Its been a fun weekend. no missus (she went off horse riding somewhere) and its been a sunny weekend. Did loads of miles for the hell of it. Even got the FZ for a spin.(only when its dry lol)

I know naff all about electrics.Tried to start the bike this morning,just an odd whirring sound in a box next to fuses.Is this a solenoid starter motor problem? HELP :\ .

Yep- comes up 'Forbidden' this started last night on the iPhone and continues this morning on the ipad, any ideas?

Well, Seen as its such a hassle getting my bike round the back and into the garage (glorified shed :lol), Ive been leaving it round the front more and more, and so it sort of "lives" here now. I had on my insurance that it was parked on the drive anyway, but still getting nervous about one of the local scrotes either wheeling it away for a joyride or somebody nicking it properly (not that anybody would want my glorified Hoover, but hey, I need to start somewhere).

The hunt began for some decent security, and I wanted something that was thatcham/insurance approved so I can try and get a couple of quid off me insurance too (tight Scotsman in me there ). I eventually settled on a Thatcham Approved/Sold Secure "gold" approved Ground Anchor/Chain package from Elite Security Supplies. Ordered it  wednesday night, and It came on Friday.

Off I set to fit it, I decided to fit it to the (neighbours :lol) Wall, in the corner where i like to slot the bike out the way, I have loaned out my "good" drill, so had to fit it with a Black and Decker number that must be 30 years old!:



I pre drilled some 12mm Holes in the correct spacing, and then opened them out to the required M16 holes with a bigger masonry drill bit (always better to drill big holes in stages rather than try to do it all at once with the big drill bit I find).

This kit came with all the steel bolts and fixings, all you do is insert the steel "rawlplug" into the wall, and then screw the bolts in with an allenkey. Once you have the bolts tightened up to the required tension, the kit has some hardened ball bearings which you hammer into the head of the screw to stop would-be theives drilling out the fixings.

This is easier said than done when you are trying to hammer them into an anchor on the wall, as they keep falling out. a bit of blu-tac to hold them in place and a good rap with a hammer all round, and jobs a goodun:



then the chain fed through, that should at least help deter the thieves (and will certainly stop the little local scrotes):



I then phoned my insurer Carole Nash up to ask if this "thatcham" approved gear entitled me to a discount (thinking safer security=less risk=cheaper insurance?) I was told that I wasnt entitled to any discount as my insurance was "pretty cheap" already

I then informed the fella I had been shopping around (a white lie, shall we say?), and found that other insurers would be willing to offer a reduced premium based on this security improvement, of course I was promptly put on hold, and then endured the usual amount of "speaking to a manager". Low and behold, a £20 reduction in my insurance (Im just over £200 FC, so £20 is a good amount). So that makes the price of this upgrade very reasonable IMO :thumb:


So, aye, theres my useless story for the day, figured I would post some pics in case anyone is considering an anchor, nice bits of kit these red alert ones, really solid . :lol

Hi, just a quick suggestion this as it irks me personally, and thought perhaps I'm not the only one.

I've been visiting the forum regularly and "lurking", but only recently signed up. As a lot of members have signatures, its annoying to see this tapatalk one as well.

I understand this "sent by xxx via tapatalk" is enabled by default when you purchase the app, but I personally don't want to advertise an app I paid for, nor do I think anyone cares what phone I have.

This can be globally disabled in the forum administrators page of tapatalk, to save each member doing it, could it at least be put to a vote to remove it?

I know its a small petty thing, but it does get annoying seeing it so frequently.

As I say, I may be alone, if so, ill shut up :-\

Cheers,

Mick

Trying to send a message on here but keep getting this

Forbidden

You don't have permission to access /index.php on this server.

Additionally, a 404 Not Found error was encountered while trying to use an ErrorDocument to handle the request.

Tried a gazillion times now and I've given up!

Involved in a little incident up at dunoon today - group of 9 of us off the ferry and heading towards the burger van at the top of the rest and be thankful. heading out of dunoon behind a couple of cars. one at the front decides at the last minute he's not going to over take the stationary car and slams on the anchors. Car behind them does like wise. Most of the bikes manage to stop but 2 collide.


Must have been an extraordinary even for dunoon. next thing we know the ambulance arrives along with 2 police cars and a police van.


Police guys were actually very decent - on giving us directions to the hospital told us that we would reach a 30mph zone so make sure we slow down to about 60....


even talking to them it was plain that they were decent - thank god it wasnt the road traffic cops - they even admitted that they dont like them!!!

Hello everyone, your help would be massively appreciated once again..
my year 2000 fazers speedometer has stopped working, all of a sudden its packed in. I have checked the fuse box and the head fuse has melted which i guess suggests a short somewhere. I have replaced the fuse and the speedo still does not work but occasionally fluctuates for a few seconds at a time whilst i'm riding but never gives a consistent speed. Any help would be really appreciated!

Cheers,

Will

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So i used this oil that my dad had left over from his car.. it was motaquip high performance 5w40 fully synthetic oil and i put it in my bike. I'm not sure if i'm being paranoid but i think i can feel the clutch slipping at high revs. I have only had the bike for a few weeks so i'm not 100% certain. Anyway i had a google and heard that if the oil has "energy conserving" on it it would most likely have these friction modifiers in the oil that could cause a wet clutch to slip on a motorcycle. I couldn't see energy conserving on the oil container but it does say fuel efficient and also that it reduces internal friction (surely that's what all oil do though)... but does that imply friction modifiers?

Also i'm probably going to change the oil anyway, but does this mean i'm going to have to change the clutch? Or shall i just simply replace the oil?

Thanks for any advice.

Dan.