Raptor Chapter

The original paint seems to have a pinkness to it...

My V was that weird colour too, painted it 'Sir Matthew Black' the day after i got it home........welcome.........

99 per cent of bikes have their bleed nipple above the brake pistons however the rear brake on the raptor is the lowest point of the system so it can be a pain to get air out (so ive been told)..........vacumm is the go.......... i havent tried with the bike upside down :roll: theres not enough brak...

I've been wanting to go for years, the 100th and a meeting sounds like a good reason to do it, I'll be raptorless though, costs too much

Yeah I checked mine with a mates triumph at the servo, he did 90klms and the raptor was reading it had covered 98klms

Welcome, 120 horses would be a lot more fun than 102 over snaefell

Mine has stuck once but it was a linkage problem, one of the pipes down that way rested up against the throttle linkage and jammed it open (zip tie and all fixed)

Sweeeeeeet.......Polished rims rule

Got a "sprint" mounted under the headlight on my V and works OK but masks the underlying problem that the forks are basic and need internal work if your pushing hard on bumpy stuff. If I had my time again i'd put the money into the forks rather than a damper (it also hits the front guard w...

kneesliders on the road :shock: Im not that keen but phillip island yes a few times(theres a track day 3days after the GP so we hang around) it takes 12hours to get there but worth every corner. I'd love to do the nurburgring and any other track i could fit in up there. I got plans for the Isle of M...

I hope you get back to the track one day Simon, I got Michelin power race tyres on my V at the moment and there great on the track (still haven't tried bridgestones). Keep smiling you old bugger, Im not far behind. :lol: I've read some Ronnie Smith in various mags down here, the guy was a god, LC's ...

If you take the plates out and put them on your bench (table) at the same angle as they are on the bike, just get some cardboard and trace the plate out including the holes, move your plate away, mark the shock absorber hole directly up 10mm from original (I went 10mm and it works well but others ha...

wow theres a rush of fresh raptor maniacs lately..........welcome

Im two hours north and have met deanoseadog and j littler but there aint that many of us really........but the list is growing........welcome

we saw that down here what a classic

Sandgropers bring em on.......welcome Jash, check out some of TL Monkeys posts, he's into some good mods, also Matho from streetbike magazine a few years ago fitted TLR pistons ported heads big cams etc etc and modified the airbox to fit a commodore filter with good results.........Jimbo the beers a...