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Hey sue and ian why not a team each this year,that would motivate ian lol

Waiting to be added Are you off for the bsb prize royston lol

Caberg ego it doesnt have a d ring but hss a type of ratchet affair. Oh and the back of a tractor comment is nonsense personally id prefer the added safety of been able to see better when the sun is low!

So that's all blue Bikes same ones a bandit lol

Lol someone else noticed

Hi Personally I cant see why it would matter.

I can now book the necessary days off, here's hoping for good weather

Tango i had a nsil in mine and like yours it wss unrepairable because of the angle it had gone in at, one straight thru should be fine. If it was dangerous i would say no reputable firm would offer the service.

I would take it to a tyre fitters I believe by your description it should be repairable.

Yeh keep us updated.

Really I am surprised Its like the old health and safety stalwart " theres always a safer way" yep so true cant argue but eventually the safest option is not to do it! but then you do nothing at all, sit down and get no exercise and then die from a blood clot that has found its way from your leg to your brain like a guy late last year... (search for "killed by xbox" or something in google) I heard about that, but I didnt say do nothing at all Being in a job where you have to deal with the fanatasism of over zealous health and safety on an ever increasing scale just shows how ridiculous it is becoming.

Really I am surprised Its like the old health and safety stalwart " theres always a safer way" yep so true cant argue but eventually the safest option is not to do it!

Newly qualified riders under 24 But agree that the car argument is irrelevant. @polecat The 100 bhp figure was just an example, but yeh people could always sit on a licence but tbh that sort of happens anyway due to alot of bikes just been toys for the weekend. I just believe more tests as an answer is flawed, afterall we all still have to ride to the rules of the road its not like your "allowed" to go faster on a thou.

Thats fine polecat at the moment you have the choice to do that, this laxy legislation takes that choice away for the (using bogofs figures) 90 percent it doesnt affect. Its just knee jerk, how old is the test in its present form? The same arguments will have been trotted out back then and as they "need" to still do something about the ksi stats making the test harder didnt work so instead of flogging a dead horse why not come up with a radical new approach? Instead of 3 tests 1 slightly longer test perhaps and then restrict new riders of any age to a max of say as a round figure 100 bhp for a length of time, it stops people then instantly getting that superbike and doesnt hinder too much new people coming into biking.

More tests = more training = more chance of survival A big cause of RTCs is a failure to accept that in a majority of cases there is usually something the rider could have done to have avoided the collision. Actually theres always usually something its called not getting on a bike in the first place and thats there goal, but maybe thats just cynical. see above

The usual diatribe, we all know more tests dont make more safety, infact I could have written that for you. Infact your agument proves making the test harder doesnt work, its got progressivly more difficult yet its still 1 in 10 Also If safety was an issue why is it aimed only at the young how many born agains etc get injured/ killed with a xero accident policy why not make everyone do the 3 step test? Something may need to be done this however is not it, maybe nothing can be done, maybe if some of these bureaucrats got out of their posh offices once in a while they may see this, its all about stopping people riding! As for that last sentance, yeah real relevant

Typical, just as I get into biking, the good times have past Dont worry its not just riding, I used to love driving now its a nuisance, then theres the ridiculous speed limits cost of fuel, insurance etc etc Drinking, smoking hell even working is becoming more of a ballache its the beginning of the end as we know it, infact it started to go down hill a while ago!!

Am sure this argument raged everytime they decided to change the test, however as usual its misguided legislation that will have little effect on the stats per registered rider, yes it will look better from the outside by the very fact there will be less riders. Then again 2 of the biggest threats to the enjoyment of our life in the future health and safety or the nanny state and the bloody green mentalists, fter all the championed public transport for years with no effect eventually only the elite or people with money will have personel transport, we'll all be forced onto push bikes or walking or god forbid a bus/train. The good times have passed people, and it will only get worse especially while tied to the eu, after all legislation like this doesnt take into account the difference in how many road deaths occour in each member state we could have the safest roads but still get stuck with it cos somewhere else in europe has disaster areas etc. One size doesnt fit all.

Both topics merged and moved in here! finally

Well done JBK

Yes but people tend to go for gears because of muscle memory, but neither way is deemed incorrect. On a test its being under control that counts, I skidded on one of mine and he said no thats fine it was controlled and with it been wet and greasy pretty inevitable. @tryme really clutch in coasting to a stop, better just pulling up in the gear your in then sorting it out, I sometimes knock into neutral and roll up but if im coming down the gears I let the clutch out and let the engine brake as well. But when you have passed a test you can do whatever you want.

Am not sure its got anything to do with winter

Well except for the steady part

If the bracket is owt like mine which quotes seven kilos but will easily support the bike, the box itself is 10, ive had mine packed full and its only been slightly over so for stuff for a weekend it ample weight load, well for aman that is

I will say having used my 46l topbox fully loaded on a many occasions I cannot tell any difference in handling infact sometimes i reach back to make sure its still there The only problem may occour if theres a heavyish weight in there that is allowed to slop about.