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10 minutes ago, peepae said:

Sad times, I need to buy a garden sprayer because no hose attachments in my apartment building

Ive just bought a work hydroshot. £140 for the washer, brushes etc and 2 batteries. Not as much pressure as a plugged in one but you don't want that on your bike anyway. 

3 hours ago, KiwiBob said:

So how do you work the switch on your left glove without taking you hand of the throttle? .. I only ask as I was talking to another biker today with heated gloves and he said he couldn't alter his while on the move as he had to hold the button for 3 seconds or so to make a change.

Some gloves are connected via Bluetooth so when you adjust one, the other changes too. Some have sensors built in to keep you at a set temp so not to get too hot or cold as go along. 

Stupid question incoming....

If you have Oxford hot grips, is it easy to and in wires for heated clothing afterwards. 

I have Oxford hot grips. Can fault them, they get very hot on the top setting and have 10 steps of how warm you want them. They also have a battery saver mode if you forget to turn them off after parking up.

However all grips will only heat the palm of your hand and maybe fingers of you don't need to use the levers for a while. 

Heater gloves might be a better option especially if you don't plan on keeping your bike for long.

What's best to use to get little bits of rust off first before washing and applying xcp

On 16/11/2023 at 10:52, Gerontious said:

 

I don't worry. I have a very clever and cunning plan. Its a bit complicated though - so pay attention.

 

Step 1 - I take off the jacket and hang it on the hook next to my front door.

Step 2 - I take off the trousers and hang them on the hook next to the above mentioned hook next to my front door.

 

After all this in depth problem solving. Im apt to make a cuppa and cut off a generous slice of battenburg.

We've no battenburg in the house. Would this method work with hob nobs as a replacement.

Textile jacket and trousers with the thermal liners in. Warm waterproof gloves, wore Knox zero3 MK2 today. 

Waterproof leather boots. Mine have outlast in them which I think helps. Snood/neck buff to cover the gap between jacket and lid. 

I wear glasses so I use a glasses wipe that has a resin on it that stops them fogging up.

I keep a waterproof oversuit for rainy days in my bag just in case it's hammering down on my hour commute. I have that just as putting on textiles that have absorbed some water earlier in the day isn't nice. 

New tyres, brakes, chain, sprocket, crash protection. Currently looking down the back of the sofa to see if I've anything left to buy some petrol. 

15 minutes ago, Mississippi Bullfrog said:

Whisky goes off once opened? Not round here it doesn't. Doesn't get the chance. 

 

I have a very old bottle I've never opened. Our daughters won it on a tombola. I'd never heard of it so it got shoved to the back of the cupboard.  Years later I googled it. Apparently the distillery went bust but when that happens they store all the barrels as if someone buys the distillery they need aged whisky to sell. 

 

Eventually someone bought it and started to release small batches of whisky. Obviously they have to bridge the time until their new whisky is aged enough so only very limited amounts were released. Consequently it's selling to collectors for £300 - £400 a bottle. 

 

I have no idea what it tastes like as I've never dared open it. 

 

Every now and then I pick up bottles as an investment. I've a few from closed distillerys but you have to hold on a long time and wait for the others out there to drink them or lose them to make it rare. I pick up a few macallan very rare when in duty free each year too. Worst thing that happens is I end up with some nice whisky 

Does it need to be scotch?

I've been to the Dingle distillery  in Ireland this summer and their stuff was amazing. 

https://www.masterofmalt.com/whiskies/the-dingle-distillery/dingle-single-malt-whisky/

Also do you know anyone passing through duty free. Even coming back from Ireland we could bring 4 bottles of booze each and tax free. 

On 27/10/2023 at 09:47, geofferz said:

I'd they stay inflated under the weight of a rider hitting the deck at 90 I reckon they will shun off a backpack pretty easily! 

My concern is that if I carry a 35l bag most of the time and if the airbag went off that in the fraction of a second it take to inflate the airbag will push through the point of least resistance. A heat full bag may cause the airbag to push towards my ribs. And I'm too vain to put a topbox on my CBR

I'd love to buy one of these but a few things stop me.

They are quite expensive but that's what credit cards are for.

None of them have a laminated outer shell or gortex.

I wear a backpack a lot. I don't think they are compatible with a bag full of stuff that weighs a few kg. 

Some idiot driving a flat bed van and towing a diesel generator behind him. 7pm, getting dark and traffic is relatively heavy. Driving down a 40pmh road with 4 lanes. Guy is in fast lane behind a Micra doing just under 40. There's lots of traffic lights on the road so hardly time for the Micra to get up to speed. Van decides to veer in and out of traffic, zooming in and out of all the lanes, cutting up people who have to hit brakes to miss him. 

I'm the end we approach the next set of lights and after all his acrobatics where does he end up.....back in the outside lane behind the Micra      

5 hours ago, Mississippi Bullfrog said:

My bog standard 2010 Astra has an amazing device. When it gets dark the lights turn on all by themselves. 

 

If they can fit that on an old Astra then why can't all cars do it?

Especially if a car has auto DLR it should auto switch lights on front and rear once it gets dark. 

3 hours ago, Pie man said:

does the outer suit form condensation on the inside, I wonder if the semipermeable membrane is allowing condensation through or is it that much it must be rain. 

I see your idea but it's too much water to just be condensation.

I think it's coming in the rainseal zip then pooling so it's seeping through the Oxford jacket over time 

My jacket and trousers is laminated so I thought that plus the waterproof onesie would keep me dry. I've ordered some nixwax to hopefully improve the laminate on the jacket. 

There must be water getting in through the zip in the rainseal suit. Although I'm not sure how. 

12 hours ago, Shepherd said:

Is it because more cars have drl's now? Idiots don't notice it's dark in front of them because the illuminated dashboard tells them their lights are on?

I think most people never check their cars. They don't check tyre pressure, oil etc so don't check rear lights are working either. 

Some could be DLR but I think most that I've seen on the motorway just have busy fuses or bulbs

We've all seen the cold and rain roll in this week. 

I've been dressed for the weather but still getting wet.

I'm wearing a Oxford hinterland jacket and trousers plus a Oxford rainseal one piece over suit. Gloves boots helmet too.

I've been out in heavy rain twice this week. Both times I was dry but my belly was wet. Rain is getting into the suit and must be pooling and soaking through my jacket. 

The rest of me was bone dry including my chest and legs so I don't know what's happening.

The times I got wet were going home from work which isn't too bad. But as the winter hits I don't want to get to work wet. 

It's getting dark and rainy this week. The amount of cars on the roads with broken lights. This week I've particularly noticed a lot of cars with ok front light but no rear lights at all so in the hammering rain at night these dark cars just appear from nowhere.

Personal accident will pay you a lump sum due to a serious accident. Something like critical illness will pay regular monthly sums to you. Different policies pay out for different conditions and different causes of the injury. 

If you work with your hands like say you're an electrician then you may need it more than if you work say at a desk job. Also if you're self employed it could be more important. 

Sorry to hear about your husband. Hopefully his recovery is quick as can be.

I had an accident last year. Other driver admitted fault immediately. My bike was written off and my injuries are not too serious. 

I had never had an accident in a car or on a bike before so this was all new. My insurer was great at getting my bike written off, getting replacement vehicle but a year later the personal injury claim is ongoing. Check if your husband has any other insurances like income protection through work that may be able to pay his wages or mortgage while he recovers. 

I think it's worth speaking to someone like White Dalton who are specialist bike accident solicitors and compare what they can do Vs his insurance in house solicitors. I kind of panicked and just said yes to insurance suggestions which was a rookie error.

Best of luck with it all. It's a long road but once you get the medical treatment plan and the solicitor in place it takes a lot of the pressure off. 

I was on a 125 for a few years, did my DAS with phoenix in crystal palace. Really nice guys, no pressure during the lessons and they recognised that everyone had different levels of experience and thought us more than just the test. Price was fair. 

They have mostly honda cb650r or if you're a little short for them they have lowered kawi z650. 

Hi Joe, sorry for your loss.

Pictures size and an idea of what price you are after would help.