What is new in your little world?

[Don Carlos]

Enjoy buddy

[YourGrandpa]

I leave the 4th of July and come back the 9th for a 2,500+ mile round trip ride from Florida to New York. Then on the 10th the wife and I fly out to Vegas to celebrate our 20th anniversary.

[Whiskey 7]

Congrats on serving 20 years

[Don Carlos]

I leave the 4th of July and come back the 9th for a 2,500+ mile round trip ride from Florida to New York. Then on the 10th the wife and I fly out to Vegas to celebrate our 20th anniversary.

That sounds pretty good - congrats

[lars63]

I leave the 4th of July and come back the 9th for a 2,500+ mile round trip ride from Florida to New York. Then on the 10th the wife and I fly out to Vegas to celebrate our 20th anniversary.

Happy Anniversary

[Κracus]

Show me what you got:
May 28th = 101kg (222lbs)
June 11th = 99.3kg (219lbs)
June 25th = 95.7kg (211lbs)

I don't expect the weight to keep coming off this quickly, but I do expect to make it below 90kg in another 4 weeks. After that, it'll be tougher.

May 28th = 215lbs
June 11th = 210lbs
June 25th = 210lbs

I'm not doing well lol but I was psyching myself up to get more aggressive with the weight loss this morning. I'll see if it pans out. On the plus side I have quit drinking energy drinks now for 3 weeks straight. Impressive for me since I've had at least one every day for the last 10 years.

[Captain]

Bike's coming along. Wrapped it myself, installed a new battery and RAM phone mount, then got rid of the stock red rim tape and replaced it with a reflective blue strip.

Need to find the time to install the new rearsets and I've got an iridium windscreen, silver levers, and rear turn signals coming in.

[Eraser]

That looks great. Not a fan of the red levers and rearset though, but those will be replaced?

[Captain]

Yep, I got blue shorties but wasn't a fan of the colour or the feel, so now I'm waiting for light silver levers to arrive and I'll sell the red Pazzos. The rearset will be a pain to install so I need to set aside time to do it.

[Κracus]

Halfway to a Yamaha dude! J/k it looks miles better than before. I'd recommend a rear fender eliminator to help the overall looks. I've always hated those long fenders, vagabond makes good ones if they have them for your model bike. It's so clean on mine it looks stock. And yeah, that red has got to go. Pro tip, if you swap the chain out yourself attach the new chain to the old one before you remove it so you can pull the new chain through the engine area without dismantling the fairings. A chain breaker cost me 15$ and it's easy to do.

[Captain]

Thanks for the tip, but the current chain is quite good and the red is subtle enough that it doesn't bother me. I'll think about a fender eliminator down the line once I do everything else, it doesn't bother me much

What are you riding now?

[Κracus]

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Not the greatest picture but it gives you an idea of how a fender eliminator will look. It's a Kawasaki Z900.

[Eraser]

Not sure how it's on your bikes, but on mine people with fender eliminators (R&G tail tidy is a popular option) do complain about mud being slung up on wet road conditions dirtying up your back.

[Captain]

Yeah I think that's the main drawback. I like riding in the rain so it might be better to leave it as is.

Also nice bike Kracus. My Ninja 400 buddy just got a YZR600R but I find it just looks a bit too bulky for my taste. Always preferred the styling on Kawasakis and Suzukis.

[Eraser]

If you look at Suzuki's or Kawasaki's of that era (2000 - 2005 or so) you'll find they're just as bulky. Especially the Suzuki's. Those Gixxer 1000's used to have thicc asses.

[Κracus]

Can confirm on the spray thing. Small price to pay to get rid of that ugly thing tho. Not that I ride in the rain very often, I'll take a rip in STI instead.

[Κracus]

Yeah I think that's the main drawback. I like riding in the rain so it might be better to leave it as is.

Also nice bike Kracus. My Ninja 400 buddy just got a YZR600R but I find it just looks a bit too bulky for my taste. Always preferred the styling on Kawasakis and Suzukis.

The Z is surprisingly nimble. I went from a CBR500R to the Z900 and I think the weight difference might be around 50lbs. I ride with guys who have 650/750 bikes and if I feel like losing them in twisties it's not very hard. I think what matters more is the sitting position on the bike and how comfortable you feel in it. Unlike the 500 I feel like there's more for me to conquer with this one though even though I've put 17k on it.

[Captain]

Damn it Kracus, this is all your fault. I ended up ordering a fender eliminator kit and a custom tail light assembly to go with it.

[Eraser]

Yeah, resisting the modding urge has proven futile every single time

[Eraser]

My most recent purchase was a Cardo Packtalk Bold, which is a Bluetooth unit that can be mounted to your helmet and has a mic and headphone speakers that are installed into your helmet.

It allows me to (voice) communicate with other riders who are in the same Packtalk network (so far that's just been my brother). It can be controlled using voice commands. It also connects to your phone and can relay Siri/Google Assistant commands, giving you full voice command access to your phone. It's quite a nifty device.

[Don Carlos]

Sounds good bro. I'm starting at 215lbs, I was 220 in January and dropped to 210 but I gained 5lbs since then it seems. Time to get back to the grind.

Show me what you got:
May 28th = 101kg (222lbs)
June 11th = 99.3kg (219lbs)
June 25th = 95.7kg (211lbs)

I don't expect the weight to keep coming off this quickly, but I do expect to make it below 90kg in another 4 weeks. After that, it'll be tougher.

July 9th = 93.7kg (206.5lbs)

I know this was a reading based on me being on holiday, so I fully expect this to go up next time I check in, but I am please to get under 15 stone in 6 weeks...gives me hope that 14 stone is achievable in the remaining time. The end of this week will be exercise heavy, so I am hoping this will offset the week of drink and unhealthly food stuffs :paranoid:

[seremtan]

i'm eating a sausage roll while reading this post

i feel so dirty :paranoid:

[Captain]

My most recent purchase was a Cardo Packtalk Bold, which is a Bluetooth unit that can be mounted to your helmet and has a mic and headphone speakers that are installed into your helmet.

It allows me to (voice) communicate with other riders who are in the same Packtalk network (so far that's just been my brother). It can be controlled using voice commands. It also connects to your phone and can relay Siri/Google Assistant commands, giving you full voice command access to your phone. It's quite a nifty device.

I have this: https://www.amazon.ca/LEXIN-Interphone- ... B07B5YC57G

Has all the functions of a $400 Sena and pairs with any device for intercom mode. Solid mic and decent audio quality for streaming music too.

[SoM]

can't wait for LL footage :olo:

[Captain]

Of your parole hearing?