Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, Champ And when you're in a van full of mechanics? -- Wicked Uncle Nigel - There are few things in life more sinister than a public toilet with the lid closed. WS* GHPOTHUF#24 APOSTLE#14 DLC#1 COFF#20 BOTAFOT#150 HYPO#0(KoTL) IbW#41 SBS#39 Enfield 500 Curry House Racer "The Basmati Rice Burner", Honda GL1000K2 (On its hols) Kawasaki ZN1300 Voyager "Oh, Oh, It's so big" Suzuki TS250 "The Africa Single" Yamaha GTS1000
I still don't give a flying **** about potential accidents. I'm probably not quite as bad as I was when I was a teenager but the day an RTA makes me feel worried about my own life I'll be in need of some serious help.
To be fair, that's not *that* long ago. I certainly don't recall any training being available in 1980.
Find a friendly dealer who will do the certification but don't bother fitting it. It will still cost about £100.
Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, Rope OK, there wasn't any good quality training available. How's that? -- Wicked Uncle Nigel - There are few things in life more sinister than a public toilet with the lid closed. WS* GHPOTHUF#24 APOSTLE#14 DLC#1 COFF#20 BOTAFOT#150 HYPO#0(KoTL) IbW#41 SBS#39 Enfield 500 Curry House Racer "The Basmati Rice Burner", Honda GL1000K2 (On its hols) Kawasaki ZN1300 Voyager "Oh, Oh, It's so big" Suzuki TS250 "The Africa Single" Yamaha GTS1000
I thin that applies to most of us, TBH. Becoming a 'responsible adult' is about the scariest thing there is. -- _______ ..'_/_|_\_'. Ace (brucedotrogers a.t rochedotcom) \`\ | /`/ GSX-R1000K3 `\\ | //' BOTAFOT#3, SbS#2, UKRMMA#13, DFV#8, SKA#2 `\|/` `
So riding without a licence and insurance? not clever. Have a machine shop take out the restrictor disks to a much larger ID and leave them in. *So* much less obvious IMHO. 'Hog
Really? Admittedly I rode a CG rather than an SR but I can only recall thinking what an unmitigated heap of shite it was, seemingly unable to stop without 15 minutes' warning. Amazing how fast 30 mph felt though. </heresy>
So riding without a licence and insurance? ?????? He passed restricted A license a couple of weeks ago. The bike was insured the day he picked it up - but it wasn't restricted. We're awaiting delivery of said restrictor kit and a date for fitting. but it was ordered before we picked up the biek. He was riding from the garage to home. I understand if he'd clanged it on the way home the insurance would be dodgy as it wasn't restricted. But I wouldn't let him ride without proper license/insurance etc... (and clothing).
'Dodgy' is about the size of it. Despite the claim frequently made on here, he would not be open to a charge of riding without insurance, simply that of riding a machine for which he didn't hold an entitlement. Quite so. Riding without clothing is not generally a good idea, unless he's a fit nubile girl. -- _______ ..'_/_|_\_'. Ace (brucedotrogers a.t rochedotcom) \`\ | /`/ GSX-R1000K3 `\\ | //' BOTAFOT#3, SbS#2, UKRMMA#13, DFV#8, SKA#2 `\|/` `
Not the same thing. -- _______ ..'_/_|_\_'. Ace (brucedotrogers a.t rochedotcom) \`\ | /`/ GSX-R1000K3 `\\ | //' BOTAFOT#3, SbS#2, UKRMMA#13, DFV#8, SKA#2 `\|/` `
Well, OK, a level of road-sense commensurate with (and no greater than) passing a CBT and riding a scooter a few hundred miles ie not very much at all Heh.
No, I didn't mean I see accidents on a daily basis...but I do see near-misses, near-misses in the asking and the occasional accident to boot. At least a couple of times a week I see scooters filtering past stationary traffic flat out, with no regard for the fact that drivers in stationery traffic let other drivers out to turn across them (or, worse, pull u-turns without any indication), so a bit of care and attention as you pass likely exits tends to keep you upright etc. As it happens, the two accidents I saw this week were both this form of classic SMIDSY...
Despite what the dealerships and www.fiinternational.co.uk will tell you the law does not require you to have a certificate. Even the argument that a certificate *might* save you a trip to an MOT station to prove the output is pretty damn weak for obvious reasons.
I self fitted a restrictor kit to a friend's bike. (For £2 from eBay) The law doesn't require an insurance certificate. Insurance wasn't a problem - we checked with the insurance company that gave the best quote and they were happy to confirm that they didn't need a certificate in writing. This is *not* classed by insurance firms as a Mod incidently but you don't save money either. Almost all the information out there about restrictor kits is propaganda from F1 International propogated by morons. (Try phoning F1 International and a local dealer - both will tell you you need a cert by *law*.)
Could this whole issue be covered in the FAQ? Newbie bikers are being shafted by a fortune - like £250 for 2 washers. The key answers to restrictor kit FAQs are: 1) You don't need a cert. 2) You *do* need to double check with your insurance that *they* don't need a cert. 3) If a rozzer thinks you are driving not in accordance with your license due to the absence of a restrictor kit you need to go to an MOT station to show it's there. 4) It's not clear if 33bhp is at the crank or rear wheel.
