Hello everyone.
April is over already. WHERE DID IT GO!?
It was an extremely exciting month for me and the YY site. There has been a lot of interest lately in YY and the views have skyrocketed. I am so chuffed that people take the time to look at the site and it is nice to have some comments as well.
April started with a reply to my letter that I sent to RST clothing following my favourite pair of RST trousers ripping after less than 6 months usage, although to be fair, they had been used 5, 6 and some times 7 days a week from October to March, all the way through a mega winter. They performed well on dry days, whether it be freezing or mild. However, and this still stands, the waterproof area of the Pro Paragon suit leaves one somewhat wanting. There is a serious problem with water ingress mainly around the upper chest and belly button area. The 360 zip actually only goes around 300 degrees and leaves a 3″ gap just above the trouser zip. For some reason the water finds its way in to this area and leads to very wet and often freezing inner clothing. On very wet days within 10 miles the suit can fail completely with water repelling and leads to a very uncomfortable ride.
Anyway, after receiving a letter from RST I was chuffed to bits. I was told that I would receive a reply from the designer of the RST products when he returned. I did receive a reply and it was extremely positive. I was delighted that the company had read my letter in a positive light, and that they took a lot from it. I had tried my best to make it positive even though I was writing about a negative experience. I can’t divulge the outcome of my letter at this moment in time but it’s fair to say it is far more than I had ever wished for.
After the mammoth positive there had to be a mammoth negative and that was my bike breaking down, and in true YY style, it broke to the point that no-one knew what the hell had happened to it. The boys at my Suzuki garage had the bike to it’s bones, using the demonstrator GSR as a parts bin trying to diagnose the problem. In the end they had to phone Suzuki and they replaced the entire wiring loom and it fired first time. All in all it took 3 weeks and £500 to fix it, and thankfully it was all done under warranty.
I fiited a HID light to my bike and initially it was absolutely brilliant, but due to it being a cheap £30 unit from China, the solenoid that controls the high/low beam has jammed on low beam and won’t budge, so that’s annoying.
My GSR got it’s first rear tyre replacement, and it just so happened to be the wettest day so far. I turned out of the garage gently, changed to 2nd gear and opened the throttle, the rear spun up and that was the warning to baby it all the way to work.
Apart from that April was a quiet month! Ha.
May is here, and that means in 3 weeks we will be going around Scotland for a week, anti-clockwise.
Stay tuned for a mega photo/video/word fest after that!
Anyway, thanks for visiting YamYam and thanks for your comments.
Cheers
Gordon
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