Stu

5 minutes ago, Bender said:

No and it can do it repeatedly, the future is electric, if you can afford to charge it  

You never said it was electric! 

That explains it

19 minutes ago, Bender said:

Kia now make a car that does 0-60 in 3.5s. 

Did it fall off a cliff? 

There was one of these at the NEC bike show which they was showing it off and doings demos and burnouts etc with it 

The chief designer was there too and was asked why it was built as it would be pretty useless on the road with all that power etc and his reply was because we can and people will buy it! 

Which to be fair he isn't wrong  

1 hour ago, Hoggs said:

....yes... Next year... which I've totally started... 

I suspect its pretty much finished now and you are just doing the finishing touches................

Ordered some new brake levers for it  

Not enough adjustment on the stock ones  

Hi and welcome to the forum 

2 hours ago, Erika88 said:

I know I’ll get condemned mentioning these cheap bikes

Yes you will so don't do it again

2 hours ago, Tiggie said:

 

I'm on strike 

For what? and is it a silent strike? 

Hi and welcome to the forum 

Price and location may help others  

I am all for realistic pay rises and I'm also all for a strike in the right circumstances. 

The rail and Royal mail are a prime example of a strike that's worthy of it 

They are trying to take a lot away from them 

Ours was purely on pay that the company couldn't afford and as a result its cost jobs and the staff are already starting to feel it 

Just now, KiwiBob said:

Now you are just making stuff up!

Really!! 

I know what went on in my own workplace and in the meetings! I was a part of a lot of it! 

I won't aste my time replying anymore as it's pretty clear you are one sided in all this! 

As the ex branch secretary of the union involved in the workplace who started off the pay talks I may well know what went on! 

1 hour ago, KiwiBob said:

Just shows how stupid the management is! .. They should have offered that deal at the start and there would have been no strike!

They offered it before the strike and it was refused by the union and not put to the members! 

With the parting comments of we are going on strike regardless! 

3 hours ago, KiwiBob said:

Union leaders and reps do the very best they can for their members

Not all the time they don't! 

We have just had a 4 week strike at our place! As a result yes they got slightly increased pay rise to what was originally offered but it was only a re worked offer to pre strike which they accepted so the strike did nothing for them! 

What it did do is destroy the business to a point that we now need 80 plus staff less than pre strike 

Where is the union now after the strike trying to keep these people in a job? thats right nowhere to be seen because they got the publicity and according to them "they won" 

Happy birthday  

1 hour ago, JRH said:

Pulled muscle in my back has kept me off the bike for the last 8 weeks. Must try and get out again.

Jesus! Hope you're OK? 

What was you doing? Lubing the chain........ 

The only differences on the L model is the colour schemes! 

They are the same nose cone all the way through the years 

I suspect that the specs are the recommended specs in the manual 

I would never go for smaller but nothing to stop you going larger 

Although the battery needs to fit in the holder and also have the correct orientation for the terminals 

Having said that I would get a battery that is recommended for your bike rather than trying to find one to fit 

Yuasa and Motobatt are good batteries you usually find motobatt specs are higher than recommended and their cold cranking amps is better 

AH is how much the capacity the battery has not how powerful it is cold cranking amps is the one to look at 

Updated scores! 

Although it looks as though not much has changed! has everyone given up? 

I thought more points had been gained since the last update

32 minutes ago, S-Westerly said:

Really sad to see the Missenden Flyer has started singing the praises of these chancers on his YouTube channel. Thought he was better than that.

I have noticed a few have and also I have seen a few adverts for them on other websites too! 

Wonder if they are being paid 

Hope you're OK Bob

Evening all 

Second week in Stockport (shudder) for some training with work

It's a bit grim

I do very little filtering purely because my riding doesn't require it 

All my riding is for pleasure and if and when I meet traffic it's either pointless filtering as I'm in no rush and I'm out for the day and mostly it's just a bit of light traffic. 

If I have to filter my priority is will the bike fit due to the sheer size of it

Most people move out the way here 

Some have started to charge a small fee for test rides which covers the insurance usually around £20 

You go on your own and you can usually have them for a few hours 

You only need to do cbt to ride a 125 with L plates which will be your cheapest way to get going 

Happy birthday @Mickly