what would your next bike be

[loony888]

ha! the secret of turning out a decent end result is knowing your limitations! i couldn't paint a fence, the mechanicals are mine, i chose the colour scheme and mods but stuff like the suspension refurb and paint was farmed out, as was the PC map tune.

The bike in real life looks stunning though, it's gloss black metallic with orange pearl in the clear so when the sun hits the metallic in the base coat instead of it looking silver it looks orange in the black.

[Needle99]

Pics certainly make it look nice....

The all Black of yous looks good too Baz

[Bazz21]

ha! the secret of turning out a decent end result is knowing your limitations! i couldn't paint a fence, the mechanicals are mine, i chose the colour scheme and mods but stuff like the suspension refurb and paint was farmed out, as was the PC map tune.

The bike in real life looks stunning though, it's gloss black metallic with orange pearl in the clear so when the sun hits the metallic in the base coat instead of it looking silver it looks orange in the black.

im keeping mine all black she,s is torn right to the frame and now i im started cleaning every thing and checking every thing one thing i will say doing the shims is so easy ,found the front spark plug loose just caught that one in time i trust no one so shes half back together , ill be doing my own powder coating and my own maps with tune ecu

Pics certainly make it look nice....

The all Black of yous looks good too Baz

thanks needles
yep i like the black but thats about to change in to carbon fibre the tank will be the only stock item left

[Needle99]

Will be interesting to watch the build progress

[GK]

I'm really starting to like the Monster 1100 ABS.

In half a dozen years or so I may be in the market for one.

GK

[koko64]

The next bike I want to add to the stable is an 87-89 750 Elefant.
Something for holiday adventure touring.

[Jukie]

we have a winner very observant

Congrats Bazz good to see you have a bike to ride again

[Bazz21]

thank you juls its nice to have one in the work shop to tinker on its nearly a duck it a twin and its got a trellis frame    cheers bazz

[loony888]

The next bike I want to add to the stable is an 87-89 750 Elefant.
Something for holiday adventure touring.

excellent choice, i've been looking for a good one for a while, 900's are easier to find for some reason

[Bazz21]

well finally got all cleaned up and painted  

[loony888]

mate that looks awesome! they're easy to work on hey!?

[Bazz21]

thanks paul  yes even a dummy like me can work on one of  these  cheers 

[techno]

Looks very nice Bazz. 

[Bazz21]

thanks leigh it goes very well now that of disconnected the rev limiter for the first three gears 

[Bazz21]

well i dont know if anyone's intrested or not i thought id write a bit of a review on what ive done and what do i think of the orange side of life aka ktm so here goes
stage one of black out
painted all panels that i wanted black
put stock bars back on with bar risers
put stock brembo pads in (glorious brakes now)
rebent the exhaust so the the cans run close to the frame and stopped melting indicators   
bar end mirrors and shorty levers both rizomer rip of from china
put a custom map with tune ecu in now very smooth and a increase in torque
turned the secondly air intake of and the epc restrictor off with tune ecu wonderful piece of free  software 
whats left to do anodising and powder coating to follow in the winter


now as a bike what do i think about the superduke i would have to say it really is a wonderful bike to live with if u can get past the looks ,every thing on the bike is a mechanics dream they are so well thought out and easy to work on and if u by part from a dealer they are cheap on parts compared to the ducks  $12 for oil filters $10 for spare blank key $70 for a hundred piece shim kit $62 for 8 brembo pads $70 for touring screen so there not expensive to run , as i bike to ride for me its the most comfy bike that i have ridden it has heaps of leg room but u will run out of tyre before u scarp  the pegs no good if u are a short arse and only slight weight on the arms, as the engine goes its no different than say a s4r but with more torque lower down very quick in the twisties so for me the bike has turned out to be perfect dont get me wrong i still need to pull over for a rest every half hour or so and i dont rev it hard theres no need to full torque is at 6500 so no need to rev to the 10500 red line, tyres wont last long and u have to be gentle on the throttle comming out of corners or the front end gets very light quick so there are fun to ride and the wify dosent mind the pillion seat so were very happy cheers all  bazz