Hi, I'm Steve, I'm 42 from near Chichester in West Sussex, I ride a Z800 for commuting to work in London and a ZX6R 636 for a weekend toy. if theres anyone localish to Sussex or Hampshire I'm looking for riding buddies as all my mates have gayed out and given up their bikes

My money is on Ducati or Aprilia being first. Japanese companies are rarely the first at these things as profit is their ultimate goal. They seem better at evolution and refinement though Honda were very good at innovation at one time.

Aren't Suzukis generally made out of cheese? I've not heard too many glowing reports about their build quality. I like the SX, it ticks most boxes. It's not the greatest looking bike I know but you get a lot for your money. It's great for work and I had no complaints ...

... hence why the seamless gearbox (while not as good as DCT) is still used in MotoGP. Kawasaki, IMO, will be the leader of road bikes because of their supercharged engines. For a commuter they're perfect because they are potentially lighter (needing a smaller capacity engine for the same output), ...

Doing some window shopping. These bikes seem to hold their value. 2014 models with average mileage are going for around the £7k mark. I'm going to have a look in the autumn to see what the market is like. New ones can be had for around the £9k mark. ...

Might be a place to avoid for a couple of years. They've got ISIS and the PKK on their doorstep and both seem able to drift in and out of Turkey at will.

I had noticed recently that it has started to become more conservative.

Shame, I like the place.

The Express is worse than the Sun these days. No fact to their reporting, just make believe to create false beliefs amongst those unable to question what they are told.

We have a very god squad for this tournament, they are all hungry to win, you could tell their disappointment when the whistle went against Slovakia. Think they are going to be pulling out all the stops next game Sent from my HTC One_M8 using Tapatalk The 0nly thing ...

Corbyn has played a blinder. The press are slagging him off but he's cleared labour of the right wingers and Blairites. Over 10,000 turned up this evening to show their support for him.

He's going to gut the labour party and give it back to the old style working class labour voter.

It's a nightmare.. I reckon 80% of voteleave was to do with Immigration yet we will be worse off for leaving the EU because of immigration.

People jump the gun with their assumptions when half an hour on Google would tell them a lot of what they thought is wrong.

Cracking bike. Someone has landed on their feet with that.

Anybody who signs Article 50 will almost certainly also be the instigator of the break up of the United Kingdom. Not sure anyone wants that on their CV. Johnson and Gove thought Cameron would do it, now he has refused they are reluctant to take the baton on. In my opinion we should have a General ...

... and move forward in the best interest of all parties involved. If the media would calm down on spinning headlines people would be less fearful of their future.

@D6Nutz I would highly recommend it mate. Safe controlled environment with excellent instructors who really know their thing and guide you through everything step by step. Personally considering going again!! I won't lie it took ages to be able to get to this stage infect this ...

... are calling each other racists etc and my EU workers and my Polish boss at work are quite happy about the Brexit saying we need our balls back and their not nervous they still want to be here and don't see anything changing. I'm really confused. I'm happy with my vote, if we chose to remain I'm ...

... they'll 'wait' as-it-were....and canny proponents of a 'Free Scotland' or whatever other bilge they're pushing will say it's a smart move on their part, but they really don't have much choice in the matter. Scotland is WAAY too dependent on fiscal support from London to ever actually become ...

... were at it including the missus at karate grading. Eldest lad got his 2nd level purple belt with white stripe and the youngest and missus both got their yellow belts. I'm going for a run after work. I guess I m going to have to step my game up and at least go for a PB as the bar has been set high........haha

Family Kwacky did their taekwondo grading. Everyone did really well and my daughter came second in overall grading. We're not told until next week if we passed

... who could be far worse off - some of the older expats (i've been to the local expat pub tonight to see how they are) and they will likely lose their automatic entitlement to healthcare and will have to return to the uk and be a burden on society. They will have no choice. We've got options ...

... different. I do wonder if Cameron really eanted to stay as the government campaign was shambolic. I have told a few leavers today they will lose their right to free healthcare in Europe and they didn't realise that was the case. Travel insurance will increase substantially when we do actually ...