And today's commuting highlight is...
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kiethton said:
Angrybiker said:
supercommuter said:
That was seriously cold this morning. Might get my heated jacket wiring and grips plumbed in this weekend!
Steady on man! A tid bit nippy maybe but nothing warranting winter gear!I really need to fit my grips (and remove the exhaust baffle) - far too cold for comfort for me @ 6am this morning, worst is I need to leave at 5am tomorrow!!!!! - f
king freezing!boyse7en said:
kiethton said:
Given the distances he goes (and speed) I wouldn't be without them (and bar wind deflectors)
I really need to fit my grips (and remove the exhaust baffle) - far too cold for comfort for me @ 6am this morning, worst is I need to leave at 5am tomorrow!!!!! - fking freezing!
Removing your exhaust baffle and leaving at 5am won't endear you to the neighboursI really need to fit my grips (and remove the exhaust baffle) - far too cold for comfort for me @ 6am this morning, worst is I need to leave at 5am tomorrow!!!!! - f
king freezing!Normally over an hour later so shouldn't be too bad - far worse when I had the hole in the downpipes! - I do also push it out to the road so as to not annoy other residents!
supercommuter said:
kiethton said:
Angrybiker said:
supercommuter said:
That was seriously cold this morning. Might get my heated jacket wiring and grips plumbed in this weekend!
Steady on man! A tid bit nippy maybe but nothing warranting winter gear!I really need to fit my grips (and remove the exhaust baffle) - far too cold for comfort for me @ 6am this morning, worst is I need to leave at 5am tomorrow!!!!! - f
king freezing!
supercommuter said:
As Kiethon said, 10/20/30/40 miles at various speeds, It would be fine. 120 miles at motorway speeds in the morning nothing apart from a heated jacket will keep you warm, sadly.
Agreed. It was around freezing this morning when I left home, 130 miles (A34/M4) with little traffic. Heated jacket on, winter gloves on, heated grips on. Still had freezing fingers at the end - and freezing toes too!It was a wee bit chilly morning. Had no issues though. Only thing to note was a kind bloke stopping his filtering to let me past (think he had a BMW with paniers) but he was no slouch in that department either.
Late reply sorry...
Admittedly my oral/written English is not as good as it should be. Personally, after reading it again I still don't see much wrong with it. Geniune question for future reference, how should it be worded?
On that subject I recieved the helmet today. The bloke said the lip at the top/middle wasn't providing enough prerssure and he's had to pack it and squash it down a bit. Said it was a common issue with all helmets. He could have just told me that over the bloody phone to save me £12.50.
I like that way of thinking. Shall work on it 
Late reply sorry...
Pothole said:
Cbull said:
It’s got to be shipped back to Ireland of which I've got to pay for to be replaced/fixed.
minor rant: Why "of which"? Loads of people seem to use it. Doesn't make sense to me.On that subject I recieved the helmet today. The bloke said the lip at the top/middle wasn't providing enough prerssure and he's had to pack it and squash it down a bit. Said it was a common issue with all helmets. He could have just told me that over the bloody phone to save me £12.50.
CAPP0 said:
Cbull said:
It's a constant struggle justifying it to the Wife.
You need to convince her that bikes are nasty dangerous things. 
Had my closest shave on the 600 this morning, shat myself.
On a dual carriageway traffic had just stopped on the right and I'd just filtered past a truck, gave him a wave for moving over and positioned myself to continue filtering after the gap. A car had cut across a van to squeeze through put for him to see me he had to come out quite a bit. The back brake went on (too hard probably) with a little on the front (it was wet) and I started to snake/weave whilst skidding. The bike was well and truly unstable, I could feel it was about to topple over.
Luckily I'd let go of the brake at the right time and just missed the car on the right and then just missed the car on the left. Proper poo’d myself. No ones fault really, just one of them things and luckily I was half aware of the potential danger and wasn't going too quick.
Despite the slow'ish speed, I couldn't believe how uncontrollable the bike was. Any slight variation in speed, angle or brake pressure the bike would have gone for sure. Count myself very lucky indeed. Be safe people.
On a dual carriageway traffic had just stopped on the right and I'd just filtered past a truck, gave him a wave for moving over and positioned myself to continue filtering after the gap. A car had cut across a van to squeeze through put for him to see me he had to come out quite a bit. The back brake went on (too hard probably) with a little on the front (it was wet) and I started to snake/weave whilst skidding. The bike was well and truly unstable, I could feel it was about to topple over.
Luckily I'd let go of the brake at the right time and just missed the car on the right and then just missed the car on the left. Proper poo’d myself. No ones fault really, just one of them things and luckily I was half aware of the potential danger and wasn't going too quick.
Despite the slow'ish speed, I couldn't believe how uncontrollable the bike was. Any slight variation in speed, angle or brake pressure the bike would have gone for sure. Count myself very lucky indeed. Be safe people.
Ok whoever the numpty was the bodged the Tower Bridge light timings for months on end causing massive tailbacks on the highway has either been fired or seen sense. Last two days the traffic on the highway has flowed a hell of a lot better with the queue starting like it was on half term week. I could just be imagining things though time will tell. I was also actually waved through by an L-plated scooter this morning who pulled over for me **amazed**
However just to reverse the postive highlights somewhere the Police has a nice road block westbound on lower thames street this morning pulling in what looked like just box vans today taking out one of the lanes and causing the resulting traffic chaos.
However just to reverse the postive highlights somewhere the Police has a nice road block westbound on lower thames street this morning pulling in what looked like just box vans today taking out one of the lanes and causing the resulting traffic chaos.
kiethton said:
Cbull said:
JulianHJ said:
What bike do you have?
Kawasaki ZX6R J2 (2001)When mine get low the bike seems to get extra slippery/less predictable when braking/moving in the wet (or seems to)
Edited by sjtscott on Wednesday 1st November 10:01
kiethton said:
Cbull said:
JulianHJ said:
What bike do you have?
Kawasaki ZX6R J2 (2001)When mine get low the bike seems to get extra slippery/less predictable when braking/moving in the wet (or seems to)
To be honest I think it was just the nature of the road conditions, speed and braking pressure. It was pretty scary, I think even the drivers were amazed that I missed them both also.
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