MattDWrecker

Incorrect. It will only show as having had a settled claim on it, IF you make a claim. If it's not damaged, then why on earth would you claim? Ah, my bad. Seems I have misunderstood that bit.

I have avoided trackers even though it's a little pricier on the insurance. Someone might be able to correct me on this, but I have thought (and this is one of the reasons I avoided) even if the bike is recovered completely undamaged it is listed as a stolen recovered? Which in turn means you get to take a nice hit on the value of the bike as well as it being tricky to part ex/sell on? Much as I love my bike should it get stolen I would prefer it not to come back and tbh it would probably end up with an insurance claim anyway due to damage done when it was stolen/whoever stole it was searching for a potential tracker. I'm also not keen on the 'tracking' part of them for a number of reasons.

Did my DAS about 4 years ago now after not having been on a motorbike for 20 years and I had never rode a geared motorbike at any point. Did the intensive course over a week and all was fine and the driving will help for sure as the rules of the road are pretty universal. If it's affordable I'd lean towards the DAS and go get a 600, the bigger bikes are definately more fun and easier to ride in my experience.

Never had an issue with the visor leaking due to the pinlock. Pinlock pulling the visor in? It should just sit on the inside of the visor. Do you mean it's dragging on the seal? Might be worth looking at how the visor is seated?

Absolute dynamite those things, first winter was shocking for me until I got one. I'd be lost without it now!

Had some of those Oxford ones too a few years ago, magic things! And yeah, 50% was all I needed for any length of time. Sometimes used 75% when it was really cold but even then I couldn't have it that high for any extended period as the grips just got too hot.

Use Castrol Racing lube on mine and tend to clean and relube it at least every 500 or so miles. Probably every 2 weeks over the summer, over the winter every trip out, but winter trips are rare things these days.

I`m kinda South West....Gloucestershire. Plymouth is a bit of a trek for me though

Only the one drop so far. Coming out of a petrol station in the morning rush hour I went for a gap and span the back wheel. Unfortunately the bike stalled, rolled out into the road and toppled over. I felt like an absolute tool and worst of all nobody stopped to help, just indicated and drove round me as I tried to extract myself and then get the bike up. No real damage fortunately, just a scuffed up crash bung and a small scuff on the mirror. My pride took a hammering though.

The dial on the wrist pops up, then you can adjust it. Great looking pair of gloves those and very comfy too

Just a Honda so far

Good luck guys! Hope it all goes smoothly for you

Would be well up for something like this too, not having to use my bike definately adds to the appeal Next year also gives me the chance to actually look like I know what I'm doing when I get there too!

My Baby I only went to look round and have a bit of a window shop. 3 hours later I left the shop with this No regrets though

I went other as, tbh, I haven`t rode through a winter yet so I`m not sure how it`s going to be. I`m still pretty nervous in the rain (kinda bottled riding home earlier, it all got a little biblical and visiblity was very poor so took the van instead). That being said I did spend most weekends last winter riding about on a mountain bike with no real issues so I guess I wait and see.