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Offline cugsy

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lovely lovely new tyres
« on: April 24, 2013, 06:36:47 AM »
 : ;D. Well that was a good 70 mile run to bed the buggers in. It feels a million times better.  ;D. Now its getting hotter though you feel the engine heat.  Whew
Bloody hell - its a heavy bike!

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Re: lovely lovely new tyres
« Reply #1 on: April 24, 2013, 08:30:23 AM »
Told ya. <LOL>

For the heat there is someone on here or on the COG-Online forum that makes some bits of plastic that block the heat from getting to you.
I never bothered as in the summer I just remove the full length side deflectors and fit a set of the US style side scoops.
The scoops can be installed either way round. They either push air away from your feet or onto your feet.

Without side deflectors or scoops


With the US scoops
George "Boomer" Garratt
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Re: lovely lovely new tyres
« Reply #2 on: April 24, 2013, 08:46:28 AM »
The lower boot scoops can cause some high speed instability when in the summer position namely from the dirty air from the big trucks... The Baker AirWings do a good job of bringing in cool air without any real notable instability, they also work very well at blocking cold air in the winter. All this without breaking out tools either...
Tony P. Crochet
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Re: lovely lovely new tyres
« Reply #3 on: April 24, 2013, 03:39:48 PM »
One other thing that you lot probably know - the brakes are shite!
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Re: lovely lovely new tyres
« Reply #4 on: April 24, 2013, 07:55:38 PM »
One other thing that you lot probably know - the brakes are shite!

Mine work great... LOL
Tony P. Crochet
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Re: lovely lovely new tyres
« Reply #5 on: April 24, 2013, 08:40:04 PM »
Mine work great... LOL
Hey Tony, the inside of yur fenderliner is dirty!
nyaa nyaaa

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Re: lovely lovely new tyres
« Reply #6 on: April 25, 2013, 03:41:16 AM »
Hey Tony, the inside of yur fenderliner is dirty!
nyaa nyaaa

Could be my down fall....   ;)
Tony P. Crochet
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Re: lovely lovely new tyres
« Reply #7 on: April 25, 2013, 05:15:27 AM »
I'll bet that wasn't cheap or easy.  This bike will have more mods than a Who revival. ::)
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Re: lovely lovely new tyres
« Reply #8 on: April 25, 2013, 06:37:16 AM »
<LOL> You should try the OEM brakes on the 86-93 model bikes.  :yikes:

Mine has Nissin 4 pots from a CBR900XX with Chinese discs/rotors and stops almost as well as the 1400.
I got the adapters from Russell "enim57" on this forum but he only does them for the 86-93 ZG1000.
I though someone on here did brackets for the 94- to fit Tokico or Nissin calipers.
I know ZRXMopar used to do them but he can't any more. Anyone else??
May be on the other forum though. I'll take a look.

2Fast does a bracket for Tokico calipers but also requires a 320mm disc/rotor upgrade and some machining.
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Re: lovely lovely new tyres
« Reply #9 on: April 25, 2013, 07:25:23 AM »
I'll bet that wasn't cheap or easy.  This bike will have more mods than a Who revival. ::)

Cheap? No... Easy? Relatively.... The entire ZRX front end is surprisingly nearly a bolt on mod with only the upper triple tree needing some sawing and grinding to remove the gauge mounts... The rear wheel & brake is from the Mean Streak and only requires a small amount of Machine Shop work to fit like Momma Kaw fit it from the git go....
Tony P. Crochet
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