FAO: Peter ....Funkiecowie

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Great to meet you today Peter, i hope you have a good trip home fromcold and wet North Wales.

Peter left for home at 1430hrs in the cold and rain, he should be someplace around Birmingham
by now... :lol: Happy new bike...Pat says take care.

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If I'd known he could have called in for a cuppa.

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I was a gay meeting :lol:

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Just saw this lol

It was great to meet you and your family Lyn, thank you for your hospitality :D

have already written a report for Lyn via PM... will copy and paste :D


EDIT:

Expectations were met

I filled up twice on the journey home, first time I got tricked by the fuel tank, second time I filled it up to just on the bottom of the Holy cylinder and got a full tank.

I didn't get wet through, my Richa textiles are pretty good that way, I did hit about 12-14 showers for no longer than a minute at a time. The Sun was shiney and warm back home.

I went the way Lyn said (A56, A4... something, M56, M6, M1) was pretty easy, but when I was half way down the M1 I went across on the A414 rather than to the M25 to hit a highly roundabouted route so I can keep the tyres from going square, she is flickalicious. I literally had to push down the Nexus into corners to make it corner kind of like a Motorcross bike where as the TMax just took a little coercion (likely just my riding style, low speed but with lots of tweaking the throttle on corners with boat loads of counter steering, just letting the bike go a low as I dare).

The ride took 4 hours 15 minutes as google says but i had two 20 minute breaks, average speed was 80-85. The TMax is definitely quicker than my Nexus on acceleration.

What I didn't say to Lyn was that I miss the sound of the Nexus engine... I rode a Yammy X-City 250 for a few weeks beginning of 2011 due to an accident on my Nexus... the TMax sounded a bit like that through my spare helmet, I'll be able to listen better with my normal helmet and less wind noise :D

The Nexus is skinnier around the waist and hips and has a better looking front view.

But which would I prefer? Hard to say this early on but I think the TMax will win out because the Nexus for me is like Style over Reliability... that and I have always had a hankering for a TMax MK3.
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*****TMax sounded a bit like that through my spare helmet, I'll be able to listen better with my normal helmet and less wind noise*****

Don't forget the baffle will come out of the 4road exhaust, sounds nice too..
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I wished I'd known there was a meet up or some thing going on, as I took a ride up to Anglesey and back yesterday to put some running in miles on.
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kayz1 wrote:*****TMax sounded a bit like that through my spare helmet, I'll be able to listen better with my normal helmet and less wind noise*****

Don't forget the baffle will come out of the 4road exhaust, sounds nice too..
Lyn.
How do I take the baffle out? :lol:
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Funkycowie wrote:
kayz1 wrote:*****TMax sounded a bit like that through my spare helmet, I'll be able to listen better with my normal helmet and less wind noise*****

Don't forget the baffle will come out of the 4road exhaust, sounds nice too..
Lyn.
How do I take the baffle out? :lol:

Two Allen head bolts in the end of the can, remove said bolts M4 i think :idea: narrow bladed screwdrivery thingy type of thing to
push between can and baffle end. PULL out and twist a bit when 3 or 4 inches out as the pipe has a bend in the end.. :lol:
Bloody young hooligans and reprobates :lol: :lol:
A T-Max-LESS lyn.... ;)

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Noggin the Nog wrote:I wished I'd known there was a meet up or some thing going on, as I took a ride up to Anglesey and back yesterday to put some running in miles on.
G.
Noggin, if you are passing this way ( Holywell 8/10 of a mile from junction of A55 ) at roundabout for A5151....pop in for a brew...
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I am only curious how it sounds without :D
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