Bianco2564

All motorcyclists wear a helmet, many wear ear plugs or listen to music while riding, have wind noise blasting our ear drums; can we hear anything outside our bubble?

At work our floor is done in industrial grade epoxy which is fairly hard wearing until you drop something on it and it can take a big chunk of it out

A valid point and I also should say many car manufacturers have trend of designing headlights, stop,tail and turn lights where you cannot distinguish the turn signal, particularly if the sun catches them at the wrong angle. And whoever conceived daylight running lights wants sacking .

Are the plugs genuine or some sub standard fake?

A guy at work fitted a thumb rear handbrake to one one his bikes , when he was two up he wanted to have both feet on the floor for stability when stationary but still the ability to stop the bike rolling without juggling the front brake and throttle. He used a caliper from a linked system bike and rigged it so the middle piston was was on the thumb and the outer piston was on the back brake as normal.

Yes I read that and some bloke who bought a load of pizza with bitcoin, if he had kept them he would be a multi millionaire.

@paulc your last sentence sums it up for me, you get nothing tangible for your money, just something with a perceived value. At least with a bike, car ,oil painting you can see and hold what you have bought, I don't think I could give real money over to a website in exchange for an e-mail to say you now own 10 "youvebeensuckeredcoins". Maybe I'm missing out on making some money but I can live with that.

I think the people at the top of these crypto currencies rely on enticing naive investors plowing real money into these smoke and mirrors schemes. I'd imagine for every "investor" who makes money another 5 have lost, just like betting on a horse race.

How about a watch strap? https://www.google.com/search?client=tablet-android-samsung&biw=1280&bih=800&tbm=isch&sxsrf=AOaemvJF1kkdO8HQqUg_ov-XLC5VyXPiqg%3A1636702996831&sa=1&q=leather+watch+strap+endless&oq=leather+watch+strap+endless&aqs=mobile-gws-lite..#imgrc=4ubSR4rDdzfMVM

Read about a Squid game crypto scam, people buying into it, couldn't get their money out and the organisers dissapearing into the sunset with the money.

Just done a fuel consumption test on the Silverwing with E10, brimming the tank and refilling to the same point. It did 52mpg , exactly the same as its done for the last 2.5 years on E5 ,on the same round trip Rugby to Banbury.

Good to see a good old fashioned sportsbike in a world of adventure, naked ,retro bikes or Harleys.

Watch some Monty Python & Life of Brian on youtube. Biggus Dickus, Latin lesson,.

Either that or a paint code for Toyota biege

Proper bike like this? Race inspired 600cc screaming parallel twin. Sleek, stylish aerodynamic bodywork designed by the same team who did the Fireblade. Seat comfort to rival a Goldwing The touring ability of a BMW GS Your user name reminds me of a Two Ronnies sketch. 4Q2, over there next to fork queue one.

57 y/o and 79kgs here

Where's that tumbleweed gif?

SORNed the R1, that's parked up until March 22

If your neighbour bought the BM, (E36 325 era?) specifically because it had an aluminium cyl block and change to the iron block wasn't explained then yes I can see why he would be miffed. But the fact he drove it afterwards without noticing any difference and someone had to point it out would suggest he didn't. Sure there would be a minor weight penalty, but no more than 1/4 tank of fuel.

Early Jag v8s also suffered. I've run my M3 on 95 for 10000 miles without a related problems and about 500 so far on e10. Thankfully I get better than 12mpg.

The BMW nicasil liner issue is over 20 years old which they fixed for your neighbour at the time so i see that as a positive on BMs response ,just fixing a design fault, same reason why some old Porsche cayenne v8s are so cheap. Have to say BMW are pretty good with their recalls, my 2003 car had airbags done in 2018 and my mrs 2005 120d just had a recall on a bit of wiring.

OP, did you get anywhere with this?

Yes totally agree, my point was of all the sensors on the engine, the only ones that could be affected by a change in fuel would be the lambdas, e.g., if the mechanic diagnosed a TPS or cam sensor you know he is talking BS about the e10. It's highly unlikely but shouldn't be dismissed without some investigation and facts, not hearsay or Facebook speculation. It's not said what car it is but at 23000 miles must be fairly modern and compatible with e10. On a certain M3 forum I'm on ,the amount of people that insist on running them on super unleaded only when the handbook clearly states it can run on 95 as it has adaptive knock control. BMW say you can run then safely on E10 but the reaction on some on the forum is like they are being asked to run it on diesel. During the recent fuel shortage some were panicking because there was no 98 anywhere and were scared to put e10 in case it immediately damaged the engine.

Hello and welcome. The NC30 is a fab looking bike and one of the models I've thought about buying when I can't deal with my R1 anymore, in fact one of several grey 400cc bikes I'd like. Must say I'm a bit bias on that era of bike, I've got an RGV250 and at the age of 57 can still squeeze onto it...just.

Depends what sensors, if Lambda maybe connected to the E10. Anything else probably just bad luck.