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The individual driving the dark Land Rover with the personalised number plate who pulled out in front of me driving through town, then proceeded to drive through the 30mph residental area at probably 45mph+, caught up with him at a roundabout, once on the M80 motorway he changed lanes into me, sounded the horn but he just kept going, was around 12" from hitting me before I could move into the RH lane and get away, then proceeded to keep driving extremely close behind me then backing off whenever I moved into the RH lane to over take (he never moved into the LH lane, but when I moved back he'd back right off). Eventually I moved out to overtake (while he was miles back in the RH lane) he then came flying up and was so close I couldn't see his number plate and thought he was going to hit me. Got out his way asap (and he still remained in the RH lane not overtaking) and called the police.

We're with AA, used them a few times (for both cars and bikes) with no problems. Would definitely recommend.

Biker who overtook us going round a blind right hand bend to catch up with his mate, luckily for him nothing was coming the other way.

Stupid b*tch who pulled out on me from a junction on the right as I was coming along a straight section of national speed limit road in good visibility (in my bright yellow car!). I was doing 60mph, I beeped the horn she continued on her merry way- one hand hanging out the window with a fag between her fingers- at 35mph. I overtook her at the next available opportunity at which point she started blaring the horn at me and making hand gestures.

I had message yesterday from the blokey who is servicing/MOT'ing my viff ('96 vfr750) to say that the spark plug in the rear cylinder snapped and was stuck in, and removing it is proving to be extremely problematic. He is saying it might be a huge job requiring either engine strip and removal of the damaged cylinder or worst case a new engine. Posted this on the VFR forum and they seem to be generally agreeing thats its likely at least to be an engine out job. He's away on hols now so won't be getting another update for several weeks, I was just wondering if anyone on here had any experience of this, and if so what was the outcome?

Very sad. He was only 56. RIP Rik.

Been watching this thread for a while... but didn't want to be the first unsatisfied poster! Bought my K3 in July 2012 for around £160, but on the basis that I was only the bike 3 times last year I am still only going to count that as 1yrs ownership. I had set criteria when I was shopping for a new lid but that went out the window and I bought a pretty instead. Mine must be the older one as it has no internal sun visor (which was one of my criteria) It also did not come with a pinlock visor which was another criteria (i can buy a pinlock visor but they are quite pricey). The reason I was buying a new lid was because my old caberg trip was so drafty which is very unpleasant when its cold out. I noticed pretty quickly that the agv was just as if not more drafty than the Caberg. So I took it back to the shop and it turned out that the rubber seal around the visor was not complete so there were open gaps at the side. I don't remember if it went to AGV or if the shop sorted the seal problem but anyway it now had a proper seal all the way round. Noticed on my next ride out that it was still extremely drafty. Back to the shop again and turned out there was a fault where the visor attaches and the clip was loose. So it went back to AGV who replaced the lid. I didn't think I'd miss the internal sun visor a huge amount but quickly found I was wrong, forked out £40 for tinted visor. The tinted visor does the trick but having to stop, get off the bike, remove helmet to change the visor is a PITA. It may be possible to change the visor without removing lid but I find the catch quite fiddly and haven't managed yet. I still find the lid to be very drafty (with vents closed) which means I won't go out when its cold because ice cold air hitting your face isn't fun. Also find it to be very noisey, was expecting it to be quieter than my flip front lid but not so. Same as Burgess118, I find the lid to be very close around the ears and so I can't use the intercom we bought, my regular earphones don't fit either so I can't even just swap them. Much of this is my fault, I know! But the main reason for buying a new lid was because of how drafty my Caberg had become (visor maybe twisted due to being taken off for cleaning?) and I wanted one with a gold sticker in case I do a track day. It has the gold sticker, and sure the draftiness is great when its 20+ outside but i live in scotland so it hardly ever is meaning it does not fulfill the main reason I bought it. If I start riding again with any regularity I will definitely be buying a replacement. Which is a shame because it is really pretty!

Congrats!

According to them the last two winters were going to be the worst winters in 70yrs or so..., a month or so ago they said we were on the verge of a massive heatwave...

Yes, I bought an oxford bum bag from them. Quick delivery, no issues to report!

The months RiDE magazine features a 200mile ride out from Falkirk. It also describes it as "a charming town on the tourist trail into Scotland".

Yeah we did. Also took it to another local bike mechanic shortly after the chain was fitted to get new brakes fitted and he also checked and adjusted the chain at the same time and never raised any issues :/

Some time ago we fitted a new chain/sprockets on the gsxr. We used a rivet tool like this: http://www.squaredeals-ltd.co.uk/did-zj ... 7394-p.asp Its never been on the road since but its now away getting MOT'd. The guy who is doing it posted these pictures on his FB of an example of why people shouldn't do DIY jobs on their bikes (his comments are in the quote boxes). He hasn't said its my bike but I can tell that it is (tax disc holder gave it away!) When we realised that bike needed new chain/sprockets the advice from everyone was 'DIY', I wasn't aware that this was a problem that could occur esp when using the recommended tool. It didn't say on the instructions nor on any of the tutorials/videos I watched on how to fit chains :/

Hopefully picking my gsxr up this week after sending it off to get serviced/mot'd... decided I should probably try on my bike trousers seeing as I've not actually had them on since about August... can't even get them on! F**CK IT!!! Time to start taking the healthy eating and gym attendance seriously again (assuming work doesn't get in the way, which is why that went out the window in the first place)

Absolutely dreading going to work tomorrow. Had an awful time over the last few weeks (was actually in tears several times last week) mainly due to my boss being a bully :'( I can't do anything right, every time the phone rings and his number comes up my stomach just sinks wondering what I'll be getting a b*llocking for this time :'(

Thats unfortunate. Is the guy looking for more money for you to go back and complete the CBT another day? If not then maybe worth doing the GetOn scheme if possible and then returning when his bad attitude is less likely to knock your confidence. If he is looking for more money I'd cut your losses and go elsewhere.

Wow. First thing I'd be doing is making a formal complaint! You could have a look at the Get On scheme and see if there are any places nearby offering a free trial ride http://www.geton.co.uk/

viewtopic.php?f=1&t=52005&p=828947#p828947 There is the bikers cove in south queensferry for meets however I am not sure how regularly they do rides.

They have a FB page that lots of people who go use. Hope you have a good ride wherever you end up

Sorry, won't be around. if you don't get anyone else you could head to the Bikers Cove in South Queensferry and maybe meet some people there

On completion of your CBT you can ride a 125 on the road (excluding motorways and not allowed to carry a pillion) with L plates, if you want to ride a bigger bike you will need to do your full bike test.

Congrats

The ******* idiot van driver who forced me onto the hard shoulder this morning because he wanted to occupy the space I was in. You'd think hearing my horn go as soon as he started to move would have stopped him but no, I was all but a tyres width away from being completely on the hard shoulder (I was in the car) before he noticed.

We reported two guys last year for cycling along the hard shoulder, they weren't even anywhere near a junction! the police were already on their way when we called

I have a caberg trip which has a sun visor which was meant to be removable, I never managed though and just had to try and clean it while it was in place :/ good luck!