Stu

even if MCE was £50 I would still renew  

I don't think he liked the answers and flounced

Happy birthday @rennie  

There is a market out there for all sorts of custom bikes but building one from scratch with your ideas is all good and well but you would then need someone to buy it with that taste! 

 

I think the challenge will be getting it just right that its customised and just right in that a fair few people like it and want to buy it and doing a good job so it looks smart and well built and not cheap and tacky

 

There is also a market for custom bikes like older LC's with modern suspension and wheels etc so it might be worth exploring that avenue too I know someone who just spent over 20k getting one built for him  

 

At one point cafe racers was the in thing too but not sure if there is a great demand for them! but saying all that if you are building one bike at a time then you only need one buyer

 

Good luck with it and I hope it works out for you  

And also that's the old engine gearbox nd swing arm and not the one that's affected

 

1 hour ago, Ian Frog said:

Ooh I hope someone breaks it to @Stu gently lol.

Cheers

Ian

 

It's for the gs not the RT 

 

Although the RT uses all the same running gear 

Hi and welcome to the forum 

 

Pics

Do your CBT its probably around £100 ish then get a 125 

 

 

Once you have the bug you can move on to full test  

3 hours ago, Bungleaio said:

If it’s not how it came out the factory then it should be declared.

 

Except if you're insured with bennetts and their policy states whats already covered as per my first post

 

Other insurance companies do the same so do check with them! 

People are w**kers end of

On 23/07/2022 at 12:24, Throttled said:

Hastings initial renewal, with no modifications recorded for the bike - £214.24.

Hastings renewal after declaring dealer fitted heated grips, larger screen, crash bungs, cruise control, side stand flat foot - £355.23

 

On Confused. com, where there is nowhere to add modifications when getting insurance quotes, the second cheapest quote was £355.04 from MCE.

 

I am not prepared to ditch the comfort of the mods so I am paying the extra, but what a rip off. Though, having never declared any modifications before, I have obviously been saving money for years.

 

And this is the reason I am with bennetts insurance 

 

Other insurance companies do the same so check the policy wording before declaring mods and buying is what I do 

 

9 minutes ago, fullscreenaging said:

Can you give me the winning numbers for tomorrow’s Euro millions please? 

 

I'm not sharing it  

 

I will buy you breakfast and a coffee though at a bike cafe when I win  

Just got back today and I must say it was a fantastic weekend! 

 

We turned up on Friday afternoon and just mulled around watching a bit of practice then on Saturday we was there for 8:30am to find a good spot just after druids to watch warm ups qualifying and the racing! We never moved all day except for a pee and food  Basking in glorious sunshine all day! Luckily the factor 50 stopped us from burning  

 

Sunday was the main day! we was there for 7.15 parked up right outside the main entrance in our VIP parking spot took a walk around before heading up to the Motorsport vision centre where there was a suite waiting for us with fantastic views plus breakfast dinner and tea (lunch and dinner to you southerners ) and a free bar from 11 

 

We had Jason O'halloran was come up to do a meet and greet 

 

We also had a pit lane walk then laps in a safety car and a grid walk too.

 

I have put a few pics in the gallery 

 

 

 

 

2 minutes ago, Troy said:

@Stu Was you able to attend? I was there at this weekend. If I had seen this post sooner, I would of made the effort to say Hi in person. 

 

Yes! Fantastic weekend! I will do a post and pics when I get home but as a teaser 

 

 

Just waiting for the bikes to come round before the grid walk

4 hours ago, Mickly said:

@StuMates selling a 590, would you say it’s better than an I-phone + ultimate addons case ( my current set up) and what would be a fair price?

 

I would normally say any dedicated unit it better than a phone 

 

But the way my unit has been behaving just recently I'm not so bloody sure

 

 

Been having a few routing problems with the zumo xt and have had to work round them 

 

Saying that the problems don't affect the 590 

 

The 590 is OK but there is battery issues with them but there is an easy fix which helps 

 

It's not always easy to plan routes on the unit and I refer doing it on a obile phone/pc but there is no easy way to transfer routes from your phone to the 590

 

The screen isn't as bright as your phone or the zumo xt 

 

I would say no more than 200 quid 

 

Bear in mind you can buy a new zumo xt for £350 now even with its routing issues you can work around them easy enough 

Welcome to the forum @Joffster 

Just now, Steve_M said:

The A74 (M) isn’t recognised as a motorway. I could go via Kilmarnock… 

 

Odd! tell google they are shite  

2 minutes ago, Steve_M said:

I’m off to Glasgow to buy a new lid (Shoei Neotec) and intercom (matching Sena). I’ve tried to find an interesting route but Google maps keeps sending me on the M74.

PS. Sportsbikeshop is too far away* and I need to try the new lid on before coughing up that amount of money. 

*the route is also bloody tedious.

 

Free returns from sportsbikeshop

 

You have selected avoid motorways haven’t you? If so then it looks like there's no alternative route 

2.5 days and I went from CBT to full licence! 

 

Depends on how you are and how quickly you learn 

Loving the Buell @Richard  

Just now, billy sugger said:

I tried a LED light but couldn't get on with it, as it didn't light up the back roads very well, and I missed the beam of light you got with conventional bulbs

 

Did you use a cheap one? 

 

Some of the cheaper ones have the led in the wrong place so the beam of light is altered 

 

I fitted some to the FJR and they was brilliant 

What about fitting an LED bulb instead? 

 

You can get some really good ones that don't scatter the light 

 

LED will obviously be less of a drain on the battery 

655 miles later and we are back home! 

 

We set off on Tuesday heading to Wales on a pre planned route meandering along the countryside at a steady pace with no rush whatsoever it took us about 7 hours to do 220 miles with 4 stops involved

 

The route was pretty decent and its probably the best one I have done so far heading to Wales. I avoid as many major roads as possible and just take it steady well whats the rush? its supposed to be a tour right? 

 

We had booked The waterloo Hotel in Betws Y Coed for 3 nights this has lodges away from the hotel with parking right to the door which puts your mind at ease that the bike is close by. 

 

 

 

We also had free use of all the facilities at the hotel should you wish which include swimming sauna and a gym if you really want to. We gave it all a miss though 

 

The next day we took a ride to Mach loop. I have seen it mentioned a few times on here so had a google and planned a route which took us straight there and then back up the coast road then heading up towards Snowdon and back in to Betws Y Coed. 

 

The plan was just to go for a ride and if we saw and low flying aircraft then thats a bonus 

 

As we was heading round a plane flew right over our heads and I just saw it disappear  It was low it was loud and it was fast! I would love to have been there early and parked up like all the spotters do for the day  

 

We pulled up at a place near Corris to have a pitstop and keep an eye out to see if anything else followed but no sightings this time! 

 

 

The coast road up through Barmouth and Harlech was pretty decent but was fairly busy! lots of slow bloody tourists  

 

 

From Harlech we followed a route through Penrhyndeudraeth, Porthmadog following the A498, A4086 Then the A5 back down to Betws Y Coed stopping for some dinner and to enjoy the views  

 

 

Day 2 was spent just riding around with no real plan except to go to Ponderosa Cafe even though I said I wouldn't due to them lowering the speed limit to 40 on the horseshoe pass 

 

 

Coming home I decided to take the same route back as it was a decent route 

 

Overall it was another amazing trip to Wales with awesome roads, scenery and weather if you have never visited Wales then stick it on your bucket list just remember to book the weather  

 

The bike was faultless and returned 62.6mpg on the trip according to the on board computer which is what you want when touring 

 

13 hours ago, Mississippi Bullfrog said:

Rode one round N Wales. 

 

Should have given me a shout! I would have let you buy me and the wife a cuppa