madcarper

welcome and good luck with your test m8.

you did m8 I got there about 5 and left about 6. got pretty busy mind.

yes m8 went to shields to look at a job blasted up to barny over the stang dinner at manor café back home via consett then to wetlands bike meet for half an hour chat 150 ish miles first proper ride this year.

morning Dick, yes a nice fella put it on yesterday all works fine now. the suns out too looks like my first decent ride out this year is about to occur.

about a week ago I fitted an airhorn to my bike which meant disconnecting the battery, when I reconnected it my acewell speedo went a bit wonky as in it was clocking up three tenths of a mile for every one revolution of my rear wheel. so I checked all my settings and rang the supplier who said he had never known this to happen but send it back to him to check it out. so I sent it off on Wednesday got a brand new one back on Friday .now bear in mind this cost me £250 and my warranty was well expired all I have to pay is the postage about a tenner, hows that for aftersales service. the company is www.Quadtech.co.uk based up here in Ashington they also do lights and electrical accessories and a pleasure to do business with ,I will definitely use them again.

belated birthday wishes

that looks better, white wheels would look good.

we need some idea of scale tony, put your hand beside it.

very nice m8 got it in the best colours too.

happy birthday Mel.

pr3's are good got them on my bandit scrape the pegs often.

does nfa stand for" no friends afraid" ohh hang on he had gazza as a m8 no the wonder he was fecked up.

I used to work for a main dealer and we prepped used motability cars, I kid you not you had to drive some of them in with all the windows open and hang your head out the window feckin minging. makes you wonder what there houses were like, feckin totally abused the cars.

look ok but you will not use half of them I just got a smaller set from machine mart about £20 used them a few times no bother.

nice one mike I look forward to getting out with you when it feckin warms up. will you be giving the brakes the same test as last year.

is that for evo's cos that's cheap unless they come down in price since I bought my rear.

fitted my nissins pretty similar to the tocicos in the way they work very progressive lever would prefer them a bit more aggressive initially might need to try a different ratio master cylinder in the future but I can live with them for now. also rejetted my carbs, fitted bigger mains made a big difference to wot. proper flies now. just as well I have had the forks sorted cos it was proper scary at speed over bumps. took it to Reactive Suspension at York I thought it needed softer springs as it was really harsh over bumps and I had to back the preload right off to get the sag near any where right. well I got that wrong, Gareth stripped it all down new bushings, seals and stiffer springs. the fork action was only working on the bottom half of the old springs which was why they were harsh put stiffer springs in and the action works from the top of the spring down giving a much smoother feel over bumps Gareth also set up the back shock to suit.been out today and its a much more settled ride turns in great and holds a great line accelerating out of corners, well pleased. can highly recommend Gareth. have got a little problem with my acewell speedo after I disconnected the battery to fit a airhorn when I reconnected battery the milage is clocking up too quick,ie' one turn of the rear wheel is reading 3 tenths of a mile. although I checked the speed with my satnav and its spot on so I must it set up correctly rang the guy at acewell and I have to send it back and if its faulty he's going to exchange it .

I have just put a new conti road attack 2 evo on the back I like em good feel and grippy plus you don't need to scrub them in not the best for lots of miles but my tyres wear out quick whatever I put on.

1,100 miles to the ferry sorry m8 I can't get my head around the distances you have to travel in ausiland. its not that close for you then.

happy birthday mike

sorry m8 happy belated birthday.

whatever you do don't go inside the shed to pay,"squeal like a hog boy" do what I do dave I carry a syphoning pipe under my seat, I once ran out and on a country road managed to roll up to the end of someones drive after 5 min sitting saying feck feck feck, luckily the guy was going out stopped and asked if I was ok I ended up buying the petrol he had for his lawnmower. nice bloke.

nice, they would fit a few houses on a plot that size back here just read an article in this weeks motorcycle news about riding in Tasmania. looks good, less policeing of bikes and only 500,000 people in a place half the size of England with some great roads. shame its so far away. not too far for you tony have you been there.

nice one stan by the way m8 you have a pm. from moi.

nice, for the price I think xlite lids are great love mine too