mikestrivens

Running costs on those chappies are very high. A friend in Kenya had a couple.

Take the bike to an electrically competent person.

A salutary warning to stay away from road paint and metal drains etc when it is wet. They are like ice.

The older one gets the more difficult it is to lose weight.

Hello and welcome. Get a used Japanese bike as you will quickly sell it on once tests are passed and they have the best resale value. If you are over 24 do the DAS and go straight to a larger cc bike

My clothes always shrink in the wardrobe. It’s got nothing to do with Christmas.

Good luck [mention]Magpie84[/mention]

Hello and welcome. Sorry can’t help with bike.

Hello, hope you are ok. Some photos would help.

Having your driving and riding evaluated by an experienced police instructor is very useful and helps to remove bad habits. Whether you choose to ignore the advice is entirely up to you. But there are people here who seem to think that being able to stop in the distance they can see to be clear is not a requirement of good riding practice.

Your local J&S

good luck [mention]XO71[/mention]

As you have bought one why don’t you do a review.

Good luck

Hello and welcome. You could also look at Autotrader and Pistonheads

You do know that eating smoked food increases the risk of cancer don’t you.

Hello and welcome. Whatever you get make sure you have very good security.

I’m a prolific contributor to a couple of Mercedes forums and I thought it would be quite fun and enlightening to join a motorcycle forum for information and to contribute a little.

You used to be able to get them from Halfords. Check Haynes website but I suspect they are on line only from the publisher nowadays.

Happy Christmas. Just waiting for Santa to arrive

Well I celebrate my 1st year anniversary on this forum. I think I have learnt much from the folks here and I hope I have been able to contribute a little as well. Here’s to the next year

1st more security 2nd even more security 3rd double up on the above

There is a wealth of training and other useful videos on YouTube that you could easily waste a couple of months watching. Here are a few I’ve come across over the years: FortNine - very enlightening views on a whole range of motorbiking from Canada. Ryan has moved to Vancouver from Montreal and his production budget has been significantly increased - his videos are simply brilliant. MotoJitsu (used to be called Fast Eddies Motorcycle Fun) - an excellent set of training skills videos in short easy to view bites. MCRider - Kevin in Texas has produced some brilliant training videos that are not full of the normal BS and condescending twaddle that some others are. Kevin posts most Fridays and is always worth a look. RoadCraftNottingham - Similar sorts of training videos to MCRider but UK based. Hasn't been posting much recently but his back catalogue of training videos is very good. TheMissendenFlyer - some useful insights to different bikes from a non-professional guy. He has also done some very useful bike maintenance and upgrade videos on his four bikes. But his touring videos are rather long and boring - every view is fantastic. BaronvonGrumble - a rather supercillious set of videos but quite entertaining nonetheless. Chris (the Baron) has set up a more professional channel with someone else, 44Teeth, to do better bike comparison and test videos. 44Teeth - Channel set up by BaronvonGrumble (Chris) and another guy to do more professional bike tests etc. RoyalJordanian - A filtering God but full of expletives. His trips through London and his manoeuvres are a bit scary. RevZilla - Very entertaining gear advice and maintenance videos from the US. But beware many of the items in the US are not available here or are called by a different name, e.g. the Rukka "Nivala" jacket and trousers are called "Realer" in the US. MuddySump - Very useful maintenance videos for Tiger 800 (my bike) MCN Motorcycle - some good bike test rides but not very critical as they don't want to upset their advertisers. Motorcyclist Magazine - the MCN of the US and has a lot of very good maintenance and gear videos. This was where I learnt that the gear lever can be moved up and down by adjusting the joining bolts to cater for deeper boots - not covered in any other manual or maintenance video I've seen. DoodleonaMotobike - entertaining series of videos about an American girl learning to ride in Georgia. JoannaFBenz - another good one for the ladies and has some very useful tips on riding. A Brit A Blonde A Bike – A New Zealand vlogger with some interesting test rides Ridingwithtom – an Australian vlogger with some useful and interesting videos.

There are too many variables involved to put precise numbers on the speed. That’s where training and experience come in. To start with you should be at a slower speed than when you have more experience. Never ride on the limits unless you are on a track, and even then with proper training and experience. As I have said before you must travel at a speed that you can stop in the distance you can SEE to be clear.

bast*rds. Bet they didn’t stop either.