Exploring the Dark Side !

[davetherave]

Congratulations Ant on your new steed  very nice indeed.

I wish I'd have known about your little trip over as I live in Norwich and I'd have love to have arranged a meet (I was off work then so would have been easy).

If I hadn't bought another zzr14 last summer I would have got a K13, great bike with very good reviews (my 14 came with those same Ackrapovic end cans).

I wish you many happy and safe miles together   

[Rusty]

Well done Ant ... nothing wrong with venturing into The Dark Side !!
The K1300S is by all accounts a stonking bit of kit and your example looks gorgeous I have to say. You will have no problems putting lots of miles on that especially with that Akro fitted to it .. just hold onto your licence 
Know a chap at work who has one and he truly swears by it. Enjoy.

[O.C.]

I briefly owned a BMW K1300 GTEE which had too many issues for me to live with long term.......however its 1300cc engine was an absolute stonker     

[Ant]

Dave, I'm sure we will be venturing over that way at some point in the future, heading for the coast or somewhere, so keep your eyes peeled on the forum.  If you are going to the meet, you could ride with us....we have a laugh and usually on the hottest day of the year !! 

Cheers Rusty,  Cant wait to get out on 'Bullet' but as with all my bike purchases, I have problems !!!!  Nothing wrong with the bike, just the bloke that owned it has lost the log book.  Luckily he bought it new from said dealership so all's good there. Just waiting for a new V5 to come through so it can be taxed.
I was offered a loan RT, bit pointless I said as ive got others to ride if nessesary.

When I bought the Crossdresser it was transported back to Honda and duly 'dropped' when the bloke slipped getting it off the trailer....£1500 bill for the breakdown company !!!

Bought the FJR in 2014, and the dealership 'send' button to the DVLA to register the bike didn't send apparently. So I was riding around for4 weeks on an unregistered bike !!!   Wondered why I never received any speeding tickets !! 

When I got the GTR, I turned up to bring it home with 2 fecking left hand gloves in my helmet ....I always put them away myself now !!

Bought a Busa a couple of years ago, lovely speed machine, but the previous owner had put the original clutch level on wrong, so it wasn't sitting right and letting the clutch seat. Bike heated up and the clutch slipped when accelerating........

So nothing new for me, is this problem...

Enjoy your tea everyone, if you've had a bad day, think of me !!! 

[moayling]

I shouldn't bother with the lottery Ant

[O.C.]

sorry Ant, but I had to laugh about the Busa and slipping clutch under acceleration. ......that must have been a right pain with a bike like that

You must have shot a Robin sometime    

[Ant]

sorry Ant, but I had to laugh about the Busa and slipping clutch under acceleration. ......that must have been a right pain with a bike like that

You must have shot a Robin sometime    

Chuffing embarrassing overtaking a tractor a 40 mph at 5000 rpm ...........in 3rd !!!

[davetherave]

Dave, I'm sure we will be venturing over that way at some point in the future, heading for the coast or somewhere, so keep your eyes peeled on the forum.  If you are going to the meet, you could ride with us....we have a laugh and usually on the hottest day of the year !! 

Ant, I look forward to that 

[Charlie747]

So who's up for a ride to the meet from the east ?

[PRD]

Me maybe!

[Ant]

Me !

[davetherave]

Dave, I'm sure we will be venturing over that way at some point in the future, heading for the coast or somewhere, so keep your eyes peeled on the forum.  If you are going to the meet, you could ride with us....

Ant, unfortunately we can't come with you all to the Belfry as we travel to Brittany for the start of of holiday  but thanks very much for the offer

[virginiajim]

Chuffing embarrassing overtaking a tractor a 40 mph at 5000 rpm ...........in 3rd !!!

So how long did it take?

[PaulB]

I too have explored the dark side, in the form of a K1200S, when I was looking to get something with a bit more grunt than my CBF1000.

It was a great bike, pulled like a tank, very impressive... right up until I pulled back into the dealers yard and heard a very loud rattle that wasn't there when cold.

Mentioned it to the dealer. His reply "It's a clutch bearing. They all do that." and he pulled the clutch lever in (bike in neutral) and the noise vanished... In short, it put me off the bike as I figured it'd mean problems down the line.

Cheers

Paul B.

[PRD]

Wise decision. They are not all they are cracked up to be.