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On the left, I think that's GubbaTM. I'm struggling to remember his real name... I want to say Matt though. I think I've still got the picture of us on a Triumph Tiger at the NEC floating around somewhere on an old laptop

Would it be easier just to swap facebook profiles?

I imagine the rate we're going there will be a new system where you can just pay £500 and dodge the points. The government will say this is increasing safety as no one wants to be stung with a £500 even to dodge points, no doubt while sipping Champagne from Waitrose that cost £39.99 while putting an expense form in for £65.

There's a naked one coming next year?

Kawasaki Ninja 400. Has the same power as the CBR500s but has to be worked harder. But the parallel twin in it is very strong and is perfectly happy at slower speeds. It's also a very small bike, despite looking larger than it is. And its a sports bike in appearance only, but more alike a street bike to ride so it comes with great looks and ease.

If that's the detuned 800 you have there, then my dad has one at his place in Wales. It's quite a light bike as adventure bikes go, but a bit awkward I found. It's useful that I'm tall as I overcome the issues moving it around but I wouldn't like to leave my wife whose 5ft 7 to shift it. I also thought it was good for mooching around little quiet Welsh towns but open it up and it doesn't have much shove. I think the MT-07 is a good choice as it's lighter, it feels a lot more fruity, and it was nice and low. It's very toy like and can be handled with ease. There's a reason they sell like hot cakes! Other alternatives are the ER6F which felt quite small to me, but pulls better than the F700GS. It depends on your height and riding preferences.

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[mention]Mississippi Bullfrog[/mention] I'm with what you're saying now. Before I thought you were saying that a charge circuit only returns the battery to a pre-start state, even if that is a low state. When the case is the battery returns to a pre-determined point (say 80-90%) total charge, and can be topped up with a trickle charger. I'm not sure manufacturers invest in getting things through *just* the warranty period though. Yes it's important, but reliability is important to a brand, which they want to maintain to secure more sales. More often good designs are let down by cost cutting on components.

I agree with the above. I don't have a automotive background but in power gen where I am now I have involvement with battery power storage, so I can comment on charge characteristics at least. A lot of what MBF has said is correct. A trickle charger will in general more completely charge a battery than the charging system on your bike, as your bike will have been designed with a regulator that prevents overcharging so it will likely only charge the battery to around 90% total charge to prevent stressing the battery. The trickle charger has the intelligence to back down its power output so that the battery is fully charged. Where I think there has been some misunderstanding is the idea that a charge system sees the pre-start voltage of a battery and only returns it to this point, thus requiring further charging by a trickle charger. This is at odds with my experience, when I left one my old Honda's lights on yapping to a mate for an hour it was too dead to fire. I bump started and went on my way, about 20 minutes later at a fuel stop it really struggled to start and I bumped it again before riding it around for a couple of hours. I worried leaving the lights on was a red herring of a failed rec/reg, so measured with a multi-meter and over the next few rides the voltage returned above 14V and was stable there. And in general other cars/bikes I've had where the battery went low (and wasn't old/worn) have all been fine after a long drive to charge it. If you did short journeys this would worsen the situation as you wouldn't be replenishing the power used to start.

Is that, or was in that bikes case a Honda CBF250? I remember them, and wanted one when I was 18 as a commuter but you so much as cough too hard and the valve clearances would go out of spec. And I mean waaaaaay out.

I clicked on this thread hoping for some kind of social scandal Build a moat around the warehouse. It will cost millions, especially if there is a security controlled electrified floor at the only entrance of the building. But the rat problem will go away!

I do watch them, and I do look them up, just not very often. It's just a curiosity of whats happening in the wider world, and also if I can do anything to avoid getting into the same trouble.

My Aprilias did it, some of my Honda's did it, my Kawasakis did it, but the Yamaha's and Suzuki's I've owned never did it. Just a breather pipe, its placement will vary from bike to bike, design to design. That's why some people have had it and others haven't. As long as it's not a big puddle, I wouldn't bother wasting time worrying about it.

I don't see why that makes it any less of a crime though? Ok no one was hurt... That time... But regardless of any point to the contrary, his riding in general showed him to have a general disregard for the law and others, and this likely contributed to the crash which injured someone. So it's fair enough he had the book thrown at him. Dangerous behaviours breed dangerous accidents.

Bloody hell where have you been?

Ha! I find this funny as I bet your boss thought part of your holiday was to either interview, or use some time to look for a new job and they bottled it. At least you know they weren't going to take the risk so they do like you. In the future, if they start getting nervous every time you have a half day for the dentists/vets that's the best time to ask for a pay rise as they know you're good value.

One easy little mod I did was to build a computer fan onto it so it could stay cool better. And I never had any more problems for 3 years and 20k of mileage per year after

That's annoying as the bully won in a sense Been here over 10 years, and I still have moments where I wonder where specific members have gone, and their last login was years back. Shame really as I deleted my facebook at one stage and lost a lot of them

If it's the 30k one don't bother, I've had 3 CBR600's, a 2001, 2003 and 2006, and did the check around that mileage and all of them were not a nats whisker out of spec! It's also not a hard DIY job, you just need the fairings off, drop the radiator, and you can get at the head from there.

Electrical engineer specialising in power generation now. So I feel quite safe as I think it's a job that in the future will use a lot of robotic labour rather than it being lead by a robot. If we turn to Westworld style robotics or Bladerunner style replicants then we are in a fair bit of bother

I used to do all of it but had a basic yearly service to get the stamp. Then a Honda dealer in Ruislip cracked a sump on my CBR600F, and then a cam chain tensioner they replaced came loose. So now I do all of it no matter the level of difficulty. My last big project was a Blackbird, which I did up over a period of 2 years from a rust bucket to a really good condition machine. When I sold it I sold it with all the receipts and some pictures in a fancy looking folder and the guy said it was as good as having stamps in the book.

I used to want to get the attachments that give off blue or green sparks but end of the day you are marking the road so I gave up on that. They can cause the back wheel to step out still if you go over quite hard. I found this out on an Xj6 when mid-roundabout it grounded and caused quite a big wobble. It's always fun to find the leaning limit of the bike but don't push any harder or you tempt problems, if you want to lean further, raise the pegs slightly.

Never heard of this, and the site explains nothing about the science behind it. How would a soft alloy change the composition of fuel? The only stuff you should put in your bikes tank is petrol and any good fuel system cleaner.

If it's 10W40 I suggest the Halfords brand oil too. And change it according to the manual, which for a 125 is often about 2500 miles given they rev a lot the whole of their lives. It's quite cheap for a 5L tub, and it conforms to the more modern standards.

Honda CG125 uses the same carb, find one on ebay for that bike and it will fit. Same engine, just in a different frame.