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like, because some are almost 400£ :/ But they are worth it and you can read them Hi if I had the money I would get one, although I am starting a new job tuesday and need a sat nav asap! But do not have £400, I only have about £150 I can spend, do you know of any around that price that are good enough? Cheers

like, because some are almost 400£ :/

Hi all brought a tomtom (forcars) and it sucks when the sun shines you cant see shit can anyone recommend me a good gps that works in the damn sun lol thank you

Do not underestimate the Goldwing, it’s actually very fast and even agile for something of it’s size. A good rider can make naked bikes look slow. But as your friends been out the game for awhile I doubt it....

Minor victory, they will receive a court hearing, a slap on the wrist, and still get their Jobseeker’s Allowance paid to them. Then in about 2 weeks time they will go out to steal another one. Not only is this country suffering from a lack of Police numbers, but also a lack of adequate punishment. A recipe for disaster. Bike theft numbers are through the roof atm. I for one think they should loose any entitlements. Then be forced to work X amount of hours with all their salary going to the lad that owns the bike until they pay the full amount of the bikes worth each. I.e. if the bike is worth 8 grand they will both work till they raise 8 grand per thief and give it to the owner. Then, then they will know what its like to work so hard for something. Then after that, they can go to jail for 3 years. If they do not show up for work, and pay the lad the money, then straight to jail for double the time of the sentence they would have got. Then in jail they would be forced to work in their as cleaners, or banana packers at the local factories. Till they raise 8 grand each. Now is that not a great lesson and outcome? The bike owner would be 16k up and thieves will learn what its like to work hard for something, whilst spending a good amount of time in jail. But no England is like oh okay so you tried to steal a bike? Awww aren’t you a naughty boy. It is your parents fault isnt it. Awww dont worry. You can go home now , and serve only 15 hours of community service where you have to pick up litter and you can complete it in a casual manner. You can even smoke and listen to music (on the ipod you stole) - heck!! You can even hide in a bush and pretend to be working. As long as you sign that sheet of paper to clarify your attendance then everything will be just fine . And to you MR bike owner do not forget to pay your taxes so this nice thief can get his Jobseeker’s Allowance okay? Thank you

I mean just by looking at it you know its a piece of rubbish

Amusement? Have you ever tasted a pheasant? Yummmy, I shot about 24 last Summer. I ain't no vegan, so I definitely hunt to eat. If you have a problem with that, then, I hope you do not eat any meat. If not then your a hypocrite. I’ll eat meat all day long ... don’t agree with unnecessary killing of animals , you eat what you kill fair enough , the main reason you do it is cause you like the shooting bit. Shooting bit is great, the food has to get to your plate somehow, it is natural. Id rather eat a bird that I shot. Than a bird thats been caged up, pumped with medication and never walked a metre in all its life. At least when you hunt something you know exactly where it came from. Plus, the fields where I hunt the farmers authorise me to do it, as they would be hunting them anyway along with the rabbits. At least my kills do not go to waste.

I’d like to hunt and shoot hunters who just kill animals for their own amusement Amusement? Have you ever tasted a pheasant? Yummmy, I shot about 24 last Summer. I ain't no vegan, so I definitely hunt to eat. If you have a problem with that, then, I hope you do not eat any meat. If not then your a hypocrite.

Oh wow................how did you let it get that bad?!

Need to hunt them more, they is way too many around

Even if you are late NEVER rush, always take it easy, always concentrate. Just remember being late is better than hurting yourself.

Thanks mate, next attempt for me is also in 3 weeks. Best tips I can give for mod 1 (even though your probably been told it many times is): Obviously always do shoulder checks but remember check your left first then your right, some examiners give minors if you check your right then left 1st exercise moving the bike manually is damn easy, but do not forget where you park it is where you will start off for the slalom, so park it in a place where you will find it easier to ride up to the slalom. For me I parked it up to the edge of the parking bay giving me the best and widest angle of approach Slalom/figure of 8 - Never look at the cones look at the gaps in between, when doing your figure of 8's keep that head up revs high, if you feel like the bikes about to drop, pretend your legs are glued to the pegs only way out is by adding more revs! Slow manoeuvre, although it is easy remember where you park up is where you will start the U turn. So park it in a place comfortable for you. For me I did not park it next to the white line as when I did the life saver I sometimes wobbled in practice causing the bike to touch that white line, so I gave room for the wobble. When your about to execute the your turn always keep your head up do not look at the floor, do not focus on the white line or you will probably go over it, know where it is but do not focus in on it. Controlled stop, again, although it is easy you can use the exercise as a guide of how fast you are approaching that speed trap, try to go through it like you will in the emergency and avoidance. Because for this exercise you are allowed to ask the examiner what speed you went through the trap. If he tells you 32 then great do the same for the other 2 exercises, if its too slow/fast then you know what to do next time Emergency brake, be aware that when you pass the yellow speed trap cones he will probably put his hand up straight after that, so you can already be ready to brake, before he even raises his arm Avoidance, get settled on the corner, do around 20mph, when you come out start picking up that speed, I worked out with the bike I was on if I went full throttle after the turn - when I reach the first set of cones I would be doing 37mph, so I'd down the throttle at the first set so at the trap I would be on 32-33, once your in the trap look through the middle of the two cones you want to avoid never look at it, use counter steering i.e. if your avoiding right push forward on the right handle bar, once avoided, you can add some rear brake, when the bikes upright introduce the fronts and park up Might sound silly but before each exercise you find hard I found it helps to take 2 deep breaths before starting, then think of what you will do for that exercise i.e. if it was emergency brake, I'd take two deep breaths then tell myself remember, throttle off, then rear and front brake on, squeeze progressively then aggressively then I would take another deep breath shoulder checks and off I go The Examiner..........pretend he is not there, never look at him when doing your thing (apart from emergency brake ), even at the figure 8 where he is supposed to wave at you to stop, do not look at him, yes he will wave but if your not looking then he will just be forced to shout at you. I'd rather him shout at you to stop than you look at him and then loose balance and put your foot down. I for one made the examiner shout me over haha. Oh yea after the emergency brake normally your heart is beating fast so you are highly likely to forget your shoulder checks before moving off. So remember them haha. Good luck mate. Hey mate, Thanks a lot for taking the time to write that!, have taken it on board!.. I think the hardest bits is just to try and stay calm, like you say deep breath. This may sound crazy but I had to do this on my theory test, I was so nervous and had to take some deep breaths as I was sat at the desk. It is cool mate np hope I helped Haha yea mate that is normal, just breathe before each exercise, another trick if your super nervous you can ask him to repeat to you the instructions again, and while he is doing it you can try to settle your nerves some more. I was so nervous, that even after he told me I passed and to sign the certificate my hands where shaking as I took the pen to sign it hahaha

Usually you can get a 1 hour 30minute free assessment where you come in go on their 650cc bike have a ride around the test pad, they will tell you to go around cones like in the mod 1. After seeing your skill they will then recommend how many days you will need in the course and the price.

Yea you can but as I did it on a turn he decided to deem it as a loss of control just so he can fail me, even though I was in total control and did it intentionally. Just one of those things I guess . ah gutted.. I have mine coming up in 3 weeks (if I get through mod 1 in 2 weeks), I am so nervous as a lot of things that can go wrong could be out of your control! good luck on your next attempt Thanks mate, next attempt for me is also in 3 weeks. Best tips I can give for mod 1 (even though your probably been told it many times is): Obviously always do shoulder checks but remember check your left first then your right, some examiners give minors if you check your right then left 1st exercise moving the bike manually is damn easy, but do not forget where you park it is where you will start off for the slalom, so park it in a place where you will find it easier to ride up to the slalom. For me I parked it up to the edge of the parking bay giving me the best and widest angle of approach Slalom/figure of 8 - Never look at the cones look at the gaps in between, when doing your figure of 8's keep that head up revs high, if you feel like the bikes about to drop, pretend your legs are glued to the pegs only way out is by adding more revs! Slow manoeuvre, although it is easy remember where you park up is where you will start the U turn. So park it in a place comfortable for you. For me I did not park it next to the white line as when I did the life saver I sometimes wobbled in practice causing the bike to touch that white line, so I gave room for the wobble. When your about to execute the your turn always keep your head up do not look at the floor, do not focus on the white line or you will probably go over it, know where it is but do not focus in on it. Controlled stop, again, although it is easy you can use the exercise as a guide of how fast you are approaching that speed trap, try to go through it like you will in the emergency and avoidance. Because for this exercise you are allowed to ask the examiner what speed you went through the trap. If he tells you 32 then great do the same for the other 2 exercises, if its too slow/fast then you know what to do next time Emergency brake, be aware that when you pass the yellow speed trap cones he will probably put his hand up straight after that, so you can already be ready to brake, before he even raises his arm Avoidance, get settled on the corner, do around 20mph, when you come out start picking up that speed, I worked out with the bike I was on if I went full throttle after the turn - when I reach the first set of cones I would be doing 37mph, so I'd down the throttle at the first set so at the trap I would be on 32-33, once your in the trap look through the middle of the two cones you want to avoid never look at it, use counter steering i.e. if your avoiding right push forward on the right handle bar, once avoided, you can add some rear brake, when the bikes upright introduce the fronts and park up Might sound silly but before each exercise you find hard I found it helps to take 2 deep breaths before starting, then think of what you will do for that exercise i.e. if it was emergency brake, I'd take two deep breaths then tell myself remember, throttle off, then rear and front brake on, squeeze progressively then aggressively then I would take another deep breath shoulder checks and off I go The Examiner..........pretend he is not there, never look at him when doing your thing (apart from emergency brake ), even at the figure 8 where he is supposed to wave at you to stop, do not look at him, yes he will wave but if your not looking then he will just be forced to shout at you. I'd rather him shout at you to stop than you look at him and then loose balance and put your foot down. I for one made the examiner shout me over haha. Oh yea after the emergency brake normally your heart is beating fast so you are highly likely to forget your shoulder checks before moving off. So remember them haha. Good luck mate.

Yea you can but as I did it on a turn he decided to deem it as a loss of control just so he can fail me, even though I was in total control and did it intentionally. Just one of those things I guess .

Yea thanks guys I thought it was the right thing to do and a really harsh decision also, even when I pass my test and get my own motorbike I will still do the same thing......My instructor looked so upset for me as well he knew it was not right for him to fail me. Hey ho-on-we-go! Weathers so good right now! Better pass next time do not want to go into June without a motorbike

That's pretty bad. When I did my test - OK it was years ago - the examiner asked why I'd taken a junction in a rather odd way. It was right turn at traffic lights and I'd gone the long way round a car coming the other way so as to pass behind it rather than pass on its passenger side. I explained my reasoning - which was that the car was a driving instructor giving a lesson to a new driver, so I argued that the driving instructor would teach the student to turn as per the highway code which said to always pass driver's door to driver's door. (Damn stupid of course and no-one ever does but that was the rule at the time.) At which point the examiner said - OK, that's a fair answer, and that was that. Mind you he then told me to ignore certain ways I'd been taught to ride because although they were statutory for the test in his opinion they were in fact 'bloody dangerous'. Which reflects your experience - except you got a jobsworth for an examiner. What did your instructor say about it? Wish I was allowed to explain myself now I gotta wait another 20 days as its fully booked and pay £175 My instructor was upset for me, he told me what I did was fine but its up to the examiners perspective.

Meh, maybe he does not agree with filtering. Or maybe he had a was inside his helmet

Hi all so I did my mod 2 for the first time, and I was failed for something I was taught to do. The instructor took me through some really tight narrow left turns which I aced. Then came another one, this time it was blind so I went in slow I was greeted with a very narrow road and a car parked right up at the entrance, I saw there was no oncoming traffic so I took the turn wide to get clearance from car doors opening kids running out between parked cars etc. I did NOT, go over the white line I literally just touched it. I was taught I am allowed to enter such a corner wide if something is blocking my way such as a parked car and ONLY if there is no oncoming traffic. When the examiner invited me to his office he told me you have failed this time as you touched the white line on that tight turn and I deem this a loss of control . Also when he gave me the sheet I literally had no minors, no nothing, just that one thing that he deemed as a serious fault. Really?! Picture below explains it please click it to make it bigger. UPDATE: This is the actual turning where he failed me

Learning a lot from watching youtube then? You're going to take safe riding advice from people that post videos to YouTube with an aim of monetising them? And even if they haven't, you think you're them? If you like I could post a load of youtube vids where people riding like that come a cropper if you like? You love putting words into peoples mouth? It may seem unsafe to people but they are actually aware of when and when not to do it. It is just standard in london, obv its not recommended, but they are not filtering blindly, they have perception of London traffic. I can show you many videos of people filtering correctly and still getting smacked

1) Never said it does - but it works 2) He has been doing it for 5 years and never met the tarmac, same as RJ and many others

But yea I would love to see guys filtering in london going beep beep beep beep beep rev is wayless annoying, plus I cant deny the sound is just awesome not to mention if you beep they will consider it rude and cut you up but a rev is accepted https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gC_lgnqzUfg

Love it https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wP60JGzwiBg

Do not care, engines are wonderful especially when they are given a couple of revs and admit it or not everyone has done it

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