General chat thread... Links, pictures, banter etc

Thanks for the replies lads - I appreciate it. I'm going to have to set aside a Saturday and go to a bricks and mortar shop then so! Any recommendations for a decent place that stocks Alpinestars stuff?

Cotters megabikes and bikeworld are all within 5 mins of each other, try em all!

Bought some Alpinestars

I usually take a 7 in shoes ended up with a 9 in the boots leaving enough room for big wolly socks for the colder days :-)

Got them in megabikes in town

I found mine via Mobile.de, but I was using AutoScout too.

VRT visit today 🙃

tbh, there was none available in this country, new or used, at any price, so there is nothing to compare it to.

I was in negotiation to buy new here, but one shop quoted me 12 month's lead time, and the other 6 months. Which, tbh at this time of year wouldn't have bothered me. But then the issue of the colour I wanted was discontinued for 2022, and the new colour was a bit...........meh.

I was all set to go with it though, and if I hadn't seen a guy pull up outside the shop with one, in the colour I wanted ( a 212 CE-reg one), as I left the shop, I'd have probably have just resigned myself to the 2022 colour. But when the SO saw it she said 'forget the blue one: it's this colour or nothing'. And she was right.

On the ferry from Cherbourg....

Nothing limbo about it - unless and until the law is changed, they're illegal.

My uncle before he died was heavily against these from the beginning! think he was part of the ride out to protest them.

some of the older lads on here would remember him I think, but he was **** nuts, great biker and mechanic though. Owned a BSA M20 that you could hear from miles out so always knew when he was visiting.

Got an RSA email to say to go online and book the test

Applied in march

Had listed Deans grange as the test Centre but when I check online it says no availability

Do you need to be checking every couple of days

I'm not that pushed to be honest might put if off till after xmas still not sure

having some issues with the bike and need to look at the steering bearings and front brakes i'm getting some pulsing on the front not sure if its the pads or the head bearings have some that I ordered a while ago just the weather is a bit muck for working outside at the mo

The Versys is not an A class bike anyway so I would need to rent / buy one and they only give you 10 days to book according to the email

Well,it should be clarified that "some" Gardai were'nt enforcing the law,just as some District Justices sometimes avoid the "enforcing" bit also....

https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/courtandcrime/arid-40269938.html

But,if a Garda cautions you and allows you to proceed,then it could be seen as foolish not to take that Garda's caution and act accordingly.

As is often said in courtrooms across our green & pleasant land,"Ignorance of the Law is No defence against it" .

As it currently stands,the RSA in particular,are performing mental acrobatics to avoid,at all costs,recognising the reality that people,dressed in black,flying around the place on equally black electric scooters,with little or no lighting or any other safety aids are a danger to themselves AND every other road user

Currently only the Singaporean authorities have taken any meaningful action to sort these yokes out....much to the disgust of owners and,of course retailers.

https://asiatimes.com/2020/01/e-scooter-ban-puts-singapore-in-a-slow-lane/

These are now being legalised... they are being treated the same as bikes, up to a certain power output, no insurance, can be used on cycle paths etc. Over the power threshold and they are considered scooters and would require insurance, registration etc...

It's a good approach as far as I'm concerned... the solution to traffic is a mix of vehcle types (and greatly reduced car use)...

Yeah thought that too and tried cleaning the bobbins with no luck

Only seems to happen at really slow speed like when coming to a stop up until then there is no indication of any pulsing

Had read that some people had some luck with putting HH sintered pads on so I have ordered some and will swap them when changing the head bearings

I don't imagine the ones in it were ever changed

I did both wheels bearings and they were the original after 80'000 km

These are decent for the money and have an FM radio.

Although the price has doubled since I bought my one.

€ 47,95 30%OFF | Bluetooth Headset Intercom Motorcycle Helmet interphone BT-S2 1000Meters Walkie-Talkie Headphone Wireless Communication System

https://a.aliexpress.com/_mNuTFFk

How long is your commute?

30 minutes. A welcome respite from phones, TV, radio and people annoying me, when I wasn't wfh.

Yup. Just do it. It's not that expensive and pass or fail you'll learn something useful from it.