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December 13th, 2015

12/13/2015

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With the vast majority of Saturday all to myself, I took the opportunity to complete the finishing touches to my winter prep. The R&G cases I ordered at Motorcycle Live arrived to the office on Friday and I'll like to publicly thank the Customer Service team at R&G who were really helpful and dealt with a problem, that wasn't their doing, quickly and efficiently. Happy customer right here.
It took me all of about ten minutes to pop the cases on and that was with me taking my sweet time. Hopefully I'll never need them for their intended purpose, but should the worse happen, they could save me a fortune. They look smart too which is a bonus.
The rest of the bike went back together really quickly and I finally had my bike back in road worthy condition.
With not much left to do but lube the chain and give the bike a final rub down, I took the opportunity to fit the Kreiga Tank tail pack converter to the bike. I picked this up at Motorcycle Live and as a big fan of the Kreiga products (I have a R25 rucksack and a US-20 tailpack already) I knew the quality will be first rate. I'll be picking up a US-10 soon to replace my previous tank bag soon.
With quick release latches, the converter can be moved out of the way when its time to fill up, but winter gloves make this a bit tricky, which I found out today. I prefer to have my bag infront of me, mainly as there is always a small part of me that worried that I've lost my tailpack when riding along. It's a great solution and I can also easily use it on the Ducati too.
Writing this up has made me realise that I haven't covered the luggage that I use, so I'll see if I can get something up onto the blog at some point.
Anyway, back to today. The bike felt good on today's little ride out, but then it pretty much should do. I'm taking it easy on the brakes as there are new pads in freshly rebuilt calipers.
​The weather forecast looks a tad wet for tomorrow afternoon, but I still may take the bike on the commute. I've hardly ridden it, or anything for that matter, and just want to get out there on two wheels.
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    My name is Matt Brown and I'm a UK journalist formerly based in London, but now calling the South of England home. I've been riding bikes since 2007, but got hooked straight away. Nothing gives me the feeling of freedom, even when stuck in a city. In 2010 I became a RoSPA gold rider, but when it comes down to it, I'm Just a normal man, riding his bikes as often as he can.

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