Any bikers on here?

[Russ146]

Ive got an 07 Royal Enfield 500 Bullet. I bought an original exhaust from India so now it sounds like it should, otherwise known as "the Thumper"

Black and chrome, whenever i park in town there's always somebody looking at it and they love it when i start it up and roar off (so do i mind )

 

[TRXnMe]

I'm new to Bikes and have my first 125 cruiser. It's my sole form of transport so I am going to have to plow through the winter regardless. I have just moved pretty far away from my place of work though so I am trying to find work closer to home for when the snow hits. I'm saving at the moment to do my full test, any recommendations in the WMidlands?

To get a good recomendation for a school in the West Midlands pop over to a forum called "The Rev Ccounter" and ask in the sub forum called staying alive. It's got a few professional trainers in there and they'll know who is who in the midlands area.

As to riding through winter, get something to keep the wind off your hands, handlebar muffs are amazing at keeping youur hands warm, especially if backed up with heated grips. Keep the core warm with lots of thin layers, or, if you can afford it, an electric vest.

Do stay away from quiet back roads, especially first thing in the morning and late at night, that's when you're most likely to find ice on the road.

Get an aerosol tin cap (plastic one) drill two holes in quite close together and tie wrap it to the front of the bike near your left hand bar, put a small sponge, some water and screen cleaner in there, then use it to wipe your visor when it gets covered in crud, good visibility is hard to come by on a bike.

And if it snows, take the day off, you do not want to play with cars when there is snow on the road, it's a short cut to the cemetry

 

[motomaniac]

acf 50..... thats the stuff..... bloody great it is...

 

[MattPark]

Take a look at this web site:
www.allyearbiker.co.uk

 

[james1988]

I polished and glazed the Varadero yesterday, ready for it's wax coat. I can't see me getting much riding time though as my week off work has descended into my attracting a full on case of man flu.

She's not been polished etc in that photo; it was how I picked her up from the dealers.

James

 

[Fireblade]

The clue's in the name... ;-)

I've got my Fireblade, which I've had for 10 years, and this year she was joined in the garage by a BMW 1150GS cos I couldn't get both the missus and luggage on the Blade ! Having two such different bikes means I can justify keeping both :-)

 

[james1988]

The clue's in the name... ;-)

I've got my Fireblade, which I've had for 10 years, and this year she was joined in the garage by a BMW 1150GS cos I couldn't get both the missus and luggage on the Blade ! Having two such different bikes means I can justify keeping both :-)

I', trying to justify buying a TLS at the moment. I can't see the other half as being amused if I rolled up on one (we're currently saving for a house - I'm 23). I used to have a Firestorm and loved it but I've sold that to my step dad. It was giving me horrendous neck pain - I've nackered my neck through sports injuries - so it had to go.

I'd love a blade but having never ridden one I don't know if it would be for me; very, very, pretty bikes though.

James

 

[BigYin]

Lots of work done on the bike today - new fork oil seals, and new dust seals above them, new front wheel bearings, replaced the original coil and HT lead set with an adapted wiring loom and set of stick coils from a CBR600RR, and new spark plugs in. Bike is now pulling crisp and clean, the handling is nice and firm, the tiny amount of bar vibration has gone, and shaking under braking is cured :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:

Set of 'stick coils' off a CBR600RR

Stripping back the insulation to reveal the wiring

Time to operate...

Two plug sets, one set to replace each of the original coil packs.

Oh, and the fork oil seals needed done...again... and the front wheel bearings... so I roped my mate into helping.. and hos dog!!

Back from the bike shop, new fork oil seals and dust caps on, and new bearings in the wheel - another ZZR rider pal had called in to help too - gotta love bikers and their willingness to help other bikers!!

Fuel tank and air box off to reveal the HT leads

Old HT leads and coils removed, and replaced with the stick coils and adapted wiring loom

Bike is pulling crisp and clean now. :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:

 

[Scorrie]

No it's no the heat....or lack off.

It's the grit, ice, potholes, mud, ****, water, ***** car drivers, fog, dark, etc.

If I had another (cheaper) bike then is do it but fairings, etc are very pricey.

K

Get yersel one of these:

 

[Scorrie]

That were taken on the track to Maiden Pap (the pointy hill in the picture) and Morven in Caithness winter before last.

The GS now has scrapes, scuffs and rust blemishes, but what the hell, I ain't flogging it - so don't care about resale or owt :grin:

This November will see me piling off the ferry in AberDhabi from Lerwick and having a day blasting round Glenshee, The Lecht, Tomintoul, Braemar, Rannoch and Pitlochry prior to getting blathered with equally silly GS riders a couple of miles outside Bridge of Cally. :

 

[swiggingpig]

I have an Aprilia Caponord which I use as much as possible and will continue to commute on until the gritters start putting salt on the road.

It will then be taken off the road and tucked away until spring.

 

[BigYin]

Got home tonight and went to put the padlock and chain on the bike when I noticed something shiny in the rear tyre - pulled out a 5mm long piece of metal, probably from some kind of staple... better check the rest of the tyre... found a nail in it - just over half an inch long!! seems to have gone in at an angle... was in two minds whether to pull it out in case it was plugging the hole, but the again, if I leave it there it might get pushed in even further... pulled it out, no sound of rushing air...

Left the bike a couple of hours, went back and checked the tyre pressure - still good *PHEW* - that's a relief!!

 

[kev]

Lucky. Could have been expensive.

K

 

[BigYin]

Oh god yes! the tyres are only a few months old :shock:

 

[Scorrie]

I have an Aprilia Caponord which I use as much as possible and will continue to commute on until the gritters start putting salt on the road.

It will then be taken off the road and tucked away until spring.

Hope you nail it going round Healey House bends between Netherton and Meltham before laying it up.

Or over Holme Moss to Woodhead :thumb:

 

[BigYin]

Today I had the valve clearances checked - the inlet valves were all within tolerance, but the exhaust valves were all ******* tight, so they were all re-shimmed. The carbs were balanced, and needed very little adjustment.

Bike is now behaving much better on tickover, and power is definitely up :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:

 

[fbsf]

I don't know, all these modern bikes. Not that I'm jealous :sulk: . Here's my steed - a 1981 CM200T. Totally reliable, does nearly 90mpg and can sit at 60mph all day. And I can maintain everything on it myself with only basic tools. Result!

 

[THE_Liam]

Considering putting up a thread for petrol heads in general, I'm more into my cars...

Preferably old, cheap and rusty :lol:

 

[PuggledPrune]

Got a wee SV650 SK3 here masel. It's been through 3 Scottish Winters commuting so I've bought a wee bucket of a Fiesta and I'm taking the bike off the road this year so I can get it cleaned up. Wheels and forks powdercoated, engine casings resprayed. Hopefully it won't be off the road for too long, I miss it already!

 

[beermaker]

the weather never stops me riding! Grrr!!! I used to ride up the A19 from Yarm to Sunderland in the snow and had to smash the frozen snow off my gloves when I got there! No heated grips either!

Currently riding a kawasaki ZXR400H2 which I've just rebuilt. Before that I was riding a Suzuki GS500E until some prat on his 'phone ran into the back of me at 30mph whilst i was stationary. My previous road bikes were a Honda H100SD (loved that bike, it only did 56mph so I went EVERYWHERE at 56mph!) and a Honda CB650 Nighthawk. My last two steeds are my favourites - a 1966 DOT 250CC trials bike and a 1967 Cotton Lightweight Trials (currently under massive restoration).

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