moelycrio Posted September 4, 2015 Share Posted September 4, 2015 Hello from Wales! New Tracer owner here. Picking up my race blu bike tomorrow from Bill Smiths in Chester. Yamaha heated grips the only fitted extra. Will be gettting a tail tidy, phone mount and ACF50 fitted soon. Seems like a nice bunch of peeps here? Looking forward to getting the bike out onto our open welsh roads..... Stuart Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member wessie Posted September 4, 2015 Premium Member Share Posted September 4, 2015 Hello from the other end of Offa's Dyke. I was born near Aberaeron but consider Monmouth my home town. Currently living in Cheltenham but often in South & Mid Wales on the bike. How far are you from Chester? This signature is left blank as the poster writes enough pretentious bollocks as it is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member bugsplatered Posted September 5, 2015 Premium Member Share Posted September 5, 2015 Welcome and congratulations Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moelycrio Posted September 5, 2015 Author Share Posted September 5, 2015 Hi wessie - about 30 mins from Chester on Halkyn Mountain. Great biking roads in this part of the world. Managed to put 150 miles on the bike today, including some night riding just now. The LED headlights are excellent. Knocking the high beam off for oncoming traffic is fiddly though - the rocker switch needs a more defined ridge. Aberaeron's the place past Aberystwyth? Nice part of the world too... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member wessie Posted September 5, 2015 Premium Member Share Posted September 5, 2015 Yes, Aberaeron is just down the coast from Aberystwyth. I was born on a dairy farm just outside Aberaeron but don't remember that time, as we moved back to Monmouthshire not long after I was born. I keep meaning to come back to North Wales but the trip last autumn was cancelled as the weather was poor and a trip to a friend's near Oswestry this weekend has been postponed as working this week still suffering from a virus has knackered me out. This signature is left blank as the poster writes enough pretentious bollocks as it is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve Posted September 16, 2015 Share Posted September 16, 2015 Helo Stuart o Gymru. Some nice roads round your way, thought I'd leave it a while to welcome you, hopefully you're back from your ride by now Hope you are enjoying your Tracer. How are you having your ACF treatment done? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member johan Posted September 16, 2015 Premium Member Share Posted September 16, 2015 Helo Stuart o Gymru. Some nice roads round your way, thought I'd leave it a while to welcome you, hopefully you're back from your ride by now Hope you are enjoying your Tracer. How are you having your ACF treatment done? Steve, I've been thinking about getting ACF50 treatment, probably towards end of October though. @wessie previously mentioned a franchise, should be easy to find on with a Google search. Do they need a dry day? Presumably they clean the bike first and then it has to dry? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member johan Posted September 16, 2015 Premium Member Share Posted September 16, 2015 Helo Stuart o Gymru. Some nice roads round your way, thought I'd leave it a while to welcome you, hopefully you're back from your ride by now Hope you are enjoying your Tracer. How are you having your ACF treatment done? Steve, I've been thinking about getting ACF50 treatment, probably towards end of October though. @wessie previously mentioned a franchise, should be easy to find on with a Google search. Do they need a dry day? Presumably they clean the bike first and then it has to dry?Found it: allyearbiker.co.uk Has anyone used them before? Its a Yamaha, it should not melt in one winter? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member wessie Posted September 16, 2015 Premium Member Share Posted September 16, 2015 The Process Pre Rinse Full Degrease Hi Foam TFT Shampoo Warm air dry Pre-Spray prep High Pressure ACF50 Hand Polish & Wax ACF50 Hand Finish http://allyearbiker.co.uk/treatment £65 Not used the service & don't plan to. I like a patina on my bike. This signature is left blank as the poster writes enough pretentious bollocks as it is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member johan Posted September 16, 2015 Premium Member Share Posted September 16, 2015 Its for Gixers I think. Although I might do it. Road salt does not make patina. Speaking of Gixers. I like the GSX S1000F. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve Posted September 16, 2015 Share Posted September 16, 2015 I've used allyearbiker in the past. Yip it a clean then treatment. As Wessie said it a franchise and each unit does seem to operate differently. I'm a little outside the catchment zone, so of little interest to my franchise holder. He did do a good job cleaning and applying and have to say it did work on my previous Yamaha which was made of Swiss Cheese. The last two years I called and no interest from them, so I had a go myself, I have a large bottle of the stuff and a pump spray but it isn't the same, less is more. Even so a squirt of ACF on the shock base has gotten rid of the rust - gullible, maybe - but it's worked for me in the past. Maybe a private session, just need 3 or 4 bikers? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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