Well I've got a run of a couple of hundred miles under my belt and apart from one or two issues I'm happy with the bike in its latest incarnation. The first thirty or forty miles were particularly uncomfortable and I was thinking that I'd gone too far with the height of the apes and the seat position. But, after that I settled down and by the end of the weekend was relaxing into the bike. I'd have probably been as tense and pained with any set up as it was over a year since I'd done any riding to speak of.
I had a bit of a mishap on the way back from the camping weekend in Berwick. One of my pannier supports detached itself and disappeared somewhere on the road. I didn't even notice it until I was home and removing the bags. Luckily, the bungee hooks had caught on the mudguard so none of my luggage went roadside. There is a line scored around one side of the tyre but the position it's in shouldn't be too problematical for a while. The foam interior of the left hand pannier was slightly warped from the heat of the tyre but that's nothing. So it's only cost me the price of a new set of supports. Anyone need a left side support bracket?
All in all a lucky outcome!
The other issue is the lack of a speedo and odometer. Not only is it jeopardising my license I have no idea how far I'm traveling and therefore don't know when to refuel. Last weekend I was over estimating how much fuel I was using and filled up when I didn't really need to.
I'll spend some time over this weekend fitting the stock VSS and see if that works.
Then it's down to the Lakes at the beginning of July for the first rally for ages!
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