Took the plunge into 916 ownership

[orange]

Originally Posted by funkyrimpler

Dont make you a (particularly) bad person mate...drop me an IM and we'll do lunch..i'd love to pop over and sniff your pipes...heres my " Bellisimo Italiano Pante Stretcha"

Just having a quick nose around in here and saw that funkyrimplers bike has mesh in the fairing panels...!!!

Could I be really cheeky and ask to see some close up shots of them and some rear quarter shots to see what it looks like....please, please, please....!!!

Also, where did you get it from and how much did it cost you....???

Cheers in advance

orange

[petevtwin650]

Originally Posted by DukeDesmo

Very nice (but then I'm a little biased) and since we're in a 'you show me yours, I'll show you mine' mood, here's mine;

Did you pinch those Wheels from Karen DD?

I like the look of black wheels on the Dukes. Are they new?

Pete

[funkyrimpler]

Originally Posted by orange

Just having a quick nose around in here and saw that funkyrimplers bike has mesh in the fairing panels...!!!

Could I be really cheeky and ask to see some close up shots of them and some rear quarter shots to see what it looks like....please, please, please....!!!

Also, where did you get it from and how much did it cost you....???

Cheers in advance

orange

have a search of my posts mate..i pout all the info on here ages ago..if you still cant find it, drop me a line and I'll send a link or rewrite with pics etc (im good like that)

[DukeDesmo]

Originally Posted by petevtwin650

Did you pinch those Wheels from Karen DD?

I like the look of black wheels on the Dukes. Are they new?

Pete

They are very similar to 848 wheels but a slightly different spoke shape, they are Marchesini 10 spoke forged Aluminium, I've had them 2 years & they are much, much lighter than my old 3-spokes and, IMO look much better too (if not original), only downsides are that they are harder to clean although being black I can leave them longer and bleeding the rear brake is harder, especially if I want to remove the caliper as it means removing the wheel first whereas before I could 'reach' in.

Not cheap but they totally rejuvenated the bike, making it turn much easier & better, even making it feel faster and the brakes better - by far the best performance mod I've made.

[Strada916]

Originally Posted by Michael D

Fit a voltmeter,it will let you know if the reg/rec is on its way out before it fries the battery and leaves you stranded.
EMV 1200 | Panel Instruments

I fitted one of those, but after about a year it packed up. It didn't like getting wet when I washed the bike off

If anyone knows of a watertight alternative I'd be pleased for a link.

[DukeDesmo]

Originally Posted by Strada916

I fitted one of those, but after about a year it packed up. It didn't like getting wet when I washed the bike off

If anyone knows of a watertight alternative I'd be pleased for a link.

I have one, been on about 3 years, just yesterday I lost the first digit so it now shows 3.5v instead of 13.5, bike has been wet more this year than ever before but I'm planning on getting a new one as I think they are a useful indicator.

[m40uke]

hi ya,

i love the 1098 wheels, were these a sttaigh swap over or do you need to do any mods.

Cheers Bryan

[MarkST]

Originally Posted by Laz

Oh well if we gonna be showin our toys off ! Heres my new wheels tooo!

You got a really weird result with that first shot Laz, the way the car rear window makes the top of the bike's tank look larger and painted black, and then the way the line of the car's side windows flows faultlessly into the line of the upsweep of the bike exhaust.
Very artistic.