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This is a bit cheeky, but d'you wanna flog one? Tell you what... most of my stuff is in boxes so I'm not sure if there's a copy on my shelves right now, but if I can find one of them I'll bring it to Connington next week and you can have it for free if you make it

I already have several copies, people keep thinking it'd be a great birthday/christmas gift for me

Suddenly, I don't feel quite as bad about my outdated phone predicament Also I finally caught a Registeel with decent EVs in my current game of Emerald. Can't complain!

HUFF AND SIGH sure does look like fun. Shame I have to make £200 last the next three weeks and buy a birthday present for Crystal so no new phone for me

My phone is too old to run it! Shopping time...

Didn't see it, maybe they set off not long after you?

I'll wager that a new shock for that will be a bit less than three grand!

Great turnout tonight! Crap turnout for TMBF though, only me...

Not bad collection! All I have is a very tidy KLX250, a regularly dismantled CG125, and a very thoroughly dead GS500

I might well go. I'm creative director on a bloody horrible full day photo shoot tomorrow, I'll probably need to unwind somehow by the end of it

Resident Photoshop expert doesn't follow the thread closely so people will have to PM him if a questionable shot is ever posted

I'm going to go out on a limb and guess that it might not be the fuses, because in my experience Lexmoto are lazy sods and just have one (glass) fuse for the entire loom! Could be that the high beam issue is unrelated, at least the neutral light working means that the dash hasn't died completely but it could still be that the one of the bulbs in it has gone. On the indicators, I'd check two things; take a peep under the rear of the bike and see if the wires to the rear light and indicators are visible. I'd wager that the wires just run exposed through the tail rather than being inside of the bodywork, so it could be that something from the road has kicked up and damaged a wire, so if you can see them... check them. Also take a look where the wires are routed around the headstock, make sure nothing is worn or damaged. The routing of the wires on my Lexmoto left a lot to be desired, some of them were way too tight when the bars were at full lock on the left and they scraped on the bodywork as a result which led to some of them needing to be replaced.

Or ClassicKid's garden...

Hah, awesome! That last bike looks particularly nice

Suddenly I appreciate my industry that little bit more... I'm not drinking, I'm fuelling my creativity

I was very intrigued by the WK Trail, seems like a whole lot of bike for the money. In the flesh, I had some concerns about the quality... not to say it's bad, but I can't see it taking a knock all that well. Reviews of the original Mash and Shineray are mixed, but WK seem to be good about troubleshooting. Parts availability might be my only concern, because they really don't seem to be shifting many of these; a whole three bikes in the first year. Can't have helped that the launch basically fizzled out, they showed one at Motorcycle Live then apparently just relied on it selling itself. Shame, because it's a nice position in the market, there are too many hideously overweight adventure bikes out there, it's nice to have some lightweight options! Engine performance sounds good enough, for a torquey air cooled 400. For anyone that wants a road-focussed bike with a nice upright position and adventure styling, I'd say it's probably a good buy... Anyone that wants something they can actually take on the rough stuff might do better to look at the 250 offerings from Honda or Kawasaki, nicer suspensions setup, lower weight, and I'll wager a darn sight tougher if you drop them in a sea of rocks and mud. That was the decision I came down to, and what swung it for me. That being said, if you get one I'll be interested to hear how it works out.

http://i1.wp.com/m22.siteground.biz/~turnther/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/the-ultimate-no-compilation.png Dear god I would never survive this. But then, neither would I survive my job without the evening drinks... It's the only way to make sense of the day; lowering my brain power to the level of idiocy I've been working with for the previous 8 hours And apparently I'm good at pretending I'm not hung over

So you would set fire to a KTM Duke then, I do not know about those other makes, but the WK-650TR is very good machine and spares if needed are available, including reasonably price complete engines, I admit there is still room for improvement and some of those improvements have been included in the G model ( They listen to the customers ) but there is still room for more improvements. KTM machines are made in the same factory as the 650TR's therefore I would expect the same standard of quality from both machines, it simply would not make sense for KTM to allow poor quality machines to leave a factory in which it has an involvement. Bloody hell Mr Defensive, did I say anything mean about WK in that post? If you'd been around a bit longer, you'd know that Glorian and I owned bikes from the two brands that I did name, and they were both utter disasters I've been taking great interest in Fred's bike, WK certainly seem to be shaping up to be the exception to the rule.

Oh dear, that did make me snigger... bit mean, but that shouldn't ever stop anyone Also, the Vote Beaver - SINGLE LANGUAGE SIGNS, IN WALES? I'm pretty sure there are laws against that these days. Naughty leave voter. Bad. http://vignette1.wikia.nocookie.net/adventuretimewithfinnandjake/images/0/0a/S2e6_BMO_getting_hit_with_newspaper.gif

These people are clearly the best kind of nuts All the best of luck to them, I'm more than a little jealous... I've been trying to sell this idea to Glorian for ages! Admittedly, in my version we ride the Chinese bikes to the factory and then set them on fire outside, though... but that's Lexmoto and Sinnis ownership for you

Are you implying that there's a day when drinks aren't appropriate? I'm supposed to be having a dry week after drinking every single evening last week... yesterday was my cheat day because I had the excuse of meeting people

I won't be, couple of workmates are working their final days here and we're going for a drink. Shame, because I'm in Shittleport on work - could've ridden to Connington via your neck of the woods and met up along the way. WHY DO MY NON-BIKING FRIENDS ALWAYS PLAN THINGS ON A TUESDAY

I saw someone picking up one of those at Colchester Kawasaki Some folks are just made of money...

That's absolutely priceless