Thinking of popping over your way this morning for a ride along the B6047 to Melton. But I usually start from the Melton end and don't bother crossing the A47

If you couple up that road with the B676 from Melton towards Bourne you will have a cracking ride.

I've seen those air intake mods for cars and they look dubious to say the least. If they really do have any positive effect I will be surprised. I know the claims as I have read the same adverts myself but I was informed that unless the fan is independently powered it is merely a fan that moves because of the induction air flow and it doesn't increase pressures etc as claimed.


Unless you really want to get the most out of a 600cc motor by doing loads of mods the easiest modification is to buy a 1000cc bike as previously mentioned.

I rode over the Cat and Fiddle a few months ago and the speed cameras didn't bother me as I was never gonna get up to that sort of speed - then the downhill bit was covered in loose chippings and I was down to 15 mph!


I had to drive to Norwich today and we left at about 2:30. Oh it was bliss. Empty roads and a good chance to test out how quick my car accelerates from 60 to 100. Nearly as much fun as riding a bike.

I've not heard of Scorpio Electronics (and I live near Kings Lynn) I have also done a recent search on-line for electronics repair places and that name doesn't ring any bells with me.

Probably because the penalties for being caught are quite severe.
Hope you've got some spending money left over...

I am sorry to have to agree with Trebus and Darrsi.
It seems expensive to us but my son paid a similar amount to insure his RS50 about 7 years ago.

Just replace it - No idea why it does it when it's running but it's obviously not working right.
I fitted an adjustable flash rate relay which was cheap cos I waited 4 weeks for it to arrive from China but there are some in the UK, just a bit dearer. You might have to make up a couple of wires with spade end connectors as mine didn't fit directly onto my Fazer 1000.

As far as I can see there is only one clip - the top one.
These connectors can sometimes be a pig to undo.
Spray some WD40 into the joint. I can't remember if you push down on the clip or lift it - it's one or the other. Then pull apart. Be careful though as I have pulled one of the wires out before and that caused a whole lot of other problems.

The caps actually screw onto the HT lead. They can be swapped easily.

The mechanic showed me the old ones afterwards, which were seriously rusted! Apparently there's a rubber stopper at the bottom of the headset which means that water can condense inside, then gets trapped, so the bottom bearings are sitting in water

I'll have to remember to take it out occasionally to let it drain.

I have mine absolutely lathered in grease. A mate once said I was wasteful as I used far too much grease on those bearings but I've never had to adjust them or replace them so maybe it's not such a waste.

The scores being admitted to aren't that bad as most of us haven't read the highway code in years - and some of those questions aren't in the highway code anyway.


I guess that those who only scored 10 haven't fessed up yet 

Surely all you would need from your present insurer is proof of 'No previous or pending claims' for any given period even if no NCD had been attached to  the old policy. The new insurer would then be able to offer the discount, if applicable.

I tried that and it didn't work.

44/50 which isn't too bad I suppose.
A couple of silly mistakes and a couple of bad guesses!