Fozzie

Took me 8 months to get a bike I was knocked off after owning from new for 4 days.

I've had 2 RR's and one had the exact issue. It would reset to 1am. I'm struggling to remember as it was 6-7 years ago so take the following with a pinch of salt and consult your manual/wiring diagram. The clocks have a fuse but there is 2 supplies to the clocks. One supply when the ignition is on deals with the speedo and the rev meter, the secondary supply is live all the time and maintains the bikes clock/odometer etc. You can get this issue just by removing that fuse. It will still power with the ignition on, it will then reset to 1am as you've described. The secondary point is showing 9.4v, which isn't anywhere near the battery voltage. Something is causing a voltage drop. Change the fuse just to rule it out and it costs bugger all, I believe it's a 10A. Then inspect the wiring to that connector. If it has rubbed through, or has been spliced with some other electronics like the datatool, I'd be suspect of that.

He'll give the burger a try in that case, as he'll be 40% vegetarian if he's following Bender's example. I was in Burger king yesterday as I was working on site. Tried this vege-burger because of this thread. It tasted great, I was actually very surprised, even though it probably absorbs some taste from the grill it shares with the meat. I'm not going to give up the chicken/beef, but I'd rotate it in. Don't know what you chaps are worried about

This is all news to me, I'd never heard of these kind of crooks until this thread I have to admit I could probably agree to disagree with the ones that say "yeah it looks like a police jacket, but it keeps me safe". But there are the ones who are in total denial. The ones who over the slightest questioning, will aggressively tell you that the word polite looks no way the same as the word police, then unfriend you on facebook after giving you a heap of abuse. Those are the ones that annoy me, but at least they often solve the issue for me

When it said "rogue instructors". For a split second I hoped this included "Polite" jacket wearers and was disappointed Didn't realise rogue instructors were such a problem

Shame to hear as I've always fancied having a Norton. Piece of British engineering. I might move it up the list now as they're likely to get stupidly expensive over the next few years. Anyone seen the old stroker 250s? I'm still beside myself that I turned down a near mint Aprilia RS250 for £2200. I thought it was too expensive. Blimmin things are £7k now

They're only talking about reducing plastic usage so far, rather than changing the product inside. Not a bad thing. Plastic is probably the biggest material we need to cut out or improve recycling methods of sharpish. If they had branded refillable metal/glass spray bottles I could top up at my local halfords, I'd be game for that rather than going there to buy a new bottle of it each time. You reduce plastic, you reduce the demand on oil used to create it, and the chances of it ending up in an ocean.

Agree with the above. Some people know stuff needs to go, but they can't let it go. Offer to help, but be as respectful as you can be.

I saw "Deleted" and thought "Mark W? Flouncing!? NO!? This I have to see". To find out you were just being nice to employees?... My disappointment is immeasurable, and my day is ruined.

Had a lowside on the Cat and fiddle because of a few blobs of diesel I managed to hit perfectly before a bend. Front end just slid away from me. Keep an eye out for it, and if you do hit it, try and keep the bike as upright as you can. A neutral or no throttle. If a bend is close try and go around it as upright as you can.

Just had this with my gf's shared housing situation. Middle aged guy accused her of being noisy, always talking to her twin sister on the phone. And it was another thing every week to the point that after 10pm she was quiet as a mouse, tv off, watching stuff on her phone with earphones. Meanwhile, this man wasn't beyond loud sex at 3am screaming "oh baby". It all boiled over when she used the oven one evening, in view of the other housemates, they saw her prepare, and cook it. Not a word until 2 hours later this guy accused her of selfishly hogging the oven, meaning he didn't have his tea. She defended herself saying they all saw, and no one mentioned anything, and she always makes a big batch of meals for her lunches/dinners for the week to stay out of the way so she needs it for an hour. He was screaming that she was stupid etc, she finally snapped and tells him she has good house manners, she's not stupid as she recently finished her masters, and he needs to stop pretending the house is his to police, it's a house share, and to get a f**king grip. This just escalated things, he went into a fit about her being arrogant etc. Just moving the goal posts to sustain his abuse. Even on social media. But he wouldn't dare say a word if I was there, which I figure means he knows at some level he knew he was out of order. The point is. I bet this guy is an apple off the same tree. There's more to it than just the bike. You can't be told by the agency to not park there if the bike is road legal, and you are just using it normally. Tell the agency he's been abusive. Also tell them your bike is road legal, stock, and you don't sit there idling it. Don't try and reason with him, they are never going to see the other side of things, or even agree to disagree, just ignore him, block them if they're on social media. It just stops the conceited games.

It's a damned if you do, damned if you don't topic. When you say you want to control immigration you are called a racist. That video clip is proof that when you try to preempt it, the response is "why people of colour specifically? Must be racist". The irony is, no one ever points out that the left makes the exact generalisation in regards to the first statement. Which is why broadly, I don't side with either "wing". I've got conservative business policies and labour workers rights/condition policies floating in my head. So I can't say I ever stick to one fully.

If the air supply or spark was an issue the bike would run rough before it cut out. A cut out after a blip of the throttle is often too low an idle speed. The idle circuit catches the bikes rpm when you're not in gear so that the bike doesn't stall. If this is too low, the engine speed drops too sharply for it to stop it and it stalls. If you turn it up even just a bit, the engine won't be able to stall.

http://moto.zombdrive.com/images/aprilia-rs-50-replica-2004-9.jpg 2004 Aprilia RS50. Back when I was 16. Bought it for 1500. Blew it up, fixed it, learnt a lot about fixing with it being 2-stroke. Sold it for 1400 the following year.

To be honest, out of the Japanese bikes it’s the R1 that looks best for me, then I’d probably say the Honda and ZX10R, then the GSXR, think the Panigale and new BMW are still the prettiest of the new 1000s. I actually prefer the old look of the R1. Of the new generation, the latest shape Ninja wins the beauty contest hands down for me (outside the obvious like MV Agustas, BMW HP4's). Although my opinion should be taken with a pinch of salt, I think the BMW R nineT racer is the best looking bike on the market right now.

My ex had a CBF125, which I fitted CBR125 tyres to. The wheels looked the same, so I checked and sure enough they were the same part number. If the rim is the same size as the CBR125, I'd look at tyre options for that and go with the wider option. It gave the CBF a much more sure footed feel. It was well worth doing.

I used to have a joke with someone that two R's was too much. Because saying "ARR ARR" sounded a bit like a pirate with a stutter. Lovely looking bike but Honda aren't really doing it for me recently. I'm much preferring Kawasaki's in the aesthetic department.

Hoping for a 20k redline like the old one had. I had a go on a 1989 one and it was just nuts.

Have a garage in a gated carpark at the back of my apartment. I have a light 30ah leisure battery to power some lights so I can work. All my power tools are battery powered anyway. My old man has a place in Wales with a big workshop. I'm planning on using that for projects etc

Yes people choose not to mention that as it doesn't fit in with their political agenda The problem with climate change is it was politicised. Strip the media spin and the political agendas and you are just left with the scientific research. With Earth's orbit, volcanic activity, solar output, and CO2 emissions, the assessment is we've been warming the planet for the last 200 years, in time with the industrial revolution. Solar output has actually decreased from what it was in the 70s, but heating continued. While the suns temperature will tend upwards, current estimates state 0.8-1.2 billion years before it renders the Earth uninhabitable. On topic, these idiots are just heavily politicised. The planet is doomed depending on what timescale you look at. More attention needs to be drawn to the fact there's only 50 years of natural gas/oil left at current consumption (although this is a moving target). So like it or not, in very human timescales we are going to exhaust resources that heat our homes and power our planes. And herein is a big reason why industry is responding with cleaner technologies in cars/batteries/planes/etc. They won't have a business if they keep on going as they are. Which is a fact the political opposition to those supporting climate change conveniently leave out

Honda CBR600F, a 2013 one. Was made in Italy I'm assured built to Honda's quality standards, which sounds like they know Italian bikes often... What's the words... Stop working I'm a life long Aprilia fan, so I'm not saying that strictly from a stereotype!

Going the common sense way over the legal way for a second. Do you, or will you ever see it? If the answer is no, or "not without going out of the way to", then I'd say just leave it. But I'm quite a laid back chap, you are entitled to have him paint it back to the way it was.

The cyclist this morning at road works. It's a 4 way controlled traffic light setup... It's horribly slow. There's a cycle lane on the pavement that is unaffected by it. So I can't think why one would filter to the front and stop at the lights... Lights go green, they lumber off slowly, and about half the cars got through compared with other times as a result. Was absolutely fuming, as they will have been with these "technically I did nothing wrong" brigade. A lack of common sense, deliberate ignorance, or lack of consideration might not be illegal but they do qualify you for being a nob

I've had one of these. The engine feels quite lethargic compared to other more free-revving 125's. But it loves full throttle. I did notice it was a little prone to hiccoughs, where if you got it wrong it felt a bit lumpy. Try different styles and see what happens, but I would have Yamaha look it over for you under warranty. The only things I would check visually is that the lambda sensor, and air box are correctly fitted. On an old one I knew, the airbox came dislodged due to a previous race boys mod, and it was coughing quite a bit during certain throttle points.

After Charley Boorman said he was working on a Long way Up with Ewan again, I wonder if this model will be the one they use?