Phooey

Still waiting for mine too ... If I don't get it soon I'm gonna sqweem and sqweem and sqweem!

Wait till mine arrives

This time last year I was all excited after spending hundreds of pounds on the love of my life. Christmas day came and I handed her her first prezzie. She opened it excitedly. "It's a wand", she said ... "A f*cking wand". "Not just any old wand", I told her, "It's a magic wand. Go on say the magic words". "Abracafuckingdabra", she said rather sarcastically. "Bloody hell, love", I said looking down the side of the bed, "you've made all of your other prezzies disappear." And that is how I got the blackeye!

I think I would have been a bit anal about it and moved the van further down the road somewhere.

Secret Santa prezzie has arrived ... Overdone the wrapping but I think I'll cope!

, Hang in there, Ollie. You never know what [secret] Santa will bring!

Got the front wheel off the ground on my FZ1 piece of piss ... used centre stand and a paddock stand

Sounds like a great opportunity for us conscientious biker types to make a few quid and deliver all the parcels and letters the other w*nkers don't want to. Gonna start with my own secret santa maybe not ...

"> The mind boggles.

I did read somewhere that MI5 and MI6 are not allowed to speed or pass red lights even if responding to an emergency!

I'm not criticising you trade TC, just asking the question but I have seen some obviously blatant acts by police that isn't answered by 'we don't know', and are definitely illegal!

That''s why I asked the question because I assume in your case the officers were not responding to an emergency but felt it OK to exceed the limit only to wrap your knuckles when you did!

Thanks TC

I am only stating what the police officer told me, Tim. Surrey MAY be different to Bristol.

I wasn't speeding Tim. I did ask a police officer that I bumped into at Mc D's and he said if they were exceeding the speed limit they must be displaying blues and two's. But refused to comment on their excessive speed! They are required to comply with the law.

The other day coming back from work on the motorway I was travelling at 70mph, honest guv! It really was 70 mph, and a police car with no blues and two's sped past me at 85 - 90 estimate. Since they are supposed to be upholding the law and not break the law, if I accelerated to match their speed would they book me for speeding? If so, would they not be dropping themselves in proverbial also?

Excellent cheers Chris.

Poo! ... was hoping to know for sure. lol It wasn't much but you are very welcome. A couple of quid every now and then isn't much but might help

Ok guys. Some of you know that I have recently lowered my FZ1. Two questions: a) would this lowering affect my headlight alignment? and b) is there an easy way to check if it is out? I am asking simply because I am getting a few cars flashing me at night and I didn't on the old bike! Wondering if the headlight is a bit high?

Go on ... this sounds like fun!

Coming home on the motorway last night my visor was freezing and the more I tried wiping it off the more it hindered my view. Heated visors is what we need for the winter!

Driving to work isn't an option at the moment. Where I am based we have ONE parking space allocated to the entire maths department. Someone didn't do their maths! I can park the bike though. Bus is £6 a day and takes nearly two hours - getting out of Weston and into Bristol in rush hour is a nightmare!. I can get to work on the bike in about 45 minutes to an hour. Weather permitting

I can't see how that can be if the van falls under a B category You can only use NCB on one vehicle at a time can't you??

I left for work this morning at -3 degrees C and after scraping the frost from my seat, scraping the ice off my mirrors and negotiating the miriad of drain covers out of my cul-de-sac, I got on my way. Fog like pea soup and roads slippery I daudled along at half the speed limit (which was 60 mph). First time I'd ridden in such bad weather. Was I worried about hitting someone I didn't see through the fog? NO! Was I concerned that I might fall off on the slippery road surface? NO! Was I thinking about being late for work? NO! I was smilling and thinking, 'thank f*ck I bought these heated grips!'

Cheers mrzhooner ... I mean drzhooner. I'll take a good look and study that later.