manxie49

Happy Birthday .... All the very best

Live and learn, I always thought the single sided swing arms had a series of smaller bolts holding the rear wheel in place , never had one though so don’t know. Hell of a size bolt

FFS! Has it got a lorry wheel on it

Dash cams are okay when it comes to using them to provide evidence in the event of an accident, but they're a double edged sword, lets face it none of us are perfect. The problem is there are now far to many "dash cam warriors", who witness something on the road and run home in a weird state of arousal at the thought of posting it on social media, these are the tools who seem to think they're perfection personified and had their licences bestowed upon them by god himself! Some of these self righteous gits need to get themselves a life......

BMW annoy the crap out of me, damn good bikes but not the most user friendly to work on yourself .... everything on them are torx! Do they not use Allen keys in Germany? I struggled finding a socket for the axle nut on my s1000, 36mm, biggest nut I've ever known to secure the axle on a bike, even taking the rear wheel off and putting it back on, something that should be quite straightforward forward, wasn't! Still love the bike though so I'll put up with the annoyances.

Have a look here, these guys do the same training and from all accounts are pretty good https://i2imca.com/?fbclid=IwAR0cU_Jurb08MFdNhbMekmZFVS-paxo-V5PFicq9jJmgL-AoBLHfIwufYYQ

One of the best courses I did was run locally by an instructor, half day on slow manoeuvring. Sounds boring I know, but some of the skills were challenging and really went some way to improving slow riding and manoeuvring confidence. I think a group called the Motorcycle academy runs the same sort of course. I was lucky when I did my IAM training, my observer used radios, so feedback was instant, I do know a lot don't, real shame.

I did IAM a few years ago and found it really good. My observer was a former police motorcyclist. I’m hoping to do the bikemaster course next year …. Any training is good training, goes some way to helping keep you on the ball.

Happy Birthday Mucker .... Have a good one Late Birthday pressie on Monday .... Enjoy

Take it easy mate …. All the very best

Happy Birthday's ....

What .... The chicken or the wife

I Wonder if these two dudes are related?

Have a good un!

I feel for you mate, but know your pain all to well .... This was my S1000 one day after being on the road! Found a nail in my rear tyre, couldn't be repaired so had to shell out on a new tyre! Lucky you found it though, not good

Sorry to hear you're having to give up biking! Good luck mate and take it easy

Happy Birthday

If he's advising you to accelerate up to 80+ to get away from cars on a motorway, then he's advising you to break the law, dangerous advice with all the "average" speed cameras on motorways now, and is good advice to follow if your other hobby is collecting points. Yes, twisting the throttle to get you out of trouble IMHO is acceptable, but if you read the road, ride within your limitations and keep your wits about you, you shouldn't often find yourself in that predicament. As for signalling, yes, there are times when you may not need to signal, remember, you signal to warn other roads users what you're doing, as much for your well being as theirs. If there's nothing else on the road, then again, IMHO, there would be no need to signal. When it comes to filtering, if you're not comfortable doing it then don't, don't feel pressurised to follow the crowd and do what you see others doing, riding outside of your personal comfort zone usually ends in one way only. Enjoy the ride mate and stay safe

I’ve got a 900GT, that’s a great bike with a few minor niggles, it could only get better with the 9GT.

Don't fight the urge

Decided to do some touristy stuff yesterday and went out to the motor museum, well worth a trip. Funny seeing some of the early bikes I once owned are now museum pieces

You're certainly not mad mate, FZ1 is a good bike, and a great all rounder. I would take on board what Ian said though about insurance, well worth looking into before you go ahead and decide to buy

Sprint is still ok at the moment ... For how much longer though who knows! Sadly, Things are changing over here as well ....

A real shame, never been but I know people who have and said it was brilliant. I fear we’ll be seeing more things like this coming to an end in the not to distant future …. Enjoy it while we can https://www.theargus.co.uk/news/19523707.motorcycles-not-allowed-2021-brighton-speed-trials/?fbclid=IwAR0IzSwpKQeuO76cXCi-NCJ08rYv3FWqucwU0klO0jQ5Yar45jEU8r6OArI