ISTR one the Gixxers had issues too...

Need KFB or Cheesy or someone who can remember all that specific model stuff to tell me which one.

Surprised you could find a kitchen sponge that is, I'm impressed. Was it one of those overpriced ones from Lakeland?

MingtheMerciless wrote: Fri Sep 05, 2025 6:14 pm Oh and now it’s got another 12 months MOT, AR end can going back on tomorrow

Do you still have the 1990's Max Power dump valve?

Weren't Suzuki doing it into the 2000s?

Yeah like I said, I can't work it out but we all seem to like them :D

When these first came out my reaction was "what's the point of that then?" and I seem to remember a few articles with a similar opinion. Seems Honda know the motorcycle market better than me though (funnily enough) 'cause they've ...

Try a brillo pad next, they're a bit sturdier.

Ian wrote: Sat Sep 06, 2025 9:14 am The cases didn't crack the front engine mounts on the frame did.

Probably the less annoying way around TBF

In fact it's almost certainly this B17.

https://www.sallyb.org.uk/

Dunno if it was part of the curriculum but as above I definitely did it at school. Obviously modern schools are more concerned with British Values than they were in your day

Plus it's one of those thing my Mum also points out every time she sees a Union Flag…mostly cause my Grandad did.

Lutin wrote: Sat Sep 06, 2025 11:31 am It may well be the angle that the photo was taken from but a very strange looking machine.

Nope, actually are strange looking

Loads of people - including me - really like the look of them. Which I can't explain.

Big one is a B17, the one at the back of the foursome is a P51 Mustang and the other two little ones are Spitfires. Not sure what the first one is.

Is it Duxford airshow this weekend?

They could be doing a flyby somewhere else, they'll often do that as a mini airshow for small events since they ...

I first knew it from Boy Scouts and they definitely mentioned it at school - but then again more than one of my teacher's was ex Royal Navy :think:

In this example of the M1 though, they were all upside down and quite neatly arranged. I bet they knew, they just didn't account for the mirroring ...

I'm aware that it can be easy for the uninitiated to fly a Union Jack upside-down, but when I saw this effort at my local trading estate that had been adorned with flags, as is the fashion currently, I did have to laugh. Sorry for the poor quality photo, but I had to rush to take it.


I couldn't ...

What does that do to the engine itself? Using the engine to stiffen the frame (which is absolutely legit, loads of OEM stuff does that) of course means you're now putting more loads into the engine. Might be worried about cracking the mounting points and stuff like that if they weren't designed for ...

Merc first out the gate with this, launched today. All the German OEMs have had / are having a proper scare from China. The VW ID1 will be along next year too, a little fiesta sized thing for cheap. Think I still like the BMW Neue Klasse the best though.


And now BMW have shown their response ...

Wossname wrote: Fri Sep 05, 2025 8:56 pm

v8-powered wrote: Fri Sep 05, 2025 4:16 pm Had a bit of a BP scare myself....

Work has been really busy / stressful for a while.now and has been taking its toll, last weekend I felt really rough so took my BP - 168 / 101! Felt like i was going to explode.

You were.

Only a tiny bit of him.

A really important bit though.

gremlin wrote: Thu Sep 04, 2025 3:57 pm Sat all day in PJ bottoms and a t-shirt.

It's only the fact I have to do the school run that makes me put on socks.

But regarding the OP.

I have a bike from 1969 (15 years old than me) which I really like riding - but, I never fucking get to ride it, because it never bloody works. It's also objectively terrible. Also a slight issue in that I can't actually start it at the moment, due to a bad back :lol ...

The best looking bikes existed in the period 1997-2003 when I was an impressionable young rider, not the mid 80's when you lot were impressionable young riders.

Obvious really.

Have you tried giving up some habits?