So what's everyone up to?

Early night tonight. I'm knackered.

Getting the bike washed tomorrow morning. No plans for the afternoon. Family meal on the night.

Sunday over to mother in law's to see the vicar so we can finalise the arrangements for the funeral.

... have had to pass Euro 5 emission controls, so theoretically should be clean engines, mind you Lamborghini , Bugatti and Ferrari may be bricking getting busted the same as VW for all I know.

... cleaning my bike. I don't even do a normal clean. That's what Eastern European run car washes are for [emoji6] I felt sooooo smug riding off after getting my bike cleaned by a car wash... until I saw what that chemical crap does to your metal work :( ARGHH! Epic. Fail. Honestly, I never had any ...

... the ones we have all heard of so the littler company's can't afford to expand their ranges or tech eg the cheek pad quick release system or getting into the bigger stores. This is a shame personally inthink what makes a Arai better than an NEXX lid...money is the simple answer. Seems to ...

TonyB wrote:I hate cleaning my bike. I don't even do a normal clean. That's what Eastern European run car washes are for [emoji6]

I felt sooooo smug riding off after getting my bike cleaned by a car wash... until I saw what that chemical crap does to your metal work ARGHH!

Epic. Fail.

That's what I was getting at, but badly. Like you say, most people will cough up that little bit extra.

So does the cheaper model make sense and attract new buyers?

Ooh so it happens today.

I'm getting excited now.

Get yourselves some French plates - works well

Apart from in France where I keep getting tickets

He's certainly getting a shift on.

... very dangerous, especially as western nations are frightened of what he is capable of, especially now we don't get on with him (again). He's not getting any younger and I'm sure he wants to write his chapter in Russian history. What is it with us humans?

If it dies weigh it in and move on to the next bike. Someone will always buy it for scrap once I'm finished with it.
I usually try to wash mine occasionally but I do a terrible job of it so getting a pro in would be a far better option.

... others are different in their opinion and that's obviously fine. Cleaning my bike allows me to find problems that I can rectify immediately before getting big and expensive. I like to look after all my items nit just my bike so perhaps that's just me.

... like me, D6. R1ckster etc use our bikes all year round. We're out early and home late. These aren't toys were using, it's an effective tool for getting into work. We can't pamper our bikes each time we take them out. That's not a pop at those who can and do wash their bikes after a ride out ...

... thing of the satisfaction your missing out on knowing you did the job and how amazing it looks. I don't like cleaning my bike. I have no problem getting a professional to do his job professionally for an agreed fee. My bikes don't go without bling. I really can't see the problem. These people ...

I've been looking at getting another Shark lid

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Hahaha!! That's is class, good on that raccoon for getting his own back haha

I was thinking of getting mine done by that acf50 thingy valeter thus year fir the winter.

@kwak yeah I get you. Also it wears out pretty fast! It's too anti slip for a seat and so can't see it lasting too long. Although damp still shouldn't get through the goretex I would have hoped given its crucial position of that path. Most obvious place for getting wet

... can't see my nob when having a waz. Some weird wobbly poor replica of a stomach is blocking my view. Age it seems is catching me up. So I've been getting up before work and doing a 30 day ab app thing. Even though I'm on holiday, I've kept it going. Today was 65 sit-ups, 85 crunches, 45 leg rises ...

Glad your getting treated well Kwacky. I think Red is having some trouble with FC Moto (think it's them at least) at the moment. Hope Rukka sort you out quickly.