AngryAnt

Well they seem to think its the battery aswell, though we can't find any jump leads (and after about 20mins in the garage decided they have been lost). Thank you for the help , i'll say if it was it, once we get a shiney new one.

got a parent who i can rope into it. So the car battery will work? (just to be clear, don't want to have to run after my bike as it jumps eight feet away

Thanks, I don't have access to another battery.. well, unless you count a car sitting right next to it. Just glad i won't have to drop the fuel tank if it is the battery.

Hey guys, had a bit of trouble with my motorbike over the winter. Went for its MoT last month and had to have some new parts, but was left sitting out for a few days so the battery ran flat. Charged the battery when i got home and everything seemed fine, till a few days ago. The bike started making a clicking sound when i was trying to start it. After leaving the battery on charge all night, it still had the same problem. I've been able to get at one spark plug, without having to remove the fuel tank, and it looks like it isn't sparking. But this could be due to the battery. I'm the first to admit i'm pants when it comes to mechanics (i can repair a computer with one hand behind my back and both eyes closed, but not bikes), and was just wondering if anyone had any suggestions? Cheers (and hopefully this is in the right board)

Let us (me ), know how it works out.. Never heard of it before, but im also in the same boat. Every time theres a little knock i stop and think.

Ok, thats really close to me , and whats worse, i didn't know there was a cats protection league or whatever down there . Only pop down that street to tax my bike . I'll try to stop by if im not working, but chances are that i am .

Cheers, i'll take a look at them and the posts futher down. I nearly fell off my chair when i noticed just how much draggin' jeans are... They look alot more comfortable than leathers, especially in the hot weather we've been having recently.

Saw one of them yesterday for the first time. Couldn't believe it.. was sure it was a bigger bike, till i saw around the petrol tank... If you pass your test, your restricted in bike terms, but you dont need L plates, as you have passed your test. Anyone using L plates has basically just done a CBT.

Not sure if this have ever been posted before.. But i was out in York the other day and spotted some Jeans with armour in the knee caps and other places... Just wondered if anyone has ever tried them and if they are worth forking out for? Obviously they wont replace leather trousers, but for a hot daily ride in the middle of summer... Its tempting to buy some if they are worth it.

£2.50? Its £2.99 for the biggest filtered coffee . Yeah.. i just work at the place, i hate the prices.. Inflated Moto prices... If you can, seriously stay away from em. Theres normally a café two miles off the motorway if you have the time to look.

Been there.. Still do it... They never really taught me how to filter when i took my test, and on a 125 i always thought there was no point, since once i got to the front i'd just be overtaken again.. So i sat in the traffic (tho if anyones ever been the Lincoln during the morning rush hour, even i filtered in that!). Now im on a bigger bike, wanting to do it, but its outside my comfort zone. Always get other bikes nipping into the space im in while in the queue filtering, normally when im pretty close to the front so can't follow >.<. Cheers for the thread tho, good read.. Might get some confidence to try filtering sometime soon. Just glad my daily ride is motorway all the way.

Was going to say . I work at one of the Costa/EDC's and if there was a visor cleaning service, i'd have been first in line . Mine could do with a fair clean...

Car drivers will also at times, move to block you filter... Seen it done plenty of times (seen it while i was learning aswell!). Never really done filtering myself. Always said while on a scooter/125cc that the cars would just overtake me on the A road so no point.. Now im on a 500cc... little scared (yeah, im not afraid to admit it!).

I can agree with that! Mine was nicked back in May (inside a house for half an hour tops, heard nothing). When the police phoned back a few days later, i spoke to a biker policeman (great huh? Knowing that we're everywhere . First the police/tech support, then zee vvorld! *holds up a finger*... Ok, so its late...), anyway he said that alot of 125cc's get nicked in the spring, and most of them find there way to around Turkey, and even the bottom part of Spain. Easy money, fake plates and parts are easy to get without asking too many questions. End of the day, if anyone wants it badly enough, they will get it. But thats the story with everything & its not worth getting killed over... Just claim the insurance money and prove you did everything you can to protect it (having said that, my 125 was stolen 9th of May, and im STILL waiting for the insurance!).

Cheers to someone for making this post.. Considering to a bike ride through France to Spain myself in the coming months, so nice to know what is needed (and then what is reccommended by people who have done it!). Good luck on your trip to Germany!