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Are you cheating GOG? No bike in any of those pics [emoji12]

Yeah, I'm gonna do a practice load up of the bike this week and see what sort of slack I'm getting and adjust if need. Germany next week! [emoji41]

Talking about chain tension....... Yamaha state in my user handbook that my chain should be between 5-15mm on the centre stand. That makes the chan like a banjo string when the swing arm is under tension. This has created a big discussion on the Mt09 Tracer group that I am a member of on Facebook The general consensus is that Yamaha are way out on their setting and the best setting is 20-30mm on the centre stand. After reading all this I set mine to 20mm and what a difference it has made. No more vibration from the handle bars. No more vibes from the gear stick. No more weird noises coming from the gear box. Yamaha, we think you've got it massively wrong!

I can't believe you want to take the credit! [emoji12]

Get a long thin bicycle lock and lock it to your bike.

For a non Rossi rep, Rossi rep.

Good to hear you are on the mend.

How is the recovery coming along Tony?

I would test ride both the Honda and BMW you have mentioned before you make your mind up. A friend of mine has the BMW with electric everything and some nice aftermarket exhausts on it. I can't remember what they are, but they sound awesome! For me, the GT every time.

Pmsl

You don't drive a motorbike, you RIDE a motorbike. [emoji12] It's not CC, it's KW. I can't remember, but someone will along soon who will know.

lol

+1

You automatically countersteer and have been doing so the second you learned to ride a bike when you were a kid.

I was 18. It was a wet February night 1989.I had been driving all of a month. I had been to a local pub with a few mates and 1 pint of larger. About half hour later bombing down a one way street, I came round a blind 90 degree corner broadside (my car was rear wheel drive) with a mate hanging out the back window approaching my local Asda only to be greeted by a copper standing in the middle of the road with his hand up in the STOP position!!! Oh shit! He directed me to the bus lay-by where they were conducting spot checks and proceeded to question me. Can you step out of the car please? Have you got your licence on you? I did. Have you been drinking? Yes What, how much, and how long ago? Half a shandy an hour ago. As he pulled the breathalyser out I absolutely shit myself and thought I was going to get banned for DD Keep blowing, keep blowing. Stop....... I was well under the limit. Phew! They checked my car over which was good and then he got onto the subject of passengers. Keep your passengers under control and if I catch you driving like that again you'll be nicked my son. Now on your way. I changed my underpants when I got home later that night but not before laughing my head off with my mates at my close call when we got out of sight.thats the only time I've ever been stopped.

It sounds like it could be steering head or wheel bearings and a dead battery.

I have a Joe Rocket leather jacket. I can't remember what model as its 9 years old now, but I had detachable side panels. The whole side of the torso and inner arms just zips off for summer/warm weather use. Underneath the panels it is mesh fabric. It's brilliant in the summer I get a fantastic breeze when on the the move.

What you will find having driven on four wheels for so long before getting on a bike is that all your concentration is on controlling the bike. Your forward planning will take a nose dive and you will miss things that you would normally spot when in your car/truck. You will just feel in/on the bike, if you know what I mean. As you get more comfortable with the controls you will feel yourself move further away from the bike and eventually you'll be looking and planning as far ahead as you normally do. As Tango has said, stick with it, it'll all fall into place. It may take a little longer than if you were in your 30's

This was posted by you on your other thread the other day I smell bullshit somewhere.

Go on then seeing as we're showing them off now here's mine

I have one. I can fit my clear visor in it, among other bits and pieces. If I don't have my top box on it goes round my waist. I don't give shit what people think either.

Yep. Single number on Roulette is 35:1 which is the best odds in a Casino

The OP has been driving 40 years and I do think it was taught way back then. It wasn't taught 26 years ago when I passed my driving test either

I think it used to be taught a long long time ago Stu. Basically signal every time you move.

It's not necessary nowadays as you'll be constantly signalling due to the amount of parked cars on the roads and it can be incorrectly misinterpreted by other road users. I would only put a signal on to pass a parked vehicle if you felt it absolutely necessary and the signal would definitely help the developing situation.