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Posted: Mon Jul 24, 2006 4:54 pm
by blues2cruise
What do you think made it slide? Was there some gravel?
Your bike should be under warranty. Why not go directly to your dealer?
Posted: Mon Jul 24, 2006 5:00 pm
by VermilionX
blues2cruise wrote:What do you think made it slide? Was there some gravel?
Your bike should be under warranty. Why not go directly to your dealer?
yes, i'll try to see if i can get an appointment for wednesday.
regarding the slide
one slide was in a short right-left-right S corners... it slid on the left middle turn.
the other 2 was from hairpins turns. 1 time on the entrance and the other was in middle ot the turn.
i heard some people w/ the same bike as mine having slide problems on the stock tires. so maybe it's just the tires or maybe there is gravel. i didn't brake and i didn't mess up my throttle control.
those short S corners are fun though. bike never stays straight up.
Posted: Tue Jul 25, 2006 3:19 am
by KarateChick
Hopefully everything's okay Verm. Or if there is a problem, hope they get it fixed for you.
Posted: Wed Jul 26, 2006 6:04 am
by VermilionX
7/26/06
i went canyon riding early this morning to avoid the heat...
i met 2 other other riders... one has an R1 and the other has a race ready gixxer 600.
the guy w/ the gixxer600 is so lucky... his bike was given to him by his GF's dad. his GF's dad races and he got 2 K6 models so he gave the 04 600 to him. it's got everything, race bodywork that has mounts for lights to make it street legal, race suspension, race steering damper, race full sys exhaust, race rear sets, engine was re-tuned, power commander, etc. the whole shebang!
he was even running race slicks.
damn lucky guy.
too bad i didn't have my camera.
Posted: Sat Aug 12, 2006 10:19 am
by VermilionX
8/12/06
went riding w/ peeps from the SCLR forums...
we took ACH and AFH.
nice view.
our bikes.
they're pretty conservative... and i can see why, we encountered a several road hazards on this ride. kinda scary.
Posted: Sat Aug 12, 2006 1:28 pm
by CNF2002
Wow, looks like fun! You have such great areas to ride in.
Posted: Sat Aug 12, 2006 2:50 pm
by VermilionX
CNF2002 wrote:Wow, looks like fun! You have such great areas to ride in.
yeah it's fun but like i said, the random cr@p on the ground kills it for me.
it's fun for nice mellow ride... but i don't wanna ride mellow.
must... find... new... job!
i'll look for a new job this monday. i need a new job if i wanna support my trackday ambitions.
Posted: Sat Aug 12, 2006 3:28 pm
by VermilionX
just washed my bike.
cleaned my chain for teh 1st time and it was a success. the rear stand and brush made it so much easy.
it's gold again.
Posted: Sat Aug 12, 2006 3:30 pm
by CNF2002
Your chain is gold?
Did you lubricate it after you clean it? Try to buff out those scratches?
Posted: Sat Aug 12, 2006 3:37 pm
by VermilionX
CNF2002 wrote:Your chain is gold?
Did you lubricate it after you clean it? Try to buff out those scratches?
yes, it's gold, and i lubed it afterwards. and yes, i know i didn't clean the wheel too well, i just hosed the wheel but never wiped it.
some of the scrathces from the drop are deep so they can't be fixed unless it's repainted. it doesn't bother me anymore. you can't see them unless you're up close anyway.
that pic i took on that last ride was the side that was scratced. you can't see it except on close up.