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General / Re: How's your year been?
« on: 17 January 2013, 04:21:30 pm »
We've now put a review of our year together, it's at 2012 - A year of Travelling
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wow they turffed you out of your room while you were out ! ffsWell, when we first checked in we didn't have much time to get ourselves sorted out and over to the concert venue and there was a long queue at check in. When we got to our room it hadn't been made up from the previous guests (plus one bedside cabinet was hanging off the wall). So we went back down to reception and waited in line again. I think their computer was down, which wasn't helping. So they allocated us to a new room. We got into the room, dropped off our bag, took out our soapbag and put it in the bathroom and headed off to the Who concert.
Did they give you a good reason ?
7 is a real fanatic !Errr ... I've been out at six sometimes in the past, though I'm not as good at getting up early as I used to be. Round our way the roads are already starting to get quite busy by eight or so, so unless you get up really early you only get half a ride before the traffic seriously limits your fun.
I cant agree on the legal expenses comments...I have used them 3 times VERY successfully....I paid about £25 extra on the policy, but have reaped that back an undisclosed amount more...
2 Hrs by public transport to work, half an hour on the bike, simples! (not to mention £20 a day on a season ticket Vs £6 in petrol)I'm self employed and work from home now, but in my last regular job I used to have to get into central Bristol. There was a bike parking bay outside my office, but a few years ago, when petrol prices shot up, it started getting over-full. In theory this wasn't a problem for me, as I tended to come in early, but I also liked to go home early to balance this . Unfortunately, on more than one occasion, somebody had shoved in a bike (normally, but not always, a scooter) so close on the right of me that I couldn't get the bike off the side stand. And it became only a matter of time before somebody got too close and scraped or knocked over my bike. I did try talking to the council, but they weren't interested in giving bikes more space (no surprise there since the rest of the street was given over to lucrative pay and display). In the end I stopped bringing the bike in. My employers had a secure car park for managers' cars, and it had a few odd corners that would have been perfect for a motorbike and not much use for anything else. But there was a policy decision that motorized two wheelers couldn't use the car park at all ...
Well it was, till my employer took all the motorbike parking bays away......
Gen 1 owner......... currently running BT023s as they came on the bike and they seem to be much better than the 020 and 021 I've had previously.
I just traded in an R1 which had Metzeler Sportec M3s on it. A rear lasted me 4k and I thought they were fantastic tyres. I really rate them and if they're still available I might try them on the Fazer when I need new tyres.
i am also a bridgestone fan, but will also praise the dunlop roadsmarts, which really work well on my 09 speed triple, which is maybe closer to ur bike than a gen1.Speed triples do eat tyres though as its so grunty, but an FZ-1N with its top end rev bias should be gentler on tyres ( cos you can treat them gently).The dunlop roadsmart are also very good in the wet. On my gen1 I got 5000 from a rear, which is very good for me. 023 bridgestones more like 4500 to 5000.
When I next change tyres I want to try the new roadsmart2 for both my bikes.
Sorry I dont vote michelin...I never got on with them, and they are alwas at least £20 dearer per set to anything I usually buy ( roadsmart/ 023), so am not a fan.
Shirely one of the features of the home hub is that it becomes a hotspot, so anyone with a BT login can use it?
Well, after a week of anticipation and exitement at the thought of getting a new FZ8, unfortunately it didn't happen. I had put a returnable deposit on the last blue FZ8-N to hold it until I had test ridden it. I covered motorways, twisties and town work but when I got off, and thought about the ride, I've got to say it was really quite an anti climax. Dont get me wrong, I wrang its neck in certain places where I could, and it was quite quick too, handled ok and was fairly comfortable but it just lacked something.
I didn't get that big silly grin that I normally get after a good blat. The difference between the FZ8 and my little FZS600 is, in my opinion not worth the extra money each month. And for those reasons I will not be parting with any cash.
However, I am booked up for a test ride on the FZ1-N next weekend and am looking forward to that, I hope I get the grin factor this time around.