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Messages - Simon.Pieman
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« on: 01 March 2018, 08:07:06 am »
I ride all year round and currently use the EDZ layering system, base layer, mid and fleece top layer then the all important pertex top and trousers. Despite the number of layers you don't feel like the Michelin man wearing these so they don't restrict movement.
Someone said you have to have heated grips. Bullshit.Gloves have come a long way in recent years and can be warm all day if you buy decent ones (£120+). If you ride every day like I do mostly, it doesn't take long for heated grips to break down anyhow.
A kidney belt, which can just be simply a wooly scarf wrapped around your midriff is a sound idea.
Never had a set of heated grips fail on me, so maybe it's just you talking your usual bullshit?
As I've said in the past, I really don't care what the hell you think as you are often abusive. 'Been on this forum for around 10 years now and noticed most of the old guard left after you started posting regularly. Obviously some others did object to your rants and abuse. Grow up.
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« on: 28 February 2018, 02:46:47 pm »
I ride all year round and currently use the EDZ layering system, base layer, mid and fleece top layer then the all important pertex top and trousers. Despite the number of layers you don't feel like the Michelin man wearing these so they don't restrict movement.
Someone said you have to have heated grips. Bullshit.Gloves have come a long way in recent years and can be warm all day if you buy decent ones (£120+). If you ride every day like I do mostly, it doesn't take long for heated grips to break down anyhow.
A kidney belt, which can just be simply a wooly scarf wrapped around your midriff is a sound idea.
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« on: 12 January 2018, 04:50:09 pm »
Nothing wrong with checking the valve clearances, but (if you search the forums) on these engines there's only a very small chance that they need adjusting during the life of the bike, even at 100,000 miles up. I checked mine for the first time at 91,000 miles but only because I had the cambox cover off for painting, all were well inside tolerance.
I think one women in the states had just one exhaust valve reshimmed after 200,000 miles and then only because it was close to tolerance -but not actually out.
Don't sweat it if you put off checking valve clearances, they are probably fine.
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« on: 27 October 2017, 07:54:55 pm »
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« on: 27 October 2017, 04:00:05 pm »
I met this lovely lady at a Horizons Unlimited meeting earlier this year. She's done 54 countries and had rung up over 50,000 miles on her little Yamaha FZ150.
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« on: 14 October 2017, 05:42:58 pm »
Am riding up from Tours to Calais in November and then on to a ferry to UK. I can probably do that in one hit but if the wearther is rotten I'll probably get a hotel near Calais and cross the next morning. Can anyone reccomend a good one near enough to the port? I usually use the Ibis just out of town but fancy a different one this time preferably near a nice bar/restaurant. Secure parking of course.
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« on: 01 October 2017, 12:35:40 pm »
Not my video, but I went accross this junction this morning and about a dozen more like this to get out of the city. It's actually surprisingly easy to negotiate and quite a lot of fun. I don't know how or why this 'system' works, but it does. You know you've cracked it when you can get accross without stopping and putting your feet down, in fact other riders can anticipate you better if you keep moving. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Gf8_lzCWvq4
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« on: 01 October 2017, 08:11:54 am »
I'm off to Vietnam in a few weeks, looking forward to riding their roads. :-)
I'm on my 5th visit at the moment (currently in Hanoi) Riding up to Sapa tomorrow on a nice new CRF250. You can never get enough of this country, it's an amazing place.
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« on: 19 September 2017, 12:26:39 pm »
Sometimes a good couple of cycles in the washing machine with lots of detergent can restore waterproofness. When I was commuting to London in all weathers my gear got very grimy after a few weeks and they started to let in water even in mild downpours. Someone told me that goretex stops working if dirt gets in because the particles of dirt act like a wick letting water through the membrane, which makes sense I suppose. Maybe that's what the Nikwax wash is all about.
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« on: 10 September 2017, 10:15:46 pm »
fair play there's some bollox spouted about suspension here.....most peeps on here only change their fork oil when the seal blows........BTW i used to work for Jim Moodie, so know a thing or 2 about spanner wanking
Wind your neck in mate  You've only been on these forums a couple of months
err............i've been on here since 2010, and yuku before then, just as someone else.
and who died and left you in charge anyway?
Funny, I've been on here since 2010 too, as someone else. I also know of two others who are old members and now have new names.
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« on: 09 September 2017, 11:18:52 am »
Thanks you two for replying. Both the Kriega and Most Moto systems operate from their own back plate which has to be attached to a rack -Givi, SW Motech etc. But I am finding difficulty getting racks for the Fazer and my wife's bike (02 Honda Hornet). But we might have changed our minds. Now thinking of going to India, getting a couple of s/h Royal Enfields and power around on them.
I'm going to do India myself one day although there's a few other countries on my bucket list I want to do first. Of all SE Asia my favourite country is Vietnam, I'veridden all the other countries once but done the 'Nam four times. The Northern 'loop' rides are fabulous and the North to South ride is epic. Combined with a few days riding in Northern Laos it's hard to beat. Cheapest country in Asia too, bike hire is good value and the bikes are decent, you can ride from Hanoi and hand the bike back to the hire company in Saigon.
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« on: 09 September 2017, 05:58:45 am »
Has anyone tried either of these two set-ups. Mosko Moto panniers or the Kriega OS system. I'm trying to work out where I can get racks for these and fit them without touching indicators. I had Hepco & Becker hard luggage previously with was fab, but possibly going long distance where soft panniers might be better/lighter.
James Morrow 04 FZS.
Good idea going for soft luggage for long distance, I was at the Hubb meeting in Sumbawa this year and I'd say that most of the people who rode thousands of miles to get there used soft bags. This advantages over hard cases wasn't lost on me two weeks after the meeting when I was shunted at some traffic lights in Java and one of my soft panniers was squashed up and torn, if it was a hard plastic or ally case it would have been smashed -and where would I have got a hard case fixed in Java? A bit of duct tape fixed the tear in my bag. I havn't used the systems you listed but I havn't heard complaints about either from riders using them, except for the high cost of both. I use cheap Givi soft panniers myself and the ubiquitous 50 litre roll bag on the pillion seat. I had custom racks made in Jakarta from 6mm steel rod and moved the indicators back a few inches. I think the new Kriega soft bag system fits on Kriega's own racks, bound to be pricey though.
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« on: 31 August 2017, 07:47:22 pm »
I have one.
I think it is L/H but will check.
Where are you??
Whale
Thanks 'whale, I just got one though. Cheers
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« on: 31 August 2017, 12:07:02 pm »
Got one for £1100 - it comes with the rest of the bike attached 😂
£1100 for a Gen 1? Could well be interested.....
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« on: 31 August 2017, 10:07:18 am »
Minor emergency, pm me with price if you have one, with or without peg.
Many Thanks
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« on: 31 August 2017, 10:04:12 am »
Minor emergency, hanger with or without peg needed. PM me with price.
Many Thanks
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« on: 30 August 2017, 10:04:51 pm »
I wouldn't bother with this on the basis that if the 'testers' thought the tyres were lacking or less desirable than tyres they've used from other manufacturers the review wouldn't see the light of day.
Isn't a free set of tyres a bit if a bribe in the first place?
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« on: 16 August 2017, 09:34:58 am »
Try bleeding the brakes again but crack the banjo bolt next to the master cylinder instead of the caliper bleed nipple (put a rag underneath the cylinder of course). If the fluid splutters/spits when you pump then you've found the air bubble that can hide there. I do this everytime I bleed the brakes on my Fazer, sometimes there is air there, sometimes not.
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« on: 28 July 2017, 10:33:54 am »
If, as I presume you have a leaky seal try a Sealmate tool first. I've used one three times on different bikes (including my present bike here in dusty Indonesia)and they all stipped leaking. You can also easily make a 'Sealmate'' yourself, old photographic negatives are just the right gauge, simply cut the plastic to mimic the Sealmate shape. Can save a lot of time and bother. https://www.amazon.co.uk/Seal-Mate-Leaking-Seals-Affordable/dp/B0120G110Y
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« on: 02 June 2017, 04:23:33 pm »
If you've adjusted the chain by moving the rear wheel you may have slightly put it in a different position.
So the noise "could" be the chain cutting a new path on the plastic chain guide?
Tends to sound worse when people upgrade to new heavier duty chains, it makes a buzzing/rubbing noise.
Sorry, but this post is the most ignorant, dimwitted piece of 'advice' I've ever seen on a forum. What the hell are you talking about? 'New path on the chain guide' my arse. Evidence of this?
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« on: 31 May 2017, 09:38:00 am »
BA would have to pay me to fly with them, Emirates Air hard to beat!!!
Not really. I've been going backwards and forwards to SE Asia several times a year over the last 10 years and flown them three times in the last two years, they are ok but certainly not outstanding. I only use them if they are significantly cheaper than others. Everyone I've spoken to about airlines here (I'm in Indonesia at mo) is surprised by the new improved Garuda cabins. I flew them last month and the new seats are great, good for 6 hours and not bad for 10 hours and the legroom is better than most now, the loos get cleaned more regularly on long haul too and the drinks trolley appears very often (still free). The others are no more than middling I'd say, Singapore, Malaysia, Thai (soon to be getting Dreamliners) etc. Vietnam Airlines have the most modern fleet, almost all their 777s are nearly sold off with Dreamliner and Airbus replacements appearing on all routes. My top pics if you are going from Europe to SE Asia? Vietnam, Garuda, British Airways, Thai, Emirates, Malaysian and Singapore. Bad uns, Bangladesh, Turkish, Air France, KLM.
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