New bike day. 690SMC-R.

[Taipan]

Don't buy the Bell MX-9 as its an awful road lid. They come up on sale at Sportsbikeshop.com quite often, but don't get tempted.

[Yorick]

Don't buy the Bell MX-9 as its an awful road lid. They come up on sale at Sportsbikeshop.com quite often, but don't get tempted.

I love mine, but only tested to about 50

[scottyuk]

KTM still not capable of fitting the Motorex sticker correctly?

I don't get why people leave them on. It's like leaving the protective film on your phone. It's the first thing I pulled off on my 1290!

[scottyuk]

Weeksy,

You either need to give the Yam a fitting farewell or the 690 a decent run in.

I'm on the trip in a room on my own and would share it with you if it meant I saw you ragging a 690 again.

[weeksy]

Weeksy,

You either need to give the Yam a fitting farewell or the 690 a decent run in.

I'm on the trip in a room on my own and would share it with you if it meant I saw you ragging a 690 again.

I had this discussion with Paul last night, I don't have luggage options, there's no subframe on the back. I also don't think a 690 going to cochem the day after picking it up is a great plan.

[Supermofo]

Yeah cos at that point you won't know how much oil you'll need to take with you

[weeksy]

Yeah cos at that point you won't know how much oil you'll need to take with you

More than I can carry in the luggage I don't have

[KungFooBob]

I'm sure one of the others would have room for a some oil and a change of y-fronts. What more do you need?

[weeksy]

I'm sure one of the others would have room for a some oil and a change of y-fronts. What more do you need?

About £400 too

[Supermofo]

I'll have to try and pop down at some point and see it, before you sell it this time!

[Dodgy69]

Nice little bag straps under seat. But again, the price has doubled in a couple of months. Our wallets are getting raped.

[Jody]

I guess the other question is now whether i go full Supermoto gimp and throw the MX and goggles into the discussion.

I'm slightly restricted by the fact i need to wear specs to improve my vision, it's not 'essential' but it's certainly better than not in terms of vision.

I've now found out you can get OTG goggles (over the glasses) which potentially opens up the options a little. But i worry it's still a bit overly gimpy and sad.. lol. However, it's also pretty damn cool at the same time.

https://noobnorm.com/best-otg-motorcycle-goggles/

I think fogging up would be the biggest issue though, i get that enough on the standard helmets with the glasses so i reckon it would even increase the fogging issues.

I use an MX helmet on my 690 duke.... but i iz ded ard an that

Back when I had a few Supermotos, I used those little car blind spot mirrors clamped to the handguard.
They weren't great but at least you had an idea of what was happening behind / alongside you, plus they are cheap.

Something like this clamped to the top edge of the handguard.

for some reason your link didn't show on my screen
I have previously used bar mounted pushbike mirrors, they don't show a lot and it's not clear, but it is enough to see if your mate is still there or if the rozzers are after you !

Yeah I can't see it at the moment. There's too many things I need in the world, the nxr in white will suite the bike well, plus I'm not 22.
I may pick up the ergo/comfort seat before anything else.

Spotted an 690 R yesterday and it had the Power parts seat, it did look more comfortable than standard!

When I rode SM a lot I would wear silk boxers under regular boxers under padded cycling shorts #3panttechnology which worked really well !

[Le_Fromage_Grande]

Just wear chaps and a leather thong, you'll be fine.

[Yorick]

I've just nipped into town on the Husky and that sort of bike is fun.
If I really want an SM I can just get some road wheels and up the gearing.

[weeksy]

I've just nipped into town on the Husky and that sort of bike is fun.
If I really want an SM I can just get some road wheels and up the gearing.

100%

They're just totally different to a sportsbike, but as you know I'm very much into this sort of thing already

I'm getting impatient now

[Yorick]

I've just nipped into town on the Husky and that sort of bike is fun.
If I really want an SM I can just get some road wheels and up the gearing.

100%

They're just totally different to a sportsbike, but as you know I'm very much into this sort of thing already

I'm getting impatient now

Yeah, but not quite enough to buy one outright.
Just been Googling SM wheels

[weeksy]

That's £1300 lol

[Yorick]

That's £1300 lol

[Yorick]

That's £1300 lol

I'll try to get some spacers made and fit the GSXR wheels

[scottyuk]

If you're serious about spacers then a guy called Joe Thrussel is your man. He makes/sells loads for all sorts. Let me know if you need details and I'll PM them.