Recent content by myers64

Where do you normally ride? Can you give any recommendations?

@Jester1971 I rate the S22’s highly. As you say they are great once warm which doesn’t take long. I don’t think I’ve ever noticed them cooling down mid ride through villages etc. Mine have about 1500 miles on them now and haven’t worn much.

The rear shock's seal failed and was leaking oil. It leaks onto the exhaust when it goes so I knew about it from the smoke and smell before noticing any handling change. After losing probably most of the oil by the time I got it changed the handling was quite bad with no damping it in. I...

I think you’ll find it always made pops and bangs, it’s just that you hear it more now

Sorry I meant to add, is the shock directly interchangeable with the 690 duke? Or is it certain years or models?

Hello all, My Vitpilen’s rear shock has started leaking oil. It seems the damping is pretty much gone in it so I feel like it’s already leaked a fair bit. So I’m thinking I’ll replace the rear shock. What do people recommend? Aftermarket actually seems like better value than getting a...

I can see your missing the cable for the o2 sensor in the exhaust header pipe. Have you removed it and not plugged anything into the cable that remains?

Towards the end of last summer the stock tyres just started very suddenly go bad, which was slightly unfortunate timing with the end of summer approaching. I thought I could see out the year on them. They were the standard S21s with about 5k miles on them and coming up 5 years on from date of...

Reviving an old thread here… What’s the best chain and sprockets combination? Is more expensive better? Can you size down the chain to save weight? Is a ‘silent’ front sprocket really any quieter? Is an aluminium rear sprocket being lighter any benefit?

Further with my efforts to black out the VIT... After some trimming and tidying, and refitting the radiator shroud... The material is stick on car window tint. I bought an A5 sample size piece and it was only cheap. I think from memory it was '50% Light Tint'. The coolant level can still...

On holiday last summer I travelled a bit of Italy and spotted a Vit in the wild in Naples... Is the owner on here?

So as you might have spotted in previous posts, I set to 'black out' some of the bits that stood out. I got a pair of the Husqvarna accessory footpegs which look really nice, but didn't fit them until I got chance to have the carriers powder coated black. See before and after: Much more...

The Vitpilen's clean look was something I wanted to maintain. Adding a phone mount, it needed to be subtle and sleek when not in use. The SP Connect handlebar mount was perfect for this. It's an anodised black aluminium clamp, so it looks inconspicuous on the handlebars. I don't often...

Though it's not the ugliest exhaust in the world, it is pretty ugly so I replaced the standard can with a very nice titanium Arrow Pro Race. The the quality of it is nice, it's super lightweight and it fits really well. I'd guess a weight saving of at least a couple kilos. It comes with a...

After riding it and enjoying it for the summer, come winter time I had started to collect parts for it. I spent more time than I'd care to admit finding the following parts: Seat cowl cover in black. Exhaust hanger without pillion peg. Not so difficult to find, and was readily available...