Magpie84

I'm fine on the slow stuff is the high speed stuff I struggle with but I think that's just because I can't really practice it on a smaller bike as I just can't get the can't acceleration on the 125 plus the braking is different. I'm just going to try my best and see how I do

I can't help but panic that if I go too fast I'll loose control again and crash. I really just don't know how to get past my own fear.

I'm just going to put it out there that I hate the mod 1! I've just got back from my training and it goes against what my instincts tell me to do. My technic for the emergency stop and hazard avoidance is fine but I struggle to get the speed up and it's so frustrating. I throttle off to soon because I know I've got to slow down again or swerve. It's actually making me want to give up if I can't get past this. I love riding my bike but this is just getting on my last nerve

And you condone this behaviour - hmmmm!!! I'd like to see him try, that would be highly amusing.

[mention]SometimesSansEngine[/mention] is always willing to offer her a free massage

One day a man decided to retire... He booked himself on a Caribbean cruise and proceeded to have the time of his life, that is, until the ship sank. He soon found himself on an island with no other people, no supplies, nothing, only bananas and coconuts. After about four months, he is lying on the beach one day when the most gorgeous woman he has ever seen rows up to the shore. In disbelief, he asks, "Where did you come from? How did you get here?" She replies, "I rowed over from the other side of the island where I landed when my fishing boat sank." "Amazing," he notes. "You were really lucky to have a row boat wash up with you." "Oh, this ole thing?" explains the woman. " I made the boat out of some raw material I found on the island. The oars were whittled from gum tree branches. I wove the bottom from palm tree branches, and the sides and stern came from an Eucalyptus tree." "But, where did you get the tools?" "Oh, that was no problem," replied the woman. " On the south side of the island, a very unusual stratum of alluvial rock is exposed. I found that if I fired it to a certain temperature in a volcanic vent I found just down island, it melted into ductile iron and I used that to make tools and used the tools to make the hardware." The guy is stunned. "Let's row over to my place," she says "and I'll give you a tour." So, after a short time of rowing, she soon docks the boat at a small hand built wharf. As the man looks to shore, he nearly falls off the boat. Before him is a long stone walk leading to a cabin and tree house. While the woman ties up the rowboat with an expertly woven hemp rope, the man can only stare ahead, dumb struck. As they walk into the house, she says casually, It's not much, but I call it home. Please sit down." "Would you like a drink?" "No! No thank you," the man blurts out, still dazed. "I can't take another drop of coconut juice." "Oh, it's not coconut juice," winks the woman. "I have a still. How would you like a Jack Daniels neat?" Trying to hide his continued amazement, the man accepts, and they sit down on her couch to talk. After they exchange their individual survival stories, the woman announces, "I'm going to slip into something more comfortable. Would you like to take a shower and shave? There's a razor in the bathroom cabinet upstairs." No longer questioning anything, the man goes upstairs into the bathroom. There, in the cabinet is a razor made from a piece of tortoise bone. Two shells honed to a hollow ground edge are fastened on to its end inside a swivel mechanism. "This woman is amazing," he muses. "What's next?" When he returns, she greets him wearing nothing but a bandana around her blonde locks and some small flowers on tiny vines, each strategically positioned. She smelled faintly of coconut oil. She then beckons for him to sit down next to her. "Tell me," she begins suggestively, slithering closer to him, "We've both been out here for many months. You must have been lonely. When was the last time you had a really good ride?" She stares into his eyes. He can't believe what he's hearing. "You mean..." he swallows excitedly as tears start to form in his eyes, "You've built a Motorcycle?”

I'm a fan of Richa, mine have kept me dry even in torrential rain. They cost a pretty penny but have even survived my little off at the start of December.

I hope you can find what you're looking for and that you're ok, hopefully your thumb will heal quickly without too much pain.

Oh no mine had issues when I first got it and it ended up needing a whole new wiring loom. I wish I could offer some advice but I'm clueless I just hope it ends up being an easier fix than mine. I know when mine was playing up the engine light flashed which indicated what the fault might be, for example mine did 3 long flashes, to show the first number, then 3 short flashes to show the second number. That showed there was something wrong in the ignition coil or in my case a loose wire in the head light that was shorting everything out and then proceed to get worse every time they fixed one thing another went wrong These are the other codes and what they mean.

I think it depends where you live. Out here in the sticks I know a few of the local kids have got some air rifles and I didn't bat an eyelid at someone walking past us in the woods a while back with a shot gun over his arm. Where as in a city all hell would break loose.

When my bike died on me last time almost every biker at least nodded and a couple stopped to see if they could help while I was waiting for recovery. It's nice to know as a whole there is camaraderie amongst bikers.

My work shorts definitely felt on the tight side this morning

Good luck

I need to watch that I don't too many deep breaths and pass out

I've finally done it. My stomach flips every time I think about it but I've booked it and hopefully my instructor is going to get some time on the test pad a few days before for me to practice on which will hopefully help with my nerves. I must confess I got very close to not bothering but I know riding the bigger bikes is so much fun and I'll kick myself if I don't try again. Any way it's in the new year so hopefully all will go well

I got this and a t-shirt saying biker mum, like a normal mum only much cooler. I tried to buy [mention]SometimesSansEngine[/mention] a squeegee to help with drying the bike only I got the wrong type, so that was a bit of a fail

Funnily enough the bike is still up for sale on eBay

I'm sorry to hear you came off but at least you landed on your feet and better luck next time. I'm thinking about putting mine off until the better weather is back. I'm struggling with riding my 125 with it being so wet and cold at the moment but I know I'll get there in the end and so will you

My understanding is that they'll give you a pay out of the value of the bike rather than repair the bike or at least that's how it works with cars.

Just asked him about it. This is after he's text me to say he's had an offer on it and did I want first refusal

Wow thanks for that! I think I'll be leaving it then.

This is a link to the bike on eBay if anyone is interested. https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.co.uk%2Fulk%2Fitm%2F254024834197

We've just been to have a look at a 09 Yamaha MT03. It all looked ok but [mention]SometimesSansEngine[/mention] has just done an hpi check on the bike for me and it's come back as a cat D write off and the guy didn't mention it once while we had a chat or did he mention that there was an advisory on the front brakes. I get that he wants to sell it but I'd rather buy from someone who tells me all the facts not find out after. Unfortunately I can't take the bike for a test ride yet but it was running when we arrived and sounded ok (the battery had gone flat so he'd had to jump it), no knocking that I could hear. It's bugging both of us that he didn't mention the cat D, and he owns a car garage so would know about it and the implications. Any advice on Cat D's? Are they best to avoid or could it just be a minor thing (I'm going to ask him if he knows about it and what happened)?

They are quite keen on pinkies as well. I adore Axolotls! I used to work in a zoo and we had a tank of them and we had to keep them on their own as they will eat anything they been fit in their mouths. They are just fascinating creatures.

I've found the muck off anti fog cleaner works really well but I do still need to crack my visor open when ever I stop.