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Filled the DT up today and went to que up. While in the que the coloured gentleman in front pipes up with his pump number, 11. Couple of seconds later the penny drops as the clerk repeats £7.48. Yes the man says. "OI" sayes i " Thats my fucking pump". All of a sudden the mans english becomes barely comprehensable with a lot of "so sorry my bad english"; bollocks he was trying to dodge the 80 odd quid he's put in his Q7. Cheeky f#ker

Since buying my XJ750RL last weekend I have made a point of starting it everyday because I love the sound she makes. Today has been really busy so I didn't get to her till after dark and boy is she in a strop. She would not start. Choke, no choke, various amounts of throttle. Then enormous bang, large flash and a gigantic hole in one of the silencers. Any clues as to why she wont start. If i get chance tomorrow i will pull the plugs out to check that shes firing.

What a sickening crash. RIP.

Anyone know why oil might be getting into the air box? Its on a yamaha sr 125 To clarify - I'm considering buying it from flea-bay and the description says that the oil is overfilled if that makes a difference

Hey all, Just thought i'd post a heads up for you all! Parking at Westfield Stratford is tricky.... Couldnt find the entrance to begin with >.< ------->Parking is on P2 for bikes <------- (I used carpark B but had loads of trouble getting in) (I ended up going in the exit =P)

0 replies in the bar Moved here in the hopes of some help. My friend Andre is looking for a bike. He's 20 in a few weeks and I was either looking into getting him a bike (Would have to be dirt cheap) or helping him find a bike. Does anyone have any suggestions as to WHAT bike he could get nice and cheap? Does anyone know where to get said bike in london? Much love to you all!

OMG WTF !!!!! Do not read if you are of a nervous disposition........You have been warned.

Great engineering back in them days,,,,,,,,check out the size of the crank, http://www.shipsnostalgia.com/guides/William_Doxford_and_Sons

Hi peeps it seems my generator has packed up, and im having trouble finding another (reasonably priced) alternator unit, it still runs but provides no power, and this is the only form of power i have for working on my mini which means that for now all work has stopped on it i need to find a 2.2kw peak/2kw nominal alternator but i dont fancy paying £240 to machine mart for one, the whole generator itself cost me £30 but a new one of similar spec is about £300. does anybody know where i can find a unit that will fit?, im kinda racking my brains about it atm... cheers all - Foameh x

Sorry the site was down shortly. The morons at ServerCentre.net who manage the DNS for the domain name decided not to take payment for the domain and cut our access off. All my billing information is set for automatic renewal so I should never have to worry about this happening. I've got no idea why they've done this! Anyway I've paid them manually and its just been switched back on. Bastards, I can't believe they didn't send an email to say sorry payment couldn't be made or similar if there was a fault. Awaiting their response...

Hi can someone shed some light for me pls i passed my part 2 test in 1997 on a 100cc bike which has given me an a1 licence now am i restricted to a 125 or can i ride anything as long as its restricted to 33hp or what ever it states and help here would be grear thanks

WTF!!!! http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1982-RELIANT-RIALTO-GYPSY-TRIKE-ROAD-GOOD-FUN-RIDE-AWAY-/190581539513?pt=UK_Motorcycles&hash=item2c5f8b82b9#ht_500wt_1413&clk_rvr_id=271580238980

Very useful and bloody cool... http://lifehacker.com/5848022/how-to-hack-a-soda-bottle-into-a-solar-light

In 1953 Everyone and their dog does it now, but in 1953 it must have been very unusual .Brilliant adventure that must have been,

The biggest Umbrella you have ever seen ! I mean big Big BIG I want it to cover over this county I live in,,,,, its been raining an raining for so long now i cant even remember the last dry day we had. So if ye find one Big enough send me a PM,,,,, i will return my address to you and cover the postage involved. Many Thanks Pat :thumb:

Anyone from here going? I'll be there on the southbank in my 97 astra!

Well i just watched the film The worlds fastest indian and thought it was great, my mate let me borrow it and told me it would inspire me and it did, but not in the way he was expecting maybe as in i think he meant the need for speed but instead i just want to take a bike trip meet new people and tell them of my tales about my bike and sleep wi strange women just like the old guy in the film did lol Dave

Hi guys just thought i would share my news that i finally got round to doing and passing my theory test today so now hoping to set up some lessons for mod1 and mod 2 cheers Dave

Hey guys, i know its nothing to do with bikes buti think this is worthy of a thread. A English based team are currently in the process of building "bloodhound SSC" which is a Rocket and jet powered car (engine from a Euro fighter) which will be able to reach over 1000MPH!!! it will have about 100,000BHP but you cant really put a BHP figure on a jet engine as its all about thrust. 0-1000MPH will take 42 SECONDS! Its has three braking systems which are an air brake deployed at 800MHP followed by Parachutes at 600MPH followed by Friction brakes at 200MPH And just to put the speed into perspective here is what it will do Four and a half football pitches in 1 s…

just wondered if y.o.c t-shirts are still going ahead? elmmetxx