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On 25/03/2023 at 13:04, Pie man said:

However, import duty kills the bargain. 

Far from it! 

If you get any charges it's only small and far less than other brands that are simply over priced. 

They are decent quality and well made 

Hi and welcome to the forum 

Have a look as heed engine bars and see if they do a set 

Good bars and not over priced like others 

Anyone on twitter who fancies the chance of a freebie? 

Packed the cases tonight 

and weighed them!

Mine is heavier  

In my defence I have half of her shite in it

33 minutes ago, jedibiker said:

the breather pipe is ok but im now thinking its blocked inside somewhere.

Just bear in mind that the breather that runs to under the bike may well just be an overflow pipe and not a breather 

Some breathers are built in to the lock cap 

Does sound like a clogged breather! 

After a long run stop and open the tank and see if you get a woosh of air in to the tank 

It could be early signs of a blocked breather which could give you a headache later on 

I'm not sure on this but do some bikes have a one way breather that would only allow it to vent at a set pressure? that would cause the noise too 

2 minutes ago, Mississippi Bullfrog said:

I had a very quick reply,  which is that where there is no mobile signal it won't work. So it would only work for me when I'm out. If someone nicked the bike from home they'd be a mile away before it connected. 

It can take seconds to take a bike as we all know and it will never stop them but at least you can follow/find it and hopefully let the law take action 

I would never recommend kicking shit out of them yourself but it wouldn't be my fault if they fell over multiple times thus breaking limbs in the process

5 minutes ago, Bender said:

Is it hidden behind the bmw badge, next to the microwave, the nija air fryer and the bbq, still plenty of room left I guess  

No I thought the microwave would block the signal but actually it was the badge that did it in the end, 

10 minutes and I can be out! 

Not much messing for me to be honest 

What date does it start

1 hour ago, Pie man said:

It has movement detection, I suppose I have the false reassurance that if I'm in a shop and someone tries to move the bike I can be an all action hero and stop it from being stolen, not. 

Exactly! 

As bikes don't just get stolen from home a tracker can serve a good purpose 

Asleep in a B&B/Hotel/camping? your phone will ring if its moved 

To @Hoggs  

1 hour ago, Mississippi Bullfrog said:

I keep thinking about one but I can't find anywhere on the Bobber to hide it. There's just nowhere to put it that isn't obvious other than underneath the tank and it seems that's a bad idea. 

 

I suppose that's what you get for buying a minimalist bike. 

Believe it or not I had the same issue with mine! 

There wasn't many places I could place it without making modifications 

Obviously I'm not going to post where it is

1 hour ago, Ronnie said:

Oh come on ! that's only the start of the story.  How did it move and where to and did you get it back ?   Or is there something about the rest of this that needn't be published ?

I Rode it down my street and left the fob in the house 

And for full affect I never had an helmet on

Bought one of these self fit trackers yesterday after some speaking to a guy at work who has one 

Read some of the reviews and thought I would give it a bash seen as though theft is getting rife around here. 

Fitted it in a inconspicuous place and gave it a try 

Within a minute I was getting a call to my mobile to alert me that the bike had moved 

Followed by notifications showing its position 

Its nice and small too probably smaller than a pack of 20 fags 

26 minutes ago, fifthwheel said:

Ive been caught out a couple of times missing bikes coming up quick, one time I hesitated filtering, I didnt think I had enough space then the next thing a rider with more confidence filtered very fast from behind me I hadn't seen him at all. Another time on a long straight country road I missed a bike coming from behind he passed me a bit too close and frightened me to bloody death.

A mate of mine has a habit of doing this! 

He will sit behind you all day long then just out the blue he will come flying past! 

How else do you see in your blind spot if you don't do them  

Regardless if that video says its old school nothing has changed in regards to riding/driving blind spot checks are still neccessary 

3 minutes ago, Hoggs said:

cool what's the suggestion I'll get moved over? 

Wolds way Cafe 

Its only round the corner and top notch too 

https://www.google.com/maps/place/Wolds+Way+Cafe/@53.8694845,-0.664294,13z/data=!4m6!3m5!1s0x4878db49281616af:0x4e37d8f2e6f435cb!8m2!3d53.8832097!4d-0.6679847!16s%2Fg%2F11gmb7jx42

@Hoggs Ernie B's is now closed and no sign up either so not sure if you want to move it to another location or just leave it as you can still get in the car park and infront of the building 

If you choose another place I can suggest somewhere just around the corner 

Went out after work for a ride today! 

Luckily I put the bike on charge the last time I was out so as I rushed to the garage to get the bike out I saw that the battery was fully charged!....Magnificent things eh  

Anyway went out and rode it like a bell end  

23 minutes ago, Bender said:

Your not @dynax

 

Happy birthday  

Well someone has to do his job while he is twagging  

To @skyrider & @VaraMan  

Is the fan kicking in? 

Usually a flashing temp gauge is a sign its too hot and overheating

2 minutes ago, Bender said:

Cold tea is a thing apparently 

No thats iced tea! 

And the battery wouldn't cope with a freezer as well as my ninja.........

I find that my camp fire blows out while riding resulting in cold tea which is not good for dipping biscuits in