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A good shop won't take money from you for a diagnosis and you can always get a second or third opinion from others before you decide to pay out your hard earned savings. At least you'll know what it is, how much it's likely to cost and how long it'll take to fix! What's to lose?

No sorry - she's strictly a pillion! I don't think she'd ever ride a bike!

Take it to a bike shop and get their take on it.

I bought this;

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I have the same ones on my helmet and my other half's. They work great as an intercom as well as for the phone. Well recommended!

Get that letter to a solicitor and get them to assess it.

Sounds big endish - maybe time for a new engine or just kill it and trade up!

Welcome back.

Hope you're on the up.

Looking forward to the new updates.

Sorry about the hair

I find my smart phone invaluable for motorcycling. I check the weather pre ride, track my MPG whe I fill up, use the RealRider app which rings the emergency services on my behalf if I have an accident, it's my sat-nav, my music player and my phone. Best of all it lets me talk with you guys

I've a SealMate - great job for a temp fix but ultimately the seals will fail again and you'll need to do it again. Fine for a stop gap but not really a permanent repair. BTW don't expect to be able to do it as easy as the ad video shows! I can't get mine to move in the direction of the hooked edge but it works ok the other way!!

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You can put helmets into those soft bags. I bought a set for my XJ600 and checked them - no problem. Having said that. I used the bags once and then sold the bike when I bought my K1100 as it has the BMW panniers fitted. I still have the saddle bags if you want to make me an offer!

Between the time taken to remove your lid and then replace it again before leaving the till, there would have been a huge queue built up. That would be my move - play their game to their rules....slowly. They'll soon stop discriminating against bikers. I'll bet they'd serve one of those Burkkas so why not a lid.

What way are you trying to set it up? You shouldn't really need more gear than the kit!

Ok I've re-read your post and I get the picture. You want both to hear the same music and the sat nav directions. Perhaps you could sort out play lists and just listen to the same music on different devices on your respective headsets. As for the sat nav - you could try talking!

Forget it. Travel a month before the TT and the crossing is about £80 for bike and rider. For the week or two before and after it's over £300 for the same. As Chris says they're probably all booked out by now anyway!!

They're full stereo and you can chat Bluetooth to Bluetooth so you can chat to pillion, another bike up to about 800m away or you can listen to music on your phone. The speakers sit in the ear pockets of your lid and the mic runs from the left speaker on a flexi stalk to the front of the helmet. The unit itself clips on the outside of the helmet. You can also pair it with a number of phones but you can only link up to one at a time.

Flip lids are bigger than full face and are a tight squeeze into boxes. If you don't want to carry your lid, get a smaller full face helmet and use the box.

+1 for OhJay's inter phone. I have these and have been using mine non stop for 12 months (apart from charging). No issues at all. Great kit.

I use copilot on my iPad to plot routes and then use the phone on the bike to follow them. I get bluetoothed verbal instructions into my helmet and the display automatically changes between day and night colours. There is also an indicator bar for traffic delays looking approximately 60 miles ahead. Because the maps are downloaded onto the phone I don't need a 3G signal in order to follow a route. Can't recommend it enough.

Get the copilot app for your phone and forget about a separate sat nav.

I set out to buy either an ST1100 or a K1100LT and as it turned out, I ended up with the K bike. I still fancy an ST1100 so thanks for the positive write up.

As above, you can do CBT and ride a 125 but you'd be better doing DAS and going for a bigger bike from the off. You're already a driver so you have some road sense already so you'll just be learning the bike skills rather than how to use the road network. You'll pass in no time.

I have an ultimate addons case and charger for my iPhone - works a treat and keeps phone safe and dry as well as charged up. Thoroughly recommended.

Well done.

Unless you get the nipple out and bleed it properly then there'll always be air in there. And calipers on eBay? Might be the easier option to bin it and fit a second hand caliper. You really can't take chances with your brakes!!

Did a few jumps a long time ago. 1st time was scary. 2nd time was worse!! After that it got easier!! In those days I was up for just about anything and I'm very glad I did it!