Forum: Bikes - Talk & Issues
06-03-21, 07:44 PM
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Replies: 15
Views: 1,972
Re: Ball Park Cost
Mate, no disrespect but looking at your signature you've had four bikes and killed three of them..? Take the money, and the hint......
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Forum: Bikes - Talk & Issues
06-03-21, 07:26 PM
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Replies: 11
Views: 2,077
Re: Navigation options
I spent about £80 on a Fod Sport bike sat nav about five years ago and it's without doubt one of the best single value for money investments I've made in my entire biking career. I've been all over...
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Forum: Idle Banter
02-03-21, 10:25 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 964
Re: 50 years
Posting that last night prompted me to get the X5 out and run her up this morning, the cackle of a two stroke is so unique, especially with a nice set of pipes. Mine has a pair of Higgspeed...
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Forum: Idle Banter
01-03-21, 11:38 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 964
Re: 50 years
Interesting thread, prompted me to try and remember the bikes I've had. I've been riding since the late 80's and been lucky enough to be able to hold on to a few of them....
RD125 LC, first bike...
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Forum: Idle Banter
10-02-21, 10:19 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 1,056
Re: C90 adventures
It was all filmed a while back, it's just he edits and posts at roughly C90 pace as well..... :)
They split up mid trip and the young lady is/was managing Brighton Marina if you're into sailing....
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Forum: Idle Banter
26-01-21, 04:32 PM
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Replies: 32
Views: 8,255
Re: Neonicotinoids
Actually Dave your suggestion was absolutely spot on in identifying the long term solution, both in terms of resolving the insecticide issue and problems with human health. Unfortunately such...
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Forum: Idle Banter
25-01-21, 01:18 PM
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Replies: 32
Views: 8,255
Re: Neonicotinoids
Is that what you put in your letter to your MP?
I'm sorry if you think I might be trolling you on this, that's not my intention, but few things wind me up more than armchair experts telling people...
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Forum: Idle Banter
25-01-21, 10:38 AM
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Replies: 32
Views: 8,255
Re: Neonicotinoids
I don't dispute the need for bees (I've two hives at the bottom of my garden) but what's your proposal for avoiding using the chemicals?
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Forum: Idle Banter
25-01-21, 09:16 AM
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Replies: 32
Views: 8,255
Re: Neonicotinoids
So I'm getting the drift here that folk want the government to force the sugar industry to basically close down and reduce production, on the basis that this will force the population to eat less...
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Forum: Idle Banter
24-01-21, 06:34 PM
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Replies: 32
Views: 8,255
Re: Neonicotinoids
https://www.ragus.co.uk/emergency-neonicotinoids-authorisation-uk/
But this report, from the same source as the one in the previous post seems to explain the circumstances and justifications.
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Forum: Idle Banter
24-01-21, 06:27 PM
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Replies: 32
Views: 8,255
Re: Neonicotinoids
Not seen that and it does seem to rather suggest there isn't a problem....
I'm not an expert on this, I simply heard an interview about it on the radio whilst I was working in the garage the other...
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Forum: Idle Banter
24-01-21, 04:17 PM
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Replies: 32
Views: 8,255
Re: Neonicotinoids
I listened to an interesting interview on the radio about this the other day. The basic facts presented were that a greenfly has decimated around 80% of the UK sugar production this year and this...
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Forum: Idle Banter
20-01-21, 09:38 AM
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Replies: 15
Views: 1,393
Re: City cars
And if the OP was talking about something exciting I would sort of get that argument, but he's looking for something small reliable and cheap.......
I don't think there are many new city cars that...
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Forum: Idle Banter
19-01-21, 07:12 PM
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Replies: 15
Views: 1,393
Re: City cars
I really see little merit in changing something that is working well simply because it's "old".
Worn out yes, becoming unreliable yes, but simply on age?
When I was working and commuting 100...
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Forum: Idle Banter
03-01-21, 01:17 PM
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Replies: 51
Views: 7,271
Re: Risky business?
My situation is not unlike yours Seeker, I live in the countryside with one elderly neighbour, I'm retired so have no need to leave the property and my only real exposure to Covid is presented by my...
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Forum: Idle Banter
03-01-21, 10:40 AM
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Replies: 51
Views: 7,271
Re: Risky business?
Interesting that those who say they wouldn't take a relatively untested vaccine on the basis that they are not risk takers are however quite prepared to risk catching Covid despite the fact that it...
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Forum: Idle Banter
02-01-21, 10:15 PM
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Replies: 51
Views: 7,271
Re: Risky business?
Indeed, like I said any statistics around medicine are pretty dodgy...... :D
I don't know if you've read the last BMJ? Interesting comments in there from some doctors involved in briefing the...
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Forum: Idle Banter
02-01-21, 10:32 AM
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Replies: 51
Views: 7,271
Re: Risky business?
Some very good points well made.
Statistics are always a bit dodgy, especially when they involve something as unreliable and unpredictable as medicine......;)
Referring just to the paper...
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Forum: Idle Banter
01-01-21, 07:14 PM
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Replies: 51
Views: 7,271
Re: Risky business?
There is actually logical argument behind the proposal, not just political gain.
In trials the Pfizer vaccine was found to be 90% effective after the first dose and this improved to 94% after the...
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Forum: SV Talk, Tuning & Tweaking
14-10-20, 02:14 PM
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Replies: 15
Views: 2,283
Re: Two Clicks Out
Changing the fork oil regularly is good advice, the fact that few bother does not make it bad advice......
Having a bike that is in optimum condition mechanically is lovely but the reality is...
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Forum: SV Talk, Tuning & Tweaking
06-10-20, 11:28 AM
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Replies: 10
Views: 1,743
Re: GSXR front end conversion guides?
It depends which SV you are converting but the K4/K5 GSXR600 front end goes straight into a pointy as I've done it. Have a search on here, been a few years but if I remember correctly some...
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Forum: SV Talk, Tuning & Tweaking
29-09-20, 10:00 PM
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Replies: 15
Views: 3,114
Re: oil change intervals
The figures quoted for oil changes like most things around maintenance will very much depend on how you use it. If you are in the habit of working the engine really hard, or if you make lots of...
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Forum: Idle Banter
15-09-20, 01:48 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 627
Re: you couldn't make this up
Or perhaps given one of the troops is carrying an AK47 the poster is intended to depict the advance of Eastern bloc military power and is a rallying cry to do something about it? It's all rubbish...
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Forum: Bikes - Talk & Issues
14-09-20, 04:11 PM
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Replies: 13
Views: 1,936
Re: 2020 Panigale vs K5 GSXR
As the very content owner of a GSXR1000 K5 track bike this of course comes as no surprise at all......
On a serious note I've a good mate who is pretty handy around a circuit and he had a well...
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Forum: Bikes - Talk & Issues
30-07-20, 06:44 AM
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Replies: 92
Views: 12,916
Re: 110 miles on MT09SP
I don't think anybody is suggesting you're an idiot, but I know lots of riders who have never touched their suspension because they're not sure what does what and worry they'll make it worse.....
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