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lol I'm desperately hoping it is still in your front yard somewhere!

but i have a strange feeling ill be driving one day and the next thing i know it crawls out of the vent or somewhere!

probably a good thing I got comprehensive insurance on that note!

Haha, hope your insurance covers for the spider-related accident.

Hamish I didn't go to the dyno day I went to cihan for a tune.. The cars timing was out by 10 degrees I'm suprised I didn't break something..

I'm running a Hks gtrs or whatever they're called runs like a dream now..

Only thing is there are custom wade cams are massive, so the mid range is abit flat. I think the motor was built for a massive turbo

Yer fk that, high km and pricey for what it is. Problem with trying to get the fastest learner legal bike is that, like the Aprilia RS250 used to be, it's still a learner legal bike and any 600cc Jap bike will eat you. It's like people getting SV6 Commodores on their P plates so they can have the fastest car they can drive or beat other P platers in drags...in the end it's still 0-100 in 7 seconds at best.

Get a Ninja for 5-6k, learn how to aunch and corner with it, sell it for what you paid for it, then get a second hand litre bike for 10k :)

lol i linked it coz it looks good not coz its the fastest learner legal bike! not really interested in speed at this stage, dont wanna die just yet lol

lol i linked it coz it looks good not coz its the fastest learner legal bike! not really interested in speed at this stage, dont wanna die just yet lol

Just get a ninja, or hyosung if u like the look. You'll sell it in a year anyway

I'll be aiming to purchase an all black ninja, upgrade to an all black gixxer later on

Saw an r1 like birds' but with gold rims, need to do the same on my gixxer

Just get a ninja, or hyosung if u like the look. You'll sell it in a year anyway

I'll be aiming to purchase an all black ninja, upgrade to an all black gixxer later on

Saw an r1 like birds' but with gold rims, need to do the same on my gixxer

dont like the front of both ninja and that hyosung thing. a year is a long time lol

im gonna go through bikesales properly, didnt even know there were so many bike makes/models :sleep:

lota research is required

Have u got bimodal exhaust Leigh? Read d/c it makes a big difference

Yeh the sedans have bimodal, will DC it when it get a tune its mostly open anyway afaik only closed at 1500-2500 ish (cruising rpm only)

Wheelspin on dyno ftw :D

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