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    Clean your bobbins!! (Front brake retainer servicing...)

    G'day all, quick recap - bought a wrecked '07 Riii, rebuilt and now riding regularly) Took the Riii out on a back roads ride a week or two ago - lots of corners and sweeps - very nice - and my brake lever was pulsing like crazy, yep, definitely warped disks . . i had suspected, but . . not...
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    Front Disk Rotors . . . all the same?

    G'day guys, front rotos have a bit of a wobble - pulsing on the front brake - has been there since I got it. Bike is a 2007/8 Riii Touring edition. Do all the models share the same front rotors? I'll be taking them off and to a local machine shop to skim, but in case they cant (Floating...
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    I got plates! - resurrected wreck!

    Finally got out for a decent ride - about 250 klm.... About halfway home it all solidified in my brain . . I've been trying to describe the first ride of a Rocket iii . . . . this is what I came up with. "She's built like a steakhouse, but she handles like a bistro!" - Zapp Brannigan, Futurama.
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    I got plates! - resurrected wreck!

    Basically any registered vehicle in NSW needs CTP insurance. Even club, veteran and vintage ones! The rocket is expensive because for bikes it’s based in ccs. , my America is about $200 for ctp. You can get cheaper if it’s a club vehicle, as most clubs do deals with insurance companies. That...
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    I got plates! - resurrected wreck!

    ha ha ha, yep….. multiple retailers, all set their own price.. that was the cheapest.
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    I got plates! - resurrected wreck!

    Ha, Australia - average price for an Riii here is about $8-12k for that age. That's not 'comprehensive' insurance, that's just Third party - it's a compulsory thing here in NSW, unfortunately, but also, it's a good thing - I was once hit by someone as part of an accident (I was the third part)...
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    I got plates! - resurrected wreck!

    Going to with a mate tomorrow for it's first 'big' ride. About 200 klm, so we will find out how many smiles :) Cheers
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    I got plates! - resurrected wreck!

    Not a problem . . picked up the bike for just over $3k, then parts probably another $1500, and then a few weeks work of an evening. Green slip (Compulsory third part insurance) was $630 - which is wild - my modified Mk5 GTi is $380 a year! and registration was around $250. So all in all, I'm on...
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    I got plates! - resurrected wreck!

    G'day all, you may recall that I bought a bit of a wreck a few months back - '07 Touring edition with serious front end damage. Today it went for it's registration inspection (NSW, Australia) and passed with zero comments or issues! Went for a little run of about 50 klms and now I think I...
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    Driveshaft Lube . . near miss....

    G'day all, so glad i read a bunch of threads this week, and made myself good and paranoid. I changed the final drive oil and it was quite dark, and VERY smelly, so it started me thinking about what other maintenance items might have been missed (Not the engine - the servicing seems to be...
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    Recommend me a tune?

    G'day all, trying to work out which tune is best for my bike. 2008 'Touring' edition TOR pipes K&N underseat filter. 98 Octane pump fuel is available, and what I'll prefer to fill with. From what I can see, the 20368 tune is about right, but wanting to be sure.
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    First ride of the repaired wreck - Woo!

    The previous owner sent me a pic of when he wrecked it!
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    First ride of the repaired wreck - Woo!

    Thanks Bernard, appreciate the feedback, but the real test is yet to come - the first 'big' ride . . probably a few weeks time, my car registration is due next week, and i really don't need two high-performance insurance policies due the same week!!
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    G'day Day from Australia - Ressurecting a wreck!

    Video and some more details in this thread here --> First ride of the repaired wreck - Woo! | R3Owners
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    First ride of the repaired wreck - Woo!

    Video of the first road test after a major rebuild! G'day all, a quick reminder - picked up this '07/8 Touring Edition locally from a guy who buys wrecks at the auctions, had been 'slightly bent' in all the wrong places, but I could see some potential in there. Well, I Finished putting parts...
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