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Got snapped at the Burnham Bends with my daughter pillion. Had the picture printed on a 5'x3' canvas and stuck it on the bike shed wall. One of my first rides out with a pillion, and I still smile whenever I open the door to put the bike away. I consider myself lucky that my daughter still wants to spend time with an old git like me

I found it tough until I read on this forum about applying a few more revs, but with a little rear brake applied. Looking where you want to go is easier said than done, but force yourself to do it just for the test. Remember, it's just half of the figure 8 that you find easier (we'll, I did). Keep up the practising, it'll sort itself out. Never needed to do one since...

Got one of these a while ago, along with an extra fob. I keep a fob in both my winter jacket, and summer jacket after too many false alarms when wearing the wrong one. (Don't keep fob with your keys!). Feel a bit daft taking my jacket with me just to get the bike out of it's shed for a wash etc though.

Great bike, and quite forgiving of my inexperienced riding. Just factor in the cost of a Booster Plug to even out the jerky throttle response - makes a world of difference.

It's a great app, use it often - wish it was U.K. wide https://londonbikebays.co.uk/map/ Have to remember to pay the token £1 if in Westminster Borough though!

Rear ended whilst stationery at a roundabout, dropped a bloody heavy deauville on to my 7st daughters knee. Still get the guilt trips 2 years later

I did my bikesafe course recently, and questioned the Police instructor why I could see him all over the other lane in my mirrors. His reply was "why not if it's safe to do so, and gives better view around a bend?" I did the same after our initial debrief and was praised for doing so, and 'making progress ' along the lanes. Straighter roads were different, keeping to middle etc, but a totally different way of riding for me.

I hated u-turns, until I was told to go a little more on the throttle with back brake lightly applied. The difference was night and day. Try it, even just a couple of times - it can't hurt.

Not knowing one end of a spanner from t'other, I don't normally read resto threads ... but this had me hooked from the very beginning. Great thread, congratulations on the end product, it looks great. Shep

https://bmw-windshields.co.uk/contents/en-uk/d247.html A little bit more regarding screen possibly being the problem.

https://www.cmsnl.com/yamaha-ybr125ed-2012-51d2-europe-1l51d-300e1_model49014/socket-assy_51dh350l00/ Maybe you have to buy the whole set?

Congratulations, it's a great feeling, isn't it? And fair play to the examiner, who could quite easily have failed you and gone inside to keep dry. I would be having words with the instructor and school though - but hey, you passed so who cares?

I called local council too, for the same problem. Although I'm not a tenant of theirs, they were really helpful and didn't charge the earth. I now use the sonic deterrents for a few weeks once the cold weather starts, and not had a problem for a few years now.

Actually, Market Road is not that far from the station.

Sorry, no idea! If there's any doubt, I wouldn't chance it. I always use the m/c bays in Market Road - opposite where Evoke nightclub used to be. No charges or time limits that I've seen. I only use Chelmo for shopping or drinking, so never there too long.

You can park in the High Chelmer car park for free on the ground floor, left hand side. 5 -10 minute walk to station.

I'm not as tall as you at 6'1", but I'm long in the body which makes me look like a bag of folded washing on a lot of bikes. I narrowed it down to a couple, the bike I have now is a Versys 650 and I love it. Just added handlebar risers to make my positioning quite natural and comfortable. (I think the other bikes I was going to check was the V-Strom and Triumph Tiger? The V fitted me, so I looked no more). Check out https://cycle-ergo.com/ to narrow it down a little. Shep

Think I can nominate myself (again). After spending too long laying patio and path, I thought it'd be best to put my work clothes in the machine separately from everything, to avoid normal clothes sharing the load, and to save my Wife having to do it. So in go 2 pairs of jeans and half a dozen t-shirts, all filthy dirty with cement dust, sand and mud etc. Now the machine has given up. Drained the sump of the very gritty water, took out the filter and chipped off the cement the was stuck fast. I think the whole system is coated internally with a nice mix of portland and sharp sand! I thought I was being helpful ...

Stick a couple of these under the back feet - it makes it so much easier to pull it back out by just taking the weight off the front of the machine. Furniture & Appliance Movers by MagiGLIDE 4 Pack 50mm Disc. The ULTIMATE glider for Furniture & Appliances with complete floor protection, endorsed by Karndean Designflooring : Amazon.co.uk: DIY & Tools

Had mine around 4 months now, and think it's a great solution to hard wiring something permanent with all the perils that entails. I did have some issues initially as either my mobile provider or the Android powers that be decided the alarm call centre number was junk and auto blocked it so it never rang when I tested it. Once I allowed the number it's been fine. I keep the fob in my jacket lining, which makes me look a little daft when I carry the jacket out just to move the bike from it's garage. If I take the fob on it's own, I just know I'll lose it. Not over expensive either - especially with the pay in 3 months feature on PayPal. Shep

After today's rare rush hour journey on the A13 today, my advice would be to do the opposite to what the maniacs there do! Just take a car ride from Becton to Dagenham - shocking I actually saw one guy ( t-shirt, trainers and shorts) get abruptly stopped when his top box got caught between two vans he was trying to squeeze past. Absolute loonies. Traffic moving at around 40mph and the nutters still went flying down between lanes. Avg speed cameras were facing towards us, so no taking limits into account.

No, if you want to keep calls then airplane mode is no good. What notifications are you trying to stop? If it's emails and WhatsApp, then turning off data/WiFi will achieve this. Won't stop sms texts though.

Can you pull the culprit sensor wires off to disable it? At least you'll know if it is that.

If I switch my android phone to airplane mode, I can still use GPS. Maybe a solution?

Put my big boy pants on today and did my first puncture repair Seems wrong to make a hole the size of a biro to fit the sticky rope things, when the original hole was tiny.