Recent content by Maladept

That's all the encouragement I need 8) 150 kit off of ebay in the post ::) ;D

Not been in here for a while... 8) I got my big boy licence in May of 2015, stumbled across a great interest free finance deal on a Gladius and the Ace was relegated to the garage (she'd broken a couple of spokes too and was out of commission anyway...) Fast forward and I rode her to work...

Dammit! It's possible I'm an idiot - one thing I never checked, and in winter gloves it's quite possibly what I've done... Hopefully that's the answer and I'm just having one of those days :-[ Thanks for the reply Stroker, I definitely had a 'face palm' moment when I read it haha Edit: It...

My Ace died on me this morning and I'm looking for advice/insight. Riding to work this AM and as I approached the security gate I turned off my heated grips as I usually do and the bike just died... Turns over strongly but no sign of firing up. Couldn't check for spark as the iridium plug is...

On reflection I might be selling my little ace a bit short, as I haven't done much more than ride to work and back for a while now - I'm out tomorrow, so I'll run the Diablo app and find somewhere 'private' to have a proper performance test. I did top 70 before the exhaust was replaced, it's...

I second all of this - I'm not a great mechanic by any means, but I fitted new jets on my own ace with no problems - done over 3,000 Kms now. My header from OO came with a new gasket, so assuming your parts haven't arrived yet you might have one coming. Pretty sure I have to agree with the...

Yup, Chinese 'reimagining' of a 90s honda that was a replica of a 60s race bike I honestly bought it for the style, and the feedback from the guys here - but it's been a great purchase, only 3400 kms on it so far, and rising. We have owners in Finland and Norway according to the build database...

Tiny - and possibly long overdue update on my bike. Over Christmas/New Year I replaced the indicators with LED units, removed the rear mudguard/fender and mounted a tail tidy intended for a Yamaha YZF R125 as I thought it might be a good fit, and included indicator mounts. I like the look of...

Xris That muffler looks like the one I fitted also. I had the same noise issues after fitting the muffler and OO Racing header pipe with added baffle, so what I did was add a section of the header pipe (Which I had removed to make it all fit) to the end of the muffler. I read the post of...

My speedo actually runs slow - my speedo indicated 40mph on a local road (the limit there) but when I compared that part of my ride on the Diablo app I was apparently running 46mph. A better quality instrument is currently the next (and final, honest!) item I plan on swapping out.

Small update on my exhaust. After a couple of weekends of using and making further changes, I think I'm finally happy with it. I've fitted a proper baffle and fibreglass sound deadening in the body of the silence. which reduced the noise some, but also meant the silencer didn't fit on the...

YouTube clip of a "prepper" using steel wool and a 9V battery to start a fire... http://youtu.be/L_BjutFAVyE Trying to move on a bit ::), anyone recommend a gopro mount? The handlebar one I have won't work with the Ace' bars.

I have no problem with being offered advice, educated or helped by anyone. I'm a complete novice on two wheels, and on reflection I'll be looking for a better, engineered, solution to the noise. My neighbours will have to accept a bit of noise in the meantime... Again, thanks for all the...

Purchased a GoPro especially for this ;D http://youtu.be/tjWniRFMIPY Free decibel meter on my iPhone tags it at over 100 decibels, small amount of steel wool has reduced it to under 90 - not sure what is considered acceptable socially, although I'm happy with under 90 myself for now

Finally got rid of the factory exhaust, and what a difference! Coupled it with some Ramair foam in place of the stock filter and took her for a spin. Not given her the full beans yet but I saw an indicated 50 in third, so you could say she's a bit quicker ;D The downside is the volume...