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A RECENT ADDITION WHICH .......

Posted: Thu Apr 17, 2014 6:22 pm
by Blackal
is yet to get some red rim-tape...................

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Last week ..........

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And here in Moffat today...........

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And at home................. Took the bellypan off for cleaning, and didn't bother putting it back - that exhaust is too sexy to hide.

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Spur of the moment purchase - has under 3,000 miles on it.

Was out for the first "decent" run on it today, down to Moffat and back. Foly Huck! It goes at the speed of many antelopes! I was feeling it was unusually hard work, until I checked the speedo! Ve-e-ery easy to go way too fast. :shock:
Not a bike for "round the houses" - you typically want to be one ratio lower than the R1100s or R1200GS, and 1st is quite tall.

Mirrors were next to useless, but at least you could peek under your oxters if you push your elbows out - a la Bush and Blair. :roll:

Bought a couple of spacers for the mirrors - slightly better, but might have to fit "Caravan mirrors"......

Al
:D

Posted: Thu Apr 17, 2014 6:33 pm
by tanneman
You lucky barsteward. Nice one. Look up Sandbar for the S1000RR mirror mod. My mate did it and it made a massive difference, instead of a full elbow he now sees only the tips.

Posted: Thu Apr 17, 2014 6:56 pm
by slparry
.... no longer talking to Al... as I'm too green with envy :)

Posted: Thu Apr 17, 2014 7:30 pm
by nab 301
Nice , interesting that you find it so fast compared to the 11, I wonder how they compare to the 12s?

Posted: Thu Apr 17, 2014 8:36 pm
by Mitch1100
http://youtu.be/nR5YfWmDWvE
TI pipes? Beautiful machine!

Posted: Thu Apr 17, 2014 9:19 pm
by the smudger
Very nice Al, my favourite bike of all time, ever....well done there mate!

Posted: Thu Apr 17, 2014 9:23 pm
by slparry
Mitch1100 wrote:http://youtu.be/nR5YfWmDWvE
TI pipes? Beautiful machine!


what an abusive wanker

Posted: Thu Apr 17, 2014 9:35 pm
by er-minio
Not bad!

Waiting for mine to be delivered in a few weeks... but with a stock exhaust. :D

Posted: Thu Apr 17, 2014 10:27 pm
by McBoxer
Gorgeous mate. Absolutely gorgeous.
There was one in my local dealer showroom recently (Clarks BMW - was marked as 'sold', but still in prime position on the shop floor) when I went in to pick up some parts, and I took a few moments out of my life to stand and admire. And dream.......

Posted: Thu Apr 17, 2014 10:52 pm
by cornishflat
Love it Al. That exhaust system is cool as penguins chuff. Is it me or does the colour scheme give the bike a sort of stealth / can,t quite make it out look?
A cracker indeed.

Bry.....currently residing in envy-ville[/list]

Posted: Thu Apr 17, 2014 11:11 pm
by Mitch1100
http://youtu.be/6n3xZBR4jhY
A favorite piece of footage/sound😏

Posted: Fri Apr 18, 2014 5:47 am
by wotmeworry
Nice bike. Did you get the standard exhaust system with the bike? I m not 100% convinced about the looks of the akra but bet it sounds epic.

Posted: Fri Apr 18, 2014 5:53 am
by popsky
Lovely bike Al

But are you sure you've bought a genuine example and not one of these
http://m.diecastmodelswholesale.com/sit ... -%2FDetail
and then done some clever photography :wink:

Posted: Fri Apr 18, 2014 6:04 am
by popsky
Mitch1100 wrote:http://youtu.be/6n3xZBR4jhY
A favorite piece of footage/sound😏


That's more like it Mitch :D

I've seen them race at Le Mans in the world endurance and they were fantastic, on the brakes, through the corner and the initial grunt coming out really showed up some of the 4 cylinder bikes, obviously they didn't have the top end but it was good to see an old air cooled twin boxer doing the business

:lol:
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Posted: Fri Apr 18, 2014 6:35 am
by tanneman
That Akra is a couple of grand and well worth it. The race bikes differed from the production model in one very specific item.