New kid on the block

[Macadam <macadam@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi there,

In the little welcome mail I received after siginig up I was asked to 
present myself.
So here it is:

My name is Philippe Deraeve, I'm 30 and living in Belgium, in the city of 
Ghent.

I'm driving a Sprint ST since march this year, and must say it's the 
greatest bike I have ever owned (1Suzuki GT550, 1 Suzuki GT250, 1 Suzuki 
GT500, 1 Suzuki GN400, 1 MZ 250 (+Sidecar), 1 Suzuki GSX 750 ESD, 2 Triumph 
Trophy 900).

After two full day sessions on a race track last year, I realised it was 
time I changed my good old Trophy 900 ('94 model year) for something with a 
little more ground clearance. I' ve trying almost every friend's bike since 
then (Blade, Blackbird, Duc SS900, VFR 750 and 800, TRX 850, ... and even 
my wife's TDM850) and found that the VFR was the best compromise one could 
find on the market, .... apart from the fact that it missed the bottom and 
mid range power that I had come addicted to with my Trophy.
Thank you mr. Bloor for making the bike I was just waiting for!

After two months with the ST I noticed some minor problem: after having had 
the crankcase bolts being replaced by the dealer (didn't see the invoice 
yet, so I suppose no charge)  the engine started leaking oil. It's leaking 
where you have the axle of the gear selector coming out of the engine. Has 
anyone else experienced an oil leakage there or is this just me?

Also have some problems with the fuel gauge, but there apparently I'm not 
the only one. My dealer told me that here is no "cure" for this problem for 
the moment, but that it will not take long before this will be sorted out.

Can anyone give me some advice on the suspension settings: Scraped the 
right side of the fairing in a nice curve (two on the bike). Must say there 
was a little bump in the road. I've "hardened" the rear part but haven' 
touched the fork yet.

Thanks for your replys and advice (I hope I'll be getting).

Yours Truly
Philippe Deraeve.







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