What did you do to your Raptor today
Re: What did you do to your Raptor today
Just picked my V Raptor 1000 up from a suspensionguru. Nice new oil, harder springs and a reshim. Should have done this years ago. More feel en confidence from the front into corners.
Bring on the warm weather!!!
Bring on the warm weather!!!
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Re: What did you do to your Raptor today
Well, I got all excited today coz it was sunny and nice outside so I wombled into the shed, like you do. I thought, oooo I might get the cover off Kitty and turn her over.
Welll
Flat as a fart.
Hmppphhh, great start to the season
Welll
Flat as a fart.
Hmppphhh, great start to the season
Yellow 2001 SV650s,2002 VRaptor
Your Rapter looks like a sci fi robot dragon! and it breaths fire too! It singed my eye brows and boiled my eyes at the lights! smudge
Your Rapter looks like a sci fi robot dragon! and it breaths fire too! It singed my eye brows and boiled my eyes at the lights! smudge
Re: What did you do to your Raptor today
New battery time.dizzyblonde wrote:Well, I got all excited today coz it was sunny and nice outside so I wombled into the shed, like you do. I thought, oooo I might get the cover off Kitty and turn her over.
Welll
Flat as a fart.
Hmppphhh, great start to the season
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Yeah, going to stick it on the optimate first and see if is salvageable for now. Its sat for much longer periods, but usually its had a good run and a successful summer when I've put her to bed!
Yellow 2001 SV650s,2002 VRaptor
Your Rapter looks like a sci fi robot dragon! and it breaths fire too! It singed my eye brows and boiled my eyes at the lights! smudge
Your Rapter looks like a sci fi robot dragon! and it breaths fire too! It singed my eye brows and boiled my eyes at the lights! smudge
Re: What did you do to your Raptor today
once the battery gets to that stage they are usually toast!dizzyblonde wrote:Yeah, going to stick it on the optimate first and see if is salvageable for now. Its sat for much longer periods, but usually its had a good run and a successful summer when I've put her to bed!
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Re: What did you do to your Raptor today
My SV battery used to do it every winter for four years, practically every month because of the diabolical short trips in the freezing cold(always on a nightshft), but ran first button and never failed during the summer.. I think this time though its probably best if it goes to the great battery dump in the tip after three years of being stood still and battery being flat........it refuses to die though because you still get a neutral light out of it!!ozzraptor wrote:once the battery gets to that stage they are usually toast!dizzyblonde wrote:Yeah, going to stick it on the optimate first and see if is salvageable for now. Its sat for much longer periods, but usually its had a good run and a successful summer when I've put her to bed!
Soon know if the Raps toast on the optimate though. Worth a punt for free before I shell out on a new one This is the first time in the years I've had it that I've gone in and found it just clicking. Doesn't surprise me after crashing either.
Yellow 2001 SV650s,2002 VRaptor
Your Rapter looks like a sci fi robot dragon! and it breaths fire too! It singed my eye brows and boiled my eyes at the lights! smudge
Your Rapter looks like a sci fi robot dragon! and it breaths fire too! It singed my eye brows and boiled my eyes at the lights! smudge
Re: What did you do to your Raptor today
If you do get a new battery go for a lithium , you wont regret it.dizzyblonde wrote:My SV battery used to do it every winter for four years, practically every month because of the diabolical short trips in the freezing cold(always on a nightshft), but ran first button and never failed during the summer.. I think this time though its probably best if it goes to the great battery dump in the tip after three years of being stood still and battery being flat........it refuses to die though because you still get a neutral light out of it!!ozzraptor wrote:once the battery gets to that stage they are usually toast!dizzyblonde wrote:Yeah, going to stick it on the optimate first and see if is salvageable for now. Its sat for much longer periods, but usually its had a good run and a successful summer when I've put her to bed!
Soon know if the Raps toast on the optimate though. Worth a punt for free before I shell out on a new one This is the first time in the years I've had it that I've gone in and found it just clicking. Doesn't surprise me after crashing either.
Wave rotors
Today i fitted some Braking wave rotors,not the chinese ones , and some new pads. Also save 3/4 kilo in weight with the new rotors!
Re: What did you do to your Raptor today
None ,these are for raptor ,straight bolt on.Dante wrote:What mods are needed for those rotors?
Re: What did you do to your Raptor today
Nice.
Because it looked to me like ,that something is done at the brembo's.
A link for those discs?
Because it looked to me like ,that something is done at the brembo's.
A link for those discs?
Re: What did you do to your Raptor today
No change at the brembos. First test ride felt like the front brakes gave more bight than the stock but that may be because i have changed the pad type or possibally combination with the wave discs? I still have stock lines, i guess i should do race lines but it brakes so well i dont know i will bother?
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Re: What did you do to your Raptor today
As I mentioned,master cylinder makes a great difference.
do you have the stock one?
do you have the stock one?
Re: What did you do to your Raptor today
All stock mate!Dante wrote:As I mentioned,master cylinder makes a great difference.
do you have the stock one?