RantMachine

Can "hand" be interpreted as "fire from a water pistol"? You could open your visor on the final approach...

I'm still out of action. One step forward, two steps back

I've started a few baking threads on here in the past, always amuses me how popular they are I made my own pizza bases a few weeks back, that went very nicely. Never used a breadmaker though, it all seems a bit soulless to me...

Can we make sure he's still sat on it at the time? That'd keep his hands off my killswitch this year

First thing I'd do would be mount my Nerf Havok Fire on the front of the sidecar... http://media.firebox.com/pic/p2408_column_grid_12.jpg It'd be a nice little nod to BMW history

It runs just fine at the moment! I'm just not allowed to run it because the MOT ran out and I still haven't fit the new rear disc because I've been busy moving house

Need a bike first...

I would get a side car at the drop of a hat, if I could only afford to

I'll just leave this here... http://www.heberger-image.fr/data/images/14390_dsc04834gt5.jpg

Yes! Do it.

Worked wonders! It was the logical progression, I guess... I already spend a worrying amount of time talking to my bike... (Usually "dammit why do you keep letting me down!")

I didn't do anything special to lay up my 125 before leaving it sat in the garage for the year and I had similar troubles. My solution? Bumpstarting. Lots and lots of bumpstarting. Emptied all of the fuel out, then got a fresh batch in a jerry can and added some Redex. Then started bump starting, several days in a row, over and over each day until I was too tired to do any more until the next day, and finally trying the starter a few times, then charging the battery every night so it was good for another round the next day. Day one I got a very brief and pathetic splutter out of it, just firing one time then dying again. I think it was day three that it finally started firing three or four times in a row before fading and dying, then when I went to the electric start at the end of my pushes for the day I got a little bit of life - again, spluttered out, but only after a little while. Cable tied off the sidestand switch and put it on the stand so I didn't have to hold it up, then had one hand reaching under the tank to play with the choke and the other hand on the starter (and the throttle), took a few attempts at making tiny adjustments to the choke as and when required and giving it a bit more or bit less throttle. Kept at it for a few minutes until it was warmed up and seemed happy enough to run without my assistance, then gradually eased off the choke and let it run a while longer. Finally gave the throttle some welly, then took it for a little spin around the estate. Behaved perfectly after that, like it had never been off the road! My neighbours probably though I'd lost the plot, running up and down the drive pushing a motorbike then jumping on it and rolling for a bit

Looks nice. Is it the manual or the DCT model? I'm tempted to get a manual one when the BMW finally breathes its last. Similar power and delivery, same nice low slung weight, nice styling, even better economy, and not needing a topbox is certainly appealing. The only thing that puts me off is the location of the filler cap, I can imagine it being a bit of a nuisance when you have camping gear stacked up on the rear seat but I guess that's something you'd get used to.

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Woulda been there if my sodding MOT hadn't run out Just got to do some work on the brakes and twist the headlight unit back into shape this weekend then get it booked in... Should be making regular appearances from the start of June, touch wood.

Stay friends with him! When your warranty runs out you can pinch free replacement parts off his bike while he's using the little boys room

Evil! I like it

Swear to god it took all the common sense I can muster to talk myself out of keeping it to tinker with

Why are you complaining? The fens are one of the few places that it's easy to overtake people on a 125 because all the cages are so crap!

For something as small and cheap as a couple of screws, I'd be inclined to suggest that it'd be less hassle to buy new ones.

Sadly not, I'm sure that would be a nice little earner, could start a motorcycle organ harvesting operation... My other half has a GS500 which has been off the road for several months and needs a fair bit of love which quite frankly neither of us can be arsed to give it! Probably going to appear in the "for sale" section in the new future as a bargain project bike, just as soon as the V5 comes back from the change of address.

Damn right you should! There are now two buggered GS's on my drive

Spada. Cheap, but they do very well in the crash tests.

Can't you do both in Peatboghorror?

6 weeks to get an MOT pass... No problem for any other bike on the planet