TomL]

The hotter one probably has a catalytic convertor in the forward end of the exhaust. Cats run extremely hot.

[Phmode]

The 13 has a bigger engine and bigger engines MUST run hotter with the same size exhaust...

[fjtwelve]

So have been an Ebay tart for the last week, and as a result I am now awaiting the arrival of a set of secondhand expanding panniers c/w bags, a secondhand  pannier rack and a new second set of bolts to join the new rack, bolts and RG crash bungs already sitting in the shed. If it ever stops raining then at some point next weekend both bikes should get some accessories fitted and I can chuck the panniers on whichever bike I fancy taking out. If I get jabbed (twice) and Boris ever lets us out again...

The guy that was selling the panniers and bags also had a rack, and a set of fixing bolts but they were up for £20. I asked if he'd do a deal for the lot, and was thinking £440. I said you can buy the bolts for about a tenner brand new. I know, he said, but I'm not doing a deal for the lot, I want to see what I can get. Fair enough. So I bid separately, got the panniers for £366 plus postage. I lost the rack by £2 which went for £67. Sometimes clouds have silver linings - I bid another one which I got for £42.50 but suspect a rattle can of black may be required.

Those bolts? Went for £51 so he was right...meanwhile I just bought a new set for £12.

[TomL]

Here's hoping the captive nuts in the frame will remain fixed when you remove the fixing bolts.