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goretex gear is good....but...the actual waterproof goretex bit is inside the jacket, so the outer layer gets wet...very wet. This makes your suit/jacket heavy and cold as it acts like a wetbulb thermometer. When i toured scotland i found the perfect solution was a cheap set of waterproofs over the ...

******SPOILERS****** why didn't they go away, set up a second parachute (or a larger single chute), go back, go to top of slope, set a proper large record so we don't hand it back to the german's next week???? Same with his water bike.......why not try again and try to get the 100m to get into the r...

I own an FMX, they are slow, heavy and the tank range is sh1t at about 96 miles (although coming from a storm you are probably used to that). Forget any sort of supermoto japes you may be imagining. On the other hand, i love it so much, the low down torque is hilarious around town, the brakes are am...

I use an Autocom system, not cheap at about £200+ all in for unit, extra headset etc. Clear up to 'ahem' 130ish on an stretch of 'private' scottish motorway m'lud Runs off 3x AA batteries and lasted for about 3-4hrs riding each day for 14 days straight. There is the option to wire it into the bike p...

that'll be the one....opposite the big car park. £6 for a baked spud and £3.75 for a pot of tea. Being shafted in my wallet was apparently free

From Brum to the Clee Hills, then over to the Malverns for lunch (nice ploughmans...but £9.50!!!!) then the A422 to Stratford upon Avon, past the Waterman pub and back to Brum. 170miles and 42mpg...not bad considering i was two up and hauling my missus' s fat butt

that was amazing, thanks for that mate. I'm late for a meeting now coz of that :-)

Well said Seb, Stoner was able to consistently put the duc on the podium when other duc riders could only just broach the top ten. Rossi has floundered on the duc, only just beating Nicky Hayden and consistently being beaten by privateers. It seems that Rossi is good on bikes that suit him whereas s...

Car jump leads are the only thick cable i have lying around........my cookers gas :D Babysitter, the intermediate gear thing sounds interesting/plausible. I didn't know there was an intermediate gear but i was heading along the same lines when i suggested the starter clutch may be getting 'tight'. I...

I ordered a cable because the end of mine looks a bit grubby where it connects to the terminal (starter end), i've cleaned and lubed it but you never know. I started it from cold yesterday with no trouble, then today from cold....no joy for the first two presses of the button, so now its started doi...

Its still on the original auto ccts. I have ordered another starter power feed cable (£31!!!) and will be checking the charging again tomorrow (hopefully it will be as sunny as they say it will). The only thing i can think of that hasn't been mentioned is some sort of problem with the starter clutc...

Maybe i need to change the ccts, perhaps i have a problem developing there?

thank u all for your suggestions, i guess i know what i'll be doing next weekend. Hope yours gets sorted too mate. I'll keep u up to date if find a resolution.

Hi all. Need some advice (again). Got my storm a few months back and the first few trips out i had trouble with it not starting after stopping for petrol, button pressed it would do almost nothing, it would try to turn over but fail miserably (had to get the missus to jump start from her car) the ba...

Anyone use them? Do they make much difference? Thinking of doing a trip round Scotland, 1600+ miles and would like to know if Genmar risers are any good? I like the idea of VFR bars but don't want to mod the fairing to fit and can't afford Helibars. I've seen mention of CBR100F bars but are they any...