fergusmacdonald

What did you end up going for? Tempted to get some panniers for my XJ6 to do a bit of touring around the UK. @pilninggas - Do you have liners for the boxes? Going to be carrying a laptop and SLR camera so wondering whether they're going to get rattled about too much or not. Any advice/tips much appreciated.

Never mind that...new sets on eBay for £58 delivered! Not too shabby.

Ha ha...that is true! I saw your other post about fitting it to the vacuum tubes - seems relatively straight-forward. Guessing you fitted your reservoir under the seat? I see that there are some systems for like £15 www.chainoiler.co.uk which seem to do the same job, but have a double headed nozzle! My local Yamaha shop quoted about £100 for a Scottoiler (presumably v system) and £50 for fitting. Happy to do it myself, just need to decide which one to go for!

Hi David, Appreciate your response. I had been thinking about getting an automatic oiler. Which model do you have on yours? Did you fit it yourself. Yeah, I think you're right, if I'm going to hose it down, it's not that much more work to dry it off as well! Will invest in a big chamois or borrow one from my car cleaning set. I think I look at the bike and think - dry what! There's hardly any panels other than the tank and the seat!

Hey all, First post! Just passed my test last November, and bought my first bike last week. Did my training on an XJ6 and loved it, so thought it would be a good first bike. I'm planning to move to London next month so bought the bike for commuting. Living in Edinburgh just now, and although the weather is not great, can't resist taking it to work nearly every day! (unless it's really icy or chucking it down!). A few people I know have bikes, and are telling me that I need to wash it every time I go out if there's salt on the roads. Is that correct? The last few days, I've come home, hosed it down, but by 8pm it's already pretty cold so I've put on the cover (Oxford Stormex) and locked it up for the night. Unfortunately I have to leave it on the road outside the house. Would really appreciate some advice on if/when I should hose it down, if it should be dried before being covered etc...just run down the routine I should be following when I get home. It doesn't have an automatic oiler so should I be re-oiling the chain every time I hose it down as well? Any help/info would be much appreciated....really, really, really can't wait to get it out on a dry day!