Joe85

Same bike for the last 4 years, to be fair. A BMW S1000R. 6 Years no claims, 6 years held license, 36 years old. Locked in a garage, tracker, immobiliser etc. They're w**kers, pure and simple.

hilariously, i'd thought i'd get a quote from MCE UK.... £1800 with £1500 excess. Are they taking the piss? The whole industry is a con.

Thanks.

I thought that was just for emissions tax?

Mind you, don’t plan on riding it till April/May, so bollocks to em. I’ll leave it uninsured till then.

f**king hell. Just got some quote back for one fo the comparison sites: £1400 a year up from £800. What a f**king joke.

Thanks for that. Never again.

Paid up for the year in late May, so they owe me at least 4 months. *****.

Ah for f**k sake.

Hooked her up to the trickle charger while she sleeps till spring. Oh, and put the bike on a charger too.

Will have to make sure that's locked away, otherwise your tea might start tasting a bit funny...

Tucked up, on the Abba stand with a battery tender caressing the battery. Gave it a good clean beforehand, so it's looking brand spanking new for April. Will probably remove the brake shoe's for a clean and give the "no maintenance" Endurance chain a polish to get the shiny gold back. Other than that, i'll just sit on it from time to time, in full gear making "broooom" sounds. I've done the whole ACF50, regular cleaning through winter thing, but the bike never looks the same after. Winter is a cruel mistress.

Yep, and some pretty strong condemnation from Toto Wolff, too. Personally, i think some backroom agreement has been struck. Masi will fade away quietly and Merc have probably been given some sort of payout. Think Ferrari and losing all performance in their ICE overnight following the 2019 season.

I’m genuinely disgusted. Even a few days after it f**king riles me up thinking about it. Don’t think I can bring myself to watch F1 again.

Merc actually did mirror Red Bulls Strategy. However, once the safety cars come into play, virtual or otherwise, they’re between a rock and a hard place. You could argue that under the VSC they had an opportunity to give up track position and be fast enough, with enough laps remaining, to re-take the lead from Verstappen, and under normal racing conditions i’d agree. But to put yourself in a situation where Verstappen only has to open the steering wheel going into a corner, taking both Hamilton and himself out of the race to become world champ, it was a no brainier to stay out. As for the second actual safety car, there’s no way in hell you’d relinquish the lead of the race with 5 laps to go. It was entire;y reasonable to assume the rules would be followed and either lapped could would not be allowed to unlap themselves, or the race would be finished under the safety car. In both circumstances, Lewis is gifting the WDC to Verstappen.

Jonathan Palmer seems to lack a fundamental understanding of F1, then. It’s widely agreed that if standard convention was followed, one of two things should have occurred: 1) Lapped cars were not allowed to unlap and we go racing. Max would not have caught Lewis in 1 lap due to time lost passing the lapped cars. 2) ALL lapped cars unlap themselves and the safety car pits the following lap. The race would have finished under the safety car. It’s that simple. By only allowing those cars between Lewis and Max to unlap, AND to immediately pit the safety car was a gross manipulation of the rules and engineering of the race heavily in favour of Verstappen whilst giving Hamilton absolutely no chance of defending his lead. It’s an absolute disgrace.

To it to Steve Jordan Motorcycles for a dyno run and remap. Very noice.

Got the same email, are they going under then? f**king one time i paid up for the year...

A good excuse to park the bike till Spring. By then you'll be full mended and will have the best part of the year to enjoy the bike.

Hoards of adoring women, pining to be my pillion as I race away from the lights leaving the Deliveroo mopeds in my awesome wake.

Needs repeating. Reminds me of The Last Crusade.

"Sphere-abouts" could be interesting.

And so begins the rise of imitation complaint exhausts/cats. A shame really, because they’re hideous.

Also, welcome, Sam. And apologies if you are on the right. Or the left for that matter.