Jayne's Suzuki GSR600
August 21st 2006
Living just half a mile from work with no secure parking is surely no way to embark on a beautiful motorbike relationship and as I've discovered, keeping the bike more secure in an underground carpark doesnt help matters either when you want to nip out for a quick ride.
It takes the spontaneity out of the love affair for sure.
So after riding the GSR around a bit more this month I have come to the conclusion that the fuelling is a complete fucking balls up. Yes, I hate it with a passion. I am sick of looking like some complete numptie as I stop - go - stop - go through town as the fuel switches on and off. A power commander is on the way and I am going to see if it can smooth out the GSR's main failing grace.
Hopefully if my plans come off to live further away from work I will have more joyful miles of motorbike riding each day, so refitting the screen is back on the priority list.
June 2006
I fitted a screen...
The SuperBike trackdays arrived with a heatwave, although first up it was Silverstone and the weather was just about spot on. I had fitted a screen in readiness for the ride up there and it really made a huge difference in terms of general motorway comfort. Fitting the screen was a real pig of a job though, the tight fit of the brackets was such that they damaged the little side pods they fit around and tightening the bolts was nigh on impossible. I tried every tool you could think of and nothing would work. If I managed to fit a socket over the head I couldnt move it more than half a millimeter per turn so I just kept an eye on the nuts and gave them a finger tighten whenever I could.
Needless to say really that after several 20 minute sessions around Silverstone I had lost one bolt and the other was hanging on by its last bit of thread.
So the screen came off and my life became instantly more miserable at speed on the GSR.
Skip on a couple of weeks and I've still found no solution to the screen bolts and already it's time for another track day. This time Snetterton and yet another face battering two hour journey northbound. There was a heatwave in progress and I just wanted to curl up and die in the heat, in leather with a face full of searing hot air. The GSR's tyres were also cooked and were only good for making fair trade flip flops out of.
Luckily though at the end of the day Neils longterm Fireblade was available as a ride home. So I hopped on, tiptoed about about ( his bike is pretty fucking high actually) and wazzed of down the motorway with a grin the size of a large banana. Faired bikes ROCK!
For a super duper Ermax screen all of your own, give them a call or have a look at their website:
www.ermaxuk.co.uk
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May 2006
After a year without a longtermer Jayne finally got a new toy to play with.
It's almost run in and the mods are starting to arrive at the office, so watch this space for updates on the progress of the Suzuki GSR600 longtermer.
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