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Soldato
This week I've been getting to work and kinda needing a shower. Drenched t-shirt and betty swollocks.
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You're a sharp one my friendNot as big as yours on a Saturday night
Man of Honour
I've only been on the bike for a total of ten minutes most mornings this week and I've been exactly the same. Doesn't help that the office is hotter than hell as well.
Soldato
It's silly isn't it. It gets hot to the point I think about taking the car with air conditioning as I will be cooler as I step into work.
Mind you, I have a jacket that's a little like a tea bag, the breeze blows right through it. That worked better yesterday.
Mind you, I have a jacket that's a little like a tea bag, the breeze blows right through it. That worked better yesterday.
Man of Honour
Yeah I've had my mesh jacket on, perfect when moving but still toasty if I get stuck at the lights or have to pop into the shop.
Soldato
I think the worst part was manoeuvring the bike around at work parking it up and sometimes the traffic lights are timed badly and I'm sat there for quite a while.
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I've finally got around to booking my bike in to be fixed (speedo has been dead for 2 months + oil burning issues) - they're giving me a sv650 as a hire whilst they fix it... should be interesting
Man of Honour
That's going to be a bit of a shock!
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Are you the fellow OCUK'r with a Hornet? I'm losing track of who has which bike nowI've finally got around to booking my bike in to be fixed (speedo has been dead for 2 months + oil burning issues) - they're giving me a sv650 as a hire whilst they fix it... should be interesting
Don't even get me started of Clov!s.
So on the way to bourton on the water, behind a caravan, my dad felt something hit his oil sump, the damage was pretty minimal but the oil went everywhere.
All over his tyre, swingarm, covered the road and me as I was travelling behind him.
The pressure behind which forced the oil out was crazy and pretty weird it happened.
Roadside recovery picked my dad up within the hour and dropped him home, ordered a new part and we will fit it tomorrow.
All over his tyre, swingarm, covered the road and me as I was travelling behind him.
The pressure behind which forced the oil out was crazy and pretty weird it happened.
Roadside recovery picked my dad up within the hour and dropped him home, ordered a new part and we will fit it tomorrow.
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Are you the fellow OCUK'r with a Hornet? I'm losing track of who has which bike now
Don't even get me started of Clov!s.
haha nooo,
I've got a 701 SM. So a fat, heavy sv is going to be a different kind of experience ;p
Are you the fellow OCUK'r with a Hornet? I'm losing track of who has which bike now
Don't even get me started of Clov!s.
I have a Hornet
Man of Honour
20% off all motorcycle stuff at Halfords until the 31st "MOTOR2001"
Soldato
Was having some issues with my Sena 10S, namely the tomtom connecting then reconnecting over and over and over, and my phone not having 'phone audio' enabled...
Turns out I needed to pair the tomtom as a second mobile device (with a diffrent way of pairing) rather than as a second mobile on the same pairing method.
After doing that it's perfect. Here I was blaming the TomTom!
That'll teach me not to read the instructions properly...
Turns out I needed to pair the tomtom as a second mobile device (with a diffrent way of pairing) rather than as a second mobile on the same pairing method.
After doing that it's perfect. Here I was blaming the TomTom!
That'll teach me not to read the instructions properly...
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Soldato
Damn, that looks nice
Exploring austrian alps, awesome roads, awesome views, all round awesome.
Also I was thinking whilst riding (odd I know
Also Tomtom rider 450 or garmin 395LM? I'm edging towards the garmin because of music and already have garmin cycling stuff so same software (albeit a bit ****). Struggling to find intelligible reviews.
Block shifting is bad, becuase you run the risk of not being in the correct gear if the lights change or you suddenly need to accelerate (car about to rear end you for example). I'll downshift normallly, only pulling the clutch in fully when going from 2nd to 1st if I have to come to a stop.
And TomTom for me, purely becuase the garmin is so expensive!! The music controls would be nice, but you can do all that via voice on google now anyway.