General Bike Chat

April 30, 2015

Pants …riding above boots

Pants …riding above boots As above…..must have f****D up when buying gear, but my pants geg rides above my boot when riding. When it rains, the water runs into my boot (not good). Even in cold weather, you can feel the breeze on the legs. Tried opening lower zips but no joy. Thinking of getting […]

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April 30, 2015

Insurance renewal

Insurance renewal Just after putting the bike back on the road today after 4 months of stripping it right down for a good clean and a good service. Spent the morning ringing around for quotes. Liberty-E306 TPFT Aon-E298 TPFT CN-E387 TPFT Adelaide-E219 Fully Comp. Needless to say I went with Adelaide. I thought I misheard […]

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April 30, 2015

Little niggler….

Little niggler…. O.k…..We;ve all seen stated top speeds on different forums, but on any of my previous bikes I’ve always managed to exceed top speed vs what is says on the tin. On private closed roads of course….. 04 Fazer 600 – 140mph – I seen 145mph 00 Honda X11 – 157.5 – I got […]

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April 30, 2015

clip/spring lock master link on a chain?

clip/spring lock master link on a chain? Whats the story with these? Anyone ever use them on a bigger bike? Was trawlin through youtube earlier and seen some bloke fitting one on an sv 650 :unsure2: Granted the 650 wouldnt be most powerful bike in the world but it can still do illegal speeds :lbhbh: […]

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April 30, 2015

Motorbike VRT

Motorbike VRT Looking at a bike and its currently on northern plate, owner says he brought it down last year and has all the paper work but never changed it. I checked the vrt and its €150. Now I know theres an additional charge if the bike isn’t cleared in 30 days. How do I […]

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April 30, 2015

120 hours — the cost of biker's life?

120 hours — the cost of biker's life? A NI woman has been sentenced to 120 hours community service for admitting causing the death of a motorcyclist. The husband and father of two was killed when the woman pulled out infront of him and he was thrown 54m down the road from his machine. http://www.irishtimes.com/news/crime…list-1.2195316 […]

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April 30, 2015

VMX phone number?

VMX phone number? anyone know a working phone number for vmx? the one on their site doesn’t work http://www.vmxmoto.com/contentv3/ have tried emailing them multiple times but no answer :hammer: Source: VMX phone number?

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April 30, 2015

historic traffic f*ck-up in galway

historic traffic f*ck-up in galway So at 7 am they coned off one lane of Bothar na dTreabh the last remaining route into Galway (dock-road is shut). To cut the grass, you understand. Absolute super-gridlock, 1 hour+ delays. Exams missed, hospital appointments missed, uproar on local media. What a country:rolleyes2: Source: historic traffic f*ck-up in […]

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