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Replaced the cable ties on the shock remote with a s/s hose clamp, tidied up the wiring and lubed up the chain.

I need another helmet, but one you can where with glasses ( blind old duffer etc). Any one recommend one for about £180 ?

Road the ass off it for 100 miles to shake it down .
Only one bolt missing :-) .
Need to test it in the wet now !!

bigtwinthing wrote:Replaced the cable ties on the shock remote with a s/s hose clamp, tidied up the wiring and lubed up the chain.

I need another helmet, but one you can where with glasses ( blind old duffer etc). Any one recommend one for about £180 ?

the best thing to do paul, is go down to a big store and try on lots of helmets, take your glasses of course, I just did the opposite, about 6mths ago I bought a new lid, down from £250 to £115, it's a HJC something or other, it has small channels for your glasses, well last week I finally had another eye test and I took the lid with me as I wanted a new pair of spec's.
it took a while, but I did find a pair that fit very well, just remember I did it butt about face, get down to a big store and try loads on, then go home and order the new lid online, it'll be loads cheaper....

agentpineapple wrote:

bigtwinthing wrote:Replaced the cable ties on the shock remote with a s/s hose clamp, tidied up the wiring and lubed up the chain.

I need another helmet, but one you can where with glasses ( blind old duffer etc). Any one recommend one for about £180 ?

the best thing to do paul, is go down to a big store and try on lots of helmets, take your glasses of course, I just did the opposite, about 6mths ago I bought a new lid, down from £250 to £115, it's a HJC something or other, it has small channels for your glasses, well last week I finally had another eye test and I took the lid with me as I wanted a new pair of spec's.
it took a while, but I did find a pair that fit very well, just remember I did it butt about face, get down to a big store and try loads on, then go home and order the new lid online, it'll be loads cheaper....

Ta i did go to Infinity today as they had some bargains but bugger all fitted with my specs!!!, i will have a look tomorrow too.

I did try a scorpion and that had inflatable cheek pads but they didn't work with the glasses. I will keep looking but not been impressed so far. My nolan flip front is comfortable, but heavy and huge, its gets a right buffeting if its blowy. It also is as bland as poop.

Fitted the camera mount on for a Vid test tomorrow! it will probably work and i wont be able to do anything with the SD card being a comp duffs.
I must keep to 70mph too!!!

bigtwinthing wrote:Fitted the camera mount on for a Vid test tomorrow! it will probably work and i wont be able to do anything with the SD card being a comp duffs.
I must keep to 70mph too!!!

look forward to that.

Gave kermit a service ,wash and wax, refitted belly pan .

Rode up to Snetterton last night with Magnum to get my Art Carbon cans sound tested...

I went first expecting to be quieter than Magnum's carbon cans. The limit for the track is 102db...

I got 105db with no baffles, then 102.9db with my home made baffles in... bugger

Magnum got......














99db! The git!!!

Gunna have to try a couple of things to get rid of that decibel.

Posted a Vid! Thats a bloody achievement for me. On the Cadnum Loop. Sorry i mean 50mph as thats the limit.

2nd one

sounds crap though.

Had a blast today, i still can't get the RHS of the rear tyre fully over, its bugging me.Lefts right off, hopefully both sides before friday!!!

Videod a run out but with a ordinary camera on a bike mount and its too windy. Great fun though.

Nice vids and well done posting them

Jamoi wrote:Rode up to Snetterton last night with Magnum to get my Art Carbon cans sound tested...

I went first expecting to be quieter than Magnum's carbon cans. The limit for the track is 102db...

I got 105db with no baffles, then 102.9db with my home made baffles in... bugger

Magnum got......

99db! The git!!!

Gunna have to try a couple of things to get rid of that decibel.

I had the same problem. I wrapped my baffles with some fibre glass material I have and and then put them in. Took 5-10dB off. Could try that

when out for a ride this lunchtime, I went some where I've been meaning to go to since oct 2010, as some of you know, I had a very bad accident in oct 2010, I was air lifted to the royal London in a critical condition....
well on that day I was heading to finchingfield, a beautiful little village in Essex, i'm sure many of you know it. as I said I never made it back in 2010, but today I rode past the crash site and finally got to finchy......
I even saw another firestorm coming out of finchingfield.....
I had a lovely ride, a little bit of everything, the roads were quiet with hardly any wiggins wannabees.....
i even saw the local wildlife.....


bloody midge's....

They do like the yellows !!
Glad you made it back there