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Very nice

Rich cold protect plus heated grips plus hand guards make things comfortable enough for me down to about 2C at 70mph. I've not tried the Rukka gloves. Still to find the prefect glove for winter but hopefully [mention]fullscreenaging[/mention] will let us know how he gets on with his new pair.

Here's the details of the person who registered the web site: The address is a place where you can rent a desk for £350 a month.

Well done [mention]LearnerLEGAL[/mention] A Honda won't let you down.

I get it - it's like Mornington Crescent.... you post a random bike and say something a bit off the wall and until someone posts a Ninja H2 SX or whatever and it's game over. Is that about right? If so, then here's my go:

[mention]Gerontious[/mention] might be able to help. He's even enormouser than you

I have a pair of Hood jeans. I wear them for work except in winter when they're not warm enough on the bike. They avoid all the fuss of getting in and out of bike gear - jacket on, helmet on and ready to ride. I also like being able to walk into a pub or a shop and not be wearing leathers or textiles.

Noooooo!

Check the battery terminals too. I had this on a bike I bought once, and it turned out the terminals were a bit loose: there was enough contact to make a spark, but it was loose enough to make the clocks sometimes work and sometimes not (and sometimes flicker wildly like they were possessed)

Good advice, but we shouldn't have to know the "secret pass phrase" in order to get medical advice from medical professionals in a hospital. Yup.

I'm going to tip up on the DRZ, unless it's hosing down in which case the car and common sense will win.

I've just fast forwarded to the end of this thread to see if it's progressed to the biscuit stage. Disappointed.

Following on from this thread https://www.themotorbikeforum.co.uk/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=68028&start=30, here are the proposed details: Place The Bunbury Arms, Great Barton* https://tinyurl.com/whatagreatmeet Date Thursday 25th Oct Time from 6:30pm to 9 or half past, I reckon. All welcome. Come and eat, or come for a drink. See for yourself wehther goat has real limbs or not. I can be there. If we can get a couple more, it's definite [mention]goat[/mention] [mention]Slowlycatchymonkey[/mention] [mention]Mr Fro[/mention] ? *I've never been to the pub, but it's easy to find and has a large car park. Should be fine.

Oh. Awestruck. It's beautiful.

All the best with the lesson

Dainese? Expensive, but tailored for sleek, Italian arses. Oh, and welcome in.

I wish I hadn't read this thread.

Really?!? Gov's website is very confusing in that regard: Being DAS, I probably don't fall into the latter. So it seems as it is valid as long as my theory test is valid, right? I wuz wrong. From that, it looks like you've got 6 months.

I think it's valid for a couple of years.

Cheers mate. What makes me even worse is the fact every single person who did the test the same day as me, passed! All of them got nice blokes and I always get the grumpy, miserable bloke! haha Haha. Well you took the hit the for them. I guess they all owe you beers.

To be honest, I think you've just been a bit unlucky. I got a grumpy examiner for my first mod 2, and failed (my error, fair enough). I got a more easy-going guy on the second attempt and also made mistakes, but he could see that my riding was basically ok, so he put them down as minors. Have another bash, and you should get through

Is it Saturday yet? Where are the pics??

If you're going to do a lot of riding in the wet and in winter then the following might be of help. Good tyres are your friend. Make sure your tyres have good tread (it's the tread that displaces surface water) and I'd check out the reviews to see if people say they grip well in the wet. If you have decent tyres, then can trust them in the wet; they won't let you down. But there are some areas that are likely to be slippery when wet, so go carefully on them or avoid them altogether: manhole covers and white paint (zebra crossings and mini roundabouts are the worst), also roundabouts as they attract diesel spills, and they're hard to see in the wet. It's a bit different in the dead of winter (December - February), as the roads are seldom dry, and they can get very slippery with oil from engine and salt and yuck. In these conditions, you need more care than in normal wet conditions, and unless the roads are bone dry, I ride fairly upright and keep everything very smooth.