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I just got the brighter Phillips one. 60w, I think it was. Didn't make much difference, TBH. I'd need those secondary headlights for that.

The 650 components, such as transmission, final drive etc are all designed to take the 40bhp of a 650 engine. Whacking an 1100 in there will rip your bike apart. Aslo, do not type ALL IN CAPS. That's the internet equivalent of shouting and will attract rude responses, get you ignored or worse - Locked up in Miss Goff's dungeon with a horny Wild Foamy

Ordering anything from the US direct means you get high import tax duties to pay. Some places will mark it as one of the tax-except categories if you ask nicely. It really is a case of shopping around. Ebay and all that lot, too. I don't really customise anything about my bike. I just add on my own fancy bits instead.

This any good? Avon Tyres...

Not really; I suggested Thunderpole for a reason... Several reasons, actually - They've been doing this for decades and have top class customer service, they can do some custom work, they include free delivery.....

It's a Custom, mate. The Classic has bigger mudguards front and rear that slope very far downward and then flick up at the back. The forks have cowls on them that beef them up. The bars are usually different and there's more fancy styling bits everywhere. Also, the battery & storage compartment covers colour-match the tank, rather than being chrome (depending on chosen paint scheme) and the mudguards are metal (bringing an extra 20kg to the weight). The indicators are placed differently, the headlights vary somewhat and a few smaller differences. Performance-wise, the Custom is better as it's lighter and has less drag, but it's not that noticable unless you ride it like I do Here; Custom Dragstar Classic Dragstar

Midland G7.... a fine choice!! Many bike schools use these round here and I'm getting some myself shortly! I don't know what the Easi-Com comes with and their stupid webshite is under construction, so I can't find out. However, the Midland G7 is Standard Wired, meaning that it takes a normal 2-pin plug on a headset. Most bike to bike headsets have this plug - A long 3.5mm pin and a shorter 2.5mm pin, both stereo jack types. If the Easi-Com has this, then it's just plug & go, If not, an adapter may be needed. Thunderpole can probably help you out with this one as well. Just be sure the easi-Com has a PTT switch for your handlebars. Again, not the end of the world if it doesn't as good old Thunderpole may be able to make you one up.

As Madison says, so long as you look after the bike you can expect most to do 100K without any major issues. An ex-police Pan with 84,000 on the clock is usually good for up to 200,000 miles if you look after it!!!

Eh????!!!!! These still are the days, good buddy. I have my Mids & Muppets all in one handy rig with a killer twig on the back of my bike right now!!! Anyway, I'm going 10-100. Catch ya on the flip-flop. And no. Nobody still talks like that

The Drag is the biggest of the 125 Cruisers and an excellent choice, if I may say so!! Not the fastest (Shadow and Intruder outperform it), but there's very little between them anyway. So yeah, sounds like you're on the right track already!! Go for it, fella!!!

You missed that, didn't you? The electrician was a Persian chap who used a lot of Saffron in his cooking. By your definition, he was therefore also a professional chef (actually, he was pretty damn good). Nothing wrong with ready made pies, either. My butcher makes some great ones. Besides, I have better things to do with my time than ponce about in the kitchen on a meal that's only going to last a few minutes. I have noticed though, how most of the good chefs all seem to be gay.....

Firstly, it doesn't matter what radio you get. Spend good money on a proper radio headset first. Don't buy the Oxford one or anything else made by bike people. This is a piece of radio kit and should come from radio manufacturers. Alan still make the best bike mic IMO. Regardless of what you wear, always get the 'Open Face' version with a boom mic. This has noise attenuating features and will help your comms. Be aware that even the Schuberth lids still have noise in them and transmissions above 40mph will still be a bit noisy. Don't enable the VOX feature as your buddies will get very pissed at you after 120 miles of continuous accidental transmissions triggered by helmet noise. Remember you won't know of your radio is blatting away. Use the handlebar mounted PTT switches instead. Also take off the Roger Beeps. They are stupid, annoying and painful on the ears. The benchmark for this stuff is still the Midland Alan 456r radios on PMR446. As mentioned, you do get mostly what you pay for. The cheapy stuff is crap. The best of that bunch is the Midland G7 at about £70 a pair. The mid-range stuff is pretty good and will usually do what you need, plus have enough fancy features to make it worthwhile. The best is the Midland Alan 456r at £65 odd per handset. For amazing performance, you're looking at pro handsets. However, at £150+ per handset it's not worth it unless you'll use these all the time, rather than the occasional bike ride. For top notch performance, forget PMR446 altogether. Get a pair of Midland 42 Multi handheld CB radios - £100 per handset. Wire a 12v socket to your bike via a relay and whack a 4' antenna on the back. Even with the 6" rubber duck aerial, you'll get superior performance, but with a proper antenna you're looking at 8-10 miles!! Check out Thunderpole for some great deals and advice on what's available.

"Oh, beasty, beasty, beasty, beastyyyyyyyyyyyy!" You see, I already know that to die would be an awfully big adventure and at the hands of the Goffster, it'd likely blow yer mind!!!! Don't worry - It passes.... usually once you've discovered the downside to leathers being worn all weekend at a long, hot, sweaty Summer bike rally!!! What, like this chap? What's your daughter called, again? No, no, no, no, NOOOOOOOOOOOO!! Have none of you erstwhile horny-chaps ever ridden Pillion before? YOU go on the back of HER bike. That way you can legitimately cop a feel. Hell's bells, simpletons.... must I think of EVERYTHING????!!!!

Machine...... Gun..... Fellatio...... You mean, they actually have the word Motherf**ker in their song? For real? Seriously? Wow, they must be pretty tough for 12-year-olds....... They sound even tougher than Donnie Wahlberg singing Hangin' Tough!!!! I wonder if they've even heard of Andrew Eldritch or Tom Waits.

Guess I used to live in a posh restaurant, then... The 'chef' was an electrician living downstairs in our shared house. Used handfuls of saffron in his cooking! Why, what's he going to do? Cry at me? Who is he, anyway? Can't be any good as I've not heard of him. So when you winning Masterchef, then?

Seen one of them on an 1100.... VERY noticable increase in performance!! Buy it!!

There's several I've seen like that. Unless you know exactly what you're looking for, you'd need the registration, VIN etc.

It's spelt 'Patients'. It's what guys end up as when they think they are man enough to meet the demands of real women like Goff. You need men to service them, polish them and do the 'man' stuff with the parts dealers. You also need men to admire you as you blast past them. I'd chip in and market myself, but I'm already spoken for with a Lady similar to yourselves... and since she's letting me get a Pulse Rifle, it's probably best I don't upset her

You get the details and any witnesses, mate?

Check also your oil level. Too much will cause problems.

Why? Because fuckwitts like yourself are all mouth. No-one ever DOES anything. You let whoever get into government and then just sit around bitching about what they're doing. People are coming here and taking what they can because WE let them. It is your fault, not theirs and that's the harsh truth of it. In so far as England goes, I can proudly do that. My lineage is a vast majority of Angeln, to the point where I still bear the name of the village where we first settled up in what is now Ayrshire. There's some Scots blood somewhere and a touch of Cheyenne for some reason, but for the most significat part this is my England.

French, huh? Amateur stuff.... Try Persian Cooking. And if you're that good, why hasn't Heston Blumenthal hired you yet?

Don't worry about it. I hate curry.

I heard he was going for a curry with Roy Walker

Have you made sure the air/fuel mixture is set correctly? Usually this kind of tuning is done by a mechanic with equipment and so on, but you can get it approximately right with a Colortune kit. Dunno about your specific bike, but my Dragstar does this also. Always has. I have 3 positions; Off, Half and Full choke. When the engine is mostly warm the knob pops back in to half choke. When it's properly warmed, it pops all the way in. If I then hold it out, the engine either stalls or revs like a motherf**ker, so I try not to do that