OzCrow

What brand are these?

Finally got her out for another test run and the weave is still there from ~180-210kmh but then seems to go away up to ~240, even tried dropping the rear PL back two positions and no luck She did seem to corner slightly better on full PL apart from a couple of instances where the back end felt like it stepped out at ~170kmh Well next step I guess is to back some more PL off the head bearings Personally I'd be playing with the rear rebound damping first. Maybe the weave you feel is actually the rear end wallowing due to not having enough rebound damping.

Yep I'm waiting patiently on the pillion pegs myself.

Yep I'm interested as well. The missus has always complained that the Bird pillion pegs seem to be much higher than the ones on my previous VFR.

Hey Para I'd be interested in getting a set of HID's with you. Just need to find someone on this Board to purchase and ship 'em to us.

OK I've searched the forum but come up with nothing. I seem to remember someone had done this mod. Can someone help please?

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Yep sure have.

Yes his service is awesome. When I first completed the RC51 front end conversion I ended up with a leaking brake master cylinder (SP1). I changed to a CBR600F4i master cylinder and he did a swap of the levers for me. The new lever he sent was incorrect (F-14) so he sent yet another one (F-18) which I received on Monday. I sent the F-14 back today. I would have no hesitations in dealing with him again.

Does anyone have a copy or know where I can download a service manual for an RC51 please?

I have run Pilot Powers on my Bird for 2 years and get around 8-9k kms from a front with a lot of twisties riding which is hard on the front. When touring/2 up I run the Power (front) Road (rear) combo for the extra milage from the rear tyre. This is easy as I have 2 rear wheels so just swap to suit. The extra security from running a softer front tyre is worth the higher wear rate IMHO.

Yeah definitely something to look out for when replacing pads. I did the very same thing but didn't pick it up until 4,000kms after I did the pad change.

Doh! :icon_doh: I have now. Dunno how I missed it. Thanks for the info. I have been in touch with Pete over the past few weeks and he has been very helpful. The last set of clip-ons he had fitted were made in Italy but were not ideal either. He suggested maybe get them custom made to suit.

Thanks mate I'll send your contact an email. Just after some additional info if he cannot supply. I am using the 954 upper triple clamp (gullwing shape). Will the clip-on be located above or below the triple clamp? I am assuming when you state I will need 40mm rise that applies to the clip-on fitted above the triple clamp? I'm a bit concerned about clearance with the instrument cluster, especially on full lock and I've noticed some clip-ons have the bars located forward and some off to the side as with the Cycle Cat clip-ons: http://www.cyclecat.com/SandFtypes1-1.htm Any advice regarding what clip-ons to fit would be much appreciated. Oh and one last question. Do you know what the fork length difference is between the SP1 and Bird?

OK I've sent TSR an email asking if these are still available. :icon_pray: Not holding out too much hope though.