Continuing - So what did you do to your bike today...?

[grog]

Today was work day, holiday rates, no jobs much so bike got attention. Rear pads changed, all calipers cleaned, new fluid front n rear. Oil n filter done. Every other moving part got lubed. Clutch fluid changed. Spray wax n wipe all over. 👍. Nice ride home. Just a tip, if you want to make fluid changing/ brake bleeding easy, SnapOn vacuum bleeder is brilliant. Requires compressor, makes a tedious job a 5 minute one.

[Del]

Not GSX related more ZRX - for years now I have been trying to get a part for my ZRX build - but today I managed to get the part i wanted and the even rarer Carbon Fibre part - to make it better it was a bargain at £43.00 so well made up

Just need to sell the FJR to give me some room to start the rebuild 

[steve porter]

Put this on on the weekend, the clamshell type wasn`t working for me with the square boxes I need to carry

[Hooli]

Looks a lot better than my Givi, I wonder if you can make the side boxes fit?

[steve porter]

Looks a lot better than my Givi, I wonder if you can make the side boxes fit?

anything can be made to fit I reckon, but they would stick out too far for my liking.

[Hooli]

I can't see them being much wider than the E41s I've got, they make it like riding a car which is why I don't use them much.

[grog]

Have you ever seen the xjr1300 clip where old mates side bags hit something on a jetty. Definately put him in DEEP trouble.

[Hooli]

Have you ever seen the xjr1300 clip where old mates side bags hit something on a jetty. Definately put him in DEEP trouble.

I've destroyed a givi pannier against the wing of an on coming car with a closing speed of about 100-120mph, it missed my knee by about an inch. I was near the middle of the road & the impact kicked the back of the 14 so hard I ended up almost in the ditch with the bike half sideways. I've no idea how I stayed up to be honest & it took me about 1/4 of a mile to think enough to stop.

The car never came back while I was sat there wondering why I wasn't dead, so I guess I got away with it apart from the £200 bill for parts to rebuild the pannier.

I can confirm though, hitting things with your panniers is a bad idea.

[grog]

You were so lucky Hooli. Ive had the sit there and wonder why not dead thing happen. Coming down a big twisty mountain, sat behind a high power chev thru the slow twistys, corners opened up, went to pass and he floored it, full speed to get passed, way over 160, rh bend, worried about oncoming. I hit a huge bump in tar, big bubble from water damage. Bike launched in air, i hit the last few mm of tar on lhs, shook its head, straightened up. Ducati handling always been my fave since then. Yeah, i sat later and just shook. Would 14 have done that, not sure.

[Kiwifruit]

Have you ever seen the xjr1300 clip where old mates side bags hit something on a jetty. Definately put him in DEEP trouble.

Rubbed my left hand E41 pannier down a corrugated iron fence in the Port when trying not to miss the Cook Straight Ferry. Those panniers are wide. We were the last on.

[Irish in Oz]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b424iGkWe0Q

[Mick_J]

Don't think he can pass that off as a SMIDSY 

[steve porter]

I once stupidly clipped a  tray truck with the touring pannier on my K100 and they didnt stick out nearly as far as the ones seem to on 14`s, got a set of the BMW city panniers after that for going to work with, they didn`t hold much but tucked in nice and tight, I`m now running that box, the seat bag and a magnetic tank bag and if I can`t fit everything in those I take the car

[Hooli]

I only use the panniers for camping.

Normally if I go away on the bike I use cheap hotels, B&Bs etc. If it doesn't fit in the topbox & tankbag it doesn't go.

[Eric GSX1400K3]

Not a pannier but once my right shoulder grazed the side of a 3.5t truck as he suddenly moved into my lane on the freeway, my fault as i was probably in his blind spot. Ive still got the white paint mark on my jacket. Evasive action included grabbing both brakes and swerving to the emergency lane.