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Upstart
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Took the wife out for the first time as a pillion this evening. See what you mean about the footpegs! Wife is very small ( 5 foot nothing) and so had trouble reaching the footpegs. If she sits on my back it seems to be Ok! Had a scary moment with a seagull - I was in his flight path and he wasn't going to move.
Went to change setting on shock absorber b4 we left, but one side had seized up and the C spanner was totally useless. Any ideas on how to shift it? |
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Craig E
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| Posted: Wed May 23, 2007 9:37 pm Post subject: |
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is it filter box side ?
if it is you might need to take it of to turn it the right way
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Upstart
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| Posted: Thu May 24, 2007 5:35 am Post subject: |
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| No its the exhaust side and is set on notch 1, the other side which I find harder to get at moves freely. Maybe a big pair of mole grips on it might budge it. |
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Niffy
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| Posted: Thu May 24, 2007 5:58 am Post subject: |
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Upstart , my mrs is the same , maybe even wee-er. Got side bars fitted for her to rest her weary feet on.
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Upstart
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| Posted: Thu May 24, 2007 3:48 pm Post subject: |
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Managed to move the suspension, removed the side skirt and got a pair of footprints on the shock adjuster and gave them a whack with a mallet, with a little help also from some anti-seize penetrating oil it moved round.
Niffy were your side bars already fitted or did you buy them if so how much? |
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GWGTS250ie
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| Posted: Thu May 24, 2007 4:53 pm Post subject: |
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well done, hope you enjoy the GTS 
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Niffy
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| Posted: Thu May 24, 2007 5:40 pm Post subject: |
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Got the Piaggio ones fitted from new. Just picked up the scoot last Thurs (done 1000km in a wwek to run in !).
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Upstart
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| Posted: Thu May 24, 2007 5:41 pm Post subject: |
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Maver
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| Craig E wrote: | | im wanting to do the test on my bike because i dont feel compftable with the foot gear change also i dont think i'll every ride a motorbike |
i'm the same, never see myself riding a geared bike so i took the auto only test on my gilera runner vx125 and then traded for the GTs, if i fancy a geared bike i'll just do another test but i can't see it happening....
would've been alot easier if i'd simply done my test in the 80's 
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smirnoff
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| Maver wrote: | | Craig E wrote: | | im wanting to do the test on my bike because i dont feel compftable with the foot gear change also i dont think i'll every ride a motorbike |
i'm the same, never see myself riding a geared bike so i took the auto only test on my gilera runner vx125 and then traded for the GTs, if i fancy a geared bike i'll just do another test but i can't see it happening....
would've been alot easier if i'd simply done my test in the 80's |
It was certainly a hell of a lot easier to pass then 
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Ginger Phil
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| Posted: Fri May 25, 2007 11:43 am Post subject: |
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Well done on passing! 
| Craig E wrote: | | im wanting to do the test on my bike because i dont feel compftable with the foot gear change also i dont think i'll every ride a motorbike |
I've been driving for 14 years and scootering for just two years but back in April I took the A2 Auto test with NO lessons and passed!!!
If you do the auto test and have been riding a while there really is no need for lessons as long as you follow everything in this guide: Click here
I practiced & perfected all of that and saved myself £300 as that's what a 2 day training course would've cost.
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| Posted: Wed May 30, 2007 4:52 am Post subject: |
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| Well done m8 |
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Upstart
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| Posted: Fri Jun 01, 2007 6:05 pm Post subject: |
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| Weather looking good for the weekend so going to take the GTS on its first proper journey down to Southampton to see The Who. Wife's a bit nervous so going on the A roads not the motorway. |
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