Just like to thank Chaz and the many others who have given feedback to my post, cheers lads. What a forum is all about.
Based on best prices I have found on the net toss up between the Maxxies or the Conti road attacks, bet I chicken out and go for PR2's as I have had these on my CBF 1000 and my Z1000SX
Lew

Okay I am sure this has been done to death.
I am coming across to England from Spain at the end of the month, sadly in the car. The price of tyres out here in Spain is extremely expensive , so while in the UK I was thinking might as well get some tyres to bring back out with.
What is the peoples choice, I have had PR2's on other bikes , my current Fazer is running Bridgestones BT 020, not keen on them truth be known. Never had PR2's on my other fazer I had anyone running PR2's. The PR3's look to be more rain suited.
been on e bay and some good deals on pairs anyone tried the Conti Road attacks £185 . front and back?
Lew

Blimey they are like buses don't see any and then 3 come along at once.

More buses then , SX forum April meet and ride out.
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Quote from: nick crisp on 08 September 2013, 09:02:05 pm

Blue ones haven't got any faster then...

Don't mention blue!!! 

How about Red then.

Quote from: slimwilly on 08 September 2013, 08:43:34 pm

Nice one Nick,,winter is coming

Hey Lew, any winter jobs down your way? 

Hi Nick, loads of work , my wife has no bother finding me jobs to do around the house. Her version of DIY translates Destroy IT Yourself.
Muggins here has to pick up the pieces. 
She has got cute to me now though she starts doing something and I will try and get a rise out of her!! usually I can through a hissy fit and say had enough I am away out on the bike, she hid my keys the other day
Lew

Came across this in a museum in Spain.

Loads more if the thread is of interest
Lew

What about this mother foc er, guns an all

 

Chinese Hurrymoon

A young Chinese couple get married.
   
 She's a virgin. Truth be told, he is a virgin too, but she doesn't
 know that.
 On their wedding night, she cowers naked under the sheets as her
 husband undresses in the darkness. He climbs into bed next to her and
 tries to be reassuring.
   
 "My darring," he whispers, "I know dis you firss time and you berry
 frighten. I pomise you, I give you anyting you want, I do anyting
 juss
 anyting you want. You juss ask.
 Whatchu want?" he says, trying to sound experienced and worldly,
 which
 he hopes will impress her.
   
 A thoughtful silence follows and he waits patiently and eagerly for
 her
 request.
 She eventually shyly whispers back, "I want to try someting I have
 heard about from other girls... Nummaa 69."
 More thoughtful silence but this time from him. Eventually, in a
 puzzled tone he asks her..
   
   
 "You want... Garlic
  Chicken with corrifrowa?"

There were two Irishmen eating sandwiches in a pub and the landlord said: “You can’t eat your own food in here.” So they swapped sandwiches

Quote from: lew600fazer on 05 September 2013, 11:31:37 pm

Not being funny here but what is a chicken strip, is that the wee bits of rubber spikes that stick out near the edge of the tyre. Or is it the part of the tyre near the edge that has not come into contact with the road?? If so I am not as chicken as I thought.
Lew. 

The Shiny part on the edge of the tyre which is not on the side wall.

Mine are an inch all around apart from the rear right hand side which is about  7mm.  I'm more confident turning right than left.  Dunno why.

Just curious here are you right handed or left handed, I am right handed but prefer left hand bends.
I also find this though on the continent , as you drive on the wrong side of the road from us Brits, going up hill on mountain roads I prefer left hand hairpin bends than right yet going down hill it is the other way around. I am used to ridding out here now so it is not a new thing for me.
Lew

www.z1000sx.co.uk also www.cbf1000.com
The SX forum is growing and some good banter there, obviously it is relatively new. The CBF is good if not a bit stuffy, maybe something to do with the age group.
Lew

I wouldn't let the fact that smaller bikes are (usually) more nimble than the big thous put you off of them. They can still be made to handle pretty well, and are still great fun to ride. I've had mostly big bikes, partly because at 6' 2'' I'm too cramped on anything else, but also cos I started on big bikes and was always reluctant to let go of the power and torqueiness they deliver. And never mind the people who say you can't use that power on the road, it's useful to have when you need to lose that Merc that's stuck up your ass on the motorway, and having great big doses of mid range is always a lot of fun!
If your riding is always likely to be a bit "provincial" then maybe a 600 is all you'll ever need, but if you're regularly going to do big distances, that big engine makes for a much more relaxed ride, and they don't notice so much when you load up the luggage.
 
I'd like a 600 too, but if I can only have one, I'll stick with the thou!

Nick trust me if I could still physically still muscle a thou around on the roads around here I would have kept the SX, but there comes a time in life when common sense has to prevail, I am sadly at that place now. If I thought I could through my leg over a ZZR 1400 and live with it I would have one of those in my garage now.
Lew

Englishman, Irishman and a Scotsman are at a Christmas party and each had to bring something to do with Christmas. Englishman brought a bag of tinsel, Scotsman brought a bag of holly and the Irishman brought a pair of knickers. I asked, ‘What’s that got to do with Christmas?’ He said, ‘They’re Carol’s.’
Can I come back in yet? getting cold out here