... as a side note, if it was an AGM battery, I have recently been through 2 of these (one under warranty) within 3 months each. It turns out older bikes (even mine with its uprated reg/rec) don't work well with AGM batteries. Every bit of information I could find states that AGM batteries can be ...

Normally they rank one bike the highest risk and that becomes the lead machine then the second bike is added at a reduced premium than if the two bikes were insured separately.

Not that many companys offer multi bike polices now but still worth shopping around and asking for discounts.

... other end so now your aftermarket indicators fit straight into the OEM connectors on the loom and no modifications required to any OEM kit or the bikes electrical loom. Plus if the leads are short the Indy leads will help as they will act like a short extension. Hope that's helpful ^^^^^^^ wot ...

... other end so now your aftermarket indicators fit straight into the OEM connectors on the loom and no modifications required to any OEM kit or the bikes electrical loom. Plus if the leads are short the Indy leads will help as they will act like a short extension. Hope that's helpful

But dont some of the track bikes with a V5 have a daytime MOT and road legal ??

... I know Williams Manchester well as I've been going for 4 years and know one of the salesmen from Ducati, plus 3 of my riding buddies have bikes from there (the ones in the photo at the start of the thread. What were yo thinking of riding? I'm sure we could turn up together at some point.

How long did Ducati and BMW let you test ride the bikes for Jon ?

I think most dealers have to buy their demo bikes themselves so insurance comes under their own dealership policy and not the manufacturers.

Did they give any reason? Seems a bit high handed to start taking deposits. I can only think they've had bikes stolen or bits swapped over, but then someone's only going to turn up with a bent card or a rubber cheque book and pull the same stunt. Good way of driving away business imho.

Just been to Triumph and KTM to look at a couple of bikes. However it I want to test ride a bike at either of them they want a returnable deposit of £600 and £500 respectively. I know i would get this back, but why do they have to do it in the first ...

Just been to Triumph and KTM to look at a couple of bikes. However it I want to test ride a bike at either of them they want a returnable deposit of £600 and £500 respectively. I know i would get this back, but why do they have to do it in the first ...

Still need to keep it charged up though gents as I've had them on four bikes now. They're brilliant for cranking twins with the extra initial kick in.

kingfixer wrote:Today meeting up with Frankie as we are dropping the bikes off fot their trip to Almeria, then birthday party tonight !!
Sunday...not a lot
Monday...getting out on the Multi at some point hopefully.
Tues..Flying to Almeria !!

Super exciting. Hope you guys have a great time

Today meeting up with Frankie as we are dropping the bikes off fot their trip to Almeria, then birthday party tonight !!
Sunday...not a lot
Monday...getting out on the Multi at some point hopefully.
Tues..Flying to Almeria !!

Took it out for a blast to Heathrow. Great time watching a fee planes taking off. Then got chatting to a old boy about what he is getting next from a long time off bikes (35 years!)

... we even left work that we weren't going to do silly speeds, no dodgy overtakes and nothing dangerous. Just a nice sedate ride to get out on the bikes and have a laugh. ...with the prospect of getting out on my first rideout of the year with somebody else, somebody I know and the added BHP that ...

... in the past I'd definitely recommend it, according to MSV they cap the attendance at OPL days to twice the circuit capacity, so that's around 80 bikes compared to 120 for a normal trackday, riders will get just as tired, will still need to refuel both the bike and themselves and will still crash, ...

Fwiw I have a couple of Optimates, and use them all the time. On the bikes I don't use I have the batteries daisy-chained on an Optimate to maintain them & avoid them becoming sulphated. They seem to last very well, no side effects & no failures. What ...

There is a downside to OPL's, if you are a crash hazzard like me. I found that they do not red flag the track to collect crashed bikes until there are a few to collect. In my case this has resulted in me waiting at the side of the track for over an hour waiting with a marshal before they ...

... and I was determined that the Suzuki wasn’t going to be holding me up this time, but storming down Craner Curves on the first lap, there he was, 2 bikes ahead, the target was fixed and in lap 3 we were together and a late lunge around the outside into the Fogarty Esses saw me finally make the pass ...