=D just got my renewal from H&R.....

they wanted.......£419.75!!!!

clickety click onto esure......5 minutes later......


£277.92


=] im a happy bunny today and booked bike in for cam tensioners and got 15% off parts and labour and if all goes to plan, will get a bike to play around on for a while on thursday too =]

feels like a good day afterall

Thats good Tom considering on watchdog the other day they were criticising insurance companies for hiking up the premiums by as much as 60%.

some peoples car insurance has shot right up, my girlfriends sisters friend had insurance go up by about 400quid, no points, claims or crashes,

crazy how they calculate the risk factor,
how you doin anyway mate? hope you aint out in this glorious weather today haha

Im Cool mate, you?
I aint got no work today so staying in the house as much as possible, no way am i going out today in that
I have 4 vehicles in my house to insure, 2 bikes, 1 van, 1 car, im dreading the renewals.

ouch, hope they dont pull your pants down too far for the renewal,
i get a nice day in too, working for an agency sucks haha.

im good thanks, had some hairy moments last few days tho, was going up the road, opened the throttle at about 35mph and just got spinning back tyre lol

I locked up my rear wheel on a greasy road on Sunday while out with Ralph, had the bike almost sideways, struggled to maintain control, had the sense to release the rear and front straight away, left the front alone then and applied rear again which locked again, nearly slid into Ralph.
In the end i just let go of all the braking and coasted past the turning, scary stuff.
Ive never locked the rear up before with so little braking force, i did when i done a trackday cos i changed down gear and didnt match the engine speed so with braking and downshifting i locked the rear a couple of times, but apart from a wiggle i didnt have the rear try and catch the front up


Its exactly why the sprint is only coming out in winter when its glorious dry sunshine, otherwise its the DRZ.

haha glad to hear your alrite tho mate, so many riders start sliding and just keep braking hoping it will stop then fall off.

i just picked up a HORRIBLE XJ6-N from streetbike, its such an awkward riding position,
and cos it has to have 33bhp restriction, its got a bloody throttle stop.

you out and about today?

Ive been all over the place recently, mine is power slides all over the shop lol. Might be my maxxis tyre, or just my riding style.

Originally Posted by beabert

Ive been all over the place recently, mine is power slides all over the shop lol. Might be my maxxis tyre, or just my riding style.

Maxxis tyre! Shocking in these cold damp conditions. That is if it's the sport touring Maxxis anyway.

Originally Posted by paiste

Maxxis tyre! Shocking in these cold damp conditions. That is if it's the sport touring Maxxis anyway.

Thats the tyre, my first big bike and tyre, i cant be the judge, im a lil ham fisted too. Ill try a different one next, its only a probably when visibly wet.