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That's a copy of what I've got. The quality may differ but mine's been brilliant for a few years. It/mine does bolt down and you're also able to lock and alarm it and you can ride/reverse your bike in wet/dry/whatever.

Is there a UK challenge FAQ?

Don't weather that well? I'm not sure I know what you mean. I've had mine in the same place directly exposed to the elements since about 2005. Its never leaked, cracked, split or ripped. The only thing I've had to do in all that time is scrape the algae off it once every two or three years. I bought it originally because it was ideal for my purposes. I live in a rented house with no garage and no permission to build one. Who knows, if you'd have been around then I may have given you a look. I'm still not sure about the slidy-out floor though. Call me old-fashioned but I reckon a solid anchor is much harder to defeat than cutting through some plastic.

If there was a way you could bolt the bike to the ground it would be better. I use a Bike Barn and have the mother of all ground anchors fitted within; not your common-or-garden concreted-in eye but a small ramp fitted with rollers and steel plates up the sides and finished off with a bar that's Mul-T-locked on both sides through the back wheel and then bolted to the ground using 4 M14s. Personally, it'd have to be pretty amazing for 500 quid.

Wow, that's a very nice-looking bike, right there.

I was going to make a funny comment about that matress in photo 7 looking like it was made out of stone. Turns out it is! I bet that beats laying on the floor In a hot place, IWHT living in a cave would be on-a-par with good air-con. Nice looking trip there.

I've always found heated grips to be over-rated. I've had three sets on three different bikes and none of them got what-I'd-call warm. For all the good they do, you'd be better off spending the money on some over-mittens, IMO.

You might have a bit of kack in the valves. try putting a bit of spit over it and see if it bubbles. If it does then that's your problem.

I had a 2007 FZ1n. Brilliant bike, loved it. Well, didn't love it enough, actually. I had it 5 years and put less than 8,000 miles on it and knowing how much money it was losing sitting-doing-nothing, I reluctantly sold it last year though I see yours is in the 3k range! Brilliant bike.

Bought in October 2013 as a winter hack but it may well turn into a keeper. 1997 ZX-7R P2

I'm brand new here and I'm reading this with interest as I have a 7R that gives the odd small cough when it's cold but oddly smells rich at idle once warmed up. I was thinking about getting it put on a dyno but I'm happy to put that off while I'm reading all about the saga of Legatron and his bike Hello, BTW.