KD79

Nice to meet you all today.

Really joyed the ride today lady and gents. had a fab time. Even if i did manage to lose you all

Now I can put names to faces

cor i ache now, must be getting old

I will give G a prod to remind him thar we are meeting you

Leaving mine at 1145 to meet you Glorian.

Now gonna go prep bike.

Will be a good day hell yeah

Edit dodgy spell check Glorian became Gloria lol

Lol would have posted on this thread sooner but only just found it. Thanks to Glorian for telling me about it and I will be the one tagging along on my little cb500!

Hopefully the weather will be okay.

Well done no stopping you now

Cheers

Ps remember to turn your head when using your mirrors then you can be sure that the examiner will see that you are using your mirrors!

Right near me then as I only live just outside of Ipswich! Not at work this week so if you want to go for a ride any time then give me a shout!

Hope it goes well tomorrow mate.

Good luck Glorian.

Relax and enjoy the ride. You will be fine.

Good luck with your test tomorrow Glorian! Where are you taking your test?

I am always up for a ride out so count me in 13th or 14th Sept either day fine.

If you want to meet up before 13/14 for a ride then you can always pm me/post on here.

Happy birthday. Hope you have a good un cheers

Unfortunately have to work.

But once i get my bike back up and running would be nice not to far away in colchester if yo uwanted to meet up Only got a 125 but will hopefully be getting a 600 bandit august time.

Sounds good 2 me. Doesn't matter that you are on a 125 bud cos we all start somewhere. Let me know when U R back on the road and we will sort something out.

Weather looking good so planning on getting the bike out tomorrow for a leisurely ride if there is anyone that wants to join me- all welcome. Planning to go out from about 10am to 3pm (gotta b back by 3 as kiddie care needed).

Short notice I know but be nice to have a biking buddy or 2. . Where we go I do not mind. Will be at bp martlesham from 10am as need petrol as I say all welcome including 125s as we all gotta start somewhere.

edit - will wait for about 15 mins at bp

Weather looking good so planning on getting the bike out tomorrow for a leisurely ride if there is anyone that wants to join me- all welcome. Planning to go out from about 10am to 3pm (gotta b back by 3 as kiddie care needed).

Short notice I know but be nice to have a biking buddy or 2. . Where we go I do not mind. Will be at bp martlesham from 10am as need petrol as I say all welcome including 125s as we all gotta start somewhere.

Merry Christmas to all the good people of the TMBF. Have a good one.

heres to a good 2014.

LOL thanks guys.

Car declared cat b write off - new car for the missus it is then.

There goes my new bike fund then.

Excellent thanks for that B - it will put the wifes mind at Ease

Hi all,

The wifes W reg skoda Felicia estate was hit in the backside by some twerp not paying attention - the mind boggles as to how you can drive into the back of a stationary car at a roundabout junction. She is fine I hasten to ad. Damage done to skoda dent in bumper, dent in tailgate - boot does not open. he accepted liability. Car collected by salvage company today.

Insurance company have marked it as a category Z - Does anyone know what this means?

Thanks all

I live near to Ipswich.

Nice one mate......congrats on that......nice feeling that isn't it.......

Most definitely it is Mr T. Thanks for your advice - it really helped .

Guys, if you ever want company I am always up for a rideout.

Now that I've got a 500 I might be able to keep up

All fixed now - was able to get the switch working correctly.

Best thing is I FIXED IT MYSELF

update - today I have unscrewed the indicator housing and discovered that the switch itself had come loose - I have tightened the screw and positioned the switch as best I can however iow have right indicator but not left grrrrrrr.

I am not a mechanic but will persevere and hope to get correct postion. The switch was already loose and rolling around inside when I opened it up. Switch does not appear to be broken anywhere - so guess I gotta line it up correctly.

If any one knows how to do this do tell???

I plan to try again on sunday - got relatives round tomoroow. if no success on sunday will try and take piccies.

Thank you for the replies - Have got as far removing the seat so far - Too dark now to see clearly to remove battery cover and disconnect battery. Fridays night job is to disconnect battery and then unscrewing and opening up the left hand switch unit. Good idea to take photos to help remember what goes where.

I can do this

Hello you lovely people, I require your expertise advice as the cb500 needs some TLC.

Today, the indicator switch has stopped working. There is no resistance to the switch at all and it moves freely left and right. I hope this is a good enough description of the problem.

I am hoping to fix this myself but need your expertise advice. I do hope its only the switch that's needs fixing and not the electrics as I am not in a financial position to take the bike to a garage.

I do not know where to start so any advice on what to do to fix this issue would be most helpful. Is this something that a complete mechanical noob can attempt as I do not want to make things worse?

Thank you all.

Thanks for that ninereeds will come in handy when I do it myself

Some sound advice there ladies and gents thanks

Took bike to garage - chain has been tightened and no longer rubbing against stand for the princely sum of............. 6 pounds

got a thorough soaking on the way home as the heavens opened up and it chucked it down!!.

Guess I was lucky this time. Lesson learned - be more thorough with bike maintenance.

Intending to look at purchasing some basic tools next payday to enable me to do it myself next time.