Joeman

Here's a pic i just found of my helmet being licked by my dog! (no scope for innuendo there!! haha) you can see there's quite a gap between the top of the Pinlock and the top of the visor, and when im tucked down, giving the bike a thrashing, im looking out the top of the visor, and the pinlock does get in the way. I feel my helmet touching the race hump on the back of my RST leathers, so no option to raise my head up further, but i normally have the visor open a bit anyway, thus raising the pinlock up out of the way. Its not a big problem, which it why ive not forked out 25quid for the "Race Pinlock"

Thats my only problem with the PinLock system - when you're leaning forward on the sports bike, looking out the top of the visor, the top border of the pinlock does obscure the view. its fine on more upright bikes, its just sports bikes that have the problem. However, they do make a "Race" pinlock that looks like it goes further up the visor.. not tried one though. But this is a minor problem, I would never ride without pinlock again. EDIT: heres a link to a "Race Pinlock" that describes the problem better than me! http://www.lidsdirect.co.uk/helmets/sho ... sor-8.html

What sprockets does it have currently (how many teeth). I went -1 tooth on the front and +3 on the back. But that's on a 600cc bike so probably way too drastic on a 125cc bike. Coupled with the quick action throttle the reduced ratios make the bike feel much more lively.

Yep, i used to ride to school/college when i was 16/17 in school trousers, ski jacket and ski gloves! nobody thought anything of it back then (im 37 now). you can wear what you like so long as you dont come off

i've come off wearing jeans on a wet road at pretty high speeds. the pocket ripped off and they were ruined, but i walked away with just bruises. I remember watching the sparks flying from my bike as i tumbled down the road! Of course the more protection the better, but it all depends how you fall and if you can keep moving. and if you hit a solid object at speed you're doomed whatever you're wearing.

Young lad and some elbow grease! Make him work for his new bike

Reckon you might have a leak!!

Congrats on the pass!! buy the bike you see yourself riding in 2years time, not the bike you think you need to get more practice. I reckon you'll get bored of the 250 very quickly after riding an ER6.

Unless water was running into it then it should be fine... Car was garaged with the bonnet open, so no direct water contact, just damp air... Hope its fine - i screwed the lid down and hope for the best!!

Was changing the brakes on my car last weekend, ran out of time so left it to finish this weekend.... But i just realised I left the lid off my brake master cylinder for an entire week! That's the brake fluid knackered then as it will have sucked in loads of moisture over the week.

Unless they have the key they won't be riding it anywhere. The imobiliser will make sure of that. Its more likely to be lifted into the back of a van and driven off to be stripped for parts.

heard about these before, but didn't really look in to it, will check it out cheers!!! Reduced noise and keeps the draft out. make sure you get one with the chin piece included.

Cant beat Shoei helmets IMO. Buy a "Whisper Strip" (look on ebay) and you will be amazed the difference it makes

However, if you could hook up some spare fireworks Inside the petrol tank so you could remotely detonate and fry the thieves balls off, now that would be worth the law suits....

As stu said, dont bother with the alarm. you cut the power, they drop the bike in the middle of the road, see you smiling and run back to 'kick your ed in' as your bike gets run over by trucks etc. Alternatively, you remotely kill the bike, the thief falls off and gets run over and winds up in a wheelchair. He then employs a smartass lawyer to sue your arse off, and you get found guilty of deliberately endangering the life of the thief by remotely killing the bike and are liable for a big fat payout to the bike thief! Maybe a bit far fetched, but with current legal system, nothing would surprise me if a bike thief sued the bikes owner becaue he fell off and hurt himself Better to just let it go, hope its broken for parts, and use the insurance money to buy a new one

never mind mate... although did you hit your helmet that hard from a low speed spill??

Ask if you can hear it running. Also make a list of other parts you need and see if you can do a deal with the bloke for the engine plus other bits.

Valuable lesson learned. You thought it was seized then it freed itsself..... Alarm bells ringing in my head which is why i suggested taking the head off.. I've learned to never assume the bike is in and it state to start without proper inspection and seized motor warrants a head removal. That crank will clean up, but its a fiddly job with it still in the casings. You can then inspect the bearings etc. Personally I'd be on eBay looking for a spare motor to let you concentrate on the rest of the bike. Can always rebuild this one at a later date.

Wonder if bandit suffer same problem as gsxr?? http://www.foxnews.com/leisure/2013/10/ ... ource=t.co

wasn't it seized??? i would take the head off before trying to start it. cranking the motor could scratch the bore to bits.. so easy to drop the engine out, and no stupid valves or timing chains to worry about... start stripping!!!

someone needs to have a word with them about the British flag they are displaying... http://images.wemoto.com/static_images/images/flags/british.jpg Its not correct - isnt that treason or something??

See how you get on before messing about with it. I'm 5'10 and no way I can touch the ground with both feet on my KTM - I Dont think anyone could as the ground clearance is far to high, but didn't take long to get used to.

My grandad always used to tell me that if you end up breaking your tools, you're probably using them wrong.... I'm not a tool snob, so long as it does the job, im happy

I've got a load of halfords professional tools but they are quite expensive. Just recently I needed a couple of other tools so went onto eBay and got some Sealey tools. So far they seem good enough quality but very low price.

Dunno what they cost. Price is blank as they were a gift. Think for the lounge access its about 100quid. Might be wrong though.