nigelwood1

Its less noticeable when I'm riding solo but I tend to sit slightly further back from the tank so the trouser sensers are not registering as much... I can still feel it through the pegs but not as much...

Getting new tyre fitted tomorrow and then will be checking engine mounts... Chain and Sprockets were new last year and lubed after every ride.... Next service is the valve clearance check one.... No excessive noise at moment... Head stock is ok and wheel bearings are going to be changed over winter anyway... Sprocket carrier bearing checked and ok... Front disc's may be slightly warped but had a couple of stuck bobbins which when freed up seemed to stop any vibration.... Biggest pointer is the fact that if I pull in the clutch the vibration goes away...

Thats a possibility but its a bit of a teeth rattler....

RST are quite good and not too expensive... I was looking at a Spada Mesh jacket for hot weather... £80 with a waterproof over jacket... I have an Akito Python 2 textile jacket which is excellent...

19000 miles and about 18 months on the service as it hasn't had much use this year... Going to be serviced soon...

I have had a vibration on my bike at different revs for some time but recently it has got worse.. It used to start at 2500 and then go away at 3500 and then would appear again at 4500 and go again at 5500... The one at 4500 seems to effect most ZZR1200's as I have ridden a couple and they both did it... Last week I went for a ride with my mates and it was much worse... It started to vibrate at 2500 and didn't clear at all... I was on the M50 and had about 25 miles to do so I took it up to 90 to see if it would clear and it didn't so I went up to 110 and it was still there... Finally I thought the quicker I get home the better as the other half was suffering badly so I whipped the bike up to 140 and made short work of the 25 miles... The vibration seems to be most noticeable throught the rear pegs but I get a fair bit through mine as well.. I have a new tyre being fitted on Wednesday as the old one is a bit tired and I have removed the shock linkage and cleaned and re-greased it... The rear disc warped a while back and that has been changed... I was thinking it may be the engine mounts.... Any other ideas from anyone?????

A lot of the tracks in england could do with a bit of updating... Mainly in the facilities surrounding them... Went to Thruxton earlier in the year and it looks like its stuck in a 70's time warp... Problem is there is not enough money at a lot of these tracks to be able to make any changes..

Don't buy a Nitro!!!!! Unless you want an air conditioned right eye.....

I wouldn't mind making her joints creek a bit.... I'd lick an inch off her.....

It seems to me that you could compare all the latest sports bikes to animals... The Suzi 1000 is a lurcher The R1 is a Greyhound The fireblade is a race horse and The ZX10 is a platypus with a sidewinder up its chuff...

If you like MotoGP you will be boned by the BBC.... As bikers we are the spawn of satan so we are very low on their list of people to satisfy.... We are boned I tells ya BONED.........

Too stiff in race trim and no feel from the front is what I heard.... the MotoGP bike has plenty of power but no feel.... ZX10 seems to just eat its tyres.... The ZX7RRRRRRR had a great front end which was planted and stable and won many WSB races.... Why did they change from a proven race winner to an RSJ.... Doesn't make sense... The new fireblade always seems to be critisized for being too soft and un-inspiring but it has been a great race bike (LAST year).... It seems bike journo's rave about the ZX10 being exciting and raw but it doesn't work.... And as for the ZX6 that walkers on..... Box of matches..... Kwackerbacky!!!!!.... Stop trying to polish a turd and start again..... But for all thats Ninja look at what others have done and look back to what you have made that was great (ZX7RRRRRRRRRRRR) and get it right....

The problem I have is that most of the nice n tasty helmets do not fit my head... AGV don't go big enough.. Had a ROOF but not much padding over polystyrene... ARAI - Wrong shaped head... Dont like em either... At present I have an XR1000 Shoei and it fits like a glove.... Its like putting your head in a pillow stuffed with squirrels....

Roger Marshall.... Overlooked talent..... Randy Mamola.... Should have been world champ once at least.....

Get one with the reservior that goes behind the number plate... Nice n tidy... Check out Demon Tweeks, Busters et al....

Get an ABBA stand... They lift the bike from the swing arm pivot and are much easier to use on your own.. Also if you change your bike you only need to buy another fitting kit which are around £14 the last time I checked...

I have a ZZR1200 and I have an E52 top box which will take 2 XL helmets... I made the till jockey in Hein Gericke prove it with 2 brand new Arai helmets... I have got the E41 Keyless (they are the cheapest of the larger panniers) panniers which are not entirely keyless... They open as a normal pannier but you can access the top by means of a small combination locked cover... Cracking idea that is quite usefull like when you have your waterproofs in the pannier you can get at them without opening the whole thing.... With the topbox, panniers and rack system came to about Just under £500... When I change my bike all I need to get is a new rack for the new bike and bobs your aunties live in lover.... Best money I've spent in ages and they've already had quite a bit of use...

It should be down to rider skill not the skill of the engineers.... The traction control HAS made a lot of mediocre riders look good and a the really good ones look brilliant but sanitised.... It is mainly used to make the tyres last longer.... Where are the smoking tyres and power slides of the great races of the past.... I say take it away like F1 and the racing will be more exiting...

There was a comment made by the head of the Ducati Airwaves team in which he said to the rest of the teams, "If you don't like the rules on tuning then build a 1200" How about ducati race a bike that they produce and sell (1200 Not Homologated yet). Instead of whinging that it costs too much to keep the 999 competitive go away and build a 1000 four. I believe BSB may be Ducati free next year.... We aren't winning so change the rules to suit us..... Ducati are a bunch of hypocritical spoiled brats that only like it when they have an unfair advantage.... Rant over...... Ish......

Rossi Stoner Pedrosa But would like it to be Toseland Hayden Capirossi or Edwards Hopper Guinters

Cheers Daffers.....

Having more than 1 bike does not make you a biker... Its called showing off... Owning a Hog does not make you a biker..... Riding every day come rain or shine does not make you a biker.... Some people don't have a choice as a bike is their only mode of transport....Others are just obsessive.... Having one bike, Whatever make it is and riding it whenever you want to makes you a biker.... And having the common sense to say "I don't want to get wet so I'll take the car" is called being normal.....

I think it is wonderful that Toseland wants a rule change to stop riders going back out on track after they have used their qualifiers.... As qualifying tyres are not a true reflection of race pace... WHY THE HELL DO THEY USE THEM!!!!!!!! Stop the use of qualifying tyres and make em use the race rubber to qualify.... No More Problems With People Getting Balked On Hot Laps....

I think it is wonderful that Toseland wants a rule change to stop riders going back out on track after they have used their qualifiers.... As qualifying tyres are not a true reflection of race pace... WHY THE HELL DO THEY USE THEM!!!!!!!! Stop the use of qualifying tyres and make em use the race rubber to qualify.... No More Problems With People Getting Balked On Hot Laps....

V twins are excellent but I like inline or V fours too..... Best of both is the triple.... I was riding a V twin at the time and took a Triumph Sprint ST 1050 out for a test ride.... Had the low down grunt of a V twin but with the Rev range of an inline 4.... If Triumph ever up the capacity of the Sprint ST to 1200 I will definately buy one.....