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I don't know whether to follow Oldgit's acerbic reply or not.... I'd certainly like to The rear wheel is not locking up, it's spinning because the revs are TOO HIGH for the rubber to grip. You're also fucking up and burning through a fairly expensive back tyre. This is not a 125, it's one of the more powerful mid-range big bikes!! Gradual increase on the throttle, fella. Get the bike moving first, then steadily open the throttle - NOT fully open very fast.

Five questions.... 1/. Yeah? 2/. And? 3/. So? 4/. What? Ride like a twat, get treated like one in prison

My 125 Drag was about 12 BHP, IIRC.....

Well, you don't want it dripping off, but none of this 'small dab' nonsense. Big, bold lines of glue. Manly squeezings of the tube and all that. You want the grips to stay put, remember!!

It's not publicised on any sites AFAIK, mate. However, it's only a 250. The 33BHP you're restricted to is a rough equivalent of a 400cc. Even my 650 Drag is only 40BHP.

Vented leathers, perforated leathers etc etc. Textiles, also with vents, perforated sections etc.... All come with armour and all are good. Bear in mind these things: 1/. Sweat cools you down. Vented/perforated clothing allows the airflow to cool you. 2/. Sliding down the road at 40mph, your exposed flesh will be grated off (yes, just like a cheese grater) at the rate of 1 inch depth per second. 3/. Ground off flesh (fat, muscle, whatever) does NOT grow back. Feel free to go riding in shorts, sandals or whatever you want. Ain't gonna be skin off MY hide.......

Drill holes in the exhaust. Try putting a circle of holes around the actual hole in the end of the pipes. Also, take off the mufflers and remove the baffles. This will likely feck your fuel process and wreck your performance, but it will make your bike sound louder. I do not recommend doing it, myself. I'd suggest passing your test, getting a 650 Custom and fitting some Highway Hawk pipes. Then you can at least walk the walk that your pipes are talking!!

THE best Yamaha ever is the Maple Custom with Vintage finish and a 14" snare!!! As played by Dave Weckl...... What? No-one said it had to be limited to motorcycles

Superglue for me. Make sure the inside of the grips and the outside of the bars (ie, the surfaces to be bonded) are completely clear and clean. Using a Stanley knife (or an X-Acto blade if in the US) to scrape the bars works very well. Use feck-loads of glue and wipe clean any overflow. Be very careful not to get any glue between the throttle collar and the right bar, else you'll stick your throttle open/closed!!!

Rain-X is designed for glass only. I have no confirmation, but it's strongly believed that Rain-X makes the plastic in your visor go brittle. In other words, if a stone hits, it will punch through and hit you in the face. I use general visor cleaner. It leaves a clear residue that helps 'grease away' raindrops. You have to reapply about once a week, but then I clean the visor once a week anyway. Some people use beeswax and, as mentioned, various other polish/waxy substances.

The lock I posted is a Disc Detainer lock. I can pick open pin cylinders, tubular locks and even some dimple locks, using just a pair of paperclips. If I can do it in reasonable time, so can thieves and the electric pick guns are getting cheaper... It is 'possible' to do the same to Disc Detainers, but generally you need a specialist tool and it takes a lot longer. It's actually quicker to break into your house, search the whole place to find and use your spare key!!

Riding like a 'twat'..... replace 'twat' with prick, dickhead, irresponsible motherfucker, gawd-damn sonofabitch or similar Hollywood description. Basically someone who'll get what's coming to them Frank Thomas 'Tourino' vented leathers - End of line sale - Was £360 for the set. Now £80!! Get 'em while ya can - I did

Fork Locks? Must be what we call a Steering Lock. That still only takes a few seconds..... Leaving bike in gear is common, especially if you have to park uphill. As for getting left, guess you'd better make sure you're ready, then.... Us, we leave together, we arrive together. It's about the company, rather than anything else. Then again, we're a bit older than you

Oh, forgot that one - I'm a member too..... Heh heh, I said 'member'!!!! There's a politics-free, female only 'Frontpatch' club in Kent, that my other half is part of. They've been going 18 years!! These clubs are about and becoming more accepted. Keep an eye out......

Myself included. Mine is just a disclock. It takes me around seven seconds to remove my disclock, put it in my pocket and zip the pocket shut. That's all. Speaking from the perspective of someone who rides in groups, in a country where most self-respecting bikers still take the time to put on helmet, gloves and maybe glasses (sun or otherwise), seven flipping seconds isn't much of a delay. If you need to urgently hop on the bike and blast away like a fighter pilot launching into active combat, then either you're something like a police officer or you're partaking of some activity you really ought not to be.... in which case it probably doesn't apply to you anyway. If your riding buddies can't even wait seven fecking seconds for you to unlock your bike, then they're tossers and you need a group of politer people. 23, if you want to get petty about it. What, every single one of them? Bet you I can find 10 brands of disclock that don't come with them, excluding the ones I own!! Then it obviously doesn't apply to you, does it???!!! But as you said, all this stuff is available, if people want it.

In order: Ride with: Thames Vale Vultures, my girlfriend, her club, random people from work and all by myself when I feel like it. My group is affiliated with MAG, NABD and sponsors charities such as The Variety Club and Help For Heroes. I ride..... a motorcycle!!!! Okay, okay - I and my other half both ride Custom XVS650 Dragstars. Both clubs ride all sorts, from Cruisers to Tourers, Sports, Sports Tourers, Bike Trikes, Car Trikes, Big Trikes and even an old Ural Sidecar outfit. Who I'd like to be a member of? Shrug........ No aspirations to join any particular Back, Side, front or any other Patch club. I do my own thing as far as possible and am mostly separate from that world. I am on friendly terms with any who are polite enough to smile and say hello.

Option 1 is a bit more than I paid for my test. However, I've seen it as high as £700 round here. Shop around.

I hear this from so many people.... Including my girlfriend!! Do you keep forgetting your front door key, too? I'm sorry, but remembering to take the disc lock off is just a simple matter of habit. You approach the bike, you blip the alarm off, you bend down and take off the disclock. I do it without thinking and have never had a problem. Get an alarmed one, if you want a reminder. Use a reminder cable too, if you have to!! One tip is to put the disc lock behind the caliper and right up against it. I am assuming you pull forward. If you're going to start by reversing out, put it right in front of the caliper. This way, even if you do forget to remove it, you will only travel a mere couple of inches, rather than several feet before the thing catches. There will be no damage, no throw-offs, no drops etc.

Silkolene brand 10W40 Semi-Synth costs about £19.99 for a four litre bottle. Edit: Oh look - 100 posts!!

Get one where the key looks something like this; I think Abus do some like this. Make sure the shackle is shrouded, too.

For moving off as I described, lean the bike over slightly. Not yourself, just the bike. For slow turns, turn the handlebars. Different bikes require you to lean in/out/stay upright. The only way to figure out what works best at which speeds is to practice somewhere and develop the feel for your bike.

How do you think I learned?

Give it another bash!! For various reasons, it took me FOUR goes to pass mine, though I only consider it two due to the rather pissily awkward circumstances

Might as well change the oil anyway. She'll love you for it. Give everything a good clean out and scrub up. Make it shine!!!!!!!

HOW MUCH?????!!!!!!!!! Fuck me...... I could do it myself for less than £100. You yourself could learn to impression a lock off the net, file a £2 key blank down and make your own. Get a padlock and chain it to something immovable. Use something like an Abloy lock with a disc detainer mechanism. Far better use of cash!!