Quote from: The Wizard of MOz on May 22, 2018, 01:42:58 PMNope. They seriously lost their way after the B1/2 6 and 05 10R.

Good job I've got a B1 and a C1H 10 then 😁

I've never bought a mega bucks lid. But I've never gone dirt cheap either. My last 3 have been bought at the London show, all branded (2xAGV and a Shark) and been cheaper as they're deemed old design and model.

When Scarface had his accident, he was wearing a cheapie. As he hit the ground, the impact forced the strap through the fastening enough for the lid to come off. This meant 10 days in a coma, 14 days in ITC and months of neuro rehab, quite apart from having to have parts of his face reattached after they were semi ripped off by the strap. Ok, so this was a few years ago, but it's a definite no from me. When you see your own son (or wife/girlfriend in this case) laying in the road, blood pissing from head wounds, looking like they're dead, it kinda concentrates your mind a tad

I've used these and I can say that they are excellent if a tad on the pricey side. They clean well and buff up to a nice, deep shine. If your bike is a bit on the grubby side, I would recommend giving it a rinse off, letting it dry and then using these to get rid of any water marks etc.

That is definitely a problem these days. There's a distinct lack of outlets to try things, but taking a punt on something that you've got to live with and is your potential life saver isn't a great option. Rock and a hard place

Helmets are a very personal thing. What one person says is great, another will hate. The only way to find out is to try before you buy, surely?

Quote from: Kitb4460 on January 19, 2019, 05:10:32 PM
Bet everyone said at some point 10 years ago.

This one is a Keeper...

Alzo says that every year..... 

Then 2003 ZX6R B1
Now same bike. It'll be a classic in 9 years, 

The oneplus 6 is a brilliant phone. I've always been an HTC man but made the switch as none of the main providers don't stock them. It's impressed me from the off.

636steve back row 3rd from left. My son, Scarface (no longer on the site) and his mate Johnny in front of him to his right. I'm not there, don't know why I didn't make this one, I probably though it was too fucking cold 

Just think how cranky you'd get if you knew you would never ride again......

Biking is in his blood Steve, so you know what a hard decision it must have been for him. I do know that mum worried when he was out and I think she was quite relieved when he made the decision. She rode pillion with him for most of those years though, but not in the last 10 years or so.

Is it only 10 years I have on you? Thought you were much older......

If I'm 86 that makes my dad 116.... That's pretty good going! 

Quote from: Dom1 on November 01, 2018, 02:11:47 PM
That is a very impressive run.

I am convinced biking is in the blood, you either get it or you don't.

I couldn't agree more. It's definitely a case of you've got it or you haven't. I've known people who've got into biking because it's "cool" or been persuaded by friends and they've not made a year or 2 before giving it up. For me, it was never in doubt that I'd be on 2 wheels as soon as it was legal. In fact my old man bought an old BSA Bantam, stripped it down as far as possible and we were riding about in the field next to our house at the age of about 9or 10.

I don't post often, I'm more of a lurker. However, I thought I'd post about how amazing I think my dad is. Started riding way back in the late Forties/early fifties starting on an old (even back then) AJS which was followed by a succession of HRD Vincents, the last one a Rapide which sold for silly money some 30 years ago. Then followed a Ducati 750 Super sport, a BMW tourer which went on several trips through Europe, down to Greece, a ZZR900 and His latest bike is an 05 plate ZX10 with PC and quick shifter. He also raced, both on a Vincent and on a bike that he and a friend who was an engineer at Ford built. It was quick but a bit of a beast to ride. This bike was lent to Peter williams (for those of you who are old enough to remember) who won on it at a national meeting at Oulton! He also tried his hand at sidecar racing! He was riding the 10 up until a month ago when at the very young age of 86 he had a TIA (mini stroke) which he's pretty much fully recovered from thankfully. However, he has sensibly decided that it's time to hang up his biking gear for good. Understandably he's gutted after over 60 years on two wheels and already misses tinkering with the bike and riding it of course. In his view it would be very unwise to be riding with the albeit small chance that it'll happen again because, as he says, what if he killed someone?

So, massive kudos to my old man for sticking at it for so long, for getting me and my brother into bikes and for being an all round good guy. There's not much he couldn't tell you about bikes. I can only hope that I can stay on two wheels for as long as he did which will mean another 30 years riding for me 

Quote from: Alzo on June 05, 2018, 05:33:13 PM

Quote from: David W on June 05, 2018, 12:06:01 PM
Alzo currently trolling BMW on Instagram 

I'm trying to get a £15k bike repaired...8 weeks and counting for the full left hand switchgear with no part in sight...trolling no...spamming every possible avenue...fuck yes.
I have suggested to my dealer they return my money in full and take the bike back...they agree and are currently speaking to BMW Customer services.
Latest is BMW have authorised the dealer to uplift my bike and they will supply a fully insured Courtesy bike.

Good job it's fully insured eh?