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[ST] Thanks heavens for Torquey engines :-)



Hi.
Sunday was rear hugger  and double bubble fitting day.
In true "Oscar" (TM) style, I would like to thank Keith Tynan (BRG) for the
loan of his dry garage and tools, without him this film..(sorry fitting)
would not have been possible. He deserves his best supporting mechanic
award!
Rear hugger was a breeze after taking the wheel off and ramping it up on his
lovely hydraulic ramp.
The screen *should* have been a 5 minute job, but in a moment of madness I
removed the two screws that hold the indicator/high beam etc panel to the
cockpit..(moron!!) and we then had to remove half the faring to get enough
room to squeeze our fingers in to rescrew it together!!

On the way home (after a fantastic rear hugger/screen rest run with BRG :-)
) the bungee that I used to secure the saddle bags decided to start playing
silly buggers and snapped. The Bags then tried to become airborne at speeds
of over 20 mph!!
I ended up taking the 16 miles home one handed in 5th gear, whilst holding
the bags down with my left hand!
The bike was great, taking some tight bends @ 20-25mph in 5th without
bogging down.
My fuel consumption should be interesting on this tank...
Barry, I too had an ST pushing incident recently, from now on I will be much
more sensitive to the reading of my fuel gauge :-)
- -- 

Neil "Diamond Dawg" Tracey
ex Sprint Sport. 99 Red ST
Bath. UK.




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