Joeman

I've left my helmet undone a few times and every time I've done it the wind has made the strap flap about and whip my neck. It's a pretty painful experience actually!!

Dumb ass comment falling short of sattire. Never been told "look at me while I'm talking to you"...

Yep, my first DT50 was when I was 10 years old. It was the old twin rear shock model. Far too big for me, chopped a chunk of foam out of the seat. Great bike wish I still had it, it's collectable now! Mine was a J reg one, went all the way to Cambridge to get it a couple of weeks before I was 16 in early 1999 and going up in the van to get it, remember being so excited when I’d done my CBT and having that independence and I thought the bike was awesome too!. As soon as I was 17 I moved up to an RS125 which was another level it felt SO quick!, good times . I went from a DT50 to Aprilia AF1. Good times indeed.

You started on a DT50 as well? . Yep, my first DT50 was when I was 10 years old. It was the old twin rear shock model. Far too big for me, chopped a chunk of foam out of the seat. Great bike wish I still had it, it's collectable now!

I did my CBT on my 16th birthday and was out on the road the same day on my DT50MX. If you can find one of those they are great fun! Getting collectable now too..

Gloves are off now... Uh oh... I'm running away and buggering off You big girls blouse.

Welcome aboard! Got any biking mates what do they ride? Not many options these days for 50ccc bikes sadly.

I didn't know you was a women Gloves are off now... Uh oh...

I remember the early days of the internet.. much more fun when the easily offended didn't have the technical know-how to get online and bleet about being offended all the time. If you can't take banter, just disconnect. The majority of the internet is hardcore porn so what makes people think the rest of it won't offend their delicate sensibilities??

Then adjust your road position to give maximum visibility and adjust your speed to be able to stop before any obstructions. Long before going into the bend you already know what's behind you and how close they are so if you think by slowing down for the bend they will hit you, pull over and let them pass. In reality though if you need to slow down that much they will need to as well. And you can power out if the bend faster than they can.

FFS, will people just stop getting offended?? I come onto the forum for a bit of "pub banter" when I can't be in an actual pub having real life pub banter. If we have to start watching what we say and being mindful of the sensitive little snowflakes what's the point??

If saving for your first home, take a look at lifetime ISAs. Lifetime isa

I had the same bike as my first road bike! Black DT50MX Used to lean it right over and grind the sides of my trainers off! Haha

Only if they are fitted with all season or winter tyres (tires) One enraging thing - why in the UK nearly all tyres supplied as standard on cars are basically summer tyres? If I visit my brother in Germany under German law my tyres are illegal in winter so I have been trying for years to get all season tyres which only recently have started to become available. I don't want winter tyres as it means a full set of wheels and then having to store them. I've got two sets of tyres/wheels (Winter and summer) Winter tyres on my 4x4 Audi make it unstoppable! I drive about looking for snow covered hills to climb - great fun.

When you get pulled over, smile, make eye contact and shake their hand. They won't be expecting that... Works for me (most of the time)

If you're upright accelerating in a straight line then probably yes. It will cut the power to the rear wheel to prevent wheel spin until you pass over the oil and traction is resumed. If you're banked over in a bend and you hit oil, traction control won't prevent a slide... But it may prevent the wheel spinning up and continuing to slide after you've passed over the oil. I've had my traction control kick in a few times. Hard, fast overtakes on the dirty bit of the road can often result in a wheelspin which the traction control deals with without issues.

female teacher was it?

Depends how accident prone you are and how confident you are. A nervous accident prone person is probably safer starting off in a car.

How much would you like for it?

Yes because the manager knows there could well be alot of paperwork and a compensation claim headed his way so shut the situation down before it escalated. A no-win-no-fee legal shark would go to town on them for all kinds of health and safety breaches, may result in all petrol stations being shutdown until the cause of the fault was found and rectified and huge amount of negative press from the viral video. You can't have faulty petrol pumps and get away with it... Management was smart enough to know that

The catch is for people who's fingers get tired easily when they buy a very large amount of fuel . As far as I am aware all petrol pumps have them but I've never used one . The idea is to stick it in the car , squeeze the lever and engage the catch and then stand with your hands in your pockets until it cuts out automatically. After that I honestly have no idea what you do but hopefully someone will tell us . I presume you flick the catch off or maybe you squeeze the lever, I'm not sure now that I've thought about it . All have the capability, but every one I've seen in the UK has been disabled so it won't lock on. Which leads me to believe this is a faulty pump not user error.

I wouldn't have paid a penny. It's clear the pump was faulty and they were lucky not to have fire damage rather than a spillage to clean up.

Get the Haynes manual, buy some tools, and give it a go! Its all part of the biking learning process. Its important for bikers to know their bikes well and fixing them up is a great way to learn.

Don't say it.. Don't say it.. Don't say it.. Don't say it.. Nice helmet ohh err!!