bonio

Blimey. You and Jack are almost twins. Happy birthday!

Sod the weather. Look at the tarmac.

Happy birthday mate.

Nooooooo!

Get yourself on the machine and give it a try!

This is the problem. Still looking for something higher.

You can get kits to mount them to one of the forks, like this. I used some neoprene to protect the forks. Here's how they look from the front.

Mine came today

Hi buddy. Great pic! What kind of riding do you do?

Hello mate. Kalispera and all that.

Oh yeah... er, grass snake excretions. I often think that about fork oil.

When my son was preparing for his, I'd blithely said not to sweat it, you can't fail. Turns out he took this a bit too literally and turned up without a clue of what the inside of The Highway Code looks like. He failed, of course.

Have a great time Rob! My tip would be don't ignore the Lowlands: the roads in all directions around Moffat are awesome.

The top box has the following +s More secure: you can lock it, and it's bolted to the bike too More waterproof; most tail bags need waterproof covers Less faff: it's a small point, but a tail bag needs to be unzipped, but a top box opens with the turn of a key Probably worth it if you're using the bike a lot.

That's why I wuz at the travelodge. Everywhere else way too posh.

You may be glad of the small rubber one, I had one similar to the one Bonio is giving away & it scratched the top yolk of my old Speedtriple to buggery. It worked fine on my Tiger 800. There's a little key-fob shaped space between the tank and the ignition; it tucks in there in, leather side towards the tank, and never moves.

That's very decent of you. I'll wait a day or two and see if anyone here is after it. If not, it's yours.

https://i.imgur.com/wLqzE58.png' alt='IMGUR>'> PM me with your address.

hmm. Not sure the Carthaginians would have seen it your way. Nor the Persians. Nor the Scots for that matter. Nor a shed load of others.

Like has been said, you can ride a 50cc moped now without L plates. After you get the CBT, you can also ride a 125, but only with L plates.

Ooof. Never seen one like that. You're hardly allowed to do anything.

Blimey [mention]Neil M[/mention], you must be made of rubber, mate. Just to sit on that bike would break my neck in two. I remember reading up on the V85 last year. I liked the idea of a Guzzi, but decided to avoid a model that was so completely new. But now a year on, may be worth another look. I took the MT09 out soon after getting rid of the GS. I'd done 50k miles on that bike; you form quite a bond over that time, and the MT just reminded me how good the GS was I tried the AT out last year. I really wanted to like it, but somehow it didn't do much for me. Same with the VStrom. Perhaps it's a thing between me and parallel twins?

Wowzer. That's some good work you're doing there.

Just read this. https://www.bennetts.co.uk/bikesocial/reviews/bikes/mv-agusta/mv-agusta-turismo-veloce-800-lusso-2018-review. Now I know that I need one.

To be honest, I dunno whether to replace the the Tiger or not. The DRZ is a true smile-maker, especially on the local lanes. It's just crap at long journeys: it's not much fun balancing your bum on something akin to a vibrating school ruler for hours on end, even if you do have to stop every 70 miles to refill the tank. I got the Tiger to making commuting to Cambridge easier, but now post-covid, I can't see I'll be commuting very much any more. So I don't need to replace it, but if I were to get something to tour on ... what? Requirements: it's for longer journeys, so: cruise control, good screen, not too revvy or vibey at 70 and oomph enough for easy overtakes. Reasonably upright riding position, cos of a dicky neck. Not enormous, cos I'm small and puny. Budget: £ don't care too much. So here are the ones I'm thinking of: Multistrada 950S. I've never ridden anything sweeter than this. Some secondhand ones starting to come on the market now. So why not get one? The cost of the desmo service. The short warranty period (2 years on models sold before this year) and the possibility of repairs being very experience. To cap it all, [mention]Snod Blatter[/mention] sent me a blog post of some poor soul's painful experience of ownership. F850GS. When I gave this bike a test ride, I liked it a lot, but it was over too quickly to know whether it was *the* bike. This probably means it isn't *the* bike, mind: *the* bike always announces itself in the first 5 minutes of the ride. Ninja 1000SX. Not ridden this bike, but I've had a couple of goes on the Z1000SX, and really liked it. Never took it further because of no cruise control, but this new version fixes that. The real attraction is riding something very different. But I need to take one out for a few hours to know if my neck can take it. Also, it's too new for secondhand models to be available. R1200GS. Like a dog to its vomit. It's too big, the gear box is made of discarded tractor parts, and BMW customer service can be a sad experience. But the bike rides very, very sweetly, and, unlike the Duke, you can buy extended warranties to help soothe the pain of an expensive repair bill. I don't expect any of you to tell me which one I will like the most. But any thoughts or experience of reliability would be very helpful.