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Good. That might be a good point for fairly long rides, but it doesn't apply to shorter ones, i.e, a 10 minutes cruise to the town center.

The Philips XP Moto (X-Treme Power) has great reviews. It seems like I would need to do some rewiring if moving up to 100W so I'll stick with a better bulb (probably the Philips one). Edit: the Philips X-Treme Power has been superseded byt the X-Treme Vision.

Thanks, Bob, I'll check it out.

Thanks for the info, Paul.

Thanks for the feedback, Bob. My goal is not to make myself or the bike invulnerable, I'd need to drive a tank to get close to that, it's simply to make driving it safer without compromising too much its performance. I don't actually know how much protection to either me and/or the bike crashbars provide but I tend to believe they would help in certain circumstances. The fact that they are already mounted on the bike makes the whole thing a no-brainer, really. By the way, why not have a pillion seat on a 125?

Cool, thanks, Bob. I'd like to get a bigger one both to increase visibility and for looks (I found that the original one looks too small compared to the rest of the bike)

A good habit to have, I'm sure.

Hi all Are there any aftermarket (bigger) headlights for the XVS 125?

Hi all Would buying this bike be worthwhile for someone to restore? http://www.ebay.co.u...=item4ab52e5234

Welcome to the forum, Whitey. Don't expect any kind of mechanical help from me, I'm a total newbie.

Swinton is, like Devitt, using Aviva ("the largest insurance services provider in the UK"). £130.55 + £3.99/month for "UK and Home Breakdown cover" (- 3 months free cover). About £7/year cheaper than Devitt.

I've kept on testing the device, while it's seating on my desk at home. I get some discrepancies both using the "WHERE#" and "URL#": sometimes the location is close to a couple of meters to where the tracker actually is, sometimes it can be off by up to 25 meters in any direction. Also, at times I only get 1 SMS reply, sometimes 2 or even 3. From what I understand, it does this when it cannot lock to the satellites and send you the last known location. It then sends you another SMS as soon as it's able to lock on some satellites. P.S: I feel like I'm talking to myself.

Thanks, Graham, I'll give them a try.

Thanks, neversaydie. As an aside, is the front fender trim only for looks or does it really provide some kind of protection?

P.S: the precision might actually be better as I think Google Map was positioning the marker on the closest road.

Test 2: I tested the "Fence" function. I went for a walk in town, with the tracker in my pocket, and it did send me a message (including lat/long) when I crossed the perimeter boundaries (set to 500m). I then asked for my location while in a building (Barclays bank) and got a reply. It was however about 50 meters off. I then did some more tests, while in the street and buildings but got no more replies! I later switched the tracker off then on again and did some more tests. They all worked, with a precision that I evaluate to be about 25 meters. I think more testing needs to be done, and, more importantly, finding out why the tracker stopped working.

Considering the RAC Breakdown cover makes up for about £50.00, that I've never driven a motorbike and that I only drive cars when I go to France (which is twice a year at the most), it does look like a good deal.

I guess I have some then.

Test 1: "in a metal box" (I don't know what metal the box is made of) The tracker received the SMS command and was able to text me its location. Test 2: "in a metal box, in the oven" Once again, the tracker received the SMS command and was able to text me its location. So far so good. Now I'm going to test its "Fence" function by sending it a message to set a 500m perimeter around my flat. I should receive text alerts if and when the tracker goes out of this zone....

Whoop, whoop!!

Hi all Even though I passed my car driving license almost 30 years ago I'm totally new to motorcycling (should pass my CBT in a couple of weeks). I've been shopping for an insurance for my XVS 125 and got the following quote from Devitt/Aviva: Please let me know what you think of it.

Welcome to the forum, Andrew.

Fuckin' hell!!! That's shocking!

P.S: the link to the item I've purchased... http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemVersion&item=260973948089&view=all&tid=948758463016

It costs me £35.99 but they have either bumped the price considerably or made a mistake when re-listing it. http://www.ebay.co.u...8089#vi-content I have no idea.