mattyb

Calls you a grass then he calls the cops on you, odd. I don't understand why they didn't sack him a long time ago if he behaves like that.

Read an interesting book about the Oklahoma bombings, didn't deny that McVeigh was heavily involved but some doubt as to whether he was the bomber and who was really behind the whole plot. He was happy to take the blame and prosecutors were happy to blame someone so the full truth may never come out. Someone tried a truck bomb before on WTC Tango. Quite a few that were probably called conspiracy theories have proven to be true. Gulf of Tonkin, WMD in Iraq, Iran-contra, MK-Ultra, Operation Northwoods to name but a few. I do love a good conspiracy theory but most are bunk

I hope I'm proven wrong and that those several hundred people would go straight out and get jobs and become valuable members of society. I just don't think it'll happen. Some might go get jobs, some would end up either on the street or career criminals. Doesn't sound like a very good solution to me. But won't they just go rent a private property and the DSS will pay their rent? I don't see the point, it probably costs the taxpayer more as private rental is more expensive than council properties. Don't get me wrong, I don't like the idea of my tax money being used to allow rioters (or other crims) to keep their lifestyle. But nobody seems to be thinking about what these people will do for food and shelter after that.

Having just come back from a country that has no benefits system, cities full of beggars/robbers and large areas complete no-go zones at night I don't agree with this at all. If you remove social services from those who need it (regardless if they've committed crimes or not), they'll not just wither up and disappear, more likely we'd end up unable to go out in cities at night and crime would get miles worse. We have a legal system to deal with people who break the law, e.g. rioters. If that's not working properly then the solution surely is to fix the legal system. Not to just give up and start removing social services or deciding that humans suddenly lose human rights because they broke a law.

Unhappy, I like F1 and beeb do good coverage of all the sessions. Will be losing interest in the sport if this goes ahead. I can afford Sky but choose not to have it. Would rather not watch it on some low res online feed either.

Nice, it's about 4 hours from here. Only ridden it once so far, can't wait to get back though, great track. Double header in early September that's looking tempting! Prepare wallet for a beating, worth every penny though IMO

I think #1 is what we have now so would go with that. Agree with cruz if you don't take the piss and are fairly observant then you can make good progress. Unfortunately I think we need 70 limits in this country, there are just too many cretins on the road. Most around here can barely negotiate a roundabout so letting people like that on autobahn style roads would be asking for trouble.

Furniture polish is apparently good for it. Mine have started squeeking too lately, must get around to trying that out. It's also supposed to be good for keeping water off the visor.

Yea that was crazy, don't know how he kept on it after that

I used to do that, nice bit of fishtailing. Trick is in blipping the throttle as you change down, takes a bit of practice but well worth it. Will stop the back locking up but still give you nice engine braking.

I tend to approach in 1st gear, bike is a bit unsettled at low revs in 2nd plus being in 1st means I have power to pull away if traffic starts moving. Also get nice engine braking ('tis a 600). I wouldn't coast up to the junction with clutch held as the bike is more stable with drive on the back wheel, the same applies to the car but you're not balancing on it at the time so get away with it

Speaking of ancient FPS, saw a DUke Nukem Forever advert on TV last night

This site looks pretty handy for finding new routes

Use dark one, unfortunately Caberg helmets don't fit me. Have used it early in the morning while still dark & it was fine. Don't ride much at night, would probably take clear visor with tinted pinlock.

I've got narrow feet too and ended up with Sidi, fitted nicely. Then trashed them doing some inadvertent offroading, the shop I brought them at posted them back to Sidi who repaired them for free including re-stitching the slider mounts, impressed.

Is it on council TV or Sky only?

Doesn't that get a bit cold? Only wear mine on track, hood jeans & textiles rest of the time.

I got some leather soap, mostly for horse riders gear, makes the leather kit look like new. You'd definitely notice it on the white bits. It's not really necessary though. Ran my non biking leather jacket through it and it made it look brand new again.

Got some nice looking kit there fella, bit of extra motivation to help through the direct access eh!

As well as keeping you warm it keeps alien transmissions at bay.

I waited about 6 weeks after DAS then went on first one. I wouldn't say I was a particularly skilled or confident rider, but I don't think another 6 months road riding would have made any difference. Day on track helped hugely though. If you can ride on the road then you can ride on a track in novice group IMO. Avoid open-pitlane days but any with a novice group will be ok. Great book that someone (maybe you phil) recommended was trackdays for virgins, well worth picking up.

Being a new rider the fully comp quotes were quite large, around £300 more than third party. That saving alone covers most damage that's likely to happen, plus the hassle of dealing with insurers to make a claim and delays put me off. If I had a more expensive bike then I'd consider fully comp. I do ride for fun rather than necessity though so can use the car if bike is off the road, car only costs about £20 more for fully comp.

Bit late but you can get screen wash that works better in low temperatures. I've seen stuff that supposedly won't freeze at -15. Don't have it in mine so take a bottle of water and squeeze it out the window.

Plus if that's your bike in your avatar think about buying a set of Torx sockets too as they may well be used in a few places, the calipers are held together with them on my CBR. I've got quite a few tools but pretty much any job I try to do involves at least one trip down town to get the vital one I'm missing!

Check you've not left a massive dildo under the seat, if you did then it might need a new battery. Did you measure the chain just in one place or in several? I was told it can vary and is supposed to be adjusted based on the loosest point, otherwise you can end up with it correct at the point you measured but too tight in other places.