Two wheels.. I won't be needing one of those says Dave

Feb 21st... a momentous day in that the bike came out of the garage for the first time since it was put into hibernation for the winter. And oh what fun we had :)

This was the first ride out since all the modifications had been made to the bike so was my first chance to see what difference braided hoses, pazzo levers etc made to the ride. To start with we did a quick 5 miles to check the scottoilers were adjusted correctly, which, when pulled over in a lay by, we discovered they weren't. Back to base to fettle the FZ6 and Dave's bandit, and off we went again for a 30 mile ride and back again.

This time Dave's rather thirsty bandit needed fueling and at this point we noticed that there was a small pool of scottoil on the floor under his bike, up the frame, and smoking merrily off the exhaust pipe. Back to base for more cups of tea, and checking for leaks the problem looked to be sorted so off we headed for more jollity on 2 wheels on a 20 mile circuit.

Dave took my FZ6 for a spin as I wasn't sure if my tyres were up to scratch (first big bike and all, and they are 5 years old). His grin on returning suggested that actually the tires were fine, and the bike likes to use only one wheel if you try to "make progress" too vigorously :)

Back at base once more, Dave's scottoiler was peeing oil still so looks to be faulty. So we had another brew to celebrate its demise cooked up on the unleaded stove in the garden.... because... well.... it involved lighting fires :p

As for the mods:-
Pazzo levers. Gear changes are much smoother now than using the stock Yamaha ones. And they look smashing!
Braided hoses. Braking into roundabouts is much more positive and you don't appear to need to apply much pressure at all. Vast improvement!
Scottoiler. One working well. Once MIA.

May this be the first of many days out on the bike now the weather has turned.