banditjohn

I've gone through the range of Pilot Roads and they've just got better and better TBH I'm not sure whether to try the PR4's but I've still got a bit of time and can go through the reviews They say you get even more miles out of the 4 so I'll wait as I say but the 3's are really great for holding and don't seem to need any warming up

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If you can find the temp sender and cross the two wire's if the fan kicks in it's the sender and if not it's probably the fan, It's easy enough to check just get a short bit of wire poke it in each side of the connector, ignition on and the fan should burst in to song lol.

Not a lot if the weather isn't going to play nicely

I'm fortunate enough not to need it for the car and am covered in the UK with the bank, I also get free UK cover with the bike insurance but pay for the top euro cover which didn't cost a fortune either (£28). If your part way through the insurance period they will wan't a whole year cove which will be expensive or won't even want to do it which I had some years ago. If you can do it until the insurance is due then that would probably be the best way to go imho. John

t's more unfortunate than being a nob TBH, I think we've all done it at some stage it's just you we're more than walking distance from home. Don't beat yourself up and have a chuckle about it, as long as you got some if not all of your money off the first cab it was'nt too spiteful

In the past I've had quite a few lid's from cheap to dearer end of the market, in recent years my circumstances have changed and although in the past I've paid for dearer lid's that was only for the look not just safety. I've just bought a LS2 which has a 4 star Sharpe rating with the little gold sticker on the back so It can't be that bad lol. The LS2 is a good fit, not noisy,pin lock ready and most of all cheap so what can be wrong with that and yes I do value my head but can't afford nor wan't to pay for a name nor status, I think I'm just getting too old for all that and as I'm at the age where you don't get noticed anyway it would be a pointless exercise

Just move on and let them do what they want and you do what you want, everybody's happy

If it's minging it might need washing but if not Mr Sheen or Pledge do a good job and you don't have to sit in the cold and wet I very rarely wash my bike in fact thinking about it I've washed my current bike once since 2007 I use a spray polish and if there's any stubborn bit's either WD or white spirit will remove it ready to wipe over with the polish brings it up nicely

In the past when I did track days they only seemed interested in the gold sticker on the helmet, it doesn't even seem to matter about the sharp rating as some of the top dollar lid's only make two star's, but as has been said speak to the organisers and see what they say I've just bought a new lid which had a four star rating and cost me sixty quid but there are a few that are cheaper than that and still have the gold sticker (ACU approved, or something like that) and do the job just fine

I've had the bike out a few times but there have been times when it would've been good to get out but family commitments Birthdays and the like are a menace this time of year for us March and April are manic but we've squeezed in a couple of bbq's though so that a few beers sort of makes up for it

I'm with G O Git on this one, I would say though that the PR3's are a great all round tyre and I would think if you want a sport tyre then you won't get any long life from them, I went from PR2's to 3's and they were even better on grip and seem to be lasting well. Any tyre is likely to square off if your sitting on the motorway all day every day but there is a compromise with the dual compound, with far higher mileage from the centre of the tread your never quite get the sticky off centre purely because it's an all weather tyre and if you do keel over you'll have better grip in the wet and may lose a touch in the dry but you will get longevity and reasonable all round grip. I've found the 3's a great tyre and would recommend them any day and by the time I need a new set I'll be going for the 4's

As a lot of you have said the first one just totally to much bike not enough experience The second is just a complete tw@ and needs locking up not just for the firearm offences though He'll still get branded a biker but that he certainly is not, if someone want's to take a gamble with their own head that's one thing but not of a child's FFS The guy himself has got brain damage anyway but it's only going to get worse with no helmet

I had a similar thing after changing pad's on my 999 some years ago, it turned out that along with that I'd changed my lid and could hear the noise of the pad's and vent holes in the disk's making like a clicking noise. It did stop though, I changed the bike lol. It's funny though I'm on the third set of pad's on my current bike and never had the same problem and that's been with three or four different lid's John

+1, I was under the impression that as bikers we were trying to encourage not discourage, you have been badly treated and even if he was having an off day he shouldn't have taken it out on a new rider or more to the point learner rider. The quote from above is spot on and do not let him put you off, there are plenty of people/company's that would be glad to have your money but in return would give you encouragement and tuition for which you deserve. I hope you find a decent tutor with a lot more understanding and gain the confidence to move on to be a seasoned rider

When the service was done was the bike running the same or just since the service The next thing would be start from the basics like was the air filter changed, were any other things done like valve clearances or carbs/inj balanced. I've just picked a couple of things but a few more snippets of information could help pin point the problem

+1, Ring the dealer and they should pick it up and get it fit for use

What they've said +1, not a stupid question if you didn't know the answer A lot of people use WD which other's dispute as it's not good for the O rings I use white spirit and a tooth brush (I don't put it back in the bathroom though) Dry it really well then re-lube it cold and then leave it until the next morning, inthe morning wipe it of with a rag or kitchen roll and go for a 15 min ride to get it warm then re-lube it job done A bit long winded but my chain's last over 15k miles and I do that between 4-500 miles. I know you'll get lot's of different results with different ways of doing them but this works for me and I did try an oiler but didn't get on with it and still cleaned and lubed it manually when I cleaned it

I put a Powerbronze dud/bub on and it's better than the standard screen, if you want to stop it pretty much all together you'l need to fork out for a MRA Vario I think there called. I was talking to a guy late last year and he had one on his bandit and thought it was the dog's, if I had of realised it was that much better that's what I would've gone for. John

More like wishful thinking really I'm hoping it'll dry up so we can get out and enjoy

I'm sure it's a simple mistake but what bike would you be talking about, I've never had any mention of one of them

Youtube, Delboys garage and go to "how to clean your brake callipers" (or something along the line of), Nice easy and helpful information which is simple to follow and do ps, I've just changed my fork oil so did this while it was all unbolted I was changing the brake fluid anyway so seemed to be the way to go

I did the same coarse in Kent and thought it was really good stuff to know, well worth a go if your anywhere near it

It's clear that he was taking more notice of his phone than the sign at the MOTORWAY entry that say's NO cyclist's on a big blue sign, it's not even a case of highway code it's common bloody sense (or as some have said already LACK of).

Riding a bike from a young age did make me more aware (or I'd like to think so), the conditions now are so different from when I first hit the road but now with a few more years under my belt do think more about motorbikes and where they might aim for. I've seen some riders make the most dangerous moves it's probably the case of when, not if they're going to have a spill. With that being the case I would like to think that a biker would be more aware as a car van or truck driver and would be more aware of bike's