Thanks guys. I guess as much as anything I needed someone to reasure me I wasn't being a ****. Next time he asks I'll suggest a dealership test ride and see how he responds to that. If he reviels that he hasn't got a valid uk licence for bikes on top of not being insured then im pretty sure I can ma...

Not in a million years. Even experienced riders struggle riding at low speeds in a confined space.

Show him the clip from The Inbetweeners where Jay picks up a motorbike and crashes it. Tell him that's what you're worried about.

Do. Not. Allow. It. Take it from me , based on the experience of a "test ride" while selling a SV650 and a civil case later, have at least what you value the replacement cost of the bike to be and a signed contract that 'if-he-crashes-it,-he-buys-it' ...

Fwiw I think we all know it will probably end in tears mate.

You will end up with a damaged bike, an injured colleague, probably someone's damaged car & undoutably the blame for all of it.

How to tell him no, so that he "gets it" is going to be a challenge though IMHO.

There is a new lad on my team at work, he says he used to ride a 250 back in India but that was 6 years ago. He keeps bugging me to let him take the CBR600rr round the car park. I've said no as he isn't insured (although in a private car park you technically don't need to be do you?) and it's ...

... Not worth it over beef IMO. We have an ostrich farm up the road so that will get a visit during the year. I'd like to try it. That's a shame. My take on the Kangaroo steak was that it seemed very tasty. I felt it's consistency was about that of a firm Rump. It seemed to hold a good moisture content, ...

... Not worth it over beef IMO. We have an ostrich farm up the road so that will get a visit during the year. I'd like to try it. That's a shame. My take on the Kangaroo steak was that it seemed very tasty. I felt it's consistency was about that of a firm Rump. It seemed to hold a good moisture content, ...

... and very road friendly. Any of the Honda CBR600s would be good as well. Hong Kong is just a few hours away. I regularly visit there. I'm going to take a look at those bikes, thank you very much. Sorry for double post.

... I've also got two chains round my bikes. One at front and one at rear. It adds perhaps 1 minute to me getting the bike out but means it will take twice as long to steal. Nothing is un-nickable but you can make it very hard for any potential thief. Do you have access to your garage from inside ...

... You get used to it very quickly. On the test ride front, I could imagine in smaller towns the language barrier would be an issue, but could you take a trip into a major city ? I would have thought there would be more english speakers in the bigger manufacturer dealerships.

And so they just remove the front axle and leave the wheel but take the bike. Bit pointless that imho.

9 times out of 10 I take my lid off any way.

I don't mind taking my helmet off when I go in to pay, but it really fecks me off when they make you take it off at the pump. I fill up sitting on the bike so where am I supposed to put it? On the dirty diesel covered floor? Morrisons seem to be the worst offenders around ...

... sportsbike perforance from them now. The only time you miss the fairings is when you're doing silly speeds. 120mph was about as much as I could take on the speed triple. Some will tell you they would miss the weather protection but I didn't find that. I get soaked on a fully faired sportsbike.

... not the newest, been thinking it for ages but worried ill end up missing full fairings and clip ons. Need to find a dealer with one really to take out for a spin to either get it out of my system or push me over the edge. all this is probably hypothetical day dreaming atm plus may not happen ...

Our Postie is very good. He knows the route and the people who are usually in so he will take a parcel to them.

Parcel Force aren't much use.

... I'm no oil painting and have been asked to put the lid back down before now....s'true that ;) in truth though Ive never been asked to take me lid off, thing is once its settled on and comfy I cant be bothered taking it off again so would probably move on.

Generally I don't really get asked to take the lid off, but I wouldn't be too fussed if I was asked. It only takes a few seconds. However, at a pay at the pump I wouldn't be quite so cooperative. The point is you secure payment before you can ...

I have an issue with it. Why should I have to take my helmet off when some one in a Burka (for example) wouldn't. Seems like I am less trustworthy which I object to. Having said that I cant remember the last time I was told to. Well apart from a ...

I know I'm in the minority here as this was raised a while back on the old site, but I really don't see what the problem is.

I take my lid off every time I fill up, rain or shine, cold or hot, so it's probably why I don't have an issue with it.

No beef here!