... bike stats. There seems to be some differences in opinion. Honda always top the charts for bike sales but most of that is due to the smaller cc bikes they sell. http://www.morebikes.co.uk/motorcycle-sales-love-ducati-899-panigale/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Perkles wrote:Bmw seem to have a great range of bikes,I bet that Xr would be hard to keep up with down the country lanes

It would be if Frankie was on it.

BMW really have transformed their bike image from boring old touring bikes into modern, fun, high performing machines.

Kwacky I'm definitely not changing bikes mate! We swapped over and I rode his just for around 45 miles out of the 125 miles just for a hit of fun. I think it'd more the front forks that need to be slightly softened but only a tad as handling is prefect haha!!

Didn't realise we would need a reflector on the side soon, I don't understand why we need them just making bikes look ugly. As for the new generation of street, well it's not that bad if it's got 140BHP. does this mean the Daytona will be soon increased to that sort of figure ...

Didn't realise we would need a reflector on the side soon, I don't understand why we need them just making bikes look ugly. As for the new generation of street, well it's not that
bad if it's got 140BHP. does this mean the Daytona will be soon increased to that sort of figure plus?

Bmw seem to have a great range of bikes,I bet that Xr would be hard to keep up with down the country lanes

This is a shame to hear. You wouldn't of thought a big company like Yamaha would make mistakes. Or are they mistakes to people who ride sports bikes or in general? How good are the sales for these things anyone know? Surely someone must like these!! Although don't think I have actually seen any ...

... kit. If you're doing advanced riding my advice would be to learn those skills on the same bike You don't want to disrupt your training by swapping bikes. At present you're concentrating on your new skills. If you change bikes your concentration will swap to getting used to the new bike. Once you've ...

Sandy at Triumph-ant has been around for longer than I have been riding bikes. Very good reputation and usually able to find a triumph part when others have failed.

... kilometres between here and my loved ones. That's why I sleep here. Well now, let's get to read some interesting stuff... I'll take a look at your bikes. (talk) (y)

... as stated before, I'm looking the change RC8 down to something a little more manageable in the lanes. A 'B Road blaster' so to speak. First two bikes on the list were the Yamaha MT-07 and 09. There is a large motorbike dealer in Poitiers which we sussed out, which seems to be dealers for Yamaha, ...

... Bikesure Insurance now offer a new extra benefit which is available to add to a policy called FlexRide. In short, if you have the ‘Riding other bikes’ extension on your policy, which will only give you cover against third party risks, this ‘top-up’ policy will increase the cover to a comprehensive ...

The side reflectors are a requirement on all bikes sold in Europe from 2017 I think. It's part of the Euro 4 requirements.

... sure how much of a change they are from the current model. The photos on Visordown don't tell us much http://www.visordown.com/motorcycle-news-new-bikes/new-triumph-speed-triples-revealed/27872.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; That bike has got the side front fork reflectors ...

I have noticed a varying degree of care when it comes to demo bikes.

kiwikrasher wrote:

Tricky wrote:changed the plugs, stripped and cleaned the carbs on the newly acquired cbr600 steelie race bike.

Weren't you selling bikes because you had to many???

ahhh, erm, yes. it was an accident that i got this one.

Tricky wrote:changed the plugs, stripped and cleaned the carbs on the newly acquired cbr600 steelie race bike.

Weren't you selling bikes because you had to many???

Spudda wrote:

Tricky wrote:sold it, well, one of them

Was that the 750

yes. got to be realistic in what i can/will use. i always wanted to build a streetfighter and that was/is the cult bike used. i have eight bikes, cant ride them all at the same time!!

Deegee, I would dispute that bikes are seen in a negative light in most countries.

From my experience, much of mainland Europe has a very different and positive attitude to bikers than that we see in the UK.