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I had a wee at the next urinal with him last year I think it was. He was riding a super long chopper (a motorcycle, not his todger) around a speedway track against a load of other stretched out bikes. I have also raced against Chris Walker and James Toesland in a fun Enduro run by a friend of mine. The idea was you shared a bike with another person and took turns riding and could swap at any time, they were a team together. I only came 10 places behind them, which sounds good but I should point out there were only 11 teams. I was on my DR350, my mate did the first lap, came back all purple faced and breathless then when I jumped on and tried to ride off I discovered the gear lever was all curly shaped. He insisted he hadn't fell off.

I had this bum working on my pit crew at Barber a few years back.?

Found the first problem the main jet is almost all clogged up, the inside looks brilliant however....not a spec in the float bowl, no signs of varnish, just waiting on parts and i need cleaner...nice seeing an obvious problem however!

Thought that might get a response.

the Honda dealer where I once bought my Transalp told me they got a few bikes with problems coming from Honda's assembling plant in Italy, most notably was a small utilitarian bike, CBF125?, they got one with absolutely no stickers, and another with no piston and conrod, took them a while to understand why it would not start but would crank like fuck ?

What's wrong with it Tym, is it worn or just gummed up with all the shit they put in the fuel now. If it just needs a refurb then see if you can find someone who's got an Ultrasonic cleaner. We have one in work and they're ace, strip the carb, bung it in the cleaner overnight. Flush it clean in the morning and then reassemble with new jets and you won't believe the difference ?

Petes wife does...lol

I've used peaked helmets for over 20 years, in fact I don't use anything else. My favourite is the Arai Tour Cross, I've had four of them all told and I never have any vibration problems but I'm a shortarse (5' 8 '') and I think that helps. Last year I bought a Klim Krios Karbon which as it suggests is mainly carbon, it is superbly light but the peak is rubbish for hiding the glare of the sun. The Arai wins everytime on that score. https://www.motardinn.com/motorcycle-equipment/klim-krios-karbon-adventure/137537290/p?utm_source=google_products&utm_medium=merchant&id_producte=10604620&country=uk&gclid=EAIaIQobChMI6oO96Ob86AIVgevtCh3jewQAEAQYBSABEgLSF_D_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds

Helmet vibration (oo err) was a big problem with mine on the Africa Twin i found it was caused by air coming up the fork tunnel i put my hand there while riding one day and it disappeared I made this out of a bit of perspex i had lying about problem solved this was the prototype

My next helmet will definitely have a peak. In these northern latitudes the sun is very low in the sky in the winter and a couple of times I've been completely blinded and had to pull over quick. I'm not bothered about the aerodynamics as I rarely go over 60 mpg.

I could get an add on to the bike's screen or a bigger screen, but I love not having a big piece of plastic in front of me.

Well, my bike has a smaller than stock screen, so there is more air all over, I am not sure about more turbulence at motorway speeds but a lot more bugs hit my helmet than with the standard helmet. My problem with the Schuberth that I tried was that it shaked a lot more than my motocross helmet, which is a Shoei. The motocross helmet hasn't got that vibration, but is obviously a lot worse at catching air, not to mention there is no shield so there is a big hole catching air right there. I understand that a beak is never going to be ideal, but my question was about if there is any experience with one that is not so bad. I love a modular helmet, because I ride with it open on slow speeds and love the feeling of opening it up right before arriving somewhere on a hot day. I would get an open face but the idea of getting a stone right in my face on the motorway doesn't appeal. But the beak appeals for touring...

Is that Kevin Schwantz? You can't start a thread like this and slap Kevin Schwantz on the first post! I know Andy Carlile, of Nordschleife fame. I think he might only be famous to me around here, though. He's a mate, and is the fastest guy on a bike around the Nordschleife. I met Paulo Gonçalves once as well, a portuguese star who lost his life on the last Dakar.

I've been very lucky and have met some greats. Mainly due to being friends with Danny Walker. He has invited me to 7 different American Supercamp, Road race Factory, flat track and supermoto schools over the years. I've been lucky to have ridden with or had as instructors Josh Hayes, Chris Carr, Nicky Hayden, JD Beach and Eric Bostrom. JD Beach was only 12 years old the first time i rode with him on a track. The kid was just an amazing natural rider. He left all of us in his dust. he was so small he had to use a step stool to get on his bike. The kid was unbelievable.

Think you said it started and stopped? Still think its worth draining the float bowl as the water content in ethanol fuels always ends up and the bottom of the tank and bowl. Having said that if that carb hasn't had a service in a long while best have it off and a good muck out.

Whoop, happy to have arrived ?

thanks all! let's get this party started! stay tuned for some riding stories.