Macie_UK

What for "posession of an offensive hairstyle"? Don't think you'll get much mileage out of that one

Excellent taste Oh, and hello and welcome to the playpen

The standard 'fag lighter' socket and the 12v DIN sockets are different sizes though. To be honest I wouldn't bother with a DIN, just fit a waterproof socket and be done with it (unless you are sticking it under the seat). I generally will have a 12v outlet under the seat on a permanent fused live, for charging phone when I'm away from the bike without having to leave the keys in the ignition and then have a waterproof one (switched) up front for sat nav duties. I bought half a dozen of these: http://goo.gl/ee7q7 and they do the job well enough.

Hello mate and welcome to the forum

Well they probably need to top up their pension fund Obviously I know of the name, but is it a bad thing to not be able to name a single tune?

Which is, of course, the way it should be

It's a spoof though.

Registered before 01/01/2002, and over 1.2 tonnes, unless it is one of the early Euro 3 compliant ones: Nissan Primastar Vauxhall Vivaro Ford Transit (from July 2000) Renault Trafic (From September 2001) But these also must appear as a compliant vehicle on the TFL registration checker here: https://lowemissionzone.tfl.gov.uk/b/pb/lezComplianceProvideVRM.faces?referrer=lez Personally I don't really mind, because going anywhere inside the M25 causes me to come out in a rash, get headaches and generally hope that a stray asteroid lands on the stinking armpit of humanity that is London-shire.

Hello fella and welcome to the playpen. Good bunch on here

Hello fella and welcome to the playpen. Good bunch on here

CN seem to have gone off the boil somewhat in the last couple of years. Then again, a lot of insurers are leveraging 'customer apathy' these days.

I didn't know that we were stupid enough to do them in the first place!

Hello fella and welcome to the playpen. Good bunch on here

well, mummy told me that I came from the sugar bowl. I was a little sceptical, so I asked Daddy if it was right. The reply: "Yeah, that's about the size of it"

If your mobile co won't help you could always download a blocking app from the marketplace such as (checks phone) EasyFilter. You can block texts as well as calls the only minor downside being that a lot of those apps use airpush to serve the occasional ad to your status bar and a call is not really barred, but doesn’t ring and goes straight to answerphone.. Does the job though.

Ah, apologies, didn't realise that it was for a race bike. In that case chains, unless you happen to be racing in a Buell or BMW F800 series

Thought it looked horrid. Then I noticed the gold wheels.

Shaft: Much less regular maintenance, but when they do go wrong they tend to be more expensive to fix than chains. Allegedly sap more power than chains. Drive unit adds weight to bike over chain or belt. Gear oil stinks foul. Altering the gearing *really* means altering the gearing, not just changing sprockets. Wheelying is apparently awkward, but do-able. Belts: Some modern ones have lifetime warranties on them and (depending on the bike) never need adjusting if you have a tensioner. Just have to check for grit and stuff. No lube necessary. In theory a splendid solution. Only downside I can think of is supply is more limited than chains. Chains: None of the benefits of the above two, but likely to cost more in the long run due to frequency of replacement, lube, sprocket replacement and Scottoiler type devices. The maintenance isn't exactly hard and they can make a bit of a mess when they snap. Very common, if not the best thing for the job. Like a Ford Ka

As there seems to be a bit of a Hawkwind theme is it that naked stage dancer that they used to have?

I have some 'Greased Lightning Showroom Shine' here. Personally I think it is utter unmitigated rubbish, really highlights swirls & defects unless you have pristine paint - so you'll be OK with that lardy bus that you have just bought and is *slighly* better than a damp rag at getting usual road dirt off, but nowhere near as good as a cleaner, or even WD40. Heard good things about the Motul stuff. You're more than _welcome to borrow the bottle to try it out Dave.

Two other old ways to facilitate legal but cheaper insurance insurance were: 1)look at trade policies. I got a 'part-time trade - no premises' policy which let me drive owt worth upto £40K on a TPFT basis and was £150 cheaper than just insuring my 1.6 Mk.3 Escort at the time. 2) Buy something that you can get classic or specialist insurance on. I once had a Land Rover Safari thing that was about £300 a year if done through the owners club. I dare say that these also have 'no under 25' limits on them these days, as they were fairly common exploits. Not sure that commercials are *always* cheaper though Chad. Small child is now paying about £700 in a 1.8 Focus Zetec, but to have him as a named driver on a dog slow old diesel Transit would cost upwards of 2 grand if it was before he was 21.

Used to love Colway remoulds (on cars), especially the M&S tyre. Back in the day we got less returns from those than Pirellis. As for the coloured bike remoulds, I vaguely remember them being tested by some bike mag when they came out yonks ago, I'm surprised (If it's Tomahawk) they are still going - I've never actually seen any on a bike.

Most companies have gotten wise to the 'named driver' thing, as well as (nearly all of them) removing the extension to drive another car owned by someone else until you hit 21/25. The friend in Wales may have a much more insurance-friendly postcode, but short of moving there is not a lot you can do about that. Occupation can have a big bearing on it, Daughter's went down lots when she stopped being a student and started working full time, then went up lots when she went to work in a restaurant. Lowering the annual mileage may help, but IME that's fairly marginal. For reference, daughter's first car insurance was £1100 on a 1 litre Citoren AX and the lad's was £1500 on the same car. The Pass Plus scheme may well help, but check with your potential insurer first, as we found that the ones that did offer discounts were still dearer than the low quotes. Have you already got the car, or is it possible to find a more insurance friendly model?

50 posts in 5 days? You tart!