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I use two disk locks and a big alarmed disc lock with a chain, bike also has a sensor on it that tells people to f**k off if they go near it and a tracker attached to it as well, It's all about making it reaaaaallly hard for them to take. I like the "tells people to F*** O** sensor, what make details please? Hahahaha, I wish that were an actual thing because I'd buy it, it's just a standard sensor, if people go near the f**ker it bleeps like mad essentially saying "F*CK OFF F*CK OFF F*CK OFF F*CK OFF"

Obviously the only logical response is to beat them to within an inch of death, leave them on the side of the road and set them on fire before riding their bike off of a mountain so all the evidence is gone

Not all patched guys are these massive w*nkers, at the end of the day we're all still bikers and we all help each other out. Glad you had a good experience dude

Yes. I rode from Surrey to Cornwall and throughout 95% of it we were on purely legal roads, there were some bits where we snuck onto the motorway for about 5 minutes until we could hop off but that happened twice in our 600 mile round trip there and back.

If you're new to riding motorbikes and buy an R1, expect your insurance to be through the roof. It costed me £700 with £350 excess to get third party fire and theft on a restricted bandit 600, I think I remember trying to test an R1 once just through online quotes for a laugh and the only insurer who would go with me is Carole Nash and they asked for £12,000 a year. Anything with the letter R in it is going to be expensive, and the fact that it's a big powerhouse of a bike is only going to add to that cost. I would speak to some insurers and get some quotes first and foremost, because then you can figure out whether you can afford to insure an R1 in the first place.

That's nice , very tastefully done . Did you build it ? I wish I had the skill to do so, I purchased it off of someone who was listing it on Autotrader funnily enough, it's a 98 bandit 600, the bloke stripped the bike down to the frame, had the entire engine rebuilt fully, resprayed both the engine and the frame black, bought all new parts for it and had it professionally put back together. The only bad bit is the speedo, it's some cheap chinese thing, but other than that the bike is in mint condition, I'm lucky to have gotten it for the price I did, he put over £4500 of work into the bike (Proven by invoices) and I bought it off him for £1700. For the first big bike it's definitely a lovely bike, sounds sweet and rides smooth as well. Just needed a couple of bits doing to it (By which I mean, it needed a legal numberplate, the speedo just needed a connection soldered) - Though, now we've discovered it's a shit speedo I'm just going to buy a new one and stick it on there. I'm a lucky f**ker haha.

Up at newlands corner on the first ride out on the big bike.

I use two disk locks and a big alarmed disc lock with a chain, bike also has a sensor on it that tells people to f**k off if they go near it and a tracker attached to it as well, It's all about making it reaaaaallly hard for them to take.

I agree, it is very good, albeit completely inaccurate. But if it were accurate it would be very boring. Grown men sat about sewing patches on jackets and reading the latest internal memos regarding which other clubs have been granted permission to ride on their turf this week. Hahahahaha, not quite as boring as that

I agree, it is very good, albeit completely inaccurate. But if it were accurate it would be very boring.

Read it this way: "As someone who is a member of a Patched club I will tell you now not to wear it… I saw some comment on here saying that if they give you trouble just call the police, yeah, that would do wonders for you after you get beaten the shit out of or even worse. I'm in the club life and have met people who have killed for their clubs, it's not something you want to test." Skipping over the middle section about the culture, you can see how those two bits read together. Although you never literally said you would do anything like that, it is not a defence when a threat is obviously implied. And you directly connected yourself to it, making it come across as a threat rather than just general advice. Whilst a complaint on its own is unlikely to get you arrested, it would get attention put on you. Especially as Youngbiker819 has made themselves come across as a harmless kid who just wants to play dress up ,and you are promising "even worse." If anything did happen to them, or anyone else locally, you would be making yourself a suspect. So I just thought it worth warning in case you wanted to edit anything, as in that context it comes across badly. I see what you mean, it's hard to see the difference in text because there's no implied tone of voice, I can definitely see how one could misinterpret my comments as threatening but I'm genuinely not, like I said before, I was trying to explain that by doing it you're making yourself a target. I'll throw in a disclaimer to make it more obvious. Not at all, in our RC we have a hangaround period & prospect period just like an MC/MCC. We do pay money for those patches but only to cover the costs of making the patches. We still have to earn them before we can acquire said patches. I agree, that's why I joined an RC, we're still a patch club, but we are a lot less serious, at the base of it we're just a group of guys who gather up and ride together for a laugh, we turn up to other MC events etc etc and have a good time and that's more or less the brunt of it. To answer your question as to why? I don't know really, me personally I don't care, but others do care, because they've had to put in a lot of time and effort to receive those patches, if they see someone putting on fake patches without earning the right to wear them then people get pissy. Hahaha, I don't roll with them, but yes, we are associated with some 1% clubs.

Aren't you the lad that's in an RC? Or have you now joined an MC? It's just that this post comes across as if you're in an MC, to be honest wearing an RC patch is not much different than wearing a lone wolf one, you apply to join the club and buy your patch don't you? I do stand to be corrected of course, but your post looks as if you're trying to sound like you're in the HA. No, I'm not trying to sound like I'm in an MC nor do I make the claim that I am in one, apologies if my post comes along like that. I hang around a lot of MC's/MCC's so you tend to understand pretty quickly what pisses them off etc etc. Also, no, you don't. All patches worn by any club have to be sanctioned by the dominant MC in your area, if you want to wear for instance a 3 piece patch like an RC would, you'd need permission from your local MC in order to do that. Same if you want to wear a sidepatch or even a backpatch. We've had to go through all the right channels to be allowed to wear our patches, it's not like we just bought them slung em on and went out riding. My club worked for a long time to be allowed to wear a patch denoting what county we are from. I do know people who have come FROM my RC and JOINED an MC, the difference between the two is large, I personally prefer the chilled attitude of an RC, MC's are a lot more dedicated whereas we're a bit more forgiving and more fun based. Sorry man I can't drop club names around given current situations, don't worry, even if you were being disrespectful or sarcastic I don't care, I don't take offense personally Aren't you the lad that's in an RC? Or have you now joined an MC? It's just that this post comes across as if you're in an MC, to be honest wearing an RC patch is not much different than wearing a lone wolf one, you apply to join the club and buy your patch don't you? I do stand to be corrected of course, but your post looks as if you're trying to sound like you're in the HA. And i though the whole point of MCs was that once you're in, you're in for life, so how has the youtuber been members of multiple clubs?? Surely you can't just remove the patch and sew on another can you?? Haha not at all lol, there are plenty of people who have dropped out of MC's, obviously if you drop a patch and replace it with another clubs it will not be looked nicely upon, but that's not what I meant, I don't know enough about Dibber to know what club/s he's been involved in but I do know him and his father have been in the club scene for a large part of their life. As to what clubs he's been a part of, I have no clue, as he doesn't display them on his channel for numerous reasons. Sorry, thinking back on it now I should have been a bit more open as to what I meant when I say he's been in clubs, I should have simply said he's been involved in the club scene. I am sure as a tough gangster you do not care, but you do realize you have just just committed a crime by threatening someone who is probably just a kid. And over a cheap piece of mass produced embroidery, which does not even have anything to do with your club. I'm not sure whether you're being serious or if you're joking, I haven't threatened anyone, apologies if it came across as threatening but I never said that I would personally do anything, I'm saying that clubs out there don't appreciate it when you don patches that you haven't earned and haven't been sanctioned by the local dominant MC in your area. It's not a threat, it's a hazard alert. Because when you wear patches without permission, they WILL stop you and they WILL tell you to take it off, and if you don't, they will MAKE you take it off by force. I'm just telling you what you need to expect if you think you're just going to ride around with your cool lone wolf patch on your back thinking you're some bad ass biker because you're a lone wolf. It's even worse than the ones who think they're a bad ass because they have a patch on their back. Don't sling around accusations when you don't even bother to read into the context of what I said. I actually agree with you, I don't think patches should be this automatic sign of respect, I've met plenty of people who don patches and are simultaneously complete and utter w**kers, I'm not saying that you should respect the person, I'm saying you should respect the patches, because, like it or not, those clubs take it seriously, and if you think the police will be there in under 5 minutes to come and save you, they won't. It's not the case they just tell you to remove it, if they have to, they will force you to remove it. They don't care. Me personally I couldn't give a shit and I wouldn't bother someone wearing those patches, I'd probably tell them that it's best not to because other clubs won't be as nice as me, but I'm not the kind of person to do that kinda shit. There's a lot of history behind most MC's particularly involving military based usage, from what I remember soldiers coming back from WW2 formed a lot of MC's/Outlaw MC's. There's a full article on the history of outlaw based MC's here: http://ijms.nova.edu/November2005/IJMS_Artcl.Dulaney.html I don't personally know a lot about it so everything I've stated in regards to history is speculation.

As someone who is a member of a Patched club I will tell you now not to wear it. Not only is it incredibly hypocritical to wear a back patch that associates you with other supposed "lone wolf" riders (which, by definition, then makes you part of something, and therefore NOT a lone wolf) - It's also incredibly offensive to those who have spent years working to achieve their patches. Wearing those patches is a one way ticket to getting yourself in a sticky situation where you are asked "kindly" to remove the patches. If you have any respect for MC's, MCC's or RC's you will take those patches and throw them into a bin, what you do by donning those patches is show an utter disrespect towards all those members have worked to achieve, especially as there is ACTUALLY a club out there who already hold that name. Watch this video: "> DibberInTheWind is a fantastic YouTuber and he also has been in clubs throughout his life. His videos on all of these subjects like SOA patches or Lone Wolf patches all make perfect sense to anyone with braincells. I saw some comment on here saying that if they give you trouble just call the police, yeah, that would do wonders for you after you get beaten the shit out of or even worse. I'm in the club life and have met people who have killed for their clubs, it's not something you want to test. Just do yourself a favour and save the prospect of you having a very bad day, you never know who you're going to meet out there, and wearing something that literally makes you a target for clubs is just not a smart thing to do. Disclaimer: It was brought up that some of what I said here has come across as threatening, that wasn't what I meant at all to come across. I was trying to provide a warning that by donning those patches you are placing a target on your back, nothing more. I certainly don't plan on showing up on your doorstep to beat you up because you shoved some patches on your back

West London Motorcycle training mate, great prices and fantastic instructors, ask for Matt or Jibbs if you go for it, they're both brilliant instructors. If you're doing DAS you'll do it on a Z650, if A2 you'll do it on a CB500F

i messed up first time at 48, second time round i went 52 cos i actually checked my speedo lol. i didn't get top marks on the emergency stop but apparently my figure of 8's rank at the top of all students they've seen which i was pretty happy with lol

I've done two module 2 tests as I failed my first one First experience Arrived at test centre ready and raring to go, instructor was rather cold if I'm honest and didn't really seem all that interested, he seemed like the sort of man who hated everything in his life and didn't want to live anymore, that aside, I don't think he failed me because he was a miserable bugger, he failed me cos I made a stupid error, that being said, I did feel like he was focused a lot less on my actual riding ability as opposed to me following all my observations etc etc. I ended up failing because on a roundabout I ended up accidentally straddling two lanes because there were no visible road markings and I simply didn't have enough experience in using large roundabouts, I also had 7 minors for a mixture of things, all of them being silly things that just needed ironing out. I was disappointed but realised my mistake and booked another days training so I could fully bash out the roundabouts and get em sorted (Special thanks to West London Motorcycle Training, honestly couldn't have done it without em, they were fantastic in training me up and getting me ready for my test, they have a fantastic bunch of instructors there.) Second experience This instructor was a lot more friendly, I was nervous as f**k this time round because I'd failed once already and knew how much I needed to pass this time round, either way, he was a really friendly bloke, had a nice laugh with him before we headed off which was nice and calming for me. The bloke didn't seem too focused on me getting every single question answered with a 28,000 paragraph essay on the show me tell me questions, he just wanted a nice basic understanding which worked for me. On the actual test I performed a lot better and the bloke helped me out a lot along the way making sure I understood everything he said. He took me around a roundabout near the end which was actually worse than the one I started on, thankfully, my intstructor had already taken me round this one to allow me to practice roundabouts where I did my test (Uxbridge test centre) - This one had about 5-6 lanes to it and was a f**king hell of a lot more confusing than the original one, luckily though, I'd been round it and knew where I was going, I had to follow road signs to Slough which I did and even though I almost missed my turning I saved it nice and safely which the instructor seemed fine on. Once I got back he told me to go wait inside which is the one thing I was fearing as that's the exact same sentence the previous instructor said to me before he took me in and told me I'd failed. It's safe to say I was nervous as f**k. Luckily he came in and told me that I'd passed with 3 minors, two of which were for following distance on a HGV, he told me that I was technically following at a safe distance, however, the HGV drivers wouldn't have been able to see me, so I should have been sitting to the left or right of the truck to make sure I was visible in his mirrors, the last was for incorrectly following road signs. I was happy and relieved to have passed it and I'm even more pleased that I'd not come out with any serious issues with my riding. I'm glad I passed and happy with my riding ability, I notice how much of a difference there is between my riding ability prior to this test and the one before it. Granted I'm not obviously checking my mirrors every 2 seconds when I'm simply sitting there in traffic, but I definitely feel like I'm a better rider now.

I own a GoPro Session 4 and it's fine for what it is, got it for £80 so I can't complain, doesn't do number plates very well unless you're quite close, quality is decent though and the 25 FPS at 1440p isn't really that slow looking. If you're looking for a cheap GoPro check the Facebook marketplace, it's how I found mine.

I have no idea how a school wouldn’t know that they could do both types at the same time. It's because they were always told that it couldn't be done, it was never clarified by the schools for some reason who just took other peoples word instead of questioning it. I only had to look once to see there was nothing in the regulations for schools saying that you couldn't pair A2 with A to realise something was off about it. No idea how it hadn't been brought up.

Thought I best update this, I spoke with the guys I'm doing the course with, they raised it with the DVLA, it went to their technical team (Who manage all the changes in DVLA regulation/rules etc etc.) and they have given it in writing that it is perfectly legal providing you are on the same or of a similar skill level to each other, apparently because I raised this with them it could change a lot for a lot of different driving schools who previously only offered separate courses for A2 and A applicants, glad I raised it, made life easier for multiple people and got a bit of discount out of doing it because it makes the test centers life a lot easier.

I've got an Oxford Boss Alarmed lock, I use it with an Oxford chain and it works a treat, the noise is fairly loud but don't expect people to be hearing it miles and miles all round, the warning noise is louder than the alarm which seems to be a problem with all Oxford products, not sure why they design them this way.

Me and a friend were told by an instructor that we were going to be doing our tests together, however, my friend is on his A license and I am on my A2, now, from what I've seen, there isn't a difference in A and A2 tests other than the restriction on the bike (I might be wrong), but I have been told that it is apparently illegal to put A2 and A license students together, can anyone confirm whether this is true or not? We've been told right from the start that we'd be doing it together and we'd get some discount if we did, but now we're being told that it's apparently illegal, I'm not sure what the f**k is going on anymore and to me it sounds like an excuse because they can't put us together because of messy dates. I'd just like to find out whether it is or isn't true. Thanks!

No, I was engine braking. Usually, I don't even need to touch the brakes when stopping for a traffic light etc but I've been having issues where the bike stalls out in 1st if engine braking and you don't pull the clutch in soon enough so that's why it looks that way, I get what I can out of the gears when braking. Just my bike is a pile of crap and could do with a major overhaul Sounds good dude, like I said I wasn't 100% sure I was going to say are you sure it's YOU that's lost confidence in your RIDING and not your bike. The best biker in the world could ride a shitty bike and not want to get back on the road, I'd say your issue mostly falls down to having a bad bike. Once you get on a bigger one I think you'll be fine.

I don't know if this is something you do or don't do because I couldn't really tell, but at about 5 mins in you were approaching some lights and they started to go amber, you (i think) pulled the clutch in and started braking causing you to take longer to stop. If I've misread this then disregard whatever I say here but when stopping, you want to pull your clutch in only when you're just about finished moving on a 125. Engine braking is one of the great factors of a bike and you should be taking full advantage when you're trying to stop. Again, if that wasn't correct then disregard this but other than that your riding certainly looks better.

To be completely honest, Chinese bike bashing aside, I own a Sinnis Stealth and that bike has been more reliable than two of my sisters bikes, one being LexMoto and the other being Honda themselves. I bought it pre-owned with about 10,000 miles on the clock, and have done another probably 6,000 miles on top of that, and had no problems what so ever. Other than the chain snapping, but I put that down to a mixture of age and me learning how often I should be cleaning/lubing my chain. Since I bought a new chain I've had absolutely no issues caused by a fault of the bike itself. Call Chinese bikes what you like, but given that this bike has beaten even a Honda out of the park, I know I'm glad to have bought it. (Plus I spent a grand total of £700 on getting it, whereas my sisters bikes have costed about £1600 and maybe more. That's double what it costed me and then some lol. Chinese bikes aren't always the best to get and I would advise getting a Japanese one, but if you're tight for cash, in my opinion the best Chinese brand you could go for would be Sinnis.

Thanks for all the responses guys, appreciated, I'll work on all of them (I.E. Target fixation and going out to do some basic practice on the bike) Slow control doesn't really seem to be my issue, I can do slow control no problem, it's turning corners at speed that I seem to struggle on, I feel like I want to go into it but I get nervous about going over too much and coming off and then I back off causing the problem. I feel like it's mostly the shit weather we're having at the moment, it's rarely dry and the roads are mostly damp which is where I've always gotten a bit more nervous, I know riding in the rain you have to be a bit more cautious, but I'm getting afraid about even turning into things and having the bike at an angle when I turn. (For reference, as the type of bike probably makes a difference, I have a sporty naked bike with clip ons) I have been watching "A twist of the wrist" as I was recommended it, one thing that did stick with me was pushing into my turns (I.E. Push right to turn right, push left to turn left) and that's been helping me with my turns, I think I'm probably just getting a bit nervous over turns and that's causing the issue.