ZRX61 wrote: Sat Jul 18, 2026 4:13 pm

Rockburner wrote: Sat Jul 18, 2026 12:25 pm South of the river? You?

Wonders will never cease!

Bandit country...

Went to FWR this morning (Kennington) for an MOT made it back in one piece ….

MOT tomorrow- Considering selling the NC and keeping the CBR -might use webuyany bike unless someone from here wants it as I can't handle using eBay.
Moving stuff in the loft as its getting boarded out next week (not looking forward to that).

-jayemm on cars likes them


If he told me it was day time I'd look out of the window to check.
Staggeringly unprofessional and my old mum knows more about cars, plus she's less likely to get someone killed. A bloke was very severely injured when he was driving beyond his abilities in one of ...

We are getting a Dacia Sprint at work -jayemm on cars likes them

Noticed a bit of understeer last week and thought maybe the rear was squaring off .
Checked the pressure and it was quite a bit off.

Start the car .

Ditchfinder wrote: Thu Jun 18, 2026 2:30 pm Bought a set of these: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/188129808052 ... 5756821324

Way more comfy than foam and easier to hear directions on my helmet speakers.

Just used a set for the first time -pretty good - and make the bike faster.

Coming back from an mot on the zx9r on reserve and it starts to choke... still manages 5 more miles to get home in 2nd at 3000rpm to save me a walk in the heat.

Great bike.

Hadn't used the CBR 900 for a few weeks and turned the tap off whilst we were away - It started coughing and spluttering ...

Dodgy69 wrote: Thu Jun 25, 2026 2:10 pm Uninstall fixed.

Me three

For fucks sake ….horrible feeling

As others have said the Ferries are used to having bikes on them.
I did Harwich ebsjerg which is 20 hours ? - all good.
Enjoy !

I bought an ancient Lichfield tent from eBay for 30 quid
I bought some Oxford panniers at Kempton for a tenner.
I have a Jet boil-
3 days in Southwold so its not exactly crossing the Sahara.
Surprising how a decent sleep mat and and sleeping bag help though.

FWR for new chain and sprockets

Ffs Hackney since 2006

Good point … my imaginary Midget (copyright Stewart Lee ) has an original engine.
Or a Unimog …idk

TBH, now the dust has settled on our decision, i'm kinda bottling it now! :oops: I just can't, in all honesty, say I want to give up work! :(


Why? I can't wait. Not sure what im going to do yet but im looking forward to finding out


Dunno mate. I suppose, it's the fear of the unknown? I ...

I'd like to know the exact parameters that are used to define "hard acceleration" and "hard braking".

My wife took a long bus journey yesterday, life360 said she had 37 risky moments. Unless it understood the dangers of Brighton then bus driver must be really dodgy.


To be honest..... in ...

There was a Citroen SM at work today - its here a few sunny days each year -
Beautiful thing but troublesome i'd imagine.
A solid non rusty Midget with a nice peppy A series engine (the term peppy is relative here ) - Just always liked them.

Retiring 1st of May next year. :shock:


So this could be your last motorbike?!

Or should we start a sweep on how many bikes you can fit in between now and then? :lol:

What made you decide to quit? I thought you were inclined to carry on given that you enjoy what you do. :eh:


I bought ...

work tomorrow followed by a friends BBQ - Then sod all Sunday apart from a quick spin on the 900