I start work at 0530 so i need to be there a bit before that to get changed etc. Yesterday morning i got into work and was talking to a mate after start up, now before work he went to a local cashpoint before going to work which was about 1/2 of mile from work. The cashpoint was a small branch...

I have been fettling bikes for most of my life. the variety of fixtures and fittings does my swede in. Here is a useful looking guide to some of the more esoteric types. As a biker and fixer and semi engineer it never ceases to amaze me the variety of fixings and fittings available. We have set...

Why is it that I run into ALL the student drivers and pensioners in the area on the one night when I'm nursing the bike home on a one-strand clutch cable that won't quite disengage the clutch anymore? Never ceases to amaze me how spooked some people seem to get from something as simple as a...

Just want to put on record what cracking blokes these two forum members are. I was facing being on my own for much of Motorcycle Live at the NEC or just with my wife at the busiest times at the weekends. These two stepped up and volunteered to help out. Phil even brought his partner up to...

Having great difficulty finding copper grease here(yes, I know, I should've bought some a long time ago:rolleyes:)...it seems no-one bothers with it! We went around half a dozen workshops, with the local car spares supplier, trying to find someone who knew what it was, but not a chance...tried...

The skills of these guys never ceases to amaze me!!:toothy10: Andy.

We had a bit of an adventure on our trip to the Vaders, it was a miserable and wet day on Thursday Up the M4, out of Wales into the dark land of England. We hit heavy traffic leaving the M4 onto the M25 and the filtering began, Jay and Caitie M fell quite a way behind with MoM in the lead and...

Dakar 2011 entries are just about to open in the next few days so I thought this would be a good time to post. No major changes to rules in 2011, the progression to smaller engines, targeted checkpoints and so on is moving ahead.... the official pre-press blurb for anyone interested. An...

Folks As this forum never ceases to amaze me, I thought I'd ask here before buying one on eBay. I'm after a Nokia 6301. It must be this model. These are quite old now, so have usually been superceded with an upgrade, so if you have one in a drawer gathering dust, I'm interested...

When reading (and posting) on Steve R's thread "Pretty Pretty Bike" it got me thinking about all the cheap reliable bikes there have been that just never - ever seemed to break down. My first experience of this was an old CD175 of approx 1972 vintage that just was so simple (twin pot, single...

I've been logging in and out of this splendid website for quite a long time and it never fails to amaze me how wonderful our chosen steeds are. I had a peek at our other half's forum tonight (Africa Twin) and the first topic was "ticking noises again". Is it me or does the Africa Twin bunch have...