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Kevin Ash MCN etc journo has died in crash in South Africa http://www.telegraph.co.uk/motoring/news/9820469/Telegraph-motorcycling-correspondent-Kevin-Ash-dies.html

big influence on me and my generation,,, gone to meet his maker, and no doubt ask lots of annoying questions,,,Nutter http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/8610911.stm

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special clip of our norman on "acid"

hello all went to my local dealer yesterday to book my xvs950 midnight star in for it's first 600 mile service expecting to pay £60-£70 for the service and get the book stamped to keep the two year warranty going, i nearly had a fit when the service guy came out with £350 as i hadn't bought the bike from them.

Seems he passed away today. I am still working out what was going on in The Young Ones and Bottom but they were funny.

sadly today Simon lost his life doing the thing he loved, racing in the NW200 RIP Simon http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/northern-ireland/27457847

The track and venue in Orlyonok, Russia, is located on the eastern shore of the Black Sea, 150km North West of Sochi. While the circuit it is new to the MXGP calendar, and will be foreign to most of the riders in MXGP and MX2, it actually made its international debut last year as the host of the 2016 FIM Junior Motocross World Championship. The pale coloured clay track is relatively wide and flowing with plenty of elevation. It was also very long last year, although it is said to be shorter for the grand prix this weekend. Jeremy Van Horebeek goes in tied on 261 points with the defending world champion Tim Gajser - in fourth place - and is 28-points shy of Belgian co…

I know I already posted a thread about this, but this time I want to explain the situation in more detail to enable you all to understand just exactly what has happened. It started when my bike started making a crunching noise (I posted a thread on here for advice) initially I thought it was the gear box but after looking at my machine I realised it was the chain. The chain was extremely slack so I tightened it. Whilst doing this I noticed that they were two teeth missing from the rear sprocket. I looked on eBay and found a brand new chain and sprocket set for £30 which I bought, I thought this was really cheap. A day after I had sorted the chain out, all of a sudde…

Hi all. I have an 09 Midnight Star 1300, I was cleaning it today and noticed ripples going across the width of the top of the headlight surround, it appears that the headlight surround is being compressed or twisted in some way. Has any other owners had the same effect happen to them?

Have any of you lot got a ritual that you do conciously or otherwise before you go out for a ride?I ask because I always wear my fish bone pendant when I go for a ride ,an I'm not even sure why.but i won't go without it....also does this mean I'm goin nutz. :?

RIVETTS OF LONDON ARE HAVING A LARGE FRANK THOMAS WINTER SALE, JACKETS, BOOTS, GLOVES, HELMETS TROUSERS AND LEATHER ITEMS ARE INT EH SALE AT REDUCED PRICES. SHOPS IN LETCHWORTH (WHERE I WORK) NORTHHAMPTON, LEYTONSTONE, CHISWICK, HULL, OXFORD, COVENTRY. COME A ONG AND PICK UP SOME BARGAINS

Sorry Guy's forget to tell you about this and its only got 2 days left on BBC iPLayer Road, story of the Dunlop family brilliant and rather sad too. see Michael in a different light now

http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/nocharges4bikes/ Hi All Someone has posted this on the prime ministers petitions page. I have put the link on MCN aswell but it would be good if as many people as possible can sign it. They allegedly need 750,000 signatures before they'll look at it - not sure how accurate that is but if we can bump it up a bit it might help!! Thanks Mark

Hi guys just incase you've not seen it. MCN are collecting names to petition against road pricing for bikes. There's only a few days left. If you've not already done so and you don't want to pay "congestion" charges for your bike. http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/MCNroadpricing/ Cheers Tango2

Hi all I spent today watching the BBC coverage of the North West 200. I love watching the road racing the TT the northwest the ulster but after more than one red flag incident I started to feel uneasy about watching it. we love to see the speed and danger but are the riders taking to much of a risk. Then heartbreakingly the day ended with the death of a twenty year old lad. R.I.P Malachi Mitchell-Thomas I just wanted to know what every ones thoughts are about racing on the roads nige

irish road racing on tonight BBC1 NI 10.35 just to let you know.

200 horses and only 181kg! Have to be quick though Lotus only plan on making 100!

Hi, Ever gone into a bend with chevrons plastered everywhere only to find it wasn't a bend at all just a flat out kink, or, the other way round gone barrelling into a non chevroned bend to be confronted with the mother of all bends and had to anchor up sharpish. Here's an idea, howabout changing these inconsistant signs with rally notes on signs. (Stay with me). Instead of the wiggle bend sign how about a bloody great sign that say LEFT 3 INTO SHARP RIGHT FOLLOWED BY FLAT 6 Even better FLAT 6 INTO BROW, WHEELIE 3RD GEAR Well i was bored at work today!

I am buying a new roadstar shortly and would like to know what type of jets, pipes and hypercharger are compatable together on this beast... Any help would be welcome