RantMachine

Don't give yourself too much credit! I just don't want the newer members thinking that we're all so ruddy tactless

Pretty sure Stu gets to decide who the site is and isn't aimed at And I'd say the thing you've missed (and the thing that people have risen to) is the part where you told Frank that his tyre choice was nonsensical! You asked him a question, he gave you an answer. It's your choice if you don't want to believe in winter tyres And there's certainly no need to then call his decisions into question in such a blunt fashion, he didn't ask for your sincere and experienced evaluation of his tyre choices

RIGHT Time for TMBF carol singing on Sleepy and DRZ's doorsteps. I'll bring eggs.

Yeah but that's a ridiculous choice for road as well... Yes. That's the point of what I said. Well done for deciphering my code.

Glass houses, as far as I'm concerned. I'm certainly not gonna be a dick to anyone for their tyre choices while I'm running a 10/90 set

Phil - The winter K60 isn't about just softer rubber, it's a proper high-silica compound winter tyre. Different beast to the normal all season K60. Frank is on the right track, these tyres are specifically designed to offer increased grip in low temperatures. Little bit of info about winter tyres from the AA: http://www.theaa.com/driving-advice/safety/winter-tyres-in-the-uk And an article about the K60 Winter in particular: http://defylife.com/travel-gear/motorcycle-equipment/winter-tyre-review-heidenau-k60-silica/ Edit: Sport Touring tyres aren't going to be an option for a Transalp, surely? Similar size rims to my old BMW and I recall being limited to dualsport or adventure tyres for that. Metzler Tourance is just about the best you could get for all-weather use on those rims, but there's no way in hell those thing would have even a slim chance on snow or off sealed roads, and they weren't particularly hot in the cold *ba-dum-tss* As for snow... a knobbly that handles snow and mud well is only going to make even bigger compromises on the cold wet roads. A perfect 50/50 tyre is a borderline myth at the best of times, throw winter into the mix and the idea of a perfect do-all dualsport tyre rapidly vanishes into the distance As far as I can tell, the K60 Winter is as close as it comes to a do-all tyre for the winter months. On road, off road, even a fighting chance at the slippy stuff with some common sense and skill behind it. ...Of course, I was too cheap to swap out on mine so I'm running my D606's through the winter. Slippy!

That isn't saying much because you hate everything

Looks... interesting I just stick to sync leads whenever I can get away with it. The Pulsar triggers are nice and all, but they're still extra hassle to set up

Given it a go... I think that actually makes more sense! The hotshoe connectors are pure copper for a better contact with no power loss, it has a power saving sleep function that means a battery can last more than a year or 20,000 triggers. The trigger current is only 0.01mA, so it can't fry the camera by accident.

Oh dear, what brand did you buy?! That's impressively bad even for Google Translate

I have a colourful history with Christmas! My family are nuts about it, we always make a huge occasion of it and it's the only time we're guaranteed to all be in the same place at the same time. Unfortunately after a run of Christmases peppered with various deaths, family with mental health issues, a nervous breakdown (and I won't even start on what happened one particular year ), I now get properly down in the dumps in the festive season unless I try my absolute hardest to get into the spirit of things as much as humanly possible. Cue tinsel on the bike, wearing a Santa hat all day every day, and playing Christmas CDs in the office from the 1st of December onwards. I'M FINE AND MERRY CHRISTMAS TO YE EAT ANOTHER MINCE PIE NO I DON'T CARE THAT YOU'RE CHOKING

It had better not be the ruddy nurse outfit

Amazing! I've sent it to my better half to see what she makes of it

Yeah I often wonder that! But peoples priorities change! It's a shame, a lot of nice people have come and gone over the years. I'm still awaiting the return of the legend that is Colin the bear. I can at least confirm he's still able to come back - a little while ago someone was saying maybe he'd stopped posting so abruptly because he died so I photobucket stalked him to make sure he was alive

Oh dear

Failing that, you could always padlock the bags shut and secure the bags themselves to the frame with a small (bicycle?) cable lock. It won't stop someone with a knife, but then again metal ones won't stop someone with a tin opener and a lot of ambition Enough to stop the opportunists, which is usually what you want for rest stops and the likes. Just keep your small valuables (phone wallet) in a tank bag that you can whip off the bike easily when leaving it (and the panniers/tailpack) unattended. Could get one of the ones with shoulder straps if you want to make it really convenient!

Is there a 'special' forum for us older, Chinese bike owners to go to where we won't get the piss taken out of us & not be regularly told we should have known better at our age:?: Aww! You'll find Rant and Glorian are very good with advice for those who already own Chinese bikes, just pretty keen to put people off buying them in the first place I can't see anywhere that any of us said that! Xtreme was perhaps a little blunt at one point, but that was just a one off... and he wouldn't have any business making age comments And yeah my policy is strict: 1. Warn people to spare themselves the fuss 2. Offer any help I can to people who already took the plunge 3. Argue the toss with anyone who goes around pushing them on new bikers who don't know any better The same policies apply to BMWs! I'd be a hypocrite if I gave people stick for already owning the things

Cor blimey, the old logo was EVEN WORSE

Nah I think MCN just don't employ anyone smart enough to read a TV schedule so they just leave it tuned in to WSB and GP all the time

Toby Price! Wait, hang on a minute... Something missing here. Nice work missing out a huge portion of the world of motorcycle sport, MCN.

Honestly mate take the hit of looking stupid, I put a pair on my MT07 this week and wow made huge difference. It just stops the wind chill hitting your hands. Heated Grips won't do that all on their own. I will be adding heated Grips too but the £10 bar muffs are by far best value item that has made huge difference. I tried, as feared they don't fit over the guards and my huge hands properly Bodge job time!

I refused to let you! A Real Man never pulls out.. He stays jingle bells deep until the sticky end!

These were my first ever video games: Cairo Shootout http://macgui.com/downloads/?mode=screenshot&get=549&key=867d Daleks http://nonanone.com/Daleks/img/scrn_OS85_2.png Social Climber http://home.planet.nl/~pulle071/firemac/shots/soccli.gif Social Climber was SHIT. The other two were fun, especially Cairo Shootout.

Clearly we play VERY differently... http://vignette2.wikia.nocookie.net/minecraft/images/c/c7/Lavagrief.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20140602040320 http://static.planetminecraft.com/files/resource_media/screenshot/1248/2010-12-31_225434_4299573_lrg.jpg Unrelated topic: Hey Al, which server are you on?