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Should be fine. I had one on my old moped and on my last bike and never took them off, summer or winter. Just lock it up when you're away.

That's shite service from the dealer. They (and you too of course!) are lucky that you didn't come off a lot worse. I would let them know that.

Well done

I find a decent windstopper works wonders for keeping the chill out Me too. This is the one of the best things I've found that makes winter riding comfortable.

Just keep it away from the brakes. I try and cover them with old t shirts before spraying near the wheels. Also, you only need apply it very very thinly.

Thanks guys. I'll take a look at Held and RST.

Poor set of priorities mate

Mawsley is right. I got some stuff from them last year: classy, high quality gear for the same price as tat anywhere else.

Rain Coat Pro. Pricey but works.

Good grief what a load of unnecessary stress How come this never got thrown out long before it ever got to court? What a rough time for you, but at least the beak came up with the right decision.

I always told myself I would only ever ever ever have just one bike.

Congratulations to you both

Ebay for sure. Also, when it's sub zero, I wear a cheap windproof cycling jacket under my textile jacket (on top of a fleece). It was £15, and gives far more warmth per £ than any of my other kit.

I'm going to upgrade myself from a 'no' to a 'hopefully'.

This is completely true.

My current summer gloves are 2 years old and they're already looking sad. The tabs you hold onto to pull them on have ripped off, the thumbs have worn completely through, and the bits that are still holding together look as if they have not long time left on this mortal coil. http://i.imgur.com/0VWBlQJ.png http://i.imgur.com/ufXtbgk.png Any tips on what to get? I'd a short cuff, like these, preferably with some white as they don't get so hot. And something that lasts longer than two summers

I'd think it was a good idea to get some gear together, starting with the helmet - the ones the schools give you never fit as well as one you get fitted in a shop. And you're going to need the gear as soon as you're through the DAS. But for me, I wouldn't bother with getting a 125 just for a month: too much hassle (and cost too) for too little benefit.

I must practice U turns. I've got a Rospa test coming up on the 11th. The examiner might ask me to do one and I still find them hard.

You'll get the hang of it soon. Bear in mind though that when there are wet leaves or mud or frost on the road, then go a bit more easy... it's only a few weeks away now.

Looks like a fun route. I've got as far as updating my maps. Next step is to try planning a route.

Soddit. Got a bad neck at moment so not likely to make it. :sob: Sent from mTalk

Good work getting it arranged so quickly. Best of luck with it. It's a lot easier to control the nerves second time round.

Great news - well done! Enjoy the FZ6

(Must be a nutter to weigh on this one ) I'm with shorty. The message the poster's trying to say is that it's better to wear proper bike gear than to wear normal clothes. Is this true? I see it this way: imagine that you were to put 1000 or so people who'd just crashed while wearing bike kit on your left, and 1000 or so who just crashed wearing a sweatshirt and jogging bottoms on right. I reckon that most (although not all!) people would say that, while the group on the left wouldn't be a pretty sight, the group on the right would look even worse off. Another thing is likely to be true: that there'll be some people in the sweatshirt group on the right who'll be in a better state than some of those who were wearing head to toe kit on the left. Just as there'll be some people who crash in biker boots who end up worse off than if they'd worn shoes (perhaps because they were unlucky and picked a boot that was badly designed, or perhaps they were just unlucky in the crash - I don't know what happened to you, TC ). But in my view, this doesn't mean the basic common sense message of the poster is "all subjective". I'd say it just means that when it comes to what happens to you in a crash, that luck plays a part, and what you're wearing plays a part too.

Done the same. The first part was ace Looking forward to the rest.