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Mother says it's going to persist heavily tomorrow night. Depending on how the garden goes tomorrow, and on the proviso that they actually finish my bike by then, I'll be up for it. so.. to summarise.. mark me down as not coming

I have the EXACT bag (from the same suppliers too!) Fantastic bit of kit. and you can get a camelback that slides into the side webbing pouch bit too. Only down side would be that it's VERY hard to use the front zip pocket if the middle pocket and / or front webbing is full. Bar that, top notch bag!

Need to get a 'Pink' seat - then it will really stand out! i think Philgate can help you out with that....

did you turn up for five minutes or something lol? I DROVE down there tonight and ginja went on his bike. Didn't see anyone at all. was there from about 7:30

My first set of leathers were Hein Gerick, and they've lasted pretty well (certainly longer than the bikes...) I've recently got myself a 2pc Alpinestarts GP Plus set of leathers and love them.. perfect fit, not hot when moving (although baking if I stay stiill for too long)... good built in protection.... but only time will tell if the quality is only on the surface

none on fleabay, no-one answered with a decent reply here... can't find any by googling.......

yep... thought so.. NOT coming tonight. The guy hasn't even got the wheel yet.. "apparently" they don't keep wheels in stock in the UK, so he's had to order one from Kwak Europe... and it probably won't even turn up till early next week. bloody joke.. it's only a fecking WHEEL...... (me? annoyed? slightly....)

6:30? you not planning on getting there till 10? don't reckon I'll make it to yours by then.. so, I'll probably try to get to the marina for 7ish... I know where it is, so no worries there

Ah.. gotcha.. Think I was getting confused with brampton mill for some reason

MOT failed with a dodgy front wheel (apparently), so I had to get a brand new one fitted and the retest done. Theorhettically, he should have had the new wheel yesterday morning - today at the latest... and he quoted an hour fitting... so I'm hoping it'll be done today. Mind you, with my luck probably not till tomorrow, as its sunny today and supposed to be thunderstorms tomrrow... lol

if my bike gets sorted today, I'll be there.... if... if... if......

about 10secs with bolt croppers. seen it done by almax, check there website. j. Don't know about you, but anyone carrying bolt croppers like that around are gonna be spotted a mile off... At the end of the day, ALL chains and locks can be beaten. They're just a deterent, with varying degrees of "deterentness"

I've used oxford for years.. never had one, or seen one cut. You'll hear an angle grinder going at it, so you'll have plenty of time to find a bat

TELL ME ABOUT IT!!!!!!!

well.. Neil's got to get home early, as wednesday morning's pension day, and he likes to beat the rush. Not sure about the others tho

If I pretend my speedo is in KPH, I could probably get down there for 7-7:30ish (8 if ginge comes along). Is that a bit late to catch you oldies down there? Also, is the whole pub turned over to bikers, or do they just section a bit off?

did the list get reset??

there's even a HILL at the very end!

I'd be up for it of course! Anyone who wants to go, we can meet up at MFN / Nottingham and ride down en mass. It's only about 1hr 45 to nmans from MFN max and the roads aint that bad if you know the area As for dates neil... ANY time in august is good for me and failing that, the first weekend in sept is also ok... Oh btw.. have you got a set of these for the bandit yet? http://tiny.cc/bandit137 (I think those come in that very dark blue your bike is painted in too)

or get a helmet with a flip-down tinted inner-visor. Caberg do them in most of their helmets and they save you ever having to carry around a second visor. Also means that if you're out and it suddenly gets brighter / darker, you can just reach up and flick the tinted bit down / up.. no need to stop and switch over Also... damn good when riding in crapper conditions where it flicks from bright sun light to shitty rain and back again quickly...

fine with me

sounds fun.. where 'bouts?

:'( Sorry to see that Nas.... I've dropped one of my bikes on a patio before and its just so gutting to see the damage it can cause

stay off the A9 and try the A87 for some GREAT scenary and riding

A head gasket is used to seal the cylinder. when you bolt the engine block together, the gasket gets compressed between the top and bototm halves of the engine and provides a near-perfect seal around each cylinder and any coolant / oil channels within the block. If there was no gasket, the rough metal faces of the top and bottom of the engine wouldn't provide a "secure" seal, and the high-pressure gases from combusion, as well as oil and water from the pressurized channels would escape / mix. When a head gasket goes, one of several things can occur. Firstly, the whole engine could go kaput... not the most common outcome, but a serious loss of oil at high revolutions usually means yer pistons won't wanna move anymore However, more commonly you'll find the engine starts to overheat and use a lot more engine coolant than normal. This is caused when the gasket around a coolant channel breaks. Ways to test for this are looking for steam / moisture around the gasket on the outside of the engine block.. Also, check for a "mayonaise" like effect in your engine oil (You'll know it when you see it ) Sometimes neither of these occur and the gasket is broken between a cylinder and the coolent channels. This can again be spotted by the high usage of engine coolant and sometimes by a very "misty" smoke from the exhaust... As well as coolant, the gasket around the oil channels can break. If it breaks to the cylinder, you'll get a bluey colour smoke out of the exhaust. If its quite bad, you'll also be able to smell the burning oil... Again.. it can break between the oil and the external edge of the gasket.. look for oil dripping from the gasket area onto the engine. Simply put.. that bit of paper is really rather important to the life of your engine