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Sounds like you’ve got an oven that’s the equivalent of 1000cc sportsbike. 
Be careful you don’t burn yourself. 

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I'll just throw in here that when I started with bees my first hive was double brood. That's upwards of 80,000 bees in a single colony.

 

That's comparable to, say, someone passing their motorcycle test and buying a 1000cc bike.

You're just feeding the troll guys. 

I’ve seen some bloody fast Harley riders. 
To the point where I’ve thought, how the hell can they ride like that. 
Sparks coming off the foot pegs!!

Some very good points about the tech that is on bikes nowadays. 

 

47 minutes ago, Lumor_uk said:

Well it's on my drive way but I locked myself out of my house this morning so couldn't test it out with my gear on. Awaiting my wife returning home from holiday.

I hope she hasn’t just started a two week holiday. 

3 hours ago, Geoff Wilson said:

I think ‘it is down to the rider’ is only true to an extent. Bigger bikes are a lot heavier and much less forgiving. There are things you can do on little bikes that you can’t do on bigger bikes.

I’m not being funny, but you are talking like you have experience.

The guys that have been conversing with you on here HAVE experience and you seem to be ignoring everything that  is being advised. 

You have an opinion, sure, but until you have gained experience you really don’t know how a small bike handles compared to a big bike. 
 

Go for braided line and you never have to change the lines again, just the fluid. 
Look for wez moto lines. They are essentially Hel lines rebranded. 

What about the tree? 

On the other end of the scale

I learnt to ride a motorbike when I was 14, my mate taught me on his AR50.
 I messed about on a KMX 125 for a bit when I was 17/18 and then never touched a bike until I did my DAS in 2006 at the age of 35. 
I did my CBT and then had 4 hours tuition leading up to my test. 
In prep for passing I bought a GS500 thinking it would do me a year until I had built up some experience. 
I sold it 2 weeks later as it was so underwhelming. 
Everyone is different so you can’t think it’s mad if a new rider jumps straight on a 1000cc bike. 
They really are not as bad as you seem to think they are. 
 

That’s bloody awful. 
 

I thought it was the title of a porno…

The only protective piece of kit you are required by law to wear is a helmet. 
 

I also think it’s daft not wearing much by way of PPE on a bike, but it’s their skin and if they want to risk it then it’s up to them.  

I have nothing more to add. 

At least you can recoup something back and not have a paperweight stuck somewhere. 
 

Some very sensible advice there bonio.

All bike tyres square off as that’s where the tyre sits 90% I’d the time. 
 

There should be some little wear markers inside the tread in places in the middle of the tyre. The legal tread depth for motorbike tyres is 1mm around the circumference and across 3/4 of the width of the tyre. 
 

If you can’t find/don’t have the wear markers Insert a 20p piece into the groove and take a side view.

If the outer band of the coin is covered by the depth of the groove, your tyres are good.

I’ve just done a quick quote with DPD

I don’t know how much you paid for it but the top quote is pretty good

I tried to over estimate the size and weight;

20kg

size 30cmx30cmx30

Can you not send the box back at all?

After all it’s not fit for purpose. 

On 20/04/2022 at 13:00, S-Westerly said:

I believe biggest Klim retailer in the UK is Motolegends in Guildford.  They have a price match guarantee and provide very good service. Klim is pricey stuff though. 2k for a suit. 

SportsBikeShop do a big range of Klim

3 hours ago, Geoff Wilson said:

Hi people,

 

I have been studying the Highway Code and doing plenty of mock questions and hazard perceptions and I have passed every single time. I score 48+ on the questions and I get between 55-65 on the hazard perceptions. 
 

However, I stumbled across the following:

 

https://www.driving-school-beckenham.co.uk/mocktrickymobi.html
 

The website says it’s the, “Trickiest, hardest car mock theory” and so I gave it a go and I only got 74% so that would have been a fail. So many of the questions are about things like how far a vehicle at 70mph travels per second, etc, and those things aren’t included in the Highway Code (I know all about stopping distances, braking distances, etc).

 

I’m now getting myself worked up thinking that if I book a theory test then I’m going to get 50 questions like above and fail. I asked my sister and she told me to stop being so silly and that most of the questions are very, very similar to the mock tests and that I shouldn’t have any problems.
 

If anyone would kindly do the test I linked above and tell me if you remember such difficult questions being included in your real theory test then it would be greatly appreciated.

 

Cheers. 

A quick Google found these results. 
You just have to commit them to memory. The internet is your friend. 
 

On 14/05/2022 at 21:34, dynax said:

Just got back home, brilliant ride that and the fish and chips were nice too

You need to try Wybers Chippy next time you come across to Cleethorpes. Only a short detour. 

Try the Versys 650 Forum. 
https://www.versys.co.uk/

I’m a member of the V1K forum and there are a lot of knowledgeable members on there. 
Your issue is over my head. 

2 hours ago, Geoff Wilson said:

Hi,

 

This may come across as a ridiculous question, but is the person who will give me training lessons the same person who will examine my Mod 1 and 2? 
 

I know that the test centre is quite a bit away from a local motorbike training place.

 

When it comes to cars, your driving instructor is the person who examines you on your test, is it the same with motorbikes? 

What made you think that driving instructors examine their own pupils? 
 

If you think about it surely that is open to abuse. 
 

This has never happened. 
From your statement I’m guessing you don’t hold a full licence. 
 

As stated above pupils take all tests with an examiner from two wheels to 18. 

Sounds like you’re getting there.