Ho Hum - Another Aussie (Adelaide)

CagedEvil · Post by **CagedEvil** » 16 years ago

My shout then is it? No fancy mixer drinks thanks - short term memory problems.
Have a Raptor 1000 2001. Matt black.
Staintune pipes, BMC filter, Gipro TRE, PCII, manual clutch switch (more about this elsewhere), plus 'removed' 35mm off each end of the std bars.
Thanks to everyone out there with tips and hints - makes a great bike unbelievable. Cheers

shebee · Post by **shebee** » 16 years ago

Hi!

Glad you got in eventually... does 'removed' mean 'took off on truck mirrors?'

Welcome!

Post by **snapdragon** » 16 years ago

Welcome in

too cold for a beer so hot toddy here please

craftycat · Post by **craftycat** » 16 years ago

Hello and welcome from France! Very chilly here as well so a glass of red is my tipple!!

CagedEvil · Post by **CagedEvil** » 16 years ago

shebee wrote:55 years agoHi!

Glad you got in eventually... does 'removed' mean 'took off on truck mirrors?'

Welcome!

No, fortunately not taken off by truck! Deliberately sawn off to make filtering easier. Also not surprisingly faster steering (need to be careful initially!). Further added bonus (for me at least) is that the position feels more comfortable AND (yet another bonus) you are less prone to flapping in the breeze at speed. Apart from the hack-sawing you also need to drill new holes for the switch gear locating pins, but this is just a matter of moving along the bars the same amount sawn off and re-drilling.

Zane · Post by **Zane** » 16 years ago

Hi and welcome mate.

You have some great places to go for a scratch in the mountains. hummmm gotta love cornering and the raptor......