Biker's Cafe Chatroom

IC3 · 19 Feb 2016 at 18:42

Kreeeee said:
The Yamaha mt-10 is off my shopping list.

What idiot put the pillion pegs so close to the rear sets? No full grown man could get on the balls of their feet on that monstrosity of a design flaw.

Brutale 800 it is than?

IC3 · 19 Feb 2016 at 18:56

Kreeeee said:
S1000R or Tuono

The Tuono doesn't look too comfortable for a pillion passenger, S1000R rear seat seems to be bigger?

If you fiancée also had a bike, would go for the Brutale?

IC3 · 19 Feb 2016 at 19:54

Come on Kreeeee, bikes aren't sensible in the first place.

You know you want the Brutale

IC3 · 20 Feb 2016 at 13:12

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Ducati-Monster-696-/331783224484

25 miles away

Edit The price seems to be low too.

IC3 · 20 Feb 2016 at 21:52

I hate the inbuilt sun glasses too, they're a pain and change the vision a little...

Mirrored visor all the way in sunny weather!

IC3 · 21 Feb 2016 at 22:30

It also looks a lot less suspicious... when they wheel it away.

IC3 · 22 Feb 2016 at 12:29

Me and my dad lifted the KTM Duke together and load it onto a Mercedes Sprinter, no one thought about getting a ramp.

Apart from having a hard time finding a good thing to grab it by, it wasn't that heavy.

IC3 · 22 Feb 2016 at 14:14

tom_e said:
One for you IC3 http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201509277285633

I know this SV, it was involved in unclaimed incident. I'll pass on it :rolleyes:

The guy selling it is Polish, you can call him and see for yourself.

IC3 · 22 Feb 2016 at 14:27

tom_e said:
So I can see from the FB profile he posted the ad from, bit daft not to just be honest about the dings considering the photos are right there.

Yep, I'm most likely going to buy http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201602181162739 and its very likely I'll be buying a car again.

That's the current plan, no point in spending loads on first 'big' bike, right? This one looks better than some of the newer SV's out on there... :rolleyes:

IC3 · 22 Feb 2016 at 14:59

I prefer to go for something older that has been looked after, rather than something newer and abused/not cared for. The other thing is, them kill switch backfires!

The only thing that'll go on this blue one is a belly pan, it should get me through those 2 years and maybe longer?

IC3 · 22 Feb 2016 at 15:44

Clov!s said:
I can't believe what a nice day it is, just took the dog out, the air is crisp, it's not cold and there's no wind, shame I've got a cold and my arm is still sore from my tattoo...

You got a tattoo? Any vids from first rides? I remember you had a gopro

P.s. Bought a car, I might buy a bike today too. The dodgy looks from neighbours will comeback haha

IC3 · 22 Feb 2016 at 15:52

This is how I've mine mounted, mounts are some cheap chinese mounts from Gearbest.

Civic 7th gen, grey 05.

IC3 · 22 Feb 2016 at 15:57

You can't transport anything on the bike, you can only transport one person on a bike and you've to provide them some safety gear. The bikes doesn't have heating and there's still 3 months intill I can take my test. I need a transport badly, public transport sucks... lol

I'll still have a bike, and a car for the money I wanted to spend just on a bike.

Edit: 8 seconds vs 14-16 seconds on a 125 +you can't go on motorways.

IC3 · 22 Feb 2016 at 16:53

acemastr said:
My car is 5.5s to 60

I'm jelly of the Impreza, the interior is sexy. :cool:

I get those calls too, I just simply tell them to F Off.

Afterwards if not private number, just use in-call blocker which is by stock in the ROM I've on my Nexus.

Edit @wazza300, you've said you're getting a car yourself lol. Couple people on here have a car and a bike... I've been driving my dad's saab 9-3 250bhp for the past couple days on temp insurance and I've noticed that I actually need a car.
My immune system is crap, I can't ride all year...

IC3 · 22 Feb 2016 at 17:09

It's funny how they try to play mind tricks with you, as if you were some kind of idiot that just falls for it... They clearly ask you questions from which they make up their little story.

IC3 · 23 Feb 2016 at 19:52

No car, it was a disaster... the mechanic that changed the cam belt has obviously F UP badly.

More moneysss towards a bike, right?

IC3 · 23 Feb 2016 at 20:04

I don't like the front on the Tuono... but that insurance is ridiculous. lol

@TallPaul_S, If you still don't mind, could you have a look at that SV? Cheers

IC3 · 23 Feb 2016 at 20:30

TallPaul_S said:
I take it you're looking for a naked sv650 now?

I always preferred the naked version, but due to availability and no wind protection I wanted to go for the faired version. But I don't care anymore, I'll just go for what I want. I only like Sports and Naked's, Sport tourers etc are not my thing...

No more cars, that's for sure lol. :rolleyes:

IC3 · 23 Feb 2016 at 20:46

Stovepipes said:
Yeah I'm 35 and paid I think it was £1100 for my NC700. I keep fantasising about buying another bike and then I remember that I might not just face the problem of not being able to afford insurance but they may not insure me at all on certain bikes.

What?!? How's that possible, you either had some kind of claims/convictions or you live in very bad area... Postcode insurance ratings

I'll check my insurance for a naked SV and edit this post. brb

IC3 · 23 Feb 2016 at 21:15

SV650-N 06 Quotes with Postcode rating 'B' at age 19 no NCB (Bike/Car).
£574 TPFT
£728 Fully Comp

Edit:

Stovepipes said:
Avast

Uninstall it quickly lol, I can't think of a worst AV than this. 2nd place in the most crap antivirus is probably AVG, 3rd place Kaspersky... Get ESET Smart Security with inbuilt firewall.