Simon Davey

Good morning bikers, you're all bonkers.

Merry Christmas bikers

Flying at night, through rain and just trusting the nav equipment must be seriously stressful, a bit like being in a submarine and only having sonar to rely on.

His love and enthusiasm for that Comanche, is incredibly obvious in his voice. Really enjoyed that video, you can clearly see the actual photographic overlays.

So, you're feeling better then

Good morning bikers

Heck yeah!

Following out of interest

Women don't understand women, they think they do, but naaaah.

Please tell me that's not a sim picture. I'm looking forward to the flight.

That speedometer will outlast the rest of the bike, which, being a Honda, will outlast most of us.....

And this is all from a sim'! Fantastic detail and had me wanting more.

Welcome to the forum @RobbietheTenor

Good morning bikers

They're gong to stay open. They have no new BMW on their website, and only about 1/3 of their usual used stock.

They'll only insist it stays in a garage overnight if you have one. It's just to maximise the safety of the bike. Depending on location, you may have a premium increase if you move to somewhere without a garage. If you move to a "more desirable" location and no garage, there's always a chance of a decrease in premium.

I'd be inclined to pop that in a vise, and cut a slot in the top, and pop an o-ring on it. You haven't damaged the working part of the screw. Or, bodge it with PTFE tape at the top of the thread, that'll stop it winding itself in.

According to a source at a party (it was a great party) Reiten near Sudbury, Suffolk, are no longer tied to BMW.

Sounds like the demise of the spark plug. They nearly always show failure once hot. The only way to be sure, is to replace it. At least then it's discounted if its not the fault.

@Leventesz Exactly as mentioned above. Just look at the condition of the bike, look for rust, also look underneath to see how clean it is. You can't tell just from milage. Listen to the engine, listen for rattles etc. Also check how much the next service will cost, sometimes bikes are part exchanged to avoid an expensive service.

I didn't have to think about that for long, that's very good

Brilliant.. Bon voyage

This is all very methodical, and you seem to have incredible patience. At least we all know where to bring our bikes when the need tuning.

These are great pots!! Weather was a bit grim ( always fly in real time weather - the sim takes the latest hourly weather reports from various airports on route and processes them into real time conditions if you so wish. Most do not, they like to fly in sunny weather. I prefer realism). Love this, but with winter probably being when you have the most time to fly, I'd want sunny weather occasionally. Kerry McCauley tells a great story, you gotta have some balls to do that, surely now, you'd be shot down? I didn't realise you could switch off a transponder, useful in such circumstances. Good luck with the flu, hope it's short lived. Cheers

Good morning bikers