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All the best, have good one

I was a member of one owners club for a very short period of time, and I found it to be like what @Ian Frog alluded to, cliquey. It seemed like there was a small group of people who all knew one another, and they seemed to just take over the forum. I witnessed them time and time again putting people down who weren't part of their little group. Some of the group were ok, but IMHO if you weren't part of the inner circle you were sort of just tolerated, a bit like a stray dog in the work place, lol. Needless to say I used to see a lot of people come and go, me included, I wouldn't bother with one again.

Good luck with the surgery @KiwiBob, I hope it all goes ok for you.

Belated HB2U May it run for many more years to come

It'll depend on the copper that pulls you over. It can lead to a fine, but not sure if the law was recently changed to also incur points? If the copper is ok you may be lucky enough to get away with a caution, but I wouldn't bank on it.

Take good note of what @Fender1515 says about the midges ........ Get it wrong and they really are a feckin nightmare! Do your research, apart from that it's a great place to visit

If proper security measures were installed, catering specifically for motorcycles, then yes I would pay. It's peace of mind at the end of the day. I agree with what he said, if you can find any motorcycle parking it's usually a small, shitty, corner of a public car park somewhere, that isn't really fit for purpose, there's one near me that springs to mind, if you were to park in it you'd be a fool, so many bike have been clipped by reversing cars and knocked over that it just isn't funny, the local council just aren't interested, they cover their own royal arses by sticking a sign up saying vehicles left at owners risk. As far as councils are concerned, we still appear to be second class citizens. Car parks, especially for local councils, are big money spinners, even over here. They took away the motorcycle parking bays at the sea terminal and turned them into EV charging bays. Bikes now park in the car parking bays that often bring them into conflict with other drivers. So yes, if done properly, with the correct services installed, especially in some cities, it could potentially get a lot of support from the biking community.

Very best of luck to you @husoi look forward to reading about your adventures

I'd personally go with what @RideWithStyles said. Difficult to see how deep the scratches are from the photos. But if you're going to spray it, good preparation will pay dividends. If you want to try and get an exact paint match then give these a try https://www.rsbikepaint.com/en-gb/colours.php I've used them before and they're pretty good to deal with.

My Labrador was the same when my wife took him to have his nuts cut off ...... I slept with one eye open for many months after that little debacle

Not a motorcycle I know, but similar to what @Mississippi Bullfrog was saying, and just another example of not using stabiliser is my lawn mower. Four stroke engine, I service it at the end of the season, top the petrol off and put it away, normally around about October time. It comes back out of hiding around May, give or take, the next year, so sits there for a good six or maybe seven months and not used. It's six years old and always starts on the second or third pull of the cord and I never have any issues with running. Maybe I'm doing some sort of damage that I can't see, but I always go on how easy it is to start, and I can't really say I have a problem.

I don't use it anymore as unfortunately I no longer have the luxury of tucking it up for winter. When I did though I used Putoline which seemed to do a pretty good job. Fill the tank, give it a shake and run the engine for three or four minutes, no problem. I used to fill with premium grade fuel first.

My vicious Lab refusing to take responsibility for chewing my bike gloves and trying his best to convince me that it was the wife ....

Have a good day

Cheers everyone ...... Meal out with the wife and a couple of friends tonight, nothing too dramatic with the storm coming in. Getting home on the bike this afternoon in one piece was as sporty as I want to get today!

Just nip it up ........ What could possibly go wrong!

Driving my old series 3 Land-rover during the winter months used to be interesting. I remember, regularly having to scrape the inside of the windows as well as the outside.

I've been using the stuff for years, on my own car and work vehicles, can't say I've ever noticed any issues? What I have noticed is it does seem to be a lot less effective at clearing the ice than it used to be.

Happy Birthday, have a good un

I think they're probably a good idea, never heard of this make before? I've been an all year round rider for as far back as I can remember and have never used tyres specifically designed for winter use. Experience has taught me to just adapt my riding style accordingly. My wife has all season tyres on her car, and they seem pretty good, it hasn't stopped her or me for that matter, from getting the odd little slide in the icy weather though. The same could probably be said for these tyres on a motorcycle. I'd be interested in hearing from anyone who use these type of tyres to see what they have to say though.

Thanks for that, we've opted for two days under canvas, fingers crossed for nice weather

You were lucky with the accommodation, we couldn't get anywhere. Great racing and it's a really good event.

Next year me and my mate are talking about doing the Ride the Himalayas tour (See attached). We've been talking about doing it for years now after seeing the clips, and photos his brother took when he did it some years back. None of us are getting any younger so we thought that now may be the time to get it crossed of the bucket list. A real adventure and it looks like a good fun tour. https://www.ridethehimalayas.com