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I was watching a Youtube video the other week of a bloke on a GS and he dropped the bike as he stopped to park. He not only had to deal with the embarrassment of it from the people in the car park who came to help but he also had to tell the lady from BMW he'd been a prat via the phone call he got within a min of him dropping it. He compounded it by putting it on youtubeCount Steer wrote: Tue Feb 21, 2023 9:53 pmAs I understood it, if the car thinks you've been in an accident, someone, somewhere calls the car, so a human will speak to you and ask if you are OK or do you need help. If you don't reply they trigger the emergency services. I think I'd gone intoSkub wrote: Tue Feb 21, 2023 5:45 pmBIL has one of those Apple watches and if you even look at it sideways it wants to call for a hurry up wagon. We were cutting down trees last week and he had to take it off,ditto with him playing golf.Count Steer wrote: Tue Feb 21, 2023 4:48 pm * It's to do with the thing that alerts them should you and car be in a 'rapid deceleration scenario' ...or upside down...and calls to ask if you are OK.
The watch that cries wolf.
mode by then when the dealer was waxing lyrical about it so I may have switched off. It's just a hybrid shopping trolley car not some bonkers sort of mix of Formula 1 car and sheltered housing.
If that's what the Apple watch does, Lord help us all! (Just how big is their call centre?!).
Doesn't have to be anywhere remote.Supermofo wrote: Wed Feb 22, 2023 10:22 am
I can see the benefit of having it on the bike though, there are times where I've thought 'If I bin this now no one is gonna find me for ageeesssss'
Absolutely, my main reason for thinking of it was the busy B road I used to ride home on. There was a glorious right hander that I used to take the piss on a bit, there was a bit of a hedge and then a 10ft drop into a sheep field. If I lost it there I'd have gone down the bank from view and no one would have found me till the farmer came to check the sheep.Horse wrote: Wed Feb 22, 2023 11:09 amDoesn't have to be anywhere remote.Supermofo wrote: Wed Feb 22, 2023 10:22 am
I can see the benefit of having it on the bike though, there are times where I've thought 'If I bin this now no one is gonna find me for ageeesssss'
A guy crashed off the A3. It was a week before they found him.
Supermofo wrote: Wed Feb 22, 2023 11:24 amAbsolutely, my main reason for thinking of it was the busy B road I used to ride home on. There was a glorious right hander that I used to take the piss on a bit, there was a bit of a hedge and then a 10ft drop into a sheep field. If I lost it there I'd have gone down the bank from view and no one would have found me till the farmer came to check the sheep.Horse wrote: Wed Feb 22, 2023 11:09 amDoesn't have to be anywhere remote.Supermofo wrote: Wed Feb 22, 2023 10:22 am
I can see the benefit of having it on the bike though, there are times where I've thought 'If I bin this now no one is gonna find me for ageeesssss'
A guy crashed off the A3. It was a week before they found him.
I hope to god they're not charging you for plugging in a usb cable?Scotsrich wrote: Tue Feb 21, 2023 3:47 pm Bike hasn’t turned a wheel all winter but booked it in for a service mid April.
That includes the recall for a software update. Guy said it can take from a few minutes up to 8 hours to install just depends on the bike.
So I’m getting a courtesy bike. I asked if they had an RS but it’s more likely to be a scooter which should be entertaining.
Costing about £240 he said. Not a lot in the scheme of things.
Bigjawa wrote: Fri Feb 24, 2023 3:04 amI hope to god they're not charging you for plugging in a usb cable?Scotsrich wrote: Tue Feb 21, 2023 3:47 pm Bike hasn’t turned a wheel all winter but booked it in for a service mid April.
That includes the recall for a software update. Guy said it can take from a few minutes up to 8 hours to install just depends on the bike.
So I’m getting a courtesy bike. I asked if they had an RS but it’s more likely to be a scooter which should be entertaining.
Costing about £240 he said. Not a lot in the scheme of things.
Today's news.Supermofo wrote: Wed Feb 22, 2023 11:24 amAbsolutely, my main reason for thinking of it was the busy B road I used to ride home on. There was a glorious right hander that I used to take the piss on a bit, there was a bit of a hedge and then a 10ft drop into a sheep field. If I lost it there I'd have gone down the bank from view and no one would have found me till the farmer came to check the sheep.Horse wrote: Wed Feb 22, 2023 11:09 amDoesn't have to be anywhere remote.Supermofo wrote: Wed Feb 22, 2023 10:22 am
I can see the benefit of having it on the bike though, there are times where I've thought 'If I bin this now no one is gonna find me for ageeesssss'
A guy crashed off the A3. It was a week before they found him.
You tease!!Scotsrich wrote: Tue Apr 04, 2023 8:36 pm Well it’s going.
After 13 months I’ve decided it’s overkill for the Mrs and I to do days out with the occasional blast with some mates.
Plus I’m not getting any younger or stronger and it’s a heavy old beast to manoeuvre.
Although I’m in a way sad to see it go as it’s a fabulous bike on the move.
However looking forward to something slightly lighter and lower. The trade in’s done, just waiting for delivery. The salesman’s hoping to call in a few favours and get it for the end of the month.
Watch this space.
Scotsrich wrote: Tue Apr 18, 2023 8:29 pm Crap n double crap.
I was promised it for next week but it’s been delayed till the 20th of May.
I’ve got a weekend away and was going to limit my fun mileage but they’ll just have to suck up whatever miles I put on it over the next 4 weeks.
I’ve already stripped off all the extras and sold the Vario top plate so I can’t even use the top box. That’s counting your chickens I suppose.
That's a bit of an arse when you're expecting something!Scotsrich wrote: Tue Apr 18, 2023 8:29 pm Crap n double crap.
I was promised it for next week but it’s been delayed till the 20th of May.
I’ve got a weekend away and was going to limit my fun mileage but they’ll just have to suck up whatever miles I put on it over the next 4 weeks.
I’ve already stripped off all the extras and sold the Vario top plate so I can’t even use the top box. That’s counting your chickens I suppose.
Its a shit feeling when you used to look forward to riding a bike and you get to the "cant wait till its gone and something else is here" timeScotsrich wrote: Sat Apr 22, 2023 4:12 pm Took if for a weekend away to Aberfoyle with some mates and went out a run today. Got 30 miles and it lost power, presumably dropped down to one cylinder.
Turned it off and back on and it seemed okay again but I just turned back to the hotel.
I reckon once I get home that’s it till trade in time. I wasn’t really keen on putting miles on it anyway so this is as good an excuse as any.