And today's commuting highlight is...
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if anyone is looking for gloves I recommend the knox zero2s. They can be found for £90 or so on ebay. I picked up a pair a month ago and they are quality gauntlets, totally waterproof and lots of protection including the scaphoid sliders you get on the handroids (which I also own). Good feel with kangaroo leather, visor wipe and everything. http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Knox-Zero-2-V14-SIZE-M-W...
The sunny slightly warmer March weather seems to have brought out a new bunch of bike commuters.
Have to say a high standard of non confident filtering dare I say verging on mobile roadblock riding was being demonstrated this morning. At least some of these have the courtesy to check their mirrors notice faster bikers catching them up and pull over to let you past.
A real highlight is that it's really nice to come home in proper daylight for the first time in a while.
Have to say a high standard of non confident filtering dare I say verging on mobile roadblock riding was being demonstrated this morning. At least some of these have the courtesy to check their mirrors notice faster bikers catching them up and pull over to let you past.
A real highlight is that it's really nice to come home in proper daylight for the first time in a while.
tjlazer said:
if anyone is looking for gloves I recommend the knox zero2s. They can be found for £90 or so on ebay. I picked up a pair a month ago and they are quality gauntlets, totally waterproof and lots of protection including the scaphoid sliders you get on the handroids (which I also own). Good feel with kangaroo leather, visor wipe and everything. http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Knox-Zero-2-V14-SIZE-M-W...
They look good but they look very thick. Are they a fairly specific winter glove? 308mate said:
They look good but they look very thick. Are they a fairly specific winter glove?
Yeah they shrug off cold so you wouldn't wear all year, but they've been doing a great job in this colder weather. They are considerably thicker than the handroids though (which I love) so you do lose feel.kiethton said:
A few days of good commuting - little traffic light night strangely and similar again this morning.
Still not making the light in either direction but I'm not too far away from that now!
Same here. The usual gridlock between Letchworth and Stevenage oddly absent this week. Glorious ride in. Warm dry and traffic free! Still not making the light in either direction but I'm not too far away from that now!
Bike completely died on me pulling out of a roundabout last night... no ignition at all and was in the outside lane trying to go straight, queue a slight panic. Luckily a person behind me cottoned on as all my lights had gone out, he turned left to block both lanes so I could safely get off the road. Luckily I wasn't far from home and the cycle tracks running parallel with the roads were all down hill ! I couldn't believe my luck.
I got home and started stripping the bike looking for the fault I thought It might be some corrosion from living outside... nope, the positive battery terminal was looser than a w
es belt, I tightened it up and she fired first time.
Annoyingly though the last time I touched the terminals was back in November when I fitted heated grips... do they really shake themselves loose ??
I got home and started stripping the bike looking for the fault I thought It might be some corrosion from living outside... nope, the positive battery terminal was looser than a w
es belt, I tightened it up and she fired first time.Annoyingly though the last time I touched the terminals was back in November when I fitted heated grips... do they really shake themselves loose ??
Bailey93 said:
Bike completely died on me pulling out of a roundabout last night... no ignition at all and was in the outside lane trying to go straight, queue a slight panic. Luckily a person behind me cottoned on as all my lights had gone out, he turned left to block both lanes so I could safely get off the road. Luckily I wasn't far from home and the cycle tracks running parallel with the roads were all down hill ! I couldn't believe my luck.
I got home and started stripping the bike looking for the fault I thought It might be some corrosion from living outside... nope, the positive battery terminal was looser than a wes belt, I tightened it up and she fired first time.
Annoyingly though the last time I touched the terminals was back in November when I fitted heated grips... do they really shake themselves loose ??
They can, but you probably didn't nip it up properly.I got home and started stripping the bike looking for the fault I thought It might be some corrosion from living outside... nope, the positive battery terminal was looser than a w
es belt, I tightened it up and she fired first time.Annoyingly though the last time I touched the terminals was back in November when I fitted heated grips... do they really shake themselves loose ??
Today was a little damp, road covered in usual st, so nice clean bike now all filthy. Again.
Monday morning was utterly forgettable: I turned the key, nothing lit up on dash, no fuel pump noises, nothing. Tried several times, but nothing. Went to house & checked manual. Troubleshooting guide suggested blown fuses. Checked everything, & all OK. After about 20 minutes of poncing about, pondering calling out the RAC, & much swearing, I noticed that the kill switch was in the 'off' position.....
t, so nice clean bike now all filthy. Again.Monday morning was utterly forgettable: I turned the key, nothing lit up on dash, no fuel pump noises, nothing. Tried several times, but nothing. Went to house & checked manual. Troubleshooting guide suggested blown fuses. Checked everything, & all OK. After about 20 minutes of poncing about, pondering calling out the RAC, & much swearing, I noticed that the kill switch was in the 'off' position.....
Biker 1 said:
Today was a little damp, road covered in usual st, so nice clean bike now all filthy. Again.
Monday morning was utterly forgettable: I turned the key, nothing lit up on dash, no fuel pump noises, nothing. Tried several times, but nothing. Went to house & checked manual. Troubleshooting guide suggested blown fuses. Checked everything, & all OK. After about 20 minutes of poncing about, pondering calling out the RAC, & much swearing, I noticed that the kill switch was in the 'off' position.....
I once pushed an XJ600 a mile and half back home only to discover that the issue was the kill switch. In my defence it had handlebar muffs on so I couldn't see that it was off but still...t, so nice clean bike now all filthy. Again.Monday morning was utterly forgettable: I turned the key, nothing lit up on dash, no fuel pump noises, nothing. Tried several times, but nothing. Went to house & checked manual. Troubleshooting guide suggested blown fuses. Checked everything, & all OK. After about 20 minutes of poncing about, pondering calling out the RAC, & much swearing, I noticed that the kill switch was in the 'off' position.....
SteelerSE said:
Biker 1 said:
Today was a little damp, road covered in usual st, so nice clean bike now all filthy. Again.
Monday morning was utterly forgettable: I turned the key, nothing lit up on dash, no fuel pump noises, nothing. Tried several times, but nothing. Went to house & checked manual. Troubleshooting guide suggested blown fuses. Checked everything, & all OK. After about 20 minutes of poncing about, pondering calling out the RAC, & much swearing, I noticed that the kill switch was in the 'off' position.....
I once pushed an XJ600 a mile and half back home only to discover that the issue was the kill switch. In my defence it had handlebar muffs on so I couldn't see that it was off but still...t, so nice clean bike now all filthy. Again.Monday morning was utterly forgettable: I turned the key, nothing lit up on dash, no fuel pump noises, nothing. Tried several times, but nothing. Went to house & checked manual. Troubleshooting guide suggested blown fuses. Checked everything, & all OK. After about 20 minutes of poncing about, pondering calling out the RAC, & much swearing, I noticed that the kill switch was in the 'off' position.....
One of the policemen got out walked over noticed the kill switch in about 2 seconds, burst out laughing again and sent me on my way, still I was thankful of the help at the time.
Highlight for me today was first commute back on a motorbike since Jan. I moved to Spain at the end of Jan and have finally got round to buying a bike (Kawasaki Z1000) and now I can commute in the sunshine. We're already in the late 'teens in the morning and mid-20's during the day, beats the rain and cold of commuting in the UK (sorry to rub it in).
Mild and dry this morning, lovely fluffy pink clouds reflecting the sunrise...sliding past slow moving L3 traffic, admittedly on the inside, blokey in small van decides to move across me, only indicating when he was almost touching my leg. Quick blast on the horn and he swerved back into L3, sounding his own horn in indignation. Tsk. Still, the adrenaline kept me awake until I got to work.
Agreed nice and mild and some of my route surprisingly quiet but other parts solid with traffic.
My highlight watching the guy on his commuter NC750X with a loud pipe thrap it full chat off the line and up the road at tower hill whilst I'm sat not putting any effort in behind him some 50metres behind by choice - he was trying really hard to get it to make that much progress to keep ahead of me whilst I really wasn't. LOL Small things provide entertainment
Its always nice to have a commuter bike with way too much performance than is really needed.
My highlight watching the guy on his commuter NC750X with a loud pipe thrap it full chat off the line and up the road at tower hill whilst I'm sat not putting any effort in behind him some 50metres behind by choice - he was trying really hard to get it to make that much progress to keep ahead of me whilst I really wasn't. LOL Small things provide entertainment
Its always nice to have a commuter bike with way too much performance than is really needed.
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