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    #10412
    Varik
    Registered Users Posts: 12,500 ✭✭✭✭Varik


    https://www.youtube.com/shorts/qYybJuNgE5s?feature=share


    Didn't know this, Kawasaki only contemporary bikes that you can't accidentally skip neutral and go to 2nd by mistake when stationary.



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    #10413
    enrique66_35
    Registered Users Posts: 276 ✭✭enrique66_35


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121009055#Comment_121009055

    Can keep renewing provided you have either taken and failed the test or are on the list to take one. Theory test cert is valid for 2 years but once you're submitted it to get a learner permit, it doesn't matter anymore once you're in the system. The 2 year limit on your IBT is a more pressing issue.



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    #10414
    LIGHTNING
    Moderators, Motoring & Transport Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 633 CMod ✭✭✭✭LIGHTNING


    Got some official bits for the Hornet

    Before

    1.jpg


    After

    2.jpg




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    #10415
    listermint
    Registered Users Posts: 33,697 ✭✭✭✭listermint


    Pretty significant news for BMW motorrad in North America.


    https://www.visordown.com/news/industry/bmw-north-america-issues-stop-sale-notice-all-petrol-motorcycles


    Biggest market



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    #10416
    honda boi
    Registered Users Posts: 1,697 ✭✭✭honda boi


    Anyone order lately from visorshop.com?

    They legit?

    Looking at getting the kids gear and these look the best value.



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    #10417
    mjsc1970
    Registered Users Posts: 643 ✭✭✭mjsc1970


    Earlier this year. Yes. And not for the first time. Theyre good.



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    #10418
    honda boi
    Registered Users Posts: 1,697 ✭✭✭honda boi


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121148454#Comment_121148454

    Cheers mjsc.

    Will go ahead and order!



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    #10419
    GBX
    Registered Users Posts: 11,917 ✭✭✭✭GBX


    Yeah, few times. There Crossans up the north. Very easy to deal with. No duties etc either.



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    #10420
    muddle84
    Registered Users Posts: 1,681 ✭✭✭muddle84


    Visorshop are great. Good products and very helpful on the phone or if you call in to them in person, you get the odd free gift thrown in too! Just speaking from experience if you order online, it's worth following up with a phone call the following day.



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    #10421
    listermint
    Registered Users Posts: 33,697 ✭✭✭✭listermint


    Saw this bit of tyre changing kit on Instagram. Looks well thought out and implemented. Especially storage.

    (https://www.instagram.com/reel/CxZ4nbLN3lv/?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==)



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    #10422
    goblin59
    Registered Users Posts: 2,236 ✭✭✭goblin59


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121204507#Comment_121204507

    I've seen it pop up before! Clever bit of kit. Dad has the sealey tyre changer, its nice but doesn't work with certain sizes.

    Didn't like a NC700x front



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    #10423
    listermint
    Registered Users Posts: 33,697 ✭✭✭✭listermint


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121204542#Comment_121204542

    Seems to be around 3/4 sizes from this brand. Not cheap 450-550 range.



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    #10424
    goblin59
    Registered Users Posts: 2,236 ✭✭✭goblin59


    yeah the sealey one does does the two 1200GS so he's happy with it. And pretty sure it does the DR650se as well



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    #10425
    listermint
    Registered Users Posts: 33,697 ✭✭✭✭listermint


    New to me. In from Germany this week.

    20231008_183002.jpg




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    #10426
    knucklehead6
    Registered Users Posts: 6,739 ✭✭✭knucklehead6


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121210544#Comment_121210544

    Well wear.



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    #10427
    geotrig
    Registered Users Posts: 1,733 ✭✭✭geotrig


    looks minty



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    #10428
    Seweryn
    Registered Users Posts: 4,487 ✭✭✭Seweryn


    Nice one.

    Did you buy privately or from a dealer?



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    #10429
    listermint
    Registered Users Posts: 33,697 ✭✭✭✭listermint


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121217004#Comment_121217004

    Bought direct from dealer, arranged own transport jarvis



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    #10430
    galwaytt
    Registered Users Posts: 12,761 ✭✭✭✭galwaytt


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121013429#Comment_121013429


    also, iirc - it also means you can't put it in to 2nd if you want to bump start it....................

    Ode To The Motorist

    “And my existence, while grotesque and incomprehensible to you, generates funds to the exchequer. You don't want to acknowledge that as truth because, deep down in places you don't talk about at the Green Party, you want me on that road, you need me on that road. We use words like freedom, enjoyment, sport and community. We use these words as the backbone of a life spent instilling those values in our families and loved ones. You use them as a punch line. I have neither the time nor the inclination to explain myself to a man who rises and sleeps under the tax revenue and the very freedom to spend it that I provide, and then questions the manner in which I provide it. I would rather you just said "thank you" and went on your way. Otherwise I suggest you pick up a bus pass and get the ********* ********* off the road” 



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    #10431
    galwaytt
    Registered Users Posts: 12,761 ✭✭✭✭galwaytt


    after several decades of always missing this show, and always promsing to go, went & drove over to it this weekend; Stafford Classic Motorbike Show.


    Big crowd, lots of nice stuff - but also a lot of........dross. Galway Metal / Hammond Lane should have had a stand at it............


    One thing I noticed is the increase in popularity of jap and newer classics and the decline of the more traditional brit stuff. Which is no bad thing : I started out on Jap stuff in the '80s, and never hankered for a Brit bike, so that's fine by me.

    You know you're getting old though when Gen 1 R1's appear as Classics......... 😁

    No-brainer for me would have been to buy any one of the RG500's - although they are now in the stratosphere, price-wise. I actually had saved enough to buy a brand new one in 1988..........and didn't. Spent the money going to college instead. It's debatable which was the correct choice, even now 🤣

    Big Z's now 5-figure prices - the green one sold there for £11k. Things like RGV250's, Aprilia 250's all £9k+ and heading for 5-figures as well. The Chesterfield Aprilia RS 250 would be on my list. As would the bog-standard 1987 series 1 GPZ900r.

    GT750 Kettles also on my list, but also the GS1100EFE - which is still an impressive bruiser. Old school big-torque motor and barn door fairing would still eat the miles.

    The white CBX Touring was a peach, and a turnkey classic at £9k.

    Saw an MBX80 for the first time in 35+ years: I did my test on one of those, in 1987. It's still a fabulous bike. The plaque beside it extolled how it was so much more expensive than an AR80 at the time, and not as popular. For the heady sum of £699. (The AR's were £529....). Sigh.

    Have a gander, pics here: https://photos.app.goo.gl/Q5GrRx9v8xPMLkAV7

    Ode To The Motorist

    “And my existence, while grotesque and incomprehensible to you, generates funds to the exchequer. You don't want to acknowledge that as truth because, deep down in places you don't talk about at the Green Party, you want me on that road, you need me on that road. We use words like freedom, enjoyment, sport and community. We use these words as the backbone of a life spent instilling those values in our families and loved ones. You use them as a punch line. I have neither the time nor the inclination to explain myself to a man who rises and sleeps under the tax revenue and the very freedom to spend it that I provide, and then questions the manner in which I provide it. I would rather you just said "thank you" and went on your way. Otherwise I suggest you pick up a bus pass and get the ********* ********* off the road” 



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    #10432
    Varik
    Registered Users Posts: 12,500 ✭✭✭✭Varik


    What are the rules for accident video.

    Just watched one where I can't believe he made it out, wasn't bloody but oh **** was it bad.

    His description

    My accident from about 4 months ago. I call it an accident but it was clearly my fault. Too much confidence for too little skill. Thankfully made it out alive, and didn't lose any limbs. 20+ fractures in my face, broke arm in half in two different places, collapsed lung, broken rib, two fractured spine discs. I'll be back to ride again one day, but not like I used to. Riding like I did was fun as hell, but I want to have fun for a long time.

    Guy looked like he just got the bike and camera, and had a few video of him acting like a menace/hard man before accident might have given him some cop.



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    #10433
    muddle84
    Registered Users Posts: 1,681 ✭✭✭muddle84


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121280919#Comment_121280919
    https://cdllife.com/2023/watch-motorcyclist-somehow-lives-after-messing-around-and-finding-out/#:~:text=I%20call%20it%20an%20accident,wrote%20in%20the%20video%20caption.&text=%E2%80%9CIf%20I%20were%20you%20I,shouldn't%20ride%20like%20this.

    Full clip is on youtube and in that article there. Riding like a gombeen!!



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    #10434
    blade1
    Registered Users Posts: 12,144 ✭✭✭✭blade1


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121285697#Comment_121285697

    Now spends his time educating other riders it says.

    I'd rather be unedgumacated.



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    #10435
    Wossack
    Registered Users Posts: 7,002 ✭✭✭Wossack


    good that they showed so much of the footage before the crash - really did seem inevitable.. just the sheer amount of stupidity on display



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    #10436
    Varik
    Registered Users Posts: 12,500 ✭✭✭✭Varik


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121289247#Comment_121289247

    He'd other videos up doing the same and worse doing it at night.

    He replied to comments on the older videos making it seem all the worse. Talking about being in control and skill.



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    #10437
    blade1
    Registered Users Posts: 12,144 ✭✭✭✭blade1


    Looking at visors online.

    €137 for the one I want and that's with a 10% discount. 🥵



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    #10438
    GBX
    Registered Users Posts: 11,917 ✭✭✭✭GBX


    For a visor 🤨 does it come with a reach around. Must be fancy



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    #10439
    blade1
    Registered Users Posts: 12,144 ✭✭✭✭blade1


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121311763#Comment_121311763
    Screenshot_2023-11-01-18-21-24-85_40deb401b9ffe8e1df2f1cc5ba480b12.jpg

    And that's not even mentioning the lid I'm thinking of buying.



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    #10440
    GBX
    Registered Users Posts: 11,917 ✭✭✭✭GBX


    Ah yeah the Arai stuff is not cheap. But great quality



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    #10441
    blade1
    Registered Users Posts: 12,144 ✭✭✭✭blade1


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121311937#Comment_121311937

    I know 🥴

    img-20211113-160534.jpg




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