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There's a guy on FB called Stefan does it remotely. Only heard good words about his work.

Nice one Grum. One of our many bike trips to northern France and Belgium on Remembrance Day. Lest We Forget.

If you can't find OEM grips then Oxford Products do excellent aftermarket heated grips. Have you tried looking at a breakers yard for an OEM centre stand. Not sure if you call them breakers yards over there, but basically crashed bikes sold for spares. Ebay? Just a thought.

Totally normal so don't worry.

Definitely suspension then, transforms the bike. If you decide to flash, ditch the Baz bomb. There are aftermarket quickshifters available. I'm considering one as I have a Honda one fitted to my Crossrunner and I love it. A m8 of mine tried non-Honda centre stand and it was near impossible to use. The Honda one is best, makes my 1200 the easiest of my 3 bikes to get on the centrestand.

Looks like a lovely, well kept bike, congratulations. You could consider suspension upgrade, ECU flash, crash bungs.....there's loads depending on your wallet and needs and you didn't tell what had already been done.

Shit loads to anyone who knows their motorcycles

Errrrr......thanks. Everyone is entitled to their opinion and I'm not going to challenge yours 😆

What he says ☝️

WD40 cleaned them up very quickly.

Thanks guys. Sore but crutches help. My son is a physiotherapist too, do that's handy.

What a muppet! Pulling out of a t-junction on the Crossrunner this morning, no traffic around, bike just starting to move and I clearly didn't feed her enough revs and she stalls. Was already steering right so big judder as bike stops and over she goes. I stuck my leg out to try and stop her but no chance. Minor damage, the Givi crash bars saved £000's of damage, scratches on the bars, top box and mirror. A m8 came and rode her home so she's in my garage. Meanwhile I was in an ambulance with a torn hamstring. Could be worse, Moto GP and European Champions Cup rugby quarter finals this weekend and the doc said I have to take it easy, keep my leg elevated! What a muppet though!

That's a short trip to the local shops for some of our colonial cousins across the pond!

Tom, whereabouts in the UK do you live? I have a Carbtune I use to balance the SVs which you are welcome to borrow or when you have her running properly, ride round and do it.

You don't necessarily have to have the fans or speed limiter adjusted if you have the ECU flashed, that's the beauty of the procedure you can choose what to alter and by how much.