This should give you a lift, if you’re down. It’s a gem of an interview between John Cleese and the ex Australian Deputy PM, John Anderson. Between them they nail it imho. I’d rate it 5 stars.

Le_Fromage_Grande wrote: Fri Sep 01, 2023 4:21 pm I'm picking up my Honda on Friday 8th September, I could have had it Wednesday but I'm required at work, and as work pays for motorcycles I have to be there.

Fabulous!

Is it a Grom?

nice little runabout.

Le_Fromage_Grande wrote: Sun Aug 27, 2023 5:45 pm Read the question below, what's the first answer that comes into your mind, ask another question if you want to.

Question 1. What's Rasputin's Christian name?

RaRa


Think of a card, any card.

worth it?

definitely NOT.

I'm not sure when BMW started including emissions testing (and recording) in their manufacturing processes - but I think it probably dates back to when they first fitted catalytic converters to the bikes, which I believe would be the first "oil-heads", so that's 1993. (I might be wrong - the K ...

KungFooBob wrote: Fri Sep 01, 2023 12:56 pm I'm off to get my ears lowered in a bit.

Nice, like this area. Looking forward to some epic pics.

Never owned a Harley, but as i age, i’m warming to them…. especially the vintage antique ones.

well that IS interesting, as you could’ve done any number of mods since it left the factory. First i’ve heard of it.
Honda appear to be the most helpful in this matter. Post 03 Hondas incur no extra fees. That link i provided includes a form specific to Hondas btw.

So you’re on the TfL ...

Clearing the vehicle has benefits.

There’s a horrific head on from Hungary out there involving two bikes. One ran wide into another at speed. Neither survived.

Trout! I'll eat it as it's not really bad, but I always think it has a taste of mud about it. Haven't eaten it for years and years now, but I do remember it is a bit weird!


Cheapish Paris restaurants often have other fresh water fish, (carp, pike, perch) on the menu. They all have a tastecof ...

well that IS interesting, as you could’ve done any number of mods since it left the factory. First i’ve heard of it.
Honda appear to be the most helpful in this matter. Post 03 Hondas incur no extra fees. That link i provided includes a form specific to Hondas btw.

So you’re on the TfL database ...

Oh, late to this, happy you got it sorted. OE cans? Gosh, they’re rare!

Dented frames are fairy common, how bad is it?


Not very, it's hidden under plastic, everything seems to fit and line up, so I'm assuming it's dented and not bent


yup, the side fairing has an allen fixing seated in a cup which will dent the frame if it goes down: it pushes it backwards into ...

It's the starting that's the problem, starts then revs up to about 2-2.5k
Then if I'm lucky it will do a lumpy tick over or it will stall

Then when it will run with no choke,it won't pull up the driveway,a bit of choke normally helps


They all do that sir. On start up some of them liked to ...

Narrated by David Attenborough

tofu, can go fu.

Are helmets still required to have reflective pads attached? And is carrying a self-test drunk kit still mandatory?

Chinese brics?