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Pah. I can't make it after all. Obligatory trip to Devon. Worse still, in the car.

I really like the Two Ronnies literary style

Hey [mention]Xavy_Mazu[/mention] you might also want to check this out, since you're going to be there: https://www.eif.co.uk/

Cheers Baloo. I'm going to squirrel those away for my next trip.

I thought you were meant to be self-trolling

You probably know this already but there aren't many places to fill up on petrol in the highlands. North and west of Inverness, it's worth knowing where the petrol stations are in advance so you don't miss a chance to fill up.

If you can make the time, you could consider this route through the north of England - http://i.imgur.com/w4ra0Xs.png http://tinyurl.com/y9opyvx5 You'd need to allow an extra couple of hours but will break up the monotony of the motorway and reward you with some amazing riding. Also, are you going for the Edinburgh festival? If so, you should have a great time

You need to take Theory test for motorcycles CBT Practical test module 1 (off road, slow moving skills, hazard avoidance) Practical test module 2 (on road, general riding) You have to do the theory and the CBT before you can do mod 1, and you need mod 1 to sit mod 2. Also, once you've done the CBT, you can ride a 125 on L plates. Once you passed mod 2, you can ride without L plates. You may still be limited on the size of bike if your under 24, or if you took the tests on a small sized bike. You can do the theory yourself: just book online, do the homework and take the test. But you need to get in touch with a training school to get you through the others.

Annoyingly I agree with beefy.

Winner takes all!

Bienvenidos Javier !Qué buen viaje! Espero que el buen tiempo de este verano dure hasta tus vacaciones. ?Has planeado una ruta? Si compartiera una mapa google aquí, podríamos anadir nuestros comentarios sobres las mejores carreteras, donde comer etc. Creo que lo mejor sería poner un commentario nuevo sobre una tema nueva en "Motorbike chat". Man, all that Spanish was exhausting. And probably loaded with mistakes

Leathers and textiles can both be pretty hot. Textiles usually come with removable linings which you take out in summer, and this helps them span a wider range of temperatures. But if you want stuff for really warm weather, then look either for ample vents or mesh panels. Vents can be closed for when it rains or colder weather, whereas clothes with mesh panels are only really suitable for warm, dry weather.

Are you trying to get the whole set, like in Happy Families?

Yup. Most of my life has been dedicated to buying anything cheap, but I finally gave up on cheap tools a while ago; I always ended up throwing them away and buying something decent.

I was on the point of pressing the buy button until I read these reviews.

Underpants. But if you've not upskilled to that level, then mesh trousers. I find jeans are comfortable enough up to about 30C, though.

I've a pair of Hood jeans, which I wear for commuting and weekend riding from spring to autumn (they're not warm enough for me for winter riding). They are really great jeans. They are comfortable both on and off the bike (I often wear them all day at work) and they look like normal jeans, too, which is nice. I've got the armour added, which makes look a bit chunky around the knees, but I like the thought of a bit of extra protection. I had them a year and a half, probably done 8 or 10k miles in them, and no real signs of wear so far.

Nice write up lads. Keep it coming.

As above, the instructor was a bit shite. They should have explained clearly what to do: how to use the clutch, the front and back brakes and so on. It shouldn't be left to you to "get the feel of it". To be fair, I think there's a also problem now with the CBT. It seems that they have so much that they have to explain about helmets and gloves and ice and leaves and stuff that it's typically not until the afternoon that you first get to sit on a bike . The result is that there's not enough time to get in sufficient practice before you have to go out for your ride of "about 2 hours". Some places deal with this by rushing the practice sessions and taking only the best out on the ride, asking the others to come back for another CBT (this is what mrs bonio had on CBT #1 and CBT #2), while others cut the ride down to just 40 minutes (as on mrs bonio's CBT #3).

Motorbiking is truly wonderful. It can take the most outrageous expense and, given a little time for thought and reflection, transform it into a reasonably good buy, or even a wise investment, and sometimes you can promote it to the rank of absolute necessity.

Interesting... I plugged one of these cables into my DIN socket a couple of weeks ago, left the bike for a few days, and when I next looked, the battery was a flat as the Fens. I still can't work out if it was the plug what did it, or whether I'd somehow managed to leave the Sat Nav powered on.

Came off once on some gravel at a junction. No injury, and the only damage was an additional scratch to a well-scratched bike and hole in my jeans.

Somewhere near Trafalgar Square. Please don't thank me; I'm just happy to help.

What do you want to know? As for the speed limit signs, they're all like this: http://www.thermmark.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/30mph-speed-roundel-product-0-180x180.png with the speed limit in miles per hour inside. And there's also this sign http://www.centraldt.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/nsl.png which basically means 60mph, unless the road is a dual carriageway, with a dividing section between the two directions of traffic - when it means 70pmh. The only thing to watch for here is that if the road has this sign and it changes from single to dual carriageway and back, then the speed limit changes without any signage. The speed limit is always signed when it changes. It's often repeated with smaller signs after that, but not always (and it's seldom repeated in London). The safe rule to go by is that if you don't know the speed limit and there are lamp posts by the side of road, then assume the speed limit's 30. If your're out on a country road, outside a town or a village, and ther are no lamp posts, then the chances are that its http://www.centraldt.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/nsl.png What else do you need to know? You'll find that a lot of drivers go faster than the speed limits. In London, they know where all the cameras are and they slow down for them. Be careful.

Awesome bike