Someone needs to put it out of its misery.

Apparently Kyle Ryde is intending to ride his Honda Monkey bike from Nottinghamshire (home) to the next BSB round at Knockhill to help raise funds for Maria Costello. He's also asking if anyone wants to join him.

From Carsh.net - BSB champion plans incredible fundraising plan for injured Isle of ...

Supermofo wrote: Thu Jun 04, 2026 10:17 am

Clever way to disguise all the empty space in the frame - put another motorcycle behind the first one.

In terms of riding, probably hardnott pass, 2 up with camping gear, on a BH Monday on a bike I struggled to reach the floor on.

The issue wasn’t the road itself, that was fine, it was oncoming traffic with no passing places. I just bullied my way past everyone. If I had to stop on some of those ...

Flux wrote: Tue May 12, 2026 5:09 pm Little pootle round Connemara today

That looks like the beach front carpark in Spiddal.

Storm Stacey taking two wins - the Superstock and the shortened Superbike race.

Not bad for a newbie.

Apparently, Davy Todd has been ruled out of competing in the NW200 this year as he was not declared fit after his crash in Daytona last March.

Todd ruled out of North West 200

Practice opens at 9:45 on BBC NI

Neat solution that. Oh, and happy new bike day.

Rockburner wrote: Wed Apr 01, 2026 11:03 am More grinding...
Progress:

That's a big old chunked that's been removed. You're a braver man than me.

Top thread by the way. Especially for all us armchair bike fettlers.

It'll still fling though, as anyone with a scottoiler will tell you.


At the risk of being told that I'm not oiling my chain enough, I would say that anyone with a Scottoiler that is suffering oil fling is that the flow rate is set too high. Yes, it's a faff to try and get the setting just right ...

gremlin wrote: Thu Mar 26, 2026 10:12 am

Taipan wrote: Thu Mar 26, 2026 10:10 am

Mr. Bean's lottery win wasn't quite enough to purchase his dream car....

Doesn't show up on the DVLA website. Just shows -

Vehicle details could not be found

You searched for P911MNI

Aprillia spoilt the party in 2024 when Maverick Vinales won from 11th place after Marc Marquez crashed out whilst leading.

Francesco Bagnaia won last year.

In fact Marc hasn't won at Cota since 2021.

Sheesh. You don't things by halves, do you?

Get well soon.

Aston Martin admitting that the drivers are not able to do stints greater than 25 laps because of the engine vibration.


That is unbelievably crap for a manufacturer of Honda's standing and history. How can you get something so basic to the engine spec so badly wrong?


Maybe it was designed ...

When you order a 15 x 32 x 8 bearing when you want a 15 x 32 x 9 !

Ford.

Particularly the moron that wrote the user manual for the Ford Focus Zetec of 2010 vintage.

Had to change the battery on said car that belongs to a relative. Ok, fair enough big and heavy enough sod of a battery to man handle into the engine bay.

So, the clock needs resetting. Grab owner's ...

There was a bit of an article in Classic Motorcycle Mechanics recently (July 2025 edition). One thing that could be relevant is this comment from an RE5 owner -

"I rang a place near Whitby and in explaining what was needed, including a small choke flap , I was told that without it I'd never get it ...

Having a negative electricity bill. Had a solar PV system installed earlier in the summer and our latest 2 monthly bill shows that we've fed back into the grid enough to more than cover our bill. That includes the standing charge, PSO levy (an Irish thing) and all VAT.

Quite happy about this ...

McSatan wrote: Wed Sep 10, 2025 3:06 pm The noise! Oh baby, it sounds like the car chase in Bullitt.

What? With fake gear changes and everything?

Nice bike. Enjoy.

Skub wrote: Wed Sep 10, 2025 2:53 pm Nicely done,methinks.

Ooh, I like that. Not sure I'd like to ride it though...