After the material that's stuck to the inside of the fairing that my toolkit's velcroed to decided to 'unstick' and bring my toolkit down into the right hand side radiator fan, and destroy the fan blades, I removed the toolkit all together.
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Observations on my new 05 999.
From the cockpit, of course it feels similar to the 04 999S I had, but the fairing is much more ‘open’ in feel however, and the mirrors are actually doing something useful 
(although a chicken wing flap still helps….) The higher screen assists more than the 20 mm difference suggests and gives you much more of a cockpit feel rather than “looking over it”.
Pullaway feels weak or even weaker, but it may be the obviously tight engine. Taking it to 4500 and then later to 5000 for the first 100 miles, it’s plenty fast enough. The calibration (fuelling) seems even cleaner than the 04. Excursions to 6000 thereafter highlight why I’m glad I got it and not a weedy 749 . And it has the same low engine braking. But, wait, something’s not right….. it seems ‘sit-up-reluctant’ to take right handers yet perfect to the left.
As on every other bike I’ve ever owned, the gear and rear brake are too high as stock and I missed a coupla downshifts. Oh, and it stalls at idle twice ; once on a downhill roll-through-scenario and popping the clutch doesn’t restart it, the rear swings round in a self correcting sweep amusing the following cars I imagine. The new Michelins were also a bit wiggly on the power in the damp final few miles.
Later, when I adjust the chain, I align the wheels and discover that as PDI’d it was off the chain marks alone – to the tune of about ½” at the front. Getting it straight involves a wee bit more on one side than t’other but no more than other bikes I’ve had and now it runs true and feels even either side. Tyres pressures were way too high too; now dropped to 33-35.
I adjusted the clutch further out for my reach and no more stalling has been observed. The gear linkage and the brake lowered to suit me . Oh and I levelled the number plate (just a bit wonky on the 3 bolt plate). I had to buy a new 36mm socket for adjusting the chain (and tightening it to the nuclear fusion inducing 180 Nm).
Thinking about putting a Rema tubeless repair kit inside the tool kit bag in place of the owners handbook – comments? too hot? Under the seat? Hotter? Oh, and a Gerbing heated gloves lead going on this w/e! Mmmmm toasty.
Velociphile
(although a chicken wing flap still helps….) The higher screen assists more than the 20 mm difference suggests and gives you much more of a cockpit feel rather than “looking over it”.Pullaway feels weak or even weaker, but it may be the obviously tight engine. Taking it to 4500 and then later to 5000 for the first 100 miles, it’s plenty fast enough. The calibration (fuelling) seems even cleaner than the 04. Excursions to 6000 thereafter highlight why I’m glad I got it and not a weedy 749
. And it has the same low engine braking. But, wait, something’s not right….. it seems ‘sit-up-reluctant’ to take right handers yet perfect to the left.As on every other bike I’ve ever owned, the gear and rear brake are too high as stock and I missed a coupla downshifts. Oh, and it stalls at idle twice
; once on a downhill roll-through-scenario and popping the clutch doesn’t restart it, the rear swings round in a self correcting sweep amusing the following cars I imagine. The new Michelins were also a bit wiggly on the power in the damp final few miles. Later, when I adjust the chain, I align the wheels and discover that as PDI’d it was off the chain marks alone – to the tune of about ½” at the front. Getting it straight involves a wee bit more on one side than t’other but no more than other bikes I’ve had and now it runs true and feels even either side. Tyres pressures were way too high too; now dropped to 33-35.
I adjusted the clutch further out for my reach and no more stalling has been observed. The gear linkage and the brake lowered to suit me
. Oh and I levelled the number plate (just a bit wonky on the 3 bolt plate). I had to buy a new 36mm socket for adjusting the chain (and tightening it to the nuclear fusion inducing 180 Nm).Thinking about putting a Rema tubeless repair kit inside the tool kit bag in place of the owners handbook – comments? too hot? Under the seat? Hotter? Oh, and a Gerbing heated gloves lead going on this w/e! Mmmmm toasty.
Velociphile
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Can you remove the tool kit without removing the side fairing? I've notice the little red pouch under the right fairing, but never bothered to check it out as I figured I had to remove the fairing. I like the idea of putting a tubeless repair kit in there as there is no room under the seat.
I like the idea of putting a tubeless repair kit in there as there is no room under the seat.
Mine came off too. I leave it in the garage, it's a nice paperweight ... I don't go on long rides, so I just leave it behind.
... I don't go on long rides, so I just leave it behind.
Update - it's an '06 999
Hmmmm, when I had the fairing off to fit my Gerbing gloves/battery tender lead, I discovered that it's actually an 06 MY bike (sticker under the battery) and had a wee bit of battery terminal fur on the -ve. Sorry still no pics yet, it's hosing down with rain here .
Checked the suspension damping set ex-works/PDI and it had:
FComp 6 clicks, FReb 7 clicks, RComp 1 turn, RReb 1 turn
Backed off the suspension to FC10 FR10 and RC 1.25 turns RR 1.5 turns; aaaah that's better for the tarmac motocross that is my locale.
What with the poor initial rear wheel alignment, so far that's 0/10 for ex-works/PDI setup A warning to us all never to take anything at face value once we've got it home.......
Velociphile
Hmmmm, when I had the fairing off to fit my Gerbing gloves/battery tender lead, I discovered that it's actually an 06 MY bike (sticker under the battery)
and had a wee bit of battery terminal fur on the -ve. Sorry still no pics yet, it's hosing down with rain here . Checked the suspension damping set ex-works/PDI and it had:
FComp 6 clicks, FReb 7 clicks, RComp 1 turn, RReb 1 turn
Backed off the suspension to FC10 FR10 and RC 1.25 turns RR 1.5 turns; aaaah that's better for the tarmac motocross that is my locale.
What with the poor initial rear wheel alignment, so far that's 0/10 for ex-works/PDI setup
A warning to us all never to take anything at face value once we've got it home.......Velociphile
Just looks like a case of bad dealer prep except for the suspension. It's soft like that from the factory. The rear is supersoft and totally not balanced with the front. Once setup correctly, the bike rails left or right.Velociphile said:Hmmmm, when I had the fairing off to fit my Gerbing gloves/battery tender lead, I discovered that it's actually an 06 MY bike (sticker under the battery)
Checked the suspension damping set ex-works/PDI and it had:
FComp 6 clicks, FReb 7 clicks, RComp 1 turn, RReb 1 turn
Backed off the suspension to FC10 FR10 and RC 1.25 turns RR 1.5 turns; aaaah that's better for the tarmac motocross that is my locale.
What with the poor initial rear wheel alignment, so far that's 0/10 for ex-works/PDI setup
Velociphile
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