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Has any one done any track training and other advanced riding courses. I am riding around on an R6. I legally can probably use no more than 1/4 of the power available and it all seems such a waste. I am thinking it would be nice to be able to through it around a track. What experiences have people got? Recommended websites and other costs involoved? Thanks.

hi everyone im doing my first track day this year on 03 r1, and could do with some help on the best tyres and pressures and also suspension set up i have standard suspension front and rear. looking forward to it very much but am a little apprehensive, any help would be fantastic many thanks.

we have been contacted with this offer and would like to give people a chance to participate. pleae contact Alex on the email phone number in thenpost if yuo wish too participate Hello all, I hope you don't mind me joining your forum but I thought you might be interested in some info about these new events we’re organising at Club MSV (MotorSport Visions in house trackday company). We’re running what we’ve called trackday taster sessions where you get 20 minutes of track time for £20 - it’s a good way of sampling what a trackday is all about if you’ve never done it before. The dates we currently have in the calendar are as follows but if you would like some …

Hi all as above, fancy doin a track day but i would like to use their bikes if poss. Any1 know of where they do them and how much they cost? Are they worth it?

I wish to change the standard exhaust for a pair of pipes that make the XVS1300 sound off loud. The helpfull guys at Custom Wizard (Sheffield, stockists of H&H) could not say if my ECU would need remapping ( a gizmo called a Power Commander .....bl***dy expensive and MAY be needed). So any one out there tried these pipes....without screwing up the performace of the bike? by the by, this model is fuel injected. Appreciate your input. Regards Tony

beats big brother with minime its a bike special tonite, should be fun! see how reactionary and pc the beeb is!

Hello everyone, I have recently been finding myself doing alot of green laning and have been using both www.trailwise.org.uk and definitive maps. It uses google maps as a basis to display its maps, and i really want to import all the routes onto my google maps app on my android phone. Problem is i Dont know how. I can see u can export the maps with the Exporter, however i think i need to be a member of the TRF/Glass or CRAG. I want it so i can basically use my Phone as a GPS to the unregistered tracks + green lanes which google maps dosent route correctly. Anyone use anything similar ? Thanks G

well guys im sorry but ive done it, ive gone mental, ive gone and got a honda hornet 600. however i think some of you may agree that this one is nice and i mean NICE. just take a look at the specs and the pictures and part of you may see why ive got it. but only part of you!! specs: 1999 HONDA HORNET CB600 7,600 miles, One off pearl flip custom paintwork red into gold, renthal handlebars, braided brake lines, Scorpian end can, matching bellypan and hugger, polished swingarm and frame/footrests etc, stainless fasteners throughout, new renthal chain and sprockets, street fighter headlamps, dunlop race replica tyres (just sc…

Hi everyone, I recently acquired a 74 rd 200. Can't find much on it so hopefully someone out there knows, I'm looking for the type of transmission fluid for the bike. What's in there now is pink and I'm not sure if that's right. Also I'm trying to confirm the correct plugs. Any advice to a new owner is also appreciated

hi have lost red master key on a 2004 R1 only got one black left any ideas from anybody where i can get repacements dont wont to spend nearly a grand replacing everything

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interesting story http://rideapart.com/2014/03/mystery-traub-motorcycle/

Hi everyone. I'm new to this scene but looking to get into it. Just wondered if anyone had any info about launch date and prices for the Tricity 300? (Sorry I know it's a 3 wheeler). I've tried dealers but no luck so far. Thanks

Hi As the title says I am thinking about a trickle charger to keep the battery charged up when it comes to the more winter type weather, as at the moment I am using regularly anyway, the bike has an alram so I am sure I am going to need something come the winter. Was wondering if any one had tried one of those small solar panels that are designed to keep a battery topped I had one that I used in an old Volkswagen Type 2 van due tot the alarm and the radio memory draining the battery in about two four weeks and that worked ok for that, not sure if it would work for a bike? The problem I have with a plug in charger is that to get electricity to where the bike is k…

A half decent forecast for the next 3 days spurred me to try and start the Bandit up, having flattened the battery once I just managed to get it ticking over (roughly), the next 10 minutes spent trying to open the throttle which has the quirky characteristic of killing it until finally I could give it some revs. Then I noticed one header pipe didnt burn me quite as much as the other three, so then..its new plugs all round when I get some, and I have no idea what sort of job it is to change them, on first glance it looks like tank off. (not looked in the manual yet though) so its the DTR out of hibernation I guess

I just triked out my 2007 Morphous because I have more money than sense! Regardless, It looks cool and I am having a blast just watching the expression on people's faces when they see it as I roll down the road at 65 mph. Some chrome, some graphics next and I'll post a pic soon.

Now I'm not putting trike riders down as we all have our preferences............but I'll start the story here.........I was driving my car down the road (as you do) and I was behind a trike, rider just had geans and T-shirt on, NO LID and this go me thinking (always a 1st I know) When out on my bike I often get smacked in the head by the odd passing BEE and at speed you really feel it through the lid and of course hear the THUMP as it strikes the LID. Now 99% of the time it hits the visor and this got me thinking....................just how much must it hurt at 60 mph when riding a trike with no lid on as you pass a field full of rape seed, bee's and other f…

Trip to BSB Knockhill Scotland July 2007, just got around to posting this. Day 1 This trip was in planning for more than 12 months, well the day finally arrived to head off to Scotland on 28th June this was going to be a cracking trip……………but wait. Packed the bike up on Wed night 27th June, nothing left to chance, all the bits and pieces required for running repairs packed. Calls the wife out for a photo on the bike for her family in Scotland……………then things started to go wrong. As she got up on the bike it went over, wind shield in sh1te, wifes wrist, sprained possibly broken. Gets the bike back in the upright position, shock horror the thoughts or 1000 mile journ…

Hi eveyone, I was just wondering if anyone could help.... I've just bought my first R6 (1999 model) and i'm very happy it's immaculate and perfect in every way , apart from 1 fault , when I turn the bike off my clock and tripometer resets, is this a common fault and does anyone know if its a simple fix or not?? Thanks