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Le Touquet and the coast road sounds like a good option.

I launched a case the other day (you have to wait for about a week's non-response - make sure you message them through the eBay system for proof), I had the cash back in my PayPal within a couple of days. This is the right thing to do. Ebay is weighted heavily in favour of the buyer. Start by opening a case; just make sure that you write clearly how the thing you've received can't be described as a chain and sprocket set, since the chain doesn't fit the sprocket, and it can't be said to be for a Thundercat, since it's chain is too short for the swing arm. Probably what's happened is that the person packing it has picked up the wrong chain and sent it by mistake, so it could be you get a replacement sent. If not, you should get a refund, and if the seller doesn't do one or other of these, then ebay will take the money out of their account and refund it to you without even asking them. You should be able to open the case today, no need to wait, given that you've received something that doesn't match the description.

8 days riding...! Only 350 or so days to go now.

Bought two sets of used leathers (sold one of them). Both were great.

Awesome pics Snod. Some familar scenes there... including the workshop... The vertical frowne was a great spot, though.

and it explains why the bike is the size of an oil tanker

I think my drop count is now up to 4 The most painful one was the driveway drop; it was more or less as like you described yours - sloping driveway. The bike was under a year old. It took a few weeks for my ego to recover.

I've done this mate. I used foam sheets from Ryman's, and it made a helmet that was getting loose fit a load better.

Something like this happens every year to me: a hike of somewhere between 30% and 50% on the previous year, along with a paragraph saying why they've unfortunately have had to put their prices up this year. The way I deal with it is: I go online, get a couple of quotes, and buy the one I like the look of more. This is always enough to get the price back to roughly I'd paid the year before, and sometimes this is with the same company who sent me the renewal with the explanation of why they had no choice but to put their prices up.

That is very cool. Especially with the moody sunset. Can I just buy myself the sunset and get it retro fitted to my Tiger?

I did this for the first hour of mod 2 training. My tutor picked me up on it immediately and got me to stop. I couldn't see the point back then - I was slowing down just fine using engine braking and a touch of back brake. But you want to acquire the habit and the adeptness of using both brakes together effectively, because if you do this by habit, then the habit will ensure you come to a quick halt in an emergency. It might help to have a bit of understanding about how the suspension works on a bike... when you brake, the weight of the bike shifts forwards, so that most of the weight of the bike moves over to the front wheel. Initially, this extra weight is absorbed by compression in the forks (which is why the bike dives forward under hard braking) but when the forks have compressed to the point where they've taken the weight, if you're stll braking then then the front tyre gets pushed down into the road, and the friction between the tyre and road increases. The front tyre also deforms a bit, increasing the size of the contact patch with the road, increasing the friction available even further. This is the moment - typically a second or so after you've started braking - when you can use this extra friction by increasing the pressure on the front brake. This slows you down even faster, which moves more weight to the front, allowing you continue braking harder and harder. When you brake using the rear, the same thing happens initially: as you slow down, the weight of the bike moves forward. But this reduces the weight on the back wheel, reducing the friction available for braking. This is ok when you're braking gently on a nice dry road, but should you need to stop a bike quickly, especially on greasy winter roads, then using the rear alone exposes you to greater risks of locking up the back wheel. I think the recommended approach is to use 75% front and 25% back brake (or something like that) for braking on a dry roads.

What's the rush? If you take some time out to test a few more bikes, there'll be plenty of bargains to be picked between November and March. Worst case is that you end up with the Street Twin and a few hundred pounds extra in your pocket.

You can buy from any dealer, and you can take your bike to a different dealer if you want to get it serviced. And any dealer will honour your guarantee, so no worries on that score. The only thing to be aware of is that if your local dealer does a free 500 mile service, just make sure that this a nationwide thing and not something they do just for people who buy their bikes. (But even if you have to pay for the service, it's probably only £150 or so.) Sometimes a different dealer is able to offer a discount, either because they need to shift some bikes and clear stock quickly, or meet targets that trigger a bonus, or sometimes they've managed to get a particular deal out of the manufacturer for a short time. Either way, they do it in the hope that someone like you will come and spend their money at their place instead of the their local dealership. In other words, it's a genuine offer designed to get more business. If it were me, I'd phone the place up today, buy the thing, and pocket the grand and spend it either on the panniers or else a holiday in the sun By the way - the ZX is a truly awesome bike.

I don't know - so I'm talking out my backside - but my guess is that the gamble you're taking is that you don't get involved in an accident. If you do, and the police attend, you are probably toast if you can't produce a licence. Or at least, you're in a spot that's going to take more than just a bit of smooth talking to get yourself out. But the chances are that there's no accident, no need to show licence and you come home happy.

Schnitzel! Dang it, now I feel I'm missing out [mention]The GOAT[/mention] Hope you get it all sorted. If not, you can borrow my Tiger.

My jacket's a 48, and it's too large for me. My trousers are 46 and they fit really well, but they're too small to wear comfortably over jeans. I'd hazard a guess that you'd be ok with a 46 unless you want to add lots of winter layers underneath, in which case the 48 is going to be more comfortable.

... like Cambridge yesterday. The faster I went, the hotter it got - like riding inside a fan oven.

This is what I do. The only other time I might go into first is if I've slowed completely down - like significantly slower than walking pace; you can feel if the bike isn't pulling well when you open the throttle because the gear is too high.

Sounds as if there might be something wrong with the bike to me. Whereabouts do you live [mention]Mclovin147[/mention]? You might get someone on here who could drop by and see whether it's running as it should. Edited to correct the dopey error where I mentioned the wrong person....

Me too. I have an Armaxion jacket and Armas pants. Both about 6 years old, so I no need to buy more.

Ta. Bummer is the thing I wuz after is only on their web site, but not in their ebay store. Never mind. Christmas is a-comin' soon

At £350 for the trousers and £500 for the jacket, seems like a good price to me for Rukka. From Helmet City. https://www.helmetcity.co.uk/rukka-armaxion-gore-texr-jacket-sale/ https://www.helmetcity.co.uk/rukka-armaxion-gore-texr-jacket-sale/ I'm not on commission

Dang it, I couldn't get it to work for me. Anyone else had success?

Sorry to hear of your bad experiences @n[mention]newbiker90[/mention]. It seems you've just had a run of bad luck.

Everything I ever read about the husky 701 was enough to put me off ... but I don't know if the 401 is different. Its there a 401 forum where you can get an idea of the kinds of problems people run into?