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Nom-nom.

Hopefully my local dealer gets one in because I want to test ride it.

Thanks, Blade. She has M.E so she can't guarantee that she will be well enough to work every Tuesday or for 8 hours at a time. Ideally she needs 2 or 3 four hour shifts that are flexible. Trying to find an employer that is able to do that is impossible. Even charity shops don't want to know (and obv...

I'm torn.. I can either get the helmet and gloves or the brake discs. My head is saying brakes but my heart is 70% saying helmet and gloves.

My gear is getting old and could do with being replaced though, especially my tatty helmet and holy gloves

Kwacky wrote:I spread my weight by resting my gut on the tank.

Haha.. awesome! I know someone who bought a tank bag just so they could rest their upper body more

Don't skimp on consumables like bearings Cav. No point throwing money at suspension if swing arm bearings, linkages, wheel bearings are shot. Cheap enough and easy enough to do yourself at home if you don't mind getting your hands dirty. I'm planning on doing that too although it comes to around £9...

I spent a fair amount of time critiquing my body position and the best thing for it was getting your photo taken, analysing it and trying to correct it. Practicing on a stationary bike also helps. It all depends on how much you want to improve it, if you aren't that fussed then just relax and loosen...

kingfixer wrote:Managed to get a black box swing arm for the 999, comes with all the bits as well !!.
Just need to get some chain adjusters for it.

Lightech make some really nice bits of kit !!

Wow big list,start a thread on your bike and its progress of mods I could start one after I've started the work... Probably the weekend after next. Starting with the coolant :) I won't be buying any gear this winter though, simply not enough funds for that with MOT for the car this month, 4 new tyr...

It's just highly frustrating knowing that I won't be able to buy a house for years and years on my own. My girlfriend is disabled and is subsequently unreliable to hold down a job so she has limited income.

It all stems down to everything increasing in price but wages don't go up to match it.

duke63 wrote:It would appear from recent events, however fast you are ( and even if you are one of the top 4 fastest riders in the world) you still would worry there is someone who is a little bit quicker.

Watch out, you might get attacked by italian media for saying such things !!

The main thing for me is enjoyment and I guess it is the same for you. For me I enjoy learning and progressing so I watch as many videos as I can to listen to what the bike of Josh Brookes is doing and I think about how i would do it for myself. As long as you do enjoy it, who cares how fast you are...

Well I found out the helmet I use most of the time was 3 years old yesterday! I'd love a Red/Green/White Shoei NXR Mystify helmet but I can't afford it. I also need gloves as there is a hole in the thumb (these gloves are over 4 years old). After White/Black Alpinestars GP Pro As for parts for the b...

Nice.. I got showed around by a superstock guy but his pace didn't seem greatly different to mine despite my terrible lines. Not sure if he was just going slow for me - most probably. Didn't end up learning a great deal though. It's embarressing how fast some of these racers are, one went past me li...

Today I'm sat in the office looking out the window at the lovely countryside covered in scattered mist as if it is a desaturated photo. All the while I'm sipping water from an Evian bottle with a broken lid and contemplating which great feat I should conquer next; to listen to an Audiobook or to loo...

Too much beer the night before or did you have one of their breakfast sandwhiches? One of my best biking weekends going. Rode from Brum to Cardiff on the Friday. A night out in Cardiff. On Saturday he couldn't work out why he stank of balti, despite him insisting at 2 in the morning we go for a cur...

If he does that - fair play to him!

Surely his muscles are going to just implode as they drain themselves of all resources and he will effectively end up paralysed?

The furthest I have ran in one go was 5k so my thoughts on completing this myself are, "F*CK THAT!!!"

I went there the first year it was open - I crashed my bike on the way home and haven't been back since! haha...

I didn't find it that great either so I just stick to Motorcycle Live and Trackdays for my biking fun

Perkles wrote:Birthday present from my mrs
Dianese d1 jacket and evo bottoms,beautiful quality

Pics or it never happened!!

I'm on about at the wheel. I can't remember the exact figure but it's bloody quick.

My other buddy's S1000RR (2012 sport model) is still quicker though and that's without a tune