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with all the negative things being said about all the MPs at the minute (poor souls), if i was to run for parliment here is my election campaign: WHISTLEBLOWING: get elected and tell the world about the corruption that goes on by our Right Honourable members. CRIME: when given a jail sentence that sentence must be served in full; that means you dont get out for good behavior your in there for bad behavior! PRISON OVERCROWDING: simple, if the cell holds 2 CRIMINALS at the moment then you can put six in it . 2 are asleep, 2 are watching telly in a big hall (no tv in the cell) and the other 2 are lifting litter/scraping chewing gum from pavements while chained toget…

Wasn't too sure how to do this as some of you guys are across the pond but here goes.. Whattya reckon - white Christmas or slushy washout ?

i am looking for a white light effect simular to the projector type hids,but without the expence .it needs to be a direct bulb swap ,i tried various types such as blue light white light rainbow ,this was a so called super white (not) light .have you got or do you know of such a bulb .

Can anybody tell me the proper rules on white lining? Having looked on the internet, the rules seem to vary according to which organisation posted it. I know undertakings a big no no, but what about when in slow moving traffic on the motorway - if your passing between the middle and outside lane, isnt that classed as undertaking?

Hi Guys Some scum bags have stolen my 07 White and Red R1 with carbon akrapovic pipes. The bike was parked outside my house in W14 London, covered chained, and alarmed. Guess it was picked up and put into a van. Reg: EA07 DVX Any help would be appreciated. Thanks

So just rode to work this morning bike felt a but sluggish , but I put this down to the cold morning, on arriving I notice white smoke coming from front exhaist pipe and the pipe itself was black and almost looks burnt, Can someone tell me what this, is it just the crap on the exhause burning off Just to edit the smoke was coming from the black patch on exhaust external and not out the end

Well, another week another worry! After getting the knocking sorted from the rear of my 'cat I have now noticed on the way into work this morning that there seems to be an extradorinary amount of white smoke coming from the exhaust. After trawling the internet I am getting conflicting advice, some say it could be head gasket/broken cylinder whilst others say it could just be oil being burt off. The oil was changed as part of a service I had done when the chain was replaced, could it be this at fault? Cant afford another huge repair :( Any ideas lads??

Basingstoke council have started resurfacing some of the roads in and around the town. One of them is a road I have to take to work every morning. Going along this stretch of road this morning doing bugger all mph cos the road's covered with 'loose shit', along with all the other rush hour traffic, a bastard in a white van comes along overtaking everyone at 60mph shot blasting all the other traffic with said loose shit. Got to work and just about to put the lock on the Beast when I noticed a chip in the tank paintwork that I only sprayed two weeks ago. If I could have got my hands on him I'd be doing time now. Plain white van so no company to complain to …

white van man fail something tells me a lot of the arch is inside that van as the roofs of those things are pretty flimsy, mind you i would not think the arch was over strong

anyone wanna give a quick write up on who they are, age, where they are from, bike they ride etc. most of the regulars know a bit about each other but it would be cool to hear about the newer members

Well im really missing a bike... and cant afford what i really want... and yes i would be a traitor! If i could have any bike i think it would be a shitzuki GSXR750 Anyway another thought came back to me and that was i wonder if the person who bought my bike wants to sell it back? But unforunatly i have lost his name and details so if any one knows i would be interested Cheers Alex PS In case you've seen it, it looks like this

http://media2.big-boys.com/awesomebike.wmv Must have a modified back to do that.

Yep, it's snowing. 3-4" deep, more in other places, cars are backed up, there's grit everywhere, people are absent from work, all the local schools are shut....... ......And I'm sat here at work, having ridden all the way here in 2nd gear. The snow wasn't a problem once I got onto major roads. However, I still haven't gotten around to buying any Pro FST yet, so my carbs are icing and I stall at every fecking red light!!! Who else has been brave/stupid this morning, then?

I'm thinking about getting a bike more than likely and R6, but i was looking around for insurance rates and the lowest I could find was around $1100 a MONTH! is it just me or is that insane? I mean i know i'm a 20 year old single guy, but i've taken drivers safety classes for cars and bikes and never been in an accident. So my question is who are you guys insured with and what are your rates?

And were are they made ??

& to think that I thought I was doing pretty good carrying 3 bags of groceries home on my Seca 400

well the sun is out today, and i have been meaning to stick the battery on the FZR600 3he, but todays the day i have had the battery in the cellar on a optimate but just to be sure i put the meters on 12.45v great stuff, the bikes been laid up for 6 months i popped the battery in turned the key, neutral light on and i could hear the pump whizzing away, full choke, hit the start button and she churned away after about the 5th attempt i realised i had forgotten to turn the fuel tap on Doh!!!, yes i know i always forget , 2 hits of the button and bang she burst into life. a quick look around brake check , lights, indicators tyre pressures (not lost a lb in pressure )left he…

Hi, newbie here im trying to find out how you can tell if an R1 is an import or not, im looking at a 2007 model that has not been registered yet, but someone has mentioned that the dealer that it is at ha sbeen in trouble before for selling bikes as uk when they have been imported, have checked with the dealer who confirm that it is not an import but how do i know, are there different letters numbers anything in the vin number that i could check??

Missus asked what the TDR is worth as I have been jealously muttering about my neighbours new (old) vmax. So I used ebay, then worked through all the other sites like auto trader, gumtree etc. I found 5, in TOTAL, not per site. There was one that must have had gold plated parts at over 4k, 2 others at around 2.7-2.9 and a non runner, non registered dog for 1500, last one was a bitza basket case worth nothing but hassle. Search other stuff like RD400 or 350ypvs or lc. Kh(of any cc) and there are plenty. I knew they were rare but!

Hi peeps, Was looking through some of my various XJ Turbo bits and pieces on my laptop trying to re-familiarise myself with how it goes back together, i already have a parts catalog which helps a fair bit but was wondering if anybody had a link to a service manual online? i have one for the DT50 which goes into great detail about how/where the wires should route e.t.c and would be a great thing to have for the turbo aswell any help appreciated Foameh