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I've had oxford sports heated grips and the ones from r&g racing. I'd say the r&g's are just as good and are only £30 (they were last year when i bought them). Heated grips only work well if you can keep the wind off your hands, otherwise you'll feel the cold in your finger tips and knuckles, the grips can't do anything to help. If the shop tries to sell you alpinestars 365, don't listen to them. They are not very warm, i made the mistake of thinking they were a true all year glove! The Gloucster's that were mentioned before always get great reviews.

You should try kangaroo leather gloves as the leather is thinner than cow leather so you can feel more through them, more expensive though...

Congrats, passing in the rain is like a pass with honours. If you knows the rules of the road and keep your cool, you'll pass mod 2 no bother, good luck with it!

Maybe try a back support as a first step, I use a "Neo G VCS with stays", think I got it from amazon, was under £40. I can tell if I ride without it, so it does relieve some pain from the race crouch. Think I'll have to take up yoga or something like that to get a bit more flexibility in my core...

You can get aftermarket clip-ons that raise your position and ease the pressure on you back, I've got some on my GSXR, 2" back, 1" up and 1" wider I think, that little amount of movement does make a big difference. The ones I have are helibars, you can't really tell unless its parked up next to another GSXR without them. I also use a lower back support and can easily do 1 hour trips with no issues, I've even managed a day out on it with not much more pain than on the Triumph Street Triple. Just thought I'd share in case you really want the ninja...

Congratulations. Mod 2 is easier than Mod 1 (well IMO). Good luck.

Be warned that you'll also have to pay VAT when it gets to this country and an importers/handling fee (Royal Mail said it was a standard £8.20 but am not sure if that was for a particular weight/size limit?) What kind of sports shirts? Do you mean American Football, if so don't forget that they are designed to have a bucket load of armour underneath them.

What do you want, decent gloves or alpinestars, make up your mind I've got a pair of A* 365s, they've waterproof but not warm at all. If its just summer gloves then why not try Held or Knox as they have some really good summer gloves. Handroids are available for about £130 (my mate got some but I think I've deleted his email with the link)

Why on earth is it only in a blog entry? I'd have thought that would be one of the helmets major features and as such should be plastered on every page!?! Probably down to it being a very small company and the marketing people aren't all that...

Are you sure about the GPS feature, I couldn't find that mentioned on the thermahelm site. If this sort of tech actually works then I can see it being licensed by all the helmet manufacturers very shortly. useful to know

It was in the Ride tests - it came last in the review, see the verdict for the oily gloves line. http://www.motorcyclenews.com/upload/Ri ... 20test.pdf

Have you got one of these? I've heard reviews that say the bottle leaks a little bit of oil onto your gloves, would like to hear if that's true or not.

According to the enigma-tool.eu site, the varadero is supported. I don't use this software so please don't go and buy it thinking I've recommended it, its just an example that shows the Varadero has some form of OBD(2) support. From what I've read on tuning and fuel mapping, bikes have really simple systems compared to cars. I was reading a thread about someone who turbo charged a Daytona 675 and was running lean and having to put horrible fudges into the fueling to get past it, no nice pressure sensors to map against.

Or you could just put enough oil in for your trip, that way it won't leak once you've parked up.

I used West Pennine Motorcycle Training who are in Blackburn. They're alright but the owner is a bit abrupt and will try to make you pay as much as possible. To be fair to him, there are some chancers that turn up and expect to have a license within 3 days without ever being on a bike previously. The instructors are good (a couple are very good, Steve and Alan) but the management let the side down a bit. Oh and they'll book your Mod2 directly after the Mod1, without asking you, so if you mess up its a massive financial set back (that happened to me). EDIT: since the title says reviews, I'll have to score them: 6.5/10 (6 would have been too harsh)

I used one of these to mount my controller unit to the bars: http://www.superetrader.co.uk/images/herbet%20bike%20copy.jpg You can get them from superetrader for about £4. I just cut the 4 little raised bits off and then used the double sided tacky pad that came with the controller unit to stick it onto the flat surface. You could just as easily use glue.

Congratulations. You don't want to ride over the winter anyway, so you're not waiting much longer than the fair weather riders

From the manufacturer's guide: Service mode Use this facility to disable the alarm system eg: when you wish to service or clean your motorcycle, or remove the motorcycle battery. • Disarm the alarm system by pressing the O. • With the ignition switched ON, press and HOLD the O until an audible beep is heard. The ignition can then be turned off. When the alarm system is in Service Mode, the LED alarm indicator on the motorcycle will remain ON and an audible beep will be heard every 15 seconds. In Service Mode, the Protective Trigger Switch is disabled. • To return to normal operation, press the O.

Unfortunately they're made of chocolate and are only 3cm long... I went last year on the last day and the deals weren't that great, well not on the stuff I was after, I'm hoping its a bit better this year.

You've sold them to me! I'm gonna get a pair, probably at the NEC as I want to try them on for size. I'll tell them Akey is to get the commission

Good to know, I read both issues and the BKS were the ones I am liked the look of, my A* 365s are really bad for warmth. What type of bike do you ride (i.e. am after info on wind protection) and have you tested the gloves for a 30min+ a road jaunt? Would be really interested to know if they can shut out the wind chill. Thanks.

Congratulations, its all the nice sort of trouble now... shopping for a bike is great!

When the injury was confirmed, they said he could be back within 7 days, so he's taken more time off than the minimum... In fact he's a bit of a softy for waiting so long

I'd agree that in 2012 the title favorite will be Rossi, but next year, I think that's pushing it. He'll win races but I think it'll be towards the end of the year, the M1 will still be the best allround bike in the first part of the 2011 season yet the Honda will probably still be the most powerful. If Honda get Stoner a decent bike that has feedback and he can trust, then he will be unbeatable, even for the GOAT. He is that good. This coming from someone who doesn't like him. I hope the Ducati fans spike his meals with dairy products and throw cheese at him I think there will be a shuffle in power in the Honda camp, Pedrosa won't be numero uno much longer. The most memorable thing he's ever done in my eyes is knock Hayden off in the 2nd to last race of the season (which was priceless). Still back Lorenzo for all 3 this year. Only 5 days to go until Stoner proves I know nothing about MotoGP...

Lorenzo will win the last 3 races, he was playing the long game, now he's champion I reckon he'll just rub it in by taking the last 3 wins. He is that good at the moment. You could see him catching Rossi and Dovizioso. He was watching them get into it so he pulled back to maintain a safety margin. Rossi still isn't fit, I just hope he can recover from the impending surgery before the start of the next season. If I were the Ducati boss I'd try to insist that he has it now and prevent him from binning the bike and wrecking his recovery. Crutchlow will probably do around about as well as Spies, can't see much happening as that Tech3 bike isn't ever going to be as good as the top end factory bikes. My top 4 are: Stoner Lorenzo Rossi Pedrosa Does anyone know where De Puniet will be next year, I like his riding style: chaos mixed with a touch of insanity.