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Took the afternoon off and had a hoon up to my (not so) local J&S to get a new back pack..

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On offer at £59.99 and is a nice bit of kit.

There was a mother and son in there, and she was very stressed about her son getting his first bike, but she bought him all right protective bike gear whilst letting him (and everyone else) know how much she didn't want him riding, but hats off to her for making sure he had the right kit.
Plenty of parents out there who wouldn't have done the same.
 
JonRGV250 said:
Took the afternoon off and had a hoon up to my (not so) local J&S to get a new back pack..

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On offer at £59.99 and is a nice bit of kit.

There was a mother and son in there, and she was very stressed about her son getting his first bike, but she bought him all right protective bike gear whilst letting him (and everyone else) know how much she didn't want him riding, but hats off to her for making sure he had the right kit.
Plenty of parents out there who wouldn't have done the same.
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Nice bag! Reckon the laptop compartment is big enough for a 17” laptop?
 
What is as good helmet/glove general gear sanitiser spray? Obviously removing liners and washing etc is the best way, but I thought a quick spritz after every ride wouldn't go amiss. What, if anything are you all using?
Ta :)
 
haaammit said:
What is as good helmet/glove general gear sanitiser spray? Obviously removing liners and washing etc is the best way, but I thought a quick spritz after every ride wouldn't go amiss. What, if anything are you all using?
Ta :)
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I use the Muc-off foam fresh cleaner, spray the foam inside and gently wipe with a cloth, leaves it clean and smelling nice.
 
Just got back from Thailand and have to say Wow... The day-to-day madness on the roads seems insane at first when you compare it to traffic in Europe, but somehow it works and after spending a few days on the roads amongst the locals you can predict the intentions of other motorists. I did a 6h trip to Pai and back, so just the beginning of the famous Mae Hong Son Loop and I'm already researching/planning to go back! The roads in the mountains are perfect, however there's loads of gravel, oil patches, sand, stray dogs which run out in the road, scooters that are all over the place, lorries and pickups that cut corners etc... I wouldn't recommend it to a beginner.

Below is a really good video representation of the loop IMHO.


Here's a quick snap of the bikes, CRF300M, the bikes were a bit dodgy, one bike brakes and tyres were finished, the other bike on the other hand had a twitchy throttle and burnt clutch. I'll probably buy a 2nd hand bike and do some maintenance prior to redoing the loop, but for a leisurely ride they were ok'ish.

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We did some riding in Phuket and Pattaya, however it was on mopeds as we had pillions, so there was no point in renting anything bigger.
 
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Booked my DAS today, £490 to effectively redo what I did during my A2 and what for? Same bike (literally) with additional amount of power that I won't use during the exam anyways... I had small hope that this BS would be ruled out at some point after leaving the EU, but doesn't look like it...
 
IC3 said:
Booked my DAS today, £490 to effectively redo what I did during my A2 and what for? Same bike (literally) with additional amount of power that I won't use during the exam anyways... I had small hope that this BS would be ruled out at some point after leaving the EU, but doesn't look like it...
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You sure you can be trusted with all the extra POWA!?
 
What do you riders do when you come to a set of traffic lights where they are controlled by the underground wires that don't pick up on your bike? I was at a set of lights yesterday and they went through three cycles, with my filter lane not changing. I was as over the lines in the road where they are buried as I could be, but the bike clearly wasn't setting them off. In the end I went straight ahead on the 4th cycle instead of turning off as I got fed up waiting!
 
haaammit said:
What do you riders do when you come to a set of traffic lights where they are controlled by the underground wires that don't pick up on your bike? I was at a set of lights yesterday and they went through three cycles, with my filter lane not changing. I was as over the lines in the road where they are buried as I could be, but the bike clearly wasn't setting them off. In the end I went straight ahead on the 4th cycle instead of turning off as I got fed up waiting!
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I've never come across that, the sensors always seem to pick me up. Must admit if it was obvious the lights were not going to change i'd be tempted to go through them on red (if it was "safe" and not camera'd up).
 
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Only ever done it once, waited 5 mins and never recognised the bike, just made sure it was safe and went through the lights.
If there was a camera I'd be tempted to get off and skirt around it :p
 
haaammit said:
What do you riders do when you come to a set of traffic lights where they are controlled by the underground wires that don't pick up on your bike? I was at a set of lights yesterday and they went through three cycles, with my filter lane not changing. I was as over the lines in the road where they are buried as I could be, but the bike clearly wasn't setting them off. In the end I went straight ahead on the 4th cycle instead of turning off as I got fed up waiting!
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rev the **** out of it .. or back up and go over again .. works for a 125 :)
 
haaammit said:
What do you riders do when you come to a set of traffic lights where they are controlled by the underground wires that don't pick up on your bike? I was at a set of lights yesterday and they went through three cycles, with my filter lane not changing. I was as over the lines in the road where they are buried as I could be, but the bike clearly wasn't setting them off. In the end I went straight ahead on the 4th cycle instead of turning off as I got fed up waiting!
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Write to the council if you can be bothered. They'll send someone out who will open the control box, turn a dial to increase the sensitivity a bit and that's it. Literally a 30 second job.
 
haaammit said:
What do you riders do when you come to a set of traffic lights where they are controlled by the underground wires that don't pick up on your bike? I was at a set of lights yesterday and they went through three cycles, with my filter lane not changing. I was as over the lines in the road where they are buried as I could be, but the bike clearly wasn't setting them off. In the end I went straight ahead on the 4th cycle instead of turning off as I got fed up waiting!
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Is there a sidewalk nearby? Getting of the bike and pushing it on sidewalk past the light and onto the road again is perfectly 'legal', as long as you're not actually riding the bike, but pushing it. We saved a few miles in some places doing that, London is especially bad in some parts, where doing a U-Turn or turning left or right will get you a hefty fine... They can't do S... when you're pushing the bike, to be safe turn the ignition off. But to answer the original question, I never came across lights like that, only saw it on vlogs from Muricaaa.
 
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Bit of a random question but why are there so many new bikes being made in this day and age without fuel gauges? Are they considered a bit uncool or something? Pretty baffling!
 
Rimsy said:
Bit of a random question but why are there so many new bikes being made in this day and age without fuel gauges? Are they considered a bit uncool or something? Pretty baffling!
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Funny shaped tanks where it ends up curving under the seat and things is one reason.
 
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