sparkeh9

congrats, welcome the permanent grin club

I though they couldn't say anything if it was a temporary building (i.e. wooden) ?

I agree with your dad, experience does count for a lot. But whether it's safe to do that or not depends entirely on your mentality, and how confident (more importantly, over confident) you are. Remember, speed and perceived danger is directly linked to your wrist

Sidi Vertigo boots Price: around £170 These were more expensive ones than I usually buy, as I seem to ware down cheaper boots quite quickly (soles coming apart etc) Pros Very comfy boots The calf adjustment system is excellent Replaceable plates (toe sliders etc) Aesthetically pleasing (imho) Cons Incessant squeak unless treated with a squirt of WD40 / silicon etc (this is a well known quirk) Little in the way of ankle protection Zip handle broke in around 8 months, this may be due to me being too rough with it. I'd definitely have another pair, they seem to have lasted more than twice as long as ever other pair of boots I've bought in the past. They survived a SMIDSY with some cosmetic damage, but I'd rather the plastic is grazed than my skin!

I got some of these when I got my first set of tyres (others were squared off when I bought it), avon-tyres.co.uk/motorcycle/storm-2-ultra It was purely by chance, because they were all they had that would fit my wheels at the time! (150s) Ive done 8k miles on them over a year and a half, and they've still got loads of tread left, hardly look worn tbh.

Just out of curiosity, what are you supposed to do with old batteries?

Definitely sounds more and more like reg/rec to me, and possibly a boiled battery is inevitable. Got a multi-meter handy?

Only problem is, I'm at work til 5 o'clock so can't do anything before then

I live near meadowhall in sheffield, and I have a charger. What do you have in mind though? there's no way to charge your bike unless it's at a plug socket, and it'll take at least an hour to get anything into it

Sounds like you had a blast I'd like to go at some point.

glad you managed to fix it

Sex releases endorphines which have a calming effect - so maybe popping into the toilet at the test centre could produce beneficial results. LOL

Why do you need drawings of a house that's being pulled down?

I always thought the weld it's self was meant to be stronger than the materials it's joining?

I don't ride when there the chance of ice, and if there's a decent amount of snow. Other than that, all year round I don't like wind though -_-

Speed cameras and enforcement of speed just make me feel slightly resentful, Whenever I see those little light up signs that show you your speed, I always slow down. I think passive enforcement (like those signs which read your speed back to you) have a better effect on people, well me anyway

Better luck next time! but with a name like failsworth, might wanna try another test centre

grats

Personally mod1, just cos of the speed requirement for the swerve (poor little SR 125), getting up to speed in was the hardest part for me (Im not little ) Also I found Mod 2 just like any other ride out with instructor

Probably, but make sure you've actually got the security, could be screwed if it goes missing and you don't

Fair enough, it'll be a minimum of 1 hour's labour charge, depending on where you go, upwards of £55? from an independent garage

bandit suspension is way too soft imo, dont know what you can do though

They're the things that mix the fuel and air, sitting behind the engine in an inline 4 engine, underneath the fuel tank. Depends on when you passed your test

It depends on the hourly rate of the garage, cos it really is no more than a 15 minute job, you'd be paying at least an hour's labour. It's really simple to do, take off the big black box attached to the carbs, pull the carbs back just enough so it detaches from the rubber inlets, and it'll be obvious if there are washers in there. Pull them out with some pliers or something, and reverse the procedure to put back together.

A 96 model I would've thought were carbs. So yes, take off the airbox, and look between the carbs and the inlet rubbers on the engine. If it's restricted, there'll be washers in the restricting the airflow