Hi all, having passed my test in February this year I purchased all winter style clothing. with it getting warmer I would like something a little less heavy.
Currently I have a Richa Torrent jacket. I have taken the lining out but my arms stick to the waterproof lining when its hot... not nice.


I am a big-ish chap so not sure sporty jackets are suitable. i doubt the general public want to see my arse crack lol.
Saying that i do like the look of the Richa Pinto Jacket. [size=78%]http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/RICHA-PINTO-ME...069wt_1199[/size]
With any luck that jacket would zip into my trousers.


any one got any thoughts on this?
Cheers and happy summer biking 

decided that i really need a new lid as the one i have is quite a few years old  :eek
trouble is, i don't really know what is out there.
ideally i would like a flip up lid with a sun visor
and would prefer it to be a "vibrant" colour ! (yellow, orange, etc.)
any help would be appreciated.
i'll be trying on the lid before i part with the hard earned, just need a bit of help finding what i am after
thanks

TRIUMPH ROCKET III - 21ST CENTURY MOTORCYCLE MANUFACTURE

Need to do a full brake overhaul this week, seals 'n all as the winter kicked seven bells out of 'em.
Thanks to the fabulous forty driver I now know they are kinda spongy due to my closing speed being slightly higher than I thought...
:o

So, I'm going to be replacing the pads and usually go for EBC HH sintered (alhtough I cheated and fitted cheap goldfren ones last time, won't be doing that again), but saw kevlar ones online.

Iirc they are less well wearing, but anyone running them want to pitch in with thoughts on feel and overall stopping power?
Cheers.
Aegis.

On my way home the other night my bike developed a loud squeek from the front, as I'd stripped and cleaned my brakes at the weekend ready for the MOT I thought it could be linked. No ! I removed both calipers, it still squeeked, on removing the front wheel a small piece of speedo drive fell out . On inspection the drive had no drive one lug was on the floor the other nowhere to be seen  and the pick up was packed full of grease, is this correct? For now I've glued the single lug back on and washed out all the grease and the squeek has gone. My question (finally) is when I fit the new drive should it be packed with grease or not?

Andy (Squeek free)

MOT Passed by the way.

Well I'm sat on the side of the road waiting for the recovery wagon so thought id ask the question now while waiting.

My clutch is stuck on... Cable is all free and rod moves on top of clutch. Any ideas What could it be so I may have an idea before taking it apart tonight or tomorrow.

Thanks for your assistance

Peter

After some renthals for my fazer 600 preferabley pre drilled

Also on the look out for short levers  8)

OK people, in my quest to see how far I can go on one tank of fuel I think I may have stumbled on either a discrepency on what actual capacity the tank is or what I suspect is us being ripped off at the pumps. When I had reached 230 miles I stopped and checked my tank. There still looked a fair bit of fuel in the bottom so I carried on. I stopped and checked again at 250 and although not dry things looked a little bleak. I made my way to the nearest and cheapest petrol station when with in 100 yards of the forecourt the engine cut out showing 253.3 miles. As my intention was to see how far it would go I came prepared with some spare fuel. At a guess I must have put about  1 litre of fuel in before topping the tank with 21.49 l  of fuel. So either our tanks are bigger than we think or fuel pumps are callibrated wrong in order to rip us off.  I know I must take in to consideration fuel pipes and carbs but can not see this being as much as 1 and a half litres. Would be interested to hear your views maybe someone can enlighten me. 

I can't make my mind up if its right or wrong or is it neither?

Swindon Town FC has defended its decision to allow a footballer, whose drink driving led to the deaths of two small children, to train with the club.
        Luke McCormick will join Swindon Town football club for a trial when he is released from Leyhill prison in June.
        But the club's chairman, Jeremy Wray, insisted his decision was more about rehabilitation for the footballer than for the club's benefit.
        "I'm not in desperate need of a goalkeeper.
        "This is someone who's served his time in prison and is now looking to reintegrate into society.
        "He goes back to the profession he was in before, can we help him by allowing him to come and train with us and rebuild his life and hopefully put something back?
        "He is full of remorse. He has spoken to the PFA about working with young players and explaining the pitfalls of drinking driving.
        "This is not about football, it's about Swindon doing what's right in the community - for rehabilitation."
        McCormick was jailed for seven years and four months in October 2008 after the deaths of Arron Peak, 10, and his brother Ben, eight, in a crash on the M6 in Staffordshire.
        Mr Peak, from Partington in Manchester, was at the wheel of the family's Toyota andalso suffered serious injuries that left him in a wheelchair.
        McCormick was returning from a team-mate's wedding and was found to be twice the legal drink-drive limit at the time of the crash.
        He had been seen with his friends drinking beer and downing shots of Sambuca at the reception.
        The 28-year-old has been training with the Swindon club while on day release from prison since January.
        The dead boys' mother, Amanda Peak, has said the club's decision to take on the former Plymouth Argyle goalkeeper feels "like a kick in the stomach".
        "Swindon might be a family club but now they are hiring a man who has torn my family apart," she told The Sun newspaper.
        Mr Wray added: "Our view is that it is very easy to say that it's too difficult a subject to bother with.
        "We thought long and hard about it, and it has to be made clear that everybody's thoughts can only go to the family of those two young boys and their father who was badly injured.
        "Tragedy is a word used too often, but this was a tragedy and it can never be changed.
        "He (McCormick) will live with what has happened every day of his life but he has the chance to give something back, to show the tragedies of drink-driving."

Hi all,
Just wondering if any other Fazer owners are going to Bikefest in Killarney?
http://www.irelandbikefest.com/?gclid=CP...tAodaHBc3Q