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UPDATE! Went along this morning and asked them to show me. The chap came out and the knack is to move the 'bars VERY slowly - then I could feel a very slight tendency to pull to the centre. Moving the bars only slightly faster covered it up. I'm sure a lot of places wouldn't have picked up on this, ...

Yes - thats what I thought too. Took a big bearing home to rest the front on! Needn't have bothdered though. Rung up the MOT place and was pleasant but honest and told them I couldn't feel any notchyness - can he tell me how it is tested. He said the front wheel is raised off the ground, one hand on...

Cheers Chaps, The bike has just nudged 15K miles - which I guess is in the ball park for new bearings. They don't get too much harsh treatment though - not too many intentional wheelies! Thats good to know about the disc thing - I'll get a penyy or something and give it a try. If it needs doing I'm ...

I think you'll find they normally wear first at the point where the front wheel is most of the time (in a straight line). With the front wheel off the ground as you have it, see if when the bars are where they would be for a straight line move back to that position when moved very slightly to the l...

why not pop round to your local friendly garage have a chat with one of the mechanics and ask if they could check them quick? Yeah - will do in the morning. Just brooding over it and wondered if there was anything I wasn't checking for! Then I went and check the fail notice and saw it specifies not...

Dont spose you saw what they did to check it? Tried to keep an eye on it, but it took them a while, but I think they just done what anyone else would do - give it a bit of a wiggle. The fail certificate says it has excessive notchiness. I'm 100% certain I can't feel any notchiness at all - not one ...

Alas, my poor 'Storm failed it's MOT on worn steering head bearings :( But - got home and thought I'd feel just how bad they are. Pulled bike up pivoting on side stand to get front wheel off the ground. No notchiness at all. Got a mate to tug the front end (!) and no play at all. So - whats the scor...

A very nice yellow P reg 'Storm at Wheelfit in Cambridge - nice faring lowers!

Normally ride in jeans so try to keep bits tucked right in! Maybe I should put all the gear on more often and get used to it, but old habits and all that! The shoulder things makes sense - I know what you mean. I'll bear it in mind next time! I tuck my feet right up on the peg on me toes, but boot a...

Any tips for knee down then? Peg goes down, difficult to keep feet out the way enough and just not happening. Feels odd - I like to sit forward on the seat - do you slide back or wot? Once pegs scrapes, is there much lean left (I know it depends on lots of things, but do people keep on tipping in or...

Blue (Teal - is that a Bindit colour?) overtook us sedately in the Shitroen Picasso. High level pipes of some sort and ridden very sensibly.

Hello, if you're here.

It might be green, but then the Stobart VentAxia CBR1000RR Honda Fireblades have been that colour all season!!!!!! Don't you watch the BSB championship? :roll: As I guess you don't I'll point out that this pic is of Shane 'Shakey' Byrne. Aye Lad, I'll give you that. Was referring to the next pictur...

LotusSevenMan wrote:Nice view of getting a Honda well over (OK, not a 'Storm!!!)

Erm, shame it's not a Honda though...

I mean it's even green, for fugs sake.

Sorry about the Storm going, but understand.

I'll guess you've gone for an Aprilia RSV1000..?

Enjoy, whatever it is!

Had a very similar thing on a TDM850 once - instability at lowish speeds. Hands off and it would wind itself into a tank slapper. Anyway - turned out to be just worn tyres. I know it sounds too obvious (and I don't know what your tyres are like), but worth considering. And the VTR isn't the most pla...