Motorcycle Forum / Country Specific / UK Group / August 2007

YHM

It's just come to my attention that the Frogs have made, or will
shortly make it a mandatory requirement for crash helmets to have
several obtrusively large hi-vis reflective stickers on them.  What's
the point in having EU-wide standards if they are going to do their

You all ride safely now!
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/6944008.stm

Thanks for the advice from everyone here regarding checking coils/
plugs/leads etc.
Removal of the tank showed that the connection to the lefthand coil
was being being secured by

It will be after midnight (and therefore Monday) before my latest
contribution to ukrmnova will start to seed - thanks to Tiscali.

Anyone got panniers & top box etc? What you using? How much & from
where.
Givi stuff seems good, but can't find anything that would fit a
ZZR1100? Or am i just feckin' blind?

SWMBO's son is selling this as he needs a van for work. It seems to be
mechanically sound & drives fine, but is exceedingly cosmetically
challenged (several dents, cracked bumpers, rust on the rear arches
etc). The MoT's just expired, & it'll need a new CV boot at the very

I started my black GS550 katana the other day, after a lot of
encouragement it finally sparked into life.  I was surprised by the
lack of smoke from the exhaust, to start with.
Unfortunately after I had left the engine running for a while the

The size of the frame around the HCR of a Snottoiler?
I'm about to fit one, (when the bloody courier decides to grace me with his
presence! on the arse end of the new acquisition, but I can't remember
whether you can only fit a full size plate over it or one that is a little

OK, spotted bike on ebay for what I consider an almost good price. Had
a good look at the bike itself as it's only in Sittingbourne, checks
out, as does the owner.
I've got the space, now I've sold the chop, and the price is such that

How did knights get their armour into the washing machine after a
sweaty crusade?
Getting my "armoured tea bag" in and out was tricky enough.

Bike cuts out after doing 20miles. Press on auto ignition starts it
immediately. Using the gear and trying to start with the motion momentum
with ignition light on WILL NOT start the bike. Using the choke when it
cuts out has no effect also.

I forgot who wanted the HID Xenon kit.
I've got a spare H7 one, £22 + postage. It's a 6000K bulb.
Email me if you're still interested.

I've got a Duron 1.3 with 768megs of ram and an old Voodoo 3 graphics card.
If I shove a tuner card in it, am I going to be able to get it working as a
media center type thing, and still have it working normally for basic web
browsing / torrent grabbing work? It'll not be my main ...

Ok, so I own a gixer 750.  With rearsets. A touring bike it is not.
I haven't owned a tourer since the heady day of the CX650, a couple of
decades ago.
If I want to set off in late September for a tour, and appreciate that