Feets up!

Winter is time for Wellness – the MT will get new parts. To protect my boots from scratching on the street I ordered an adjustable rearset.

Initially i had three rearsets in mind. TRW, Lightec and Gilles. All three can be used with the quickshifter and they have a certificate (ABE) for operation. Finally I decided for the Gilles, which is a little higher on price. Once ordered, the parcel arrived pretty quick and I had to unbox it right away. This rearset is certainly an eyecandy and the quality is great. So I was really keen to get this …

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Recovered

After a long Year with terrible coughing and bad driving experience Silke smiles again. One Year, where the MT was bucking, sometimes did not respond at all to release very rough the power. Sometimes the bike was dying at low RPM.

Reason for all that was a little Potentiometer, which determines the Position of the throttle. (Ride-by-Wire concept). In some Forums and on Facebook people complained about the bucking, however we could not find any hints that this beasty Poti could cause all that trouble.

Poti
Ride-by-Wire Trouble at the MT09

At the Weekend we had best weather to test the …

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A Gimbal

Sorry, what?

Well, i just bought a Gimbal. For those who have no clue what i am talking about: A gimbal is a technical device that keeps a camera stable. With the gimbal i hope to get a new camera perspective at the race track.

I decided for the WG2 from Feyiu Tech, because the price is just really good. The first impression after unpacking the WG2 is, that it looks like a top-quality product. The supporting arms are mad of black (anodized?) metal. The gimbal just has one button to switch on/off and offers some other functions as well.…

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