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« on: February 17, 2009, 09:08:04 PM »

WHY DOES TIME AT WORK PASS SO SLOWLY!?!?!

Anyway... yeah... My helmet arrived today too.  So I'll be posting pics up later... or I'll be busy riding it... or falling off it... I just passed my open class on monday...
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« Reply #1 on: February 17, 2009, 09:42:23 PM »

Congrats on the new ride, stay positive mate! Smiley    chug If you follow the run in instructions to the letter (nothing over 6K RPM for the first 1000Kms or so IIRC), I'm confident you won't have any problems with the 696 wanting to buck you off.  After that you might wanna watch your step a little though.
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« Reply #2 on: February 18, 2009, 02:22:42 AM »

Well done Tony.   waytogo You won't have any problems with it.  It's a fun bike to ride.  I'd be interested in your impressions of your new bike.

That's when you're done riding of course.  Smiley
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« Reply #3 on: February 18, 2009, 02:25:48 AM »

So how's the new beast?Huh??

Where are you based so some DMFers can link up with you for a ride....  [moto]

We need pics please.........  Cool
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« Reply #4 on: February 18, 2009, 02:28:45 AM »

So how's the new beast?Huh??

Where are you based so some DMFers can link up with you for a ride....  [moto]

We need pics please.........  Cool

He's a Sandgroper  bow down Trev.
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« Reply #5 on: February 18, 2009, 04:14:14 AM »

Ok, firstly I apologise for the shoddy phone pics, but i was kinda rushing around and working out how best to get all 3 vehicles in the garage and still open all the doors and lean the bike over without hitting anything or anyone... oh and modding it  Grin

I just took off the mirrors... drove home with them on from the dealer... didn't like em.


Here it is outside while we move the other two cars around, with the sliders and bar end mirrors on.  Took me a couple of hours to do... mainly because my tools are either scattered all over the garage or non existant.  I sure hope I got the torque right on those frame sliders.  Otherwise it was all fairly straight forward, thanks to all those who posted the tutorials  waytogo



I did take some other pics, but in my rush and with grubby hands fumbling with the phone, they all came out a little IZ_.  Will take more on the weekend... Or until I actually do some proper mods to it.

It's a pretty fun thing to ride tho... although it didn't seem to turn as well as the gs500 i was on earlier in the week.  but i just probably need to get used to it... which is something i'm looking forward to with a huge grin on my face.  Oh did i mention this is my first bike?  So if i sound a little noobish... I just am.  Anyway I have some manuals to go read   cheeky  Yay for Monsters.  Yay for everyone! YAAAAAAYYYYYYY!!!!!
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« Reply #6 on: February 18, 2009, 07:50:37 AM »

Congrats Goombah.
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« Reply #7 on: February 18, 2009, 10:17:19 AM »

Suweeeet!! Still got the stripes on the tyres even.  waytogo  Grin

Now to enjoy.  [moto]  applause  Wink
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« Reply #8 on: February 18, 2009, 02:15:51 PM »

Congrats on the new ride, I'm sure your gonna have lots a  Grin in that new helmet.
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« Reply #9 on: February 18, 2009, 02:25:18 PM »

congrats on the new ride.

Hope you have many fantastic rides on the beast.
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« Reply #10 on: February 18, 2009, 04:27:08 PM »

nice little monster  Evil Evil
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« Reply #11 on: February 18, 2009, 07:43:31 PM »

 waytogo Lucky little Monkey waytogo for a first bike gee, wish my first bike was a brand new 696 Huh?

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« Reply #12 on: February 18, 2009, 08:48:39 PM »

here here egas, someone is a lucky boy
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« Reply #13 on: February 19, 2009, 04:45:36 AM »

lucky boy?  i'd say its more of a quarter life crisis...  oh and just to explain a little more about my current situation: in this current global financial situation we find ourselves in... all i can say is that it's good to be a government employee... with 2 guaranteed pay raises this year... and 2 more next year  Grin

i'm glad i gave up contract work last year.
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« Reply #14 on: February 19, 2009, 10:18:53 AM »

Heh, I thought that too until I got "Jeffed" in the early 90's,  bang head
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