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

California had it banned for a while so all the high end sports gear and fashion items were generally calf skin. For abrasion I don't think that holds up as well. Still got sold there a lot as the agencies involved in tracking it had bigger things to keep an eye out for.

You'd see CA edition on football boots sometimes.

Goat would be second best I think.

Unless it's made illegal I doubt any bike gear manufactures will follow suit on their own (maybe the cheaper or the more fashion focused kind).

Yeah. As someone once said, it's a lot easier for the so-called animal rights crowd to go after little old ladies with fur collared coats than leather wearing biker gangs 😁

Anyway I have no problem wearing any animal I've eaten and I've eaten roo 😉

A lot of people use WD40 to lubricate parts even though it's not really a lubricant. I've never used this GT85 stuff but see it has PTFE, you find it good so?

Apparently today was National Slow Down Day 🙄 didn't see any gardai - how about you?

Yikes. Surely a ban.

Just got my insurance renewal quote.

Down a fiver from last year.

Wonders will never cease.

But anyway, the concept of a "national slow down day" is pretty thick. How about a "National drive competently year" which starts every 1 Jan and renews the next 1 Jan 👍️

Not like they're ignoring it, it's the second largest offense going by the stats. Distant second to speeding which is 7x more, but that's also includes those caught by the cameras.

So, what are you planning on shooting them with 😉

No Room For Error: A 4 part documentary showing on ITV4 on May 22nd, 23rd, 24th and 25th.

Something I’ll never understand

The only plausible explanation I have is that people haven’t bothered their arses reading the manual and/or figuring out how to mate their phones with the car.

When is the last time you seen people from a certain generation (although it creeping into ones that should know better) use a phone for an actual phone call? It's instagram, tiktok and the like they are looking at these days - so apart from music, bluetooth is feck all use to them.

Glad you're ok.

Check inside fairings for damage as well.

Any plastic lugs/ tabs that you can't see might get snapped without noticing it.

Seen them broke on a headlight before and owner didn't realise it at the time after a car backed into his bike and knocked it over.

Was watching a revzilla video this week with a bunch of 300-400cc bikes being compared.

One of the things they were scoring on was repairability going by parts cost, they'd the bike on the side and cost up everything that touched the ground.

Had extremes from $100+ for a oem clutch lever to $7 for the same on another bike, to a electric bike from a small manufacturer where you just couldn't get parts yet.

Definitely going to start looking up part costs then browsing bikes: clutch, pegs, lights, plastic.

Dainese in Bikeworld for jacket/pants/boots imo

Since I know exactly what fits me with Shoei lids I get them online (motorcycleshop.ie is good)

Gloves would be wherever has an offer on.

At least you were close by. Feral c**TS.

yeah, they push it to a location and then try to hotwire it.

the GS has a immobiliser which I think is part of the Canbus system, so can't be hotwired easily

Yeah, my mechanic said that he had a couple of Gardai in his shop recently and they said the little scrotes know they can't be touched at the moment. Apparently the Gards are about to given more powers to go after them again, so we'll see what difference it makes.

Called past my bike shop today, and the guy said someone got in touch with him just recently with a brand new Tracer that wouldn't start anymore, they thought it might be the immobiliser playing up. He said no problem, just bring the bike in with the log book, and he'll take a look. Of course, the guy never showed up.

Been better if he'd not said anything and check out the vin/reg with the guards.

I passed as rest of test went well but the tester said similar for position at a junction that I could have been hit with a few things there as well so got lucky he didn't as depending on the category's that could have screwed me so I only got the 1 grade 2 there.

His instruction was continue along or with or something, but it was a T junction so didn't make sense but at last minute I noticed the tiny left only sign from roadworks that were up to the right. I was late to spotting it and had position in centre of lane and since in the wrong position I left room on left, and since there was room I should have checked.

Got a little leak from the slave cylinder on the B12. Only needs a rubber seal, but ordered the kit from wemoto €34. A bit pricy for a rubber seal but whatever. Of course I forgot about good old brexit, an post/customs €11 on top. Probably get the seal for a fiver in a bearing shop. Would have to be wary about buying any decent kit from the UK. Especially as there's no mention of charges when you buy online until an post sends an email.