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Fucking depressing that even "the left" in this country seems to be dominated by anti trans sentiments.

Not like you can ride a motorbike and look at a phone

The delivery riders I've seen watching tik toks while riding would disagree. Yeah, it's wild.

Against that Tory psycho, Khan would look brilliant even if he was a lot worse. Thank fuck for the result - actually less close than first round votes last time, despite the ULEZ hubbub.

I really need to find a safe (and unmonitored) place for that. Don't think I'm keen on doing it often but I'd like to see how it feels up there. Maybe I'll have to wait till I make it to the Autobahn one day...

Yes. And even on my 600, because it's an i4 the "fun" gear is 2nd - that's it. Go much higher and instead of revving from say 30 to illegal you're revving from illegal to incredibly illegal.

What CB do you ride?

Yeah one thing I have learned by now is - if it sounds like it could be the battery, it's the bloody battery. No matter how old or young it is. Even if the battery is theoretically new it is still likely to be the battery rather than anything else.

Of course, there is then the chance of something else being the cause for the battery going flat so quickly, like a broken reg/rec system or something. But in general, replace the battery and ride on.

Cheers, I found an online source for a replacement key that is also promising to send me the key code, should be fine.

On a different note, electronics still hate me and I still hate electronics. Two motorcycles I've bought in my life so far, and twice the indicator relay failed within like two weeks. Yes, it's one of the cheapest* and easiest things to fix but regardless, come the fuck on.

*if you buy it online, that is. The garage closeby quoted me almost 40 quid, online it's 13. I mean...

Cheers, will keep that in mind. I'd like an OEM-looking one too, but it seems a matching blank is currently 25 quid or more, which seems a bit excessive honestly.

Anyone got experience with getting an old motorcycle key (without transponder or any of the fancy shit) duplicated? Got two keys with my bike, one of them (the "backup" one) works fine and the other one sticks a lot so I'm assuming it's pretty worn. Any recommendation with regards to a specific key cutting service or something in London?

I'm not actually sure, but in any case it has a decent amount of length left. PM me if you're still interested, but I'll have to dig it out first.

What kind of budget are you working in? I have an almost-new Columbus minimal 1" carbon fork but I don't know whether that is fancier than what you are looking for.

If someone's interested in a good condition, ~8700 miles 2015 CBF125 in London, let me know - I'm selling mine to upgrade :)

Cheers :) Yeah finding a decent bike is the task at the moment. I've already developed an irrational hatred for idiots who can't even be bothered to list their bikes properly on Autotrader etc...

Thanks, but that's unlikely to be ULEZ-exempt... also maybe a tad too old for me, I'd probably prefer to stick to the more common types so I can repair things more easily (and cheaply) should they break.

Passed my Mod 2. Anyone happening to sell a ULEZ-exempt 650ish motorcycle, sports/sports tourer style? Probably >10y old to make it financially viable. I've been looking at old ER-6Fs, SV650s, XJ6 Diversions... that kind of thing.

I've got a Deda Superzero (carbon) in 31.6, completely unused. Should be 20 or 25mm setback?

I know absolutely nothing about it but the pics I find on Google look wild. More pics of the thing once it's out of your van please?

It's not a carbon frame though.

Looks alright. I agree the stem is too chunky and rounded, and white bartape lasts one picture. I think I preferred the red paintjob on the Shark frame.

There is an argument to be made that while it's certainly worth trying, ultimately no amount of protection is going to save you from the very worst accidents - but sliding protection will make the much more common "small" accidents like lowsides without involvement of a 3rd party much less painful and save you from a having to nurse large patches of skin back to health over the course of many weeks.

Is it just me or is 1k Euros really bloody expensive?

How the fucking fuck are "we" meant to "help make it work"??

There's no compulsory insurance here either

o.O

Sounds like paradise. Well, probably not actually. But keeping in mind my (London) insurance costs...

Good info, thanks - I'll have a look at those for sure!