Motorcycle Forum / Country Specific / UK Group / July 2006

I've been riding a BMW 1150 GS for 5 years, like the bike, but never could
get used to the gear box ALWAYS missing gearchanges and I took a lot of wind
blast on it on motorways over 60mph [ I'm 6ft 4in]
Fancy a change, would the RT be better for me?

sh.t.  There goes the championship.

If you had the choice would it be the carbs or fuel injection on a
Kawasaki KLE500 or similar hybrid bike, and why.

Arrives Monday, traded in shite old XLR 125 for '05 plate CBF 600 Hornet.
Got a grand for the XLR and the Hornet was up at £3,200 with 1,800 miles on
it, and he threw in a set of fitted crash mushrooms (I've never ridden over
a 125 so every little helps...).  So, expect "Me down" ...

In 1814 we took a little trip
Along with Colonel Jackson down the mighty Mississip.
We took a little bacon and we took a little beans
And we caught the bloody British in the town of New Orleans.

My wife has decided to she might like to sell her ER5 due mainly to her
never using it (1). I was thinking about £1800?
2002 on an 02 plate, blue, (1)1100 miles, one owner from new, excellent
condition, dealer service history and has been serviced regardless of

While out on the game with SeanH this morning/afternoon we had a hoon
from Rye/Camber/Dungeoness/Hythe/Canterbury/Sturry and stopped off at
The Foundry, a Harley Davidson & Buell dealer.
I felt the need to enter the dealership wearing dark sunglasses to

Bought it now;
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=150017162977&sspagename=ADM
E:L:AAQ:UK:1
then got this message;
sorry,my dads bike was sold earlier by me to some guy from tyneside,it was

So ... any news from Mallory yet? I'm on the edge of my f.cking seat
here, I can tell you.

Brilliant day at Mallory -didn't bin it, overtook a few in the novice
group (was overtaken by more though) and the weather gods were on our
side. Big grin all the way home and I'm off to get a new front tyre for
the bike tomorrow.

Hi UKRM folks
I would like to ask for your advice on how to ride on UK roads this
summer - I'm an expat Scot coming back to blighty on an RSV and I
haven't ridden in the UK for 15 years. So, having acquired lots of

Sorry about the lateness of this post, but I completely forgot how close
this is - 18th and 19th August, yes folks, only a few weeks away. The
date has been moved forward to coincide with Mike the Landlord's
birthday, as he wanted to share it with us.

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=6805063692754011230
    How do we get it to No. 1 on the charts?

My corded answering machine has died.
Do cordless phone/answering machines work in either capacity in a power cut?
My cordless phones don't work at all if there's no power and the
destructions say that I should also have a corded phone to use in

Sent you a text - can you let me know if you got it?