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2bims
Joined: 03 Apr 2010 Posts: 7289
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Posted: Wed Apr 17, 2019 7:41 pm Post subject: |
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Its a box its a box...OPEN the darn box!!...been waiting in ALL day until 4.15pm just for this
Just open the DARN box will you....
Surgical knife chosen and gloves on....Scalpel please nurse....I'm going in
Lets get rid of all this junk first....
Brochure...letters..envelope...bill and stickers....
lots of darn stickers and polishing cloth
Now what did I actually order....???Hang on...whats in that bubble wrap?
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Ah......now I remember
Titanium Moto Corse Oil cooler cover for mr DB6
Yes...thats the puppy....ruddy thing is wafer thin...tried to weigh it...the empty envelope registered a movement on my kitchen scales...but the grille/cover didnt.....its that thin...I'd say less than 5 grammes...but I'm not going to the expense of getting some salter electronic scales to prove it....
THey dont "bend" it to suit...it comes flat...but the slighest cough from an asthmatic hamster and it curves into shape....Oh lord...can I really fit this thing onto my bike? Its like pinning a Plus £100 note onto it if the UK printed such currency.....its very close to a 200 euro note that I've seen recently....
Ah well...time to treat the old girl DB6...as next week she goes in for new belts and shims/valve clearances
"Thats all folks...." |
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2bims
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Posted: Thu Apr 18, 2019 8:31 pm Post subject: |
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OK guys and gals.....sunny day...up early for a bike MOT and bike ride after...SO...it was time to fit the Moto Corse Oil Rad cover....small allen key and 10mm socket spanner...tis all you need.....Measured the thickness of the cover on my verniers….0.4mm thick.....
Heres the before....the black bit below not the SS bimota air box vent cover
And heres the after....very pleased...although no instructions or pictures given even in the Moto Corse parts brochure...it soon became clear you need to unpick the blue rubber grommets as it fits flush to the steel hanger plates.....not such an issue....left them soaking in boiling water to make them more pliable for re-insertion after rad cover was on...simple 10 mins job including cup of coffee
Before insertion of rubber plugs....flats on cover to insert of steel hanger bracket....and then I pushed the rubbers half through from the oil cooler cover side....
All bolted up and good to go....Longer trip due tomorrow....and out on a venture to break my "guzzi cherry"...playing swapsies…...Swapsie DB6 for Guzzi Griso….not sure how long the swap over will be....
Quality products from Moto Corse...I always suspected so....and now its a bit "dangerous" that I've broken my cherry on actually buying a Moto Corse product....Now I know why 2 friends have gifted me Moto corse products Brochures recently...either its to stop them drooling over other stuff and ordering more...Or...as I discovered today...even though I only bought one wafer thing Oil cover...the box also included 2 No. Moto Corse Parts brochures......Hhmmmm….Off now to have some tea and hopefully laugh at Laminators expense of him being filmed and shown on National TV on tonights CAR SOS.....teehee...got it recorded so I can rewatch time over.... |
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yb11reno
Joined: 14 Feb 2015 Posts: 111 Location: Reno, NV USA
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Posted: Sat May 18, 2019 5:08 am Post subject: |
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Yeah, it’s a slippery slope. The wish list becomes never ending. Don’t ask how much I’ve spent on farkles for the Mv Agusta. _________________ Jack
Reno, NV |
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2bims
Joined: 03 Apr 2010 Posts: 7289
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Posted: Sat May 18, 2019 8:42 am Post subject: |
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Go on...How much?...Oops....I know you said dont ask...but I just had to didn't I?....Dont ask me how much my recent Borsalino addiction has cost me... |
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brian
Joined: 22 Aug 2011 Posts: 3769 Location: Australia
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Posted: Sat May 18, 2019 8:45 am Post subject: |
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2bims wrote: |
Go on...How much?...Oops....I know you said dont ask...but I just had to didn't I?....Dont ask me how much my recent Borsalino addiction has cost me... |
Well, it is made of 24 carrot gold after all _________________ '99 DB4 #104, '96 SB6 #1165, '94 DB2 J #652, '99 DB4 #088, '08 VTX1800, '93 ZXR750R M1, '95 ZXR750, '95 ZXR750 Race Bike, '94 CBR400rr NC29 Race Bike, '94 CB250, '49 BSA C10 250, '61 BSA A10 650, '89 ZXR750, '91 Ducati 851 |
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quikduk
Joined: 13 Aug 2016 Posts: 287 Location: Southern California, USA
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Posted: Fri May 24, 2019 5:39 pm Post subject: |
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Wow that is really an unusual color combination...but it is striking too!
I agree with the side stand color. Blech! What? Did they run out of anodizing?
And since I am playing post catch-up, the radiator guard is fantastic! |
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2bims
Joined: 03 Apr 2010 Posts: 7289
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Posted: Sun Sep 15, 2019 8:26 am Post subject: |
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Time to "refresh" this post...of "Somethings Coming"....and instead of shiney lightweight trinkets and baubles...this time the thing thats coming...Has 2 wheels....engine and all the other bits...Yup...a new one being added to the fold.....Oh me oh my.
CLues?...as the big reveal will be a while awaiting shipping and delivery.....Its Italian....ALL Italian......But it aint a Bimota....Shock...Horror!!..So whats the post doing in here as opposed to "other Chat"...Well...Its a bike designed by the great Massimo himself...so I feel that it deserves to come under Bimo-TA Chat.....
Guesses on a postcard please |
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drone1_de
Joined: 23 Aug 2019 Posts: 11 Location: Munich, DE
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Posted: Sun Sep 15, 2019 11:49 am Post subject: |
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MV???? _________________ Bimota DB9 standard with Öhlins TTX rear suspension, Melotti number plate holder and indicators, full carbon levers
MV Agusta Brutale 989R with many custom parts |
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2bims
Joined: 03 Apr 2010 Posts: 7289
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Posted: Sun Sep 15, 2019 12:46 pm Post subject: |
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Nice guess...but no...Wrong Manufacturer |
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atomibart
Joined: 11 Apr 2011 Posts: 120 Location: France
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Posted: Sun Sep 15, 2019 9:07 pm Post subject: |
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Ducati 916 ? |
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stockcar
Joined: 07 Apr 2011 Posts: 836 Location: in the shadow of the "angel"
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Posted: Sun Sep 15, 2019 9:31 pm Post subject: |
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Cagiva Elephant or similiar..... |
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2bims
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Posted: Sun Sep 15, 2019 9:38 pm Post subject: |
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atomibart wrote: |
Ducati 916 ? |
Wrong Manufacturer again....but narrowing it down |
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2bims
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Posted: Sun Sep 15, 2019 9:39 pm Post subject: |
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stockcar wrote: |
Cagiva Elephant or similiar..... |
right manufacturer....but wrong manufacturer of engine....as in...not a Ducati lump
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DB1 860
Joined: 23 Mar 2014 Posts: 177 Location: Sydney
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Posted: Sun Sep 15, 2019 10:11 pm Post subject: |
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Maybe a Cagiva GP Bike, the one that Randy used to mono every where... |
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stockcar
Joined: 07 Apr 2011 Posts: 836 Location: in the shadow of the "angel"
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Posted: Sun Sep 15, 2019 10:14 pm Post subject: |
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Cant recall is name but the one with the TL1000 motor in place......
Raptor?? |
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