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I use R&G sports bike covers, cost about £40 on ebay (I managed to get my latest ones for £35 each new). They are pretty tough, they're elastic round the bottom, have 2 clips underneath (at the front and back) to hold it onto the bike and a hole nr the front wheel to put a chain through.

I got 2nd hand 60l oxford panniers on ebay for quite cheap. Used them going to cornwall and back a few yrs ago. Looking quickly on ebay just now there are lots of 2nd hand full sets of soft luggage with low starting bids

I just bought a screen protector from Expert Shield for my new camera, I am pleased to read their customer service is so good

So he's done this to you before?? Why did you use him again?? The bloke sounds a real idiot. Would be careful making threats - no telling what he might do! Only with the gsxr this year (and I sort of put that down to we didn't actually know the extent of work that would be required to get it through its mot after having sat sorn'd for the last 2-3yrs), we used him last year for the vfr and the speed four and had no problems (wasn't quick, but not this slow either and communication was good throughout). If he'd done this last year I'd never have went back to him. A lot of my local MCC use him also and he is/was highly recommended.

3months (22nd may - 22nd august). I don't know yet, went to start it and the battery was completely flat so I need to bring it in and charge it. Think I'm going to just tell him I insist on an invoice. I already have invoices from when he had my other bike (for 2 months) and last year also. Might just tell him he takes the risk of giving me an invoice and it getting into "the wrong hands" (the right hands, surely!) or guarantee that one of my previous invoices does as well as evidence of the fact that I have paid him for the most recent work...

Nope. I sent him a msg on Facebook last friday asking for an invoice, he said he'd email me one. That was fine. Still haven't received it, so went on FB to msg him a short while back only to find his FB page gone. Sent him a text and got this back: So I have handed him £x in good faith and he is now refusing me an invoice. Frankly I couldn't care less about his personal circumstances, and if he has been doing something illegal than hell mend him. I just want an invoice! I will contact citizens advice (if I can get through to them) and ask if I can demand an invoice.

Or you can buy a Visorcat if you don't have the rubber blade

Motorcycle instructor (with the company name and 'instructor' plastered all over his bike, jacket and panniers) tailgaiting us through a residential 30mph before overtaking when possible and speeding off well in excess of the marked 30mph speed limit. With a pillion on board.

Well I came home today to find my bike parked outside Not actually been and looked at it yet, just can't be bothered right now. But its back (with an MOT), finally Thanks for all your support guys, think I've used up a lifetimes worth of patience on this guy so it defo won't be allowed to happen again (in saying that, I can't imagine getting service that bad anywhere else!!)

I've sent a message to him saying to arrange have the bike returned to me no later than friday of this week with or without MOT.

I already asked him, £170 for the work done so far. I wasn't able to get in touch with CAB today. The last message I got from him was a week ago today saying he'd let me know the next day what was happening

Thanks guys, fredc unfortunately neither of our cars have tow bars! Since the last message I've heard nothing. I'm giving him until Monday and I will be sending him a message to say i want the bike back by the end of the week (so for him to arrange delivery), MOT'd or not. If the chain is split thats no issue as I have a motorbike MOT garage within a few mins walk (push!). I'm very much a fair weather biker, my bike is taxed and insured and otherwise ready to go. I've now missed the best of the season thanks to him. Might also drop CAB a line to see where I stand in terms of being able to force him to get the bike back to me.

Great outcome in the end! Hope ebay are able to take action against her, after openly admitting she was a scammer!

Happy Birthday!

last weekend on the friday he told me it'd 99% be ready on the Sat but if not it would definitely be ready on the monday. Monday came, he put a msg on his FB saying he was ill and wouldn't be in the garage that day for anyone waiting on anything - but never sent me a msg personally. By friday I'd still heard nothing (although I saw on his FB that he'd had someone elses bike in for new tyres since the monday!) so i sent him a msg asking what was happening. He told me "everything is done except MOT" but that the 2 garages he usually uses are closed for 2 weeks (yup...) but he was going to use the one round the corner from me on Monday (yesterday) and drop the bike off to me. Heard nothing all day yesterday, got home - no bike. Sent him a msg and got this back But wait, I thought "everything was done"?! I don't know anyone with a van or trailer so i am contacting other bikey people I know to see if they do and the intention is to get the bike picked up from him and pay him for what he's done, I've had enough.

handed my bike to mechanic on 22nd may. Was promised it back last week, nothing. Promised again today only to be told the chain has snapped and the spare link i gave him is apparently wrong. on top of that, he never bothered to let me know. I had to ask him where my bike was. Absolutely livid. This guy is absolutely unbelievable. I have no way of collecting the bike, I don't know anyone with a van or a trailor.

Still not got my bike back. Two and a half months he's had it.

I'd tell her to return the xbox to you and give her a full refund. Just take the hit for postage. As you say, ebay will rule in her favour so empty your paypal account so there is no money there to take in case she raises a dispute. I've only ever used ebay to sell little things, I've got a few bigger things I need to sell and ebay will be an absolute last resort for this reason. You can put vehicles on ebay as classified ads so if you sell the transaction isn't through ebay.

Happy Birthday Steve!

OH visiting his parents this weekend, I am collecting him from the airport. Flight was meant to leave heathrow at 6.25pm, was 10mins short of four hours delayed. Not due to land until 11.10pm. Then it'll be about an hour after that before we got home. Been up since 5am, need to leave the house by 6.50am tomo for work. I need sleeps F*CK IT!!! Edit: just checked arrivals on airport website, flight now not due to land until 11.27pm F*CK IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

Still the Divine Comedy, in the sun with a cold beersie And why can't I get the youtube thingy to work! tried the full link/share link/number only!

After catching Something For The Weekend on the radio the other day I've been on a bit of a Divine Comedy spree, before that I was listening to the American country charts because it reminds me of being in Amerikay :/

Finally heard back from blokey today, apparently he managed to get the spark plug out with out any major drama.

Painting the living room for the new carpet being fitted next weekend

Had no plans, but after being rudely awoken by a sectarian collective being noisey and (as we found out on getting home) dropping litter everywhere outside our flat we made a sharp exit and went through to Glasgow to collect a painting from the framers. So we had breakfast of fruit scones with clotted cream and jam with coffee in a cafe. Then a walk through the Botanic Gardens where we made some friends And bought some cacti from the Botanic Gardens cactus event Then we went to Hippo Beers and bought a selection of beers (we like our IPAs ) Unfortunately the 'collective' will be returning to make more noise and drop more litter at 4pm so only briefly home before we need to head out again :/ at least it gives the beer a chance to chill!