Ttaskmaster

I'm a ways past the 35 year old mark... and I'm getting quotes as high as £3,500 for an £800 car from 1984. It's actually cheaper if I do not add the Ttaskmistress and her 10 years no claims as a Named...

So my premiums could be insanely high because I have an accident logged from 2 years before my actual licence started?

Heya, Following a long episode of "needs must", I've been forced to get a 'licence to sit in traffic'. After a few months of being a Named on the Mrs's car and putting over 10k miles on the work van (that being the 'needs must' part), I'm now in the market for a cage. So I'm shopping around for inshoo-rance and they all ask how long I've had my licence... Do they mean when I got my 4-wheel category, or just in general? I'd have thought the former, but since I have an accident to declare that occurred *before* I got the B-Cat, I'm wondering if it's actually the latter? Some ask if I have use of another car, while others actually ask if I have a bike too - Do they therefore factor in the years of trouble-free road experience I've had on the bike?

Another one? There's about five of these going at any given time. Saw another recently with over 7,000 sigs. It's a nice idea, but VED is based on engine size to factor in emissions, so remember the door swings both ways... In considering this petition, the Guv'mint might just start introducing emissions testing for bikes and since we don't have catalytic converters and other such heavy gubbins bolted on to our steeds, we'd look VERY bad if that all came to light. Suddenly biking would be much more expensive!!

For simply checking the oil level, I would stick the sidestand on a block of wood, shaved to the exact height for keeping the bike almost completely upright. It had a very slight lean and I'd hold the left bar for extra safety, but oil checks is all I'd use it for. Anything else would be a long block on a trolley jack or a dedicated bike jack. I'd personally recommend the oil or gas filled ones with two spars (pallet style) perpendicular to the frame, so you can lift the exact height you require. The rotary gear scissor lifts are a bit pants, but somewhat cheaper. If you can stretch to it, get the bigger twin spar car version and strap the bike to it to keep it from tipping. No experience of them myself, but you could also look at those ride-in wheel chocks that lock the front wheel and thus hold the whole thing upright...

Love the tank sticker!

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As are some of mine - Nice bunch of lads!! Are they helping you out with the build, then... or mercilessly taking the piss out of "your little pussy 650 Dragstar" as they did with mine?

What's your oil level like? When did you last clean out and rebalance the carbs, check the float heights, set the idle, clean the fuel filter, check the carb boots, etc etc? Basically anything between fuel tank and the engine itself.

For me, it's the fact that the more we let things like this go unanswered, the more people will do it. I've had several altercations over people changing lanes into me, whose defence was basically - 'You're smaller than me, so you have to give way'. NO I FUCKING DON'T!!! Times like that, I wish I'd joined the Police or something, *just* so I can pull a Warrant card on them and cite them for the offense.

Nothing missing, as such... I just prefer a list of topics, rather than scrolling through loads of posts trying to find either page 1 or wherever I left off. It's like dumping the entire contents of your Halfords Ultimate 600pc Socket Set all over the floor, just to find the 10mm long socket.

Good link Malleus. That it's a BMW driver did not escape my attention, either...!! I like how it's followed with this one: http://metro.co.uk/2015/05/28/motorcyclist-head-butts-driver-after-he-tries-to-run-friend-off-the-road-5219379/

Do not tempt fate. Problem happens when you do this and zip off, getting 100yds down the road when something else happens... which Sod's Law will ensure... so as you're now picking yourself up from being knocked off by anothe rmobile phone cunt, the mirrorless cunt has caught up and is now kicking your teeth out... That, or the mirrorless cunt decides he now hates all bikers and deliberately swipes another poor 2-wheeler off along a quiet road where he can get away with it... That could easily be me. Don't get me wrong - I'd have shot the guy in the face, if I could... but it's something to be aware of.

Old forum was much better, IMO. This one just gives me a list of posts and things, rather than the new topics I was looking for. It's all a bit Facebookey for me.

Pay more attention to how high the bags sit on the cross strap. Good ones are adjustable, so you don't get this issue.

Some like to rivet a metal plate on the bag underside, just in case. Some models actually have one anyway. Your call.

Scottoiler for me. Love it. Blue oil works fine for all my purposes and ride types, all weather, all year round. Bought a big bottle of blue ages ago, so long I can't remember, yet still I've not run out. Cost maybe a tenner or so, I think? Only thing cheaper, IMO, is a shaft drive.

Try this: https://yamahaclub.com/forums/store/product/1-professional/

As mentioned, don't think of the big central area as a roundabout. Treat each little one separately and it all makes sense.

Otherwise known as a Ring Junction, these things are piss-easy once you know how they work! Basically, you treat each little roundabout seperately. That is all. You don't cross the line unless you can see your exit is clear and you give way to traffic on the right, just as with a normal mini-roundabout. This means you can end up going either way around the big central roundabout (more an island than an actual roundabout), which is the "magic" part. It's actually very safe and effective, but people panic because they have to think about what they're doing, is all. With six minis, the Moor End/Plough one in Hemel Hempstead is my personal favourite!!

If they have lane markings they're easy-peasy, but for some reason it confuses people. We have one in Reading that a lot of people fail on. Just follow the lines!

What a coincidence - I just got back from Isengard... Was that you and your mates I waved at, going the other way? Welcome to the forum. Good choice of bike, by the way!

It is conceivable... but then that's why most people don't post much personal information online and why (despite the mocking of certain members) I am so adamant that we don't post information on how to pick locks, remove immobilisers and the like. A scrote may well be able to find all the bike-thieving instruction they need online, but that doesn't mean we should make it any easier for them!

I had an Oxford Muff once... nothing like a posh bird to keep you warm!!

No no, I'm saying hybrids are still a waste. You either go all out or don't bother. Half-way is not good enough. I don't mind the noise if it's the whine of a jet turbine engine...!!