Re the Mini damp problems, is it fitted with a shield in front of the distributor? It was a well known problem on the Minis and an aftermarket shield does the trick..

http://www.somerfordmini.co.uk/eshop/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=12095

Just keeps the spray and crap off the dizzy.

Getting some very strong gusts here in south London. Bikes are all tucked away in the garage.

Ignore it, Laura got one for stopping in a car park at a ferry port to drop someone off.... They will send you letters threatening stuff and ever increasing fines but at the end of the day they haven't got the power to do anything so just bin the letters

NO!! This is wrong, things have changed and the advice to ignore PCNs is no longer correct. Parking companies ARE taking people to court now, but their paperwork trail and compliance with the regulations they have to follow is so poor it is simple to defeat them long before it gets that far.


Tori, please read and post on the MSE forum where you will get informed advice from people who do this all day long.

More importantly, if a vehicle is being driven on a road without a current, valid MOT then your insurance can become invalid.

Sorry, but that's wrong. An insurance company cannot invalidate insurance for having no MOT. Nearly all companies refer to "roadworthiness" in the policy wording, nothing about MOT; only a very few stipulate this. Just checked the three policies I have and they don't mention MOT and it's accepted that an MOT certificate is not proof of roadworthiness. In any case, you'd only be asked to send the MOT if the car was written off and at most, you'd get a lower valuation.


Google it if you don't believe me.


Snapper, I wouldn't bother taking this any further. The lorry certainly won't have been damaged and the chances of the lorry driver admitting to his company he's had a prang and/or recording your wife's reg number are almost zero. If your wife got no details of the lorry, the police aren't going to be interested. If you claim on the insurance, then your excess will probably be the cost of the repair and you can look forward to an increased premium next year and possible loss of no claims bonus.

Anything circulated on the internet that says "This is an actual..." or "real story" or "100% genuine"  is almost always complete made-up bollocks.

Anyway, ignore, ignore, ignore and they'll go away.

No, no and no!!! Things have changed and that advice is no longer correct.

Tori get on the MSE forum or Pepipoo and get some proper advice from people who really know what they're talking about! The PCN is easily defeated, you just need to go about it the right way.

I have a foxeye with the dual headlamp mod. A pair of the Phillips Xtreme vision bulbs and the headlamps are superb at night.

HIDS are useless - they're not properly designed for the reflectors and produce a blob of light that isn't properly aimed and dazzles other drivers  / riders. An expensive waste of money.

That's ridiculous - you'd never get up to 20mph in the City

As per the title. If you have any questions etc, please go via eBay, ta.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Yamaha-FZS-600-Fazer-2002-Black-/231050090155?pt=UK_Motorcycles&hash=item35cba896ab

Or is there room to get a tack weld on each break just to hold them until you get back?

Either tell him to go away or offer a full refund and the vehicle back. Don't give him some of the money back. That way you can sort the damp out (if there really is any) in your own time and at your own cost. Then you can sell it for a proper price.

Funnily enough I picked up a copy of the Motorcycle Action Group's magazine in the bike shop waiting for an MOT. It was from last year and I haven't seen anything of them for about 20 years (I know they've been out there though) - but they're still banging on about the helmet law. It made me laugh, nothing like flogging a dead horse. And it was a nice glossy magazine - with that awful stuck-in-the-70's logo on the front.

I found I could leave the tank on, but lift it from the front and prop it up. But make sure there's less than half a tank of fuel or it leaks out of the breather.

It's fairly easy - the only hard part is actually finding the balancing screws, but if you follow the guide posted above, it makes life simpler.