General chat thread... Links, pictures, banter etc

zubair wrote: »

Pics pls. If it's a full aftermarket system the cat may be gone but it's likely just a slip on.

Will put some pics up in a day or 2. thanks

IrishGrimReaper wrote: »

Spent over 7 hours on the bike yesterday. Went to the AMI open day in Gorey and was lucky to get a test spin on the new Moto Guzzi, Yamaha Tracer 900 and the Africa Twin.

The Guzzi had the best seat and brakes of the lot, and a lovely sound when you reved it. Africa twin was the nicest sounding all round but **** me the standard seat is big, I was tippy toeing.

But the Tracer 900 blew my mind, that bike is amazing! absolutely loved it. From the get go I had a huge grin the entire time. I really really want one! It was so easy to ride as if I'd rode it for months.

Huge props to the AMI guys they had hotdogs, burgers and loads of stuff handed out for people. Oh and bought Knox Zero 3's... had to buy something like. Even had one fella say it's nice to see young bikers

All i saw was the monkey behind ya

Addisyn Screeching Sickbed wrote: »

Apologies for the delay in coming back to you on this particular point,i've had the same issue with polishing the downpipe on my own bike, burns fairly fast.

Have you radiator guards?

i wiped the dealz stuff until the parts were clean and it was dried off although there is one area i am unsure of that has some peeling on it.

ACF50 is something that has been recommended to me by almost every biker i've come across, be it here or in person.

I only have plastic gards on the outside of my radiators,my coolent rads are mounted both sides of the engine my problem is the splash back from the road causes build up of dirt between engine and radiators rather than the outside ,I put an extender on the mud gard witch greatly reduced this other than that I clean the build up of dirt every so often with toothbrush and the wife's kitchen cleaner , bleach free.
When using the delz muck off stuff you must wash it off don't let it dry.
I wet bike down first ,spray the whole bike with the cleaner and leave long enough time it takes a kettle to boil wash whole bike with hot water and washing up liquid give it a good rince down.
Twice a year I give a good power hoseing before and after winter.and applying acf 50 removing plastic's applying on the hard to reach area's.
I get 5 week out of a coating of acf 50 on the surface of plastic's and area's that receive most rain road spray,
washing one a week with a hose and soapy water.then just touch up areas that need acf 50.

Lumen wrote: »

I wonder whether early reviews of the 2019 S1000RR are putting the frighteners on HP4 Race owners?

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/BMW-HP4-Race/292961935624?hash=item4435e46108:g:lOEAAOSw81lcZWve

At least £11k depreciation in 956kms, so that's about £12/km.

That's a stunning bike in person !!

Where do you get motorcycle tyres fitted, any idea of cost for fitting?

LIGHTNING wrote: »

My first ever commute into city centre and its nice to see Taxi's drivers are as much as a pain for bikers as they are for cyclists. Right up my rear, cutting me off all the classics :pac:

Ride defensively and watch for the cyclists too, they're not your friends when you're on a motorbike.

Hotblack Desiato wrote: »

Nearly got wiped out near the end of the Long Mile Rd on the way home

Minding my own business in the left lane (after bus lane time, before anyone asks ) this dozy bitch in the right lane suddenly crosses the continuous white line into my lane, no signal natch, my front wheel was ahead of her rear wheel when she started moving

No time to even think about hitting the horn

I'm convinced I'm going down, brake brake brake and try and steer left and is that the front or rear tyre or both I can feel squirming on the point of locking? and that car is still getting closer fcuk fcuk fcuk

Somehow I avoid her and stay upright, half a mile later after I got ahead of her I stopped at a yield sign and walked back for a wee chat

"wtf were you doing, etc"

"I'm sorry, but you were behind me"

"YEAH, I WAS, AFTER I NEARLY LOST CONTROL BRAKING!!!"

Wait, WTF? You SAW me and still did that????

FFS, Some people.

Good man for saving it. Sounds like you were in the blind spot based on your description. Despite what she said, she probably didn't see you and was sh1tting it because a man in a helmet and leathers approached her after a near miss. Glad all is ok but I don't agree with approaching other drivers in this way, express your frustration with a rev bomb and get going.

Blind spot, you need to be ahead or behind, you just can't sit alongside and expect other drivers to see you.

thos wrote: »

Blind spot, you need to be ahead or behind, you just can't sit alongside and expect other drivers to see you.

But you don't know if HD was passing them or what. Just because the incident happened while he was in the blind spot doesn't mean he was driving along at the same speed in the blind spot.

And the way drivers are told to position their mirrors is terrible. You're told you should have them so you can see along the side of your car. That's bad mirror position and gives you the 2 big blind spots. You should position them like this:

Hotblack Desiato wrote: »

I wasn't sitting in the blind spot, she was going faster than me (shock horror!)



I was in the centre of my lane, not to the right of it, maybe I should ride in the fcuking gutter?

Did you miss the bit about crossing a continuous white line?

Or where she said she had actually seen me?????




Exactly, which is why I did it. It could save another rider's life. I think we all have a duty to make drivers like that aware of where they went wrong and how close they came to causing a serious accident.

You seem happy enough that it was 100% her fault and there was nothing you could have done. Fairy muff.

Classic run from Farrell's bar in Youghal this morning at 11am.
Not sure if anyone on here attends this or not.
Old bikes and some newer ones.
Mostly country roads/lanes, a few stops along the way and some grub.