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Update: I only dropped the bike off at the dealer a few days ago but a good point the mechanic made was if the forks were twisted the disc could be twisted causing it to drag on on the caliper. It wasn't a frontal impact but it's a good theory.

You would be correct, im measuring the top of the 'cup' to the deepest part with the depth gauge on my verniers

The sub frame is bent as the bike slid backwards into a bank, im thinking its a write off.

Just checked my levers, the after market ones are 0.5mm shallower. Thats a bit of variance but i still dont think its the cause.

I have also heard of the same issue of ebay levers locking on, but people said that caused the brakes to lock up slowly not suddenly like my case, and my ABS was turned on so that should have prevented the brakes locking up too. While this is all guess work it points to an issue with the...

Ebay specials, but like i said brakes were still locked on with the MC disconnected.

So the weather here on Wednesday was beautiful so i decided to go for a blast through the hills with a few friends. Unfortunately coming through a sweeping uphill right corner at medium pace it tucked the front which put me into a drain smashing up the back of the bike and doing a number on my...

The way i worked on this part of my riding is to focus on bending your elbows and rolling your inside wrist to the inside of the corner, also try move your head where the mirrors would block your vision. Try and make it feel like you are over exaggerating your body position.

I personally don't think these bikes need a slipper clutch. I don't think I have ever felt the rear slide under hard braking. Unless you raise the compression or they plan on increasing the weight of the fly wheel I don't think it's needed

I'm 28 and bee. Riding for 5 years Own: 2002 FXR150 1993 RGV250 2006 ZX6R 2015 RC390

Slight hot tear but I don't think that's too bad, the raised lip on the back of your tread pattern suggest your rebound is too fast too.

What did you use to log that data?

12000kms out of sports tyres is great mileage. For the pressures, 29 psi sounds fine. For summer/fast paced riding you might want to drop it a psi or two and for winter/slow riding you might want to increase it by a psi or two

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Not it driven bar end mirrors, just cheap eBay ones. MUCH better than the stock mirrors

It's called a cush drive and they will typically last the life of the bike.

Nothing special, just a Canon 550D and a few Sigma lenses. Im one of those people who shoots pics of the local riders in the hills. Got a FB page for it here:

I finished work early today so gave the bike a quick clean and took it into the hills for some pics. The rest can be found here

Im on the stock metzelers and they seem to be doing the job quite nicely. I will be swapping them out for super corsas soon and keeping them as spares but i havent got anything to complain about. I have had a few big slides and tucked the front in the wet (saved it) but put the blame on the...

We are just coming out of winter here and yesterday was the first time since i brought the bike that the roads were dry and grit/ice free. This is the road my friends and I normally ride, we call it the Akaroa GP. It starts in Christchurch City and goes over to a township called Akaroa. Its an...