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Forget the euros. This is a serious outcome. Hope your condition improves soon.

I marked the day by turning my heated grips off.

Happy birthday sir.

Well done mate. Enjoy the new freedom

...but "revs smoothly no misfire" suggest that the fuel is good and carbs are ok. Not sure what the problem could be, though.

Gloveless? Each to their own, but not for me. Too attached to my skin, even at 30+C. I had the same reaction to the NC750!

Welcome in. You might have to resort about how much the RS is going to save in the long run: mpg, insurance. Clearly you have to pick only the figures that make your argument go the right way.

Happy birthday mate.

Any 600cc+ bikes will do what you want. An 800 will do it comfortably. Thinking about it, a Tiger 800 would be a great bike to consider; stick it on your list.

2 rears to a front is normal for me, too.

That's a great bike for the kind of use you describe. But honestly, I'd get something cheaper that you're comfortable riding, and be able to swap it for your dream bike after a couple of years.... your dream might have have changed by then.

Is it an exhaust kind of popping? Could it be a leak or a hole in the exhaust system?

That's useful. In all the reviews I've read in Ride, you have to work out what the bike's weaknesses are by noticing the things they chose not to write about. The best ones are the ones where they compare three or four different bikes in the same class, and then they're more clear about where one outshines another.

Wow. He can't half talk a lot.

Hi @Dave in Kerry There's lots to say: what bike have you got? how long have you had it? what's the bike you most regret selling? etc. etc. We've nothing better to do here than read this kind of stuff, so get writing boy.

Try Facebook. There are a load of local mc groups and they are great at responding to this kind of request.

You're probably right. I got to Calais week before last and found the nav app on my phone wouldn't give me a route to anywhere. Had to fiddle with APN settings before it would play ball. Made me realise that I didn't have a plan B.

Looks great mate. But you can't leave the KTM back home, just so you can spend days repairing stuff by the side of a road. So my vote is for ebay

Well done her. All the best for her test.

100% normal. They're now your friends. Each day they tell you you're still alive.

Did clean mine.

Suffolk. The A140 is one of the county's shite roads (the A14 is the other one). Do anything you can to avoid both. Here's a route with a way through Suffolk that would be a lot more fun to ride. You might not have time for it all, but you might want to look at it for ideas. https://tinyurl.com/3ms245ey

Congrats on your pass, and all the best for mod 2! So sorry for your situation. It seems everything is against younger folk getting into biking. Any chance you can rent a garage? Or keep the bike in a friend's or a relative's?

Happy birthday mate. Hope it was a good one.

Anyway, not completely plagiarised, as we had to get a new tyre today, which is a first. Becker of Bitburg had exactly the one we were after. What are the chances of that? All fitted by just after 11. One of the elderly gentlefolk who props up the bar in the evenings, tabbing for Germany, asked me throigh the cigarette fog if everything was OK. Sure, I said, we had a puncture this morning but this morning we got a new tyre. Yes, he said, from Becker of Bitburg. Great place, and they do good prices: other places will see a foreigner coming and charge accordingly. I think we must be the main show in town this week.