- A pair of Sidi adventure boots
- A HJC helmet. Aria helmets are over £400 quid !!
- An Alpinestar two piece Andres Touring textile suit.
Then I rode the thing. No problem to go fast, slow or stopping but I had trouble turning right. It really did feel odd given the test drive was so positive. So time for an investigation. It did not take long to discoved the tyres pressures were a bit low. Pumping up the tyres improved things but it was not a transformation. A further look showed the right fork seal was leaking. Job one.....new fork seals. I might as well do both at the same time. I closer look showed the radiator was pretty clogged up from crap from 15 years and of 33k of city riding. Riding the Pan in the summer had the fans coming on when tootling through the cities. It was not so hot to call for fans. Job two then. So given the fork had to come out to do the seals that would leave room to do the radiator want else should I repair/up grade whilst the Pan is on the ramp?
I made a list:
- I figured all the plastic fairing fasteners would break as soon as I touched them so a set of new fasteners would be needed.
- A service would be in order.
- Tyres are OK.
- The bike came with a top box but the fixing plate was not attached so the top box could not be fitting to the bike. That needs sorting.
- So what about some USB ports to charge phones and run Sat Nav? That's a good idea.
- There was a lot of corrosion of the Magnesium alloy of the engine block as I figured that needed looking at.
- The drive splines on BMs are a weak point The that is going be part of the service for the Pan.
- I had seen that a common up grade was LED day light riding lights. They really make the bike visible in traffic.
- A heated seat would be nice.
- Perhaps handlebar risers and liners for the panniers and top box.
- A deep clean
