New member from UK
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Andrew Shadow
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Some reading to get your started on knowing your new toy.
Maintenance Items Needed for a New (old) Bike
Obo
East Coast Canada
Welcome! 
diferg
Dan & Ingrid
Welcome, good looking PAN
Welcome from Cornwall UK. Nice bike and lots of Smiles ahead!
I might know a thing or two about ex UK service ST13's.....And I definitely know a thing about the "frame cutting"...Get a cuppa and... https://www.st-owners.com/forums/threads/st1100-police-on-netflix-doco.190048/#post-2570250 . feel free to PM if you have any Q's
Topic change - hope you are going to Fatima on 21st Sept ... for 11am , I leave home next Sat to go there. Meet up with 180,000 other motorcyclists (Not a typo !!)
Now that sounds a proper awesome event.....Are you riding over?....But gotta say, that timing conflicts with some other stuff....Would have been great to meet, though!
Yes , cross Dublin to Cherburg - then down France etc. Liking Portugal helps - and fluent in Portuguese helps too (Thanks Brazil). Google / youtube Helmet blessing Fatima 2024 , when 180,000 turned up)
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Welcome, congratulations. Quick question, what are these items?
Looks like a very clean example.
Some nice BikeQuip extras.
Replace brake and clutch fluids which will be well past "sell by" date plus coolant ( use bike not car coolant ! )
Do not try to bleed the brakes using instructions in Haynes manual. Download the Honda workshop manual and follow instructions.
Quite a few ex police bikes still in use. At 41,000 barely run in.
Bit below heated grip switch looks like police radio helmet connector.
Some nice BikeQuip extras.
Replace brake and clutch fluids which will be well past "sell by" date plus coolant ( use bike not car coolant ! )
Do not try to bleed the brakes using instructions in Haynes manual. Download the Honda workshop manual and follow instructions.
Quite a few ex police bikes still in use. At 41,000 barely run in.
Bit below heated grip switch looks like police radio helmet connector.
The Bike sailed through MOT today and my first proper ride....very smooth....The rear shock is superb and is yss. The bit below the heated switch is now a switch for when it was going to be used as a blood bike and switches the fancy leds on the top box. They are quite cool and enhance the brake light and indicators. I was wrong in the above post.
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Not sure what you're referring to.
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@Willsmotorcycle is referring to what he presumably thought were bits from this ST1300 accessories site https://www.st1300-accessories.co.uk/ better known as Bike-Quip!
Andrew Shadow
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That comment was made by V4 Rider, not Willsmotorcycle.
He is referring to the scuff guards that are visible on your ST1300. These are not original equipment. They are from a vendor called Bike Quip.
See the below link;
Frame Protector Set ST1300 | Bike-Quip
ST1300 Frame ProtectorsA full 1mm thickness (1000 microns) and designed to last!Practical & enhances the appearance of your bike.An incredibly popular accessory for the ST1300.STOP "boot scuffs" from spoiling your bike frame with these specifically contoured protectors.The kit comes complete...
www.st1300-accessories.co.uk