Macie_UK

You all have a great weekend, and play nice

Hi Eddie and welcome aboard

The blue-ness itself doesn't make any operational difference Chad so any DOT4 will do, the biggest advantage of different coloured fluid is to make it easier to see when the old stuff is flushed out when renewing. Obviously some fluids are better performing than others but that's down to the specs not the colour.

Personally, no. I've never heard of PZ-Racing, so if they are just a Chinese copy then I wouldn't want to be paying 45 quid for them. Secondly, I'll never ever ever buy owt off ebay that has "not" in the title, no matter how cheap - as I wouldn't want to give money to a mouth-breathing pond life, but that's just a personal quirk

Happy Birthday Matt

The hoses will look good Dave, and esy to fit yourself, too ASV or Pazzo seem to be the levers of choice for non-brembo applications.

Keep the updates coming mate

Squirrel in a tree (488) closely followed by the hare (810) for me mate.

Brake cleaner here, better than hairspray - and unlike hairspray, I always have some in stock

Warm water, mild detergent and a rag. Or send them off once a year if they are particularly grubby. I'm sure that the cleaning fetishists will be along shortly with better suggestions though

Always useful Unless you run Dunlop NTECs - 15psi in the rear on a day like today....

Yep, great for enabling smoking and drinking whilst riding. And makes a nifty canopy to keep yer camera dry when taking pics in the rain :-)

Good write up fella looking forward to part 2

Pretty much all leathers will last if you keep 'em clean and greased up mate. FWIW I'm a fan of the Arlen Ness stuff, but conversely Mike likes his current Dainese because he can move around on the bike easier. Look at the construction and fit rather than a 'name', I've seen some big name, big price suits fall apart like tissue in an off. Similarly the tougher stuff can be significantly heaver, so as Dave said, whatever feels right for you.

Good news mate Why do you want to lover the front, isn't it turning in quick enough?

Yep. I'm a speccy mong. The anti-glare seems to come as standard these days, but I can't say that I notice the difference. I found that the best best is to have a dedicated pair for riding (and a pair of script sunglasses) as a tight helmet (oooerrr) can bend the arms and thus make them a bit crap for normal use. Get an up to date script (Boots are good but charge, Tesco are free) and order some cheapies online for bike use. I've tried a few online sellers and some are crap - the one I mostly use are www.optical4less.com, who haven't messed up an order in the last 8 or 9 years. Generally I order half a dozen pairs every 9 months or so for about a hundred quid, which keeps me topped up. Only downside is that you can't try them on before you buy, but a) it'll take more than a nice pair of specs to make me look pretty, and b) the ones that really don't suit you are ideal to keep under your bike seat / in the glove box / at work as spares. Obviously the best way forward is to use contact lenses for riding, but I'm a fat fingered clumsy oaf and I can't bring myself to pinch my own eyeball to get the things out

About time, we were waiting for you.... Looking forward to the thread.

Happy birthday fella

Nah Dave, it's popped up on ebay.

...that you can pick to look at your bike

...when you see one of your old bikes come back up for sale. Especially when they use the same pictures and description you used to sell it 6 or 7 years ago Still, it's allegedly only done a thousand miles in that time so I might buy it back if it stays that cheap

Nope definately a barge - just reminds me of the old SRADs that I think are hideous Back on topic Dave, if you are going to keep the King, a fully blown tourer is the way to go I reckon.

And they look like a barge.

Sidecar on the King

B1SHY ?