Gripe of the day - What is yours?

[svenrico]

Originally Posted by DJ123

My comment was made with some tongue in cheek element . . . .

my apologies, I obviously took it too literally.

[svenrico]

Originally Posted by ethariel

It's kind of a moot point anyhow, as the world moves to EV, just how much servicing can be done at home any more.

Tyres, wheel bearings, bulbs (unless everything goes LED), wipers and glass?

Not really much left for the back street repair shop or the ramps you have in your garage.

The look at the number of vehicles 'Hired' on a PCP for 3/4 years, if it's worth less than the estimate then then just toss the keys back and walk out?

That's true but as far as bikes go it would be nice to have access to routine maintenance items like air filters, spark plugs, oil filters, bulbs for example ,without too much hassle removing other parts.

[ethariel]

Originally Posted by svenrico

That's true but as far as bikes go it would be nice to have access to routine maintenance items like air filters, spark plugs, oil filters, bulbs for example ,without too much hassle removing other parts.

Buy a Harley, apart from the Livewire it's probably the oldest technology bike out there and positively industrial in design

Tearing one down is much much easier than virtually anything else on the market today lol

Edit - assuming you have a mixture of AF and Metric tools and a good supply of UNC fasteners along with a seemingly random number of metric oners here and there.

[redtrummy]

I blame computers.

[Dave20046]

Originally Posted by ethariel

It's kind of a moot point anyhow, as the world moves to EV, just how much servicing can be done at home any more.

Tyres, wheel bearings, bulbs (unless everything goes LED), wipers and glass?

Not really much left for the back street repair shop or the ramps you have in your garage.

The look at the number of vehicles 'Hired' on a PCP for 3/4 years, if it's worth less than the estimate then then just toss the keys back and walk out?

Someone made a good point on this on the electric vehicles thread. Soon* it will all be shared ownership, pay per hour car usage anyway - so home repairs won;t even be your responsibility if even possible.

RE. Harley - agreed, full new clutch kit fitted in under an hour. Downside - needs a new clutch every 50 miles.

[svenrico]

Originally Posted by ethariel

Buy a Harley, apart from the Livewire it's probably the oldest technology bike out there and positively industrial in design

Tearing one down is much much easier than virtually anything else on the market today lol

Edit - assuming you have a mixture of AF and Metric tools and a good supply of UNC fasteners along with a seemingly random number of metric oners here and there.

Any Harley I could afford to buy ( the lower end of the range ) has received a crap write up on every review I have read . Even a dealer selling a used one I was looking at once said they were crap !

[Dave20046]

Originally Posted by svenrico

Any Harley I could afford to buy ( the lower end of the range ) has received a crap write up on every review I have read . Even a dealer selling a used one I was looking at once said they were crap !

Yeah don't buy a new one, especially not that 'street' thing.

[Adam Ef]

Originally Posted by Adam Ef

Treated myself to a new Gopro a couple of months back. Used it once then put it down somewhere and haven't been able to find it again since. I've turned the whole house over several times now.

Still haven't found it. To make it worse Gopro are rubbing salt in the wound by advertising it to me on every page / video I view online. I don't want to buy another one! I have one.. somewhere... I think?

[svenrico]

Originally Posted by Adam Ef

Still haven't found it. To make it worse Gopro are rubbing salt in the wound by advertising it to me on every page / video I view online. I don't want to buy another one! I have one.. somewhere... I think?

Suppose I could have looked it up but what is a Gopro ?

[Seeker]

Originally Posted by svenrico

Suppose I could have looked it up but what is a Gopro ?

Hmm. 50+ keystrokes (after login) compared to typing GoPro into google. 6 keystrokes (including enter) for search, plus 1 click on link.

Sigh, it's a very popular camera for active people to record their rides/runs/parachute drops/scuba dives/hang gliding/bungee jumping/skiing etc.

I'll even give you a link in case your fingers were sore:
https://gopro.com/en/gb/shop/cameras