dwb

Try http://www.sportsbikeshop.co.uk. Appears to be dozens of size 36/38 leather jackets. Dave

Cat and fiddle - Its local and famous(ish) Ponderosa - North Wales is stunning Tan Hill - Highest pub in England with great roads Seaways at Fridaythorpe. Any cafe in Hawes Hartside near Penrith Squires, Newthorpe, Sherburn in Elmete Coastriders Cafe, Wimbourne, Cropper Road, Blackpool, Lancs. FY4 5LB LONDON ROAD INC, 63-65 London Road South, Lowestoft, Suffolk, NR330AS The Green Welly, Tyndrum, Perthshire FK20 8RY The Pit Stop Diner, The Pier, Arrochar, G83 7AB Carbeth Inn, Stockiemuir Road, Blanefield nr Glasgow G63 9AY willingham woods just outside market rasen Ace Cafe, London - crap roads but fantastic atmosphere and food Oasis cafe, Abergavenney bus station. Popular stop any weekend. petrolheads bagilt north wales The Buccleuch Arms Hotel, High Street, Moffat, Owned by bikers, fantastic food and drink. The Glen Cafe, A708, St Marys Loch, Beautiful location amongst some of the regions best roads. The Green Tea House, Moniaive, DG3 4EJ, Eclectic food and drink, good roads nearby. The Burnside Tea Room, Glasgow Road, Sanquhar, DG4 6BZ. Close to good roads The Drovers Inn, A82, Inverarnan, G83 7DX, Historic hostelry, lots of character, good food The Seaforth Pub at the Pier, Ullapool, best fish i ever had, the A835 is one of the best roads ever. The Super Sausage. The cafe is situated on the A5 in Potterspury, Northamptonshire, Jacks Hill Cafe just up the road. Loomies Cafe - A32/A272 south of Alton Hampshire H Cafe - Dorchester on Thames nr Abingdon (OX10 7LY) - also next to a bike accessories shop

Got back from a long ride last week and was shocked to find that my rear tyre was completely shot - the rubber had worn right through and you could see the metal band around at least half of the tyre. I thought it wasn't as grippy... Anyway, too risky to ride to get a new tyre, so googled for a mobile tyre service in the Thames valley and stumbled across GS Motorcycle Tyres in Wokingham. Found a couple of stellar on-line reviews and booked them for first thing this morning. Gary (the owner) was very friendly and knowledgeable, turned up on time, replaced the tyre in less than 30 minutes, competitive price and overall agreat service. Would definitely recommend to anyone along the M4 corridor - looks like he covers this sort of area:

I've got the Zumo 550 - good piece of kit. Not used Tom Tom's Rider to compare it with, but most reviews seem to favour the Garmin. Doesn't look like you'll get much change out of £400 (e.g handtec.co.uk, but out of stock). satnaveasy.co.uk is selling the Zumo 660 for about £380 ('remanufactured' whatever that means) with 12 months warranty. Or take a gamble on a used unit on ebay I suppose. Dave

Cheers dwb, Sounds like an offer I cant refuse. Just out of interest what do you ride? Triumph Speed Triple - am around weekend after next if you're free. PM me if you are. Rgds Dave

I live in Bracknell (someone has to), so if you fancy a spin just PM me.

and to add to this some swing arms flex when you loosen the rear wheel nut making the chain loose and they tighten the chain when torqed back up always remember to double check once you have tightened everything up suzuki's are known for this That's much clearer. My advice is don't forget to flunge the trailing thrupple, ensuring that the grimble-load sprocket is turned counter-clockwise to avoid any undue pressure on the cocknut-splines.

Two cannibals are eating a clown. One says to the other: "Does this taste funny to you?"

Triboseat - got one, bloody brilliant. Best £12 I've spent on the bike. You stick like glue.

Come on Triumph owners, where are you?

Out of idle curiosity what is the most popular/common make of bike amongst the forum members? You can select up to 4 makes if you are lucky enough to own more than 1.

1. Triboseat (pillion) 2. Oxford battery Maximiser/Optimiser 3. Keis heated inner-gloves

Yep, all in fee. They even provide leathers, helmet, boots, gloves if you need them (or don't want to risk your own). Only extra cost (optional) is official photos (£20). Dave

£279

I did an every-man-for-themselves track day at Brands Hatch a couple of years ago and hated it - not enough riding experience to exploit the track, worried about trashing my own bike (which I couldn't insure for the day) and too many tosspots in a "my c*ck is bigger than yours" competition (5 of which totalled their bikes - smart move lads,). I gave up after 3 of 5 available sessions and vowed not to do another track day. True to my word, today I went on a Premier track day at Ron Haslam's Race School at Silverstone. What a fantastic day! Brilliant organisation, the bikes are phenomenal (Honda CBR600RR), 1 instructor to 2 riders, the instructor was focused on improving your skills, and my cornering has improved 10-fold (hanging off the bike despite the picture below!) - building cornering confidence was the main reason for going on the course. I would recommend this to anyone considering their first track day, or like me, someone who lost their nerve the first time. A bit expensive, but I will definitely do this again. Do it, do it, do it! Anyone else been on the course recently? http://img130.imageshack.us/img130/4599/jen2111.jpg