UK Motorcycles

Paging Darren Robinson (redux)
So what happened to you on Saturday then? One minute you were there, the next you'd vanished. -- ogden | gsxr1000 | ktm duke 2 ... 26 Jul 2010 16:06

LRX compact crossover
When the new LRX compact crossover hits the market, it's goal is to change the way the world perceives Land Rover. Unlike the rest of the marque's range, the LRX isn't likely to boast unbeatable off-road prowess with fuel-sucking power - quite the contrary, in fact. Land Rover has officially announced that in addit... 26 Jul 2010 13:54

FS: Silverstone WSB ticket
Todays mail has brought a free platinum seat reservation ticket for all three days of the FIM World Superbike Championship at Silverstone, 30/7 to 1/8, from a draw I entered with BMW Motorrad .... only one though so I can't take someone else :( ... anyone want to swap it for beer vouchers? Retail value is 65 q... 27 Jul 2010 07:22

F1: (spoiler)
On Sun, 25 Jul 2010 21:58:49 +0100, Wicked Uncle Nigel <wun(a)wicked-uncle-nigel.me.uk> wrote: snip> There's a rule that forbids it. Ferrari tramped all over that rule, and couldn't even be bothered to hide the fact. Both cars should have been excluded. I suspect that you really are some kind of a contr... 1 Aug 2010 14:53

Youtube video of wet race lunacy
Hi A while ago someone posted a video of a race in the rain, and the rider in question slid the thing all over the place, in and out of the corners. I vaguely remember the commentary was in Japanese? Can't find the posting, any ideas? TIA -- Kev ... 26 Jul 2010 18:20

RIP Higgins
No, not the Scottish tax exile, the Irish chain smoking, ball basher http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/other_sports/snooker/8852020.stm ... 24 Jul 2010 18:52

Call that a compressor?
*This* is a compressor! http://www.indqualtec.co.uk/UKRM/compressor1.JPG Next door neighbour, a HGV driver, has his tractor unit at the end of his drive - I wondered why, until I heard a rattle gun from under his jacked-up Focus - and noticed the airline trailing from behind the truck cab. -- Rob_P ... 25 Jul 2010 10:51

Optimate ate my battery - follow-up
Ctex (thanks, wessie) arrived, connected, showed half-charged for 30 seconds and then went to fully-charged. So Optimate did NOT eat my battery, it only said it did. Happy bunny. ... 24 Jul 2010 05:55

found
one 1976 18 inch rear wheel for bonneville and i need it. found in cental u.s.a. been lookin for a year +. 750 c.c. ha haaa i found one. son of a beeetch. "stress dines on madness, an appetizer for stress is someone bein mad, stress `ll have anger for desert." exerpts from danny while webtv`in. ... 25 Jul 2010 05:31

Oh, FFS. Paging the Guzzisti
As if the V11 hasn't been enough trouble, I've recently started noticing the Quota's top gear is whining under load at certain speeds. 40-55mph is loudish and there's a distinct piercing peak at 65mph, but the noise almost completely disappears at other speeds and the other gears are pretty quiet. Now, 5th's whi... 24 Jul 2010 14:32