Arwen

Hello, and welcome to the forum! Good luck with the tests, what school are you going with? Still plenty of time before winter kicks in for you to get a bike now. So long as you coat it in acf 50 or such it should be fine. There can be great deals on used or exdemo bikes in the next few months too so what you might save up over winter, you might not actually have to pay if you buy now.

Ah ok, that makes more sense! I've only every tried the know shirts on at a show (I'll probably buy one at some point) and I'd feel more comfortable wearing that under a bike jacket with its included armour removed. However, each jacket and person is different, so you might find a jacket with integrated armour more comfortable. Sorry, not much help

The Knox armoured/action shirts provide impact protection, but abrasion resistance comes from what ever you wear over it. "Normal" casual jackets will not have anywhere near the same abrasion resistance as a Motorcycle jacket. The advantage of the Knox system is the armour does not move around as much as when it is in the jacket as it is held so close to the skin

Me too. Why is it we only do this when there are other bikers around though I do this all the time these days… and an ever increasing number of times get annoyed with why my bike isn't starting, mess around with it, shout at it, then realise the kill switch is engaged.

I tried to use sugaru t make cable "clips" in the car to run phone chargers. It disintegrated after a few weeks. No way would I trust it to hold anything expensive!

This. Tell them to stop being so negative about your riding. Especially since they do not ride. You are learning, and learning need encouragement way more than criticism.

I've been looking at that bag as well Gin. So keeping an eye on this thread

Oh it's not shallow to want a bike you like to look at. Bikes are way more about that than cars in my view! The monsters are nice bikes, I looked at a few. My partner also has a little 620 monster in the garage. I like it but it likes to stab my calf muscle with its pointy little foots pegs every time I put a foot down! Insurance for me as a new rider on it was reasonable, surprisingly.

Good luck for the weekend! Have fun, look where you are wanting to go, keep smiling (even if you keep stalling it for no reason...) and remember - Indicators! Have you been thinking about what kind of bike you would like?

Nice, looks like an ace few days. Next time, come further north than Glasgow and Edinburgh. there you will find the truly spectacular roads

Happy birthday! Have a lovely day!

Yea I had spare plastics so didn't have to leave my bike naked for long It's only 4-5 screws/plastic rivets per side to remove the whole front fairing bit. Once removed their is an assortment of screws holding the mat black plastics to the coloured bits. When taking the sides off, there is one push clip that joins the coloured plastic to the tank (the orange oval in the picture below). It's located near the very top edge of the coloured plastic. It just takes a little wiggling to free it. plastic rivets are evil to remove. So much so I have not put mine back in! Screw/rivet locations - remove the seat first.

Glasgow is not uncomfortable! I will admit though, you can get some pretty weird food around the city

Cheers Yellow goes with many colours. Blue or purple would be my first tries, maybe red too. Experiment on paint/photoshop

Very nice little video. I do like them too, surprisingly skinny for a heavy bike. I have a bit of a joke with my local dealer that if they can lower one a few inches I'd buy one... One day I reckon they might actually do it and I'll take them up on it! They sound absolutely amazing with the Akrapovic or the Termignoni cans by the way...

Glad you are doing well Gin! Have fun on Saturday!!

No chance of me being a MOD, I'm rubbish at politics Make [mention]Hoggs[/mention] a super MOD and there will be no need for another

Did you phone to book it in? Check phone records. Did you email to complain? Check Emails for dates. Do you let google track you? Look back in your timeline and see when you were there. Did you send text messages to each other/other people around the time is was in getting looked at? Check messages. Did you take time off work to get it sorted? Check work leave requests. Was the car bought on finance? (at least partly?) If so, contact your finance company about it, they may be able to help. I would have thought the garage would keep a record of what their staff were working on each day, so they should have a record in my mind.

I am totally not advocating that you send the Ford Owners Club a one off fee of £15.95 to become a premium member and gain this coveted discount card (among other discounts) that never expires... That would be totally wrong, taking advantage of them like that! Disclaimer: I do actually have a Ford

Yea there is rarely a need to pay full price for halfords pro/advanced tools. This spanner set was on offer for £15 a few months ago. Combined with my magic "15%" discount card I got it for £10!

I am building my collection of halfords professional stuff. Nice quality, and frequently the sets go on sale. Currently contemplating buying a set of JIS drivers. Dead useful for anyone with a Japanese bike.

^^^^^ that is pretty much how I feel...

Notice SNP lost in Kirkcaldy, where are you? They were always going to loose seats this time around because of the IndyRef2 in their manifesto. Most surprised at the loss of so many seats in Aberdeenshire area to be honest. I'm in Dundee.

Lol I'm the same when round numbers appear as results on voting! My local MP got reelected. We tend to bump into him in B&Q,Homebase and such at weekends for some weird reason... He's a bit headstrong and can come across as blinkered in some respects. But he does get things done, and is very much part of the city community. Can't say I've ever seen any of the others that went for election around here. They don't even put their pictures on their flyers so no idea what they look like!

Happy birthday [mention]tsurugi-ijin[/mention] ! Hope you are doing well