Having a well earned beer after the fire ground training. Been lugging casualties round smoke filled modules up ladders and down stairs with internal temps in access of hundreds of degrees thanks to multiple big class A and B fires. To ...

... heading for Newtown for 1030 hopefully to meet Kwacky. If anyone wants to do do anything different or role with the original meet at Craven Arms after the Raven please feel free to do so I seriously don't want to upset anyone as its a fun day out with mates. I'm going the way I know to the planned ...

... and found the problem. The plunger on the master cylinder wasn't sitting correctly in the lever. I gave the brakes a very quick bleed then put the after market lever on. Much better. Just for a sanity check I put the OEM lever on. It is slightly firmer. I think the plunger sits better in the OEM ...

.I've done a quick bleed of the brakes but they're still spongy. I'm starting to suspect it's the after market lever..... As I said previously.: I spent (weeks) overhauling an entire braking system in an attempt to eliminate spongy brakes. What really annoyed me in the ...

Having a well earned beer after the fire ground training. Been lugging casualties round smoke filled modules up ladders and down stairs with internal temps in access of hundreds of degrees thanks to multiple big class A and B fires. To ...

... straight away so was all relatively straight forward but I cant complain about them, Swinton on the other hand I wouldnt touch with a barge poll after having a bike stolen they tried to tell me I wasnt covered on a TPFT policy, I had to read my contract down the phone to them to prove I was. ...

Thanks gents. It's is an amazing bike and I love a twin so will be Ducati bound after the next one for sure.

Mine is up in a couple of weeks. I'm with MCE but they've got a reputation for bumping the price up after the first year with them. I'll see what they offer.

Bennetts and Carole Nash will get a call as well.

... of £535.00 so you just need to ride the bike as it is singing and handling like it should do, AMAZING. The bike is kept in the garage and washed after each ride (as it deserves to be kept in A1 condtion). So here is the detail:- * Year 2012 (waiting on new plate from the DVLA as on a private ...

... 899. The staff are very friendly and the girl dealing withe the test rides (can't remember her name) was very knowledgeable. At no point before or after was I put any pressure to buy or subjected to any harsh sales pitch. I test rode a new 675R there last week and she suggested trying the 899. ...

... discs. The wheels and discs had only done a tfew hard miles, but looked brand new still. No marks on the wheels at all, and the discs looked fine. After fitting them, I was sure the braking performance wasn't as good, but as it was winter when I switched (and constantly wet) I couldn't be sure. ...

My custom leathers have been great, they fitted well first time, are top quality and have proven themselves after a 80mph track crash. I got them fixed and they're still my road leathers now 10yrs later.

My mistake was not taking a picture at the final fitting to make sure the last seaming was going to be OK, then I could've had before and after.

The quality of the product was good but these were hand finished and I think whoever it was had a hangover

... turned up today with the wrong size boots inside, invoiced to someone else!! So he has my boots and I have his! (facepalm) Anyway a quick email ( after 5pm) and i had a reply within 10 minutes saying they would send the correct boots out tomorrow and pick the wrong ones up on Friday when they ...

New Bendix pads are in.

I've done a quick bleed of the brakes but they're still spongy. I'm starting to suspect it's the after market lever. I've heard of people having similar issues on other bikes. So either I go back to stock or I switch it all over and put the Beringer on.

... of the french on that one yet :D ) but does anyone else have any ideas? It comes out about an inch and tightens again fine, but then just spins after an inch on the way out ;( Bloody garages do piss me off.

I've got costs training at lunchtime (massive massive fun) then after announcing more redundancies yesterday we've got a business update session this afternoon. So it's going to be a glorious day workwise. Also at home we've got a tree surgeon hacking all ...

... minding my own business. As the lights changed this Seat arrived and floored it. Fair play he could shift. There's an 80 degree right hander just after the lights so I had to wait for the corner exit before I could really pin it and leave him behind.

... chatter on daytona600.org when I bought the Daytona. First road bike since I was 23. Followed the crowd to tankslap "the original" but after crashing my bike rather badly at a trackday and going thru' some major life 'bumps' drifted off the site for a few years. The bike is kind of ...

... it cranking till I eventually started. it doesn't seem to have anything to do with the temperature of the bike as I had the same issues going home after work rac man seemed to think it was a fueling problem any common problems it might be?