Raptor Chapter

Thanks for all your input. I do see (or feel) the need for raising the back a bit, but one of the things which appealed about the raptor was it's low seat height, as I'm built with a low seat height myself. I love being able to get both feet down at traffic lights. However it tends to lumber a bit r...

It doesn't feel so much like it's too hard: more like it has no damping, so you just get sproinged about.

Took the thou out for its first proper ride around the local B-roads yesterday. Everything working fine until we hit a badly surfaced patch at speed at which point the Raptor did its best to throw me out of the seat and throw my hands off the bars, which was possibly a little too much fun. Coming ba...

Amanda M, didn't you used to be on sv650.org?

I used that same argument on a bloke who was using a footpath which crossed some of my land. I was out shooting and he told me to put my dog on a lead. I

Not a post you'd get on a GSX-R6 forum that, methinks.

If you're trying to get respect by subtly pointing out how hard you corner, you've got it.

Blueing usually indicates the tyres have been overheated at some point. Eventually the rubber goes brittle. As I am the slowest of all cornerererers I only have this second hand mark you...

:oops: I'll, er, run it at 1500. Thanks for everyone's help. I'm really a jealous. I live in London, so a 4k clear run would mean an entourage of police helicopters, or filtering beyond the ability of even the Ghostrider. (thinks) I have a 10km commute which contains 15 traffic lights, 4 roundabouts...

Ah, scales fall from eyes! I'd been letting run at 4000rpm on full choke until temperature was c40, then half choke til 60 before moving. That sounds like a much quieter regime. Thanks, I'll give that a try.

They're being unreasonable in a reasonable enough fashion at the moment (their preferred solution was that I push the bike 100 yards to the end of the street before starting. I gave that one one of Paddington's hardest stares.) , so I'm not expecting a visit from the council, and the bike's parked o...

I've had my Raptor for two weeks now and I've just managed to get a sternly worded complaint from one of my neighbours about the noise she makes while warming up. The current cans are Lasers. Any recommendations for fruity sounding but quieter cans? I had some remus revolutions on the SV (not that I...

Didn't have a Bowmore, so I got you Highland Piper. It's the same thing isn't it?

The only things I upgraded on the SV in three years of ownership were the tyres and the pipes. Didn't seem much point to go overboard on what's basically the Escort of bikes. The Cagiva, however, is a different matter.

Beers and chasers?

As of Saturday I'm a new Raptor 1000 owner. (I'm the new bit, the Raptor is 5 years old). I traded up from an SV650: what a difference 350cc and Brembos make!