yeah the pace frames in silver were ano.zaskars could be polished.

http://www.lzwlaw.co.uk/documents/philip_landau.htm

Drop these guys and email or give them a call.Philip knows the score on many levels.

kawasaki v`s Ducati electrics.Hmmm. Ive read things about Ducati electrics but never Kawasaki probs.Few winters of salt and 20 thousand miles now and never a glitch.Starts first time,everytime.The zx9r E1 i have was NOT built on a friday afternoon. :O)

yeah you are right,sorry. So a 125cc with 14.6bhp max is all yer getting!

I started with a 2006 honda cbr 125r.I decided to splash out on it to get more riding time behind me while i was waiting to do the direct access.I was happy i got it,hassle free and i knew i wouldnt lose much money on it.I lost 300 quid which i could have easily lost if i bought a piece of junk,plus it was great on fuel with fairy good handling.

The thing is,it was a 33 mile commute on a fairly fast road with a climb of around 1000ft so the ascents were a struggle (13+ stone!)to the point where you would consider it dangerous.You need to get up to speed quickly to be safe and with a 125 in (what you say) busy traffic,i would get something as powerful as possible within the regs.Maybe a restricted 500/600cc would be a bit more grunty but i would consider the traffic level on your trip and think twice about the bike you plan to go for.
Varaderos look like a nice riding position.Would be a nice bike to learn U turns on! Not sure how much slower these would be over a cbr 125 though.

As good as a bike the suzuki bandit may be,the size and weight of one when i first put my leg over it scared me.The thought of owning and learning on one would put me off motorcycling. The cbr had a lot less power but it wasnt a handful.

Sram rear mechs have more often than not been like this over the past 12 years.Nothing has changed.

If you remove the mech and fit a shimano (or a campag,just for the hell of it) you will probably find that it will look well aligned under any of the cassette sprockets.

Hi Podge, is the redneck the old style one with sharp squared off edges? I seem to remember the newer ones being a bit more rounded off.what colour is it?

well go on then.we await its sex! Good pic.

That looks the biz.

Pack them.They arent rotating so take no heed of the blurb above.

If the above poster thought out of the box and into reality.. they would see that many mountain bikers could easily spray the hose against the shields when washing the bike down.So filled with grease is the way to go in non rotating pivot bearings in frames.

As far as deteriorating grease behind the shields is concerned,its a nicer thought knowing theres grease in there and not some void to hold water,dirt and rust.

Thought that read “God Vs Coldplay”

I always push the clutch pedal down.It can help on the colder days with older cars that rely on that little extra to get it up and running.Before i got a new starter (around 180k) i most deffo had to do this to get the car started.

“Changing gear like your life depends on you going from 3rd to 4th in less than 1/10th of a second”

OK OK i have to admit that this is why i was late for work last week.3rd to 4th was a bit too ham fisted and i lost a gear linkage rod.

He`s been fixing trucks for a while now.

played not too badly on this netbook.cant believe prokop and graves got knocked out.

Thanks.I forgot it was on.I am only about 58 miles from the venue but i cannot be ersed driving down!

You Bet! with Carlo Griggs in the halfpipe.He had to make the task look hard work (funny to watch him sipping fluids every few mins) but it was better to watch..

eighteen years ago.

That doesnt mean that it definately came from CRC though,Bigyin.

I opened spotify,opened up dj shadows endtroducing and played changeling.. i had my eyes closed and instead of the next track coming on, an advert with “the conga” came on!

Dooo doo doooooooooo,come on lets doo theee conga!

Opened my eyes and wondered when he added this as a bonus track lol.

edit* “I had eyes as big as Jolly Ranchers!”

Thanks Rob.I had a go at it last night.Spent about 20 mins messing about but its tricky.definately keeping the link for the future though.ta!

Nice one.I just hope he can still sprout some genesis body geometry for the honeymoon!

I like that angle! Its a great effort.I dont have any photoshop stuff at all so thanks a lot.

LOL.

Thanks very much!

I have had the blurred vision thing about 4 times now.I think they have all happened when looking at a monitor.It gets so bad that the letters i focus on arent even there.I have to look about an inch in some other direction to make it possible to read.I usually drink a lot of water with a few pain killers,put earplugs in,lights out and lay down for at least a few hours.

The raging headache ones have only happened a few times.

Not a best effort job,just a half ersed attempt would be fine.

Grum,have the sunset pics been photoshopped at all or is that how they came straight out of the camera? very nice.

square sossij!

square sausage/black pudding and egg rolls are good.

grum,what camera were you using for that sunset pic? so crystal clear.

Oh thats a blinged up version.Looks very nice.My one is pretty much standard.

Have you tried it with around half an inch more sag up front and around 5mm over the recommended point on the indicator for the rear? super plush but still feels efficient.It deffo feels better corrnering/descending with lower pressure than recommended. Could probably say that about a 1001 bikes these days i`m sure.

This thread is one step closer to Raphas goal.

Ive just noticed how long this thread is.Why do the same folk keep wasting their time argueing about so much stuff on this forum? The stress/high blood pressure caused by non biking threads must be incredible on this forum!

Close the website,leave it for a few weeks and …just,do something ffs!

Happens with so many bikes.Some more so that others.

Cairngorm.Reached the Ptarmigan about 6.05pm.Not sure if i missed the worst of it or if the worst was to come.It seemed that the strongest winds were just north of Aviemore.The top of the traverse was frightening.The snow fence has been blown out (not sure if this happened today) but i was worried that it might kick up as i walked up past it.The wind seemed not too strong at that point but its once you come out of the traverse where the top of the M1 starts that it hits you.After reaching the Ptarmigan and taking a few pics and vids on the north facing side of the building it seemed to get worse by around 6.15pm. It started snowing so i decided not to hang around,waited for it to ease a bit and went for it.Got to the top of the traverse (wind chill from the ptarmigan to the top of the traverse hit in so quick) and managed to get down out of the point where the constant windspeed was at its worst.

In those winds,even a waterproof Ortlieb rucksack rolled over as well as possible couldnt keep the rain out.The drawcords on the hood of the jacket seemed fine on the way up but the hardware on the cords dont work at all in those windspeeds.The hood was cinched down to the max and the wind still got in and pulled everything open when walking head on into the wind.You would need caliper brake cable pinch bolts tightened down to keep them in place! God knows which jackets have pull cords that work in real extreme winds as they all seem to have similar plastic lock-off bobbins.

Was nice to walk up and down without bumping into anyone,though.

Guess where i was today?

Road Status: Open
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Today’s weather forecast : Wind: S or SW 50-70mph gusts 80-100mph. Extreme winds later in day gusting 130mph. Widespread rain. Extensive cloud on higher areas. Temperature at 900m: 1 – 5C, feeling as cold as -17 directly in the wind.

DUE TO VERY HIGH WINDS , we have suspended train operations for the day.

Its not very cool wearing supposedly cool 80s clothes if you dont have experience of what it was all about in the first place,though!

Like wearing a powell t-shirt.. but not quite a powell peralta t-shirt,not knowing any different.

If you run a 9 speed cassette with a 10 speed chain,on a 10 speed chainset and a 10 speed dynashift front mech.. you can shift with a 9 speed l/h unit and have no problems.(so 9 or 10 will be fine for left hand shifters)

Because the 9 speed cassettes width is the same as the 10 speed,and the width of the chain coupled with the distance between the front mech plates has been designed to work together,you wont experience excess rubbing in the extremes.

Good stuff.Aye its filthy mud here today.Ive just put the original tyres on it and removed the bonty mud-xs that have been on the this bike and the hardtail for what seems like 8 months! You cant win.Sliding around in the ruts was awful without the mud x.

ayeee!

Have you sorted it yet?

If Lorenzo was in Pedrosas position i recon he would have gone in to the corner more committed,hung off the bike and stuck it with maybe a bit of contact.
I thought it was a fairly clean move at the time.