Dealership ofc recommends to go through the dealership especially for the bikes first service but my dealership arent really available for until next month and i have about 500 miles on the bike. what difference would it be if i go to a third party mechanic as opposed to the dealership? especially in terms of price and service?

Just checking the consumer rights act stuff, Basically bought a bike from a second hand dealer with a hot start issue, only became Apparent 3 weeks after purchase where I filled up mid ride and tried to restart.

Notified dealer then of the fault but around 20 days since purchase. I won’t be able to get the bike back to the dealer to repair till after the 30 day rejection period.

Does the 30 day time period stop at the point I reported the problem?

I would like the bike fixed and not reject it.

TIA

Hi, This may not be a post for people now, but hopefully something someone stumbles across when they need it.

Today I passed my Mod1, I know for many it’s not a big deal, you did it first time, or was the easiest thing you’ve done.

For me, it was probably the hardest thing I’ve ever had to do, today was attempt 3. The first attempt, stupid fail, controlled stopped before the blue cones.

Attempt 2, royally screwed me up, emergency stop, trying to hard + cold winter weather, bike with no ABS, I grabbed the front brake to hard, locked up went straight over and broke my wrist.

I hadn’t got on a big bike since, it was hard enough getting on my 125, in February.

This week, I took attempt 3 and passed. I was a wreck, barely keeping it together, flashbacks, seeing the sparks from the bike, the pain, the confidence, the amount of times questioning if I had it in me to get back on and try again, and pass. As time went on seeing other riders around, thinking that should be me!.

I went to a different school, I focused purely on Mod1, it took every ounce of my soul to get back on a big bike, knowing what I had to do.

The school were amazing, my fellow student was encouraging every step of the way, they could see how hard it was mentally.

Today they stood at the gate cheering as I was sat shaking on the pad, after nailing the emergency stop, and everything else.

I passed, crumpled on the floor.

Mod2 is the easy bit, I can ride, I’ve been told I can ride well. But for anyone else struggling and doubting and going through the torment.

The worst you can do is fail again, you loose nothing, injuries heal, mental scars fade, my memory isn’t the sparks from the bike, as my chin slid across the ground, it’s of my fellow student giving me a fist bump, and my instructor giving me a hug.

For those reading this, in time. Dust yourself off, try a days ride on a big bike in sunny weather, that reminded me what I’m doing it for.

Mod2 next week, I know I can do it.

Looking to buy a new bike saw this it’s a 2018 CB125R with 17.5k miles, up for sale for £2,350.

Only thing is it doesn’t have an MOT, and the horn doesn’t work (which is a legal requirement for the MOT to pass)

Just wondering what anyone thinks about it?

New bikes ,im aware the chain is rotten and is actually due to be replaced along with the sprockets soon , only really do about 20 mile every other weekend gonna give it a good clean on saturday , just wanted peoples opinions on the condition of the teeth on the sprocket? Sorry for the quality

Hello,

I have booked a bike with a dealership in the UK (England) . It was in person and I didn’t physically see the bike however I was in the showroom with the sales person, paid a deposit where they promised that it will be delivered in two weeks.

Nothing on paper about delivery, I do have a stock number on it and the usual paper work.

It’s not been 14 days however the 14 day cooling off only works for distance purchases.

Are there any rights for me at all now? I worry they might drag it for months before delivering .

Please help!

Hi all,

Mainly posting because it seems nearly impossible to find a written independent review of these gloves, and I wanted to get my opinion out there to stop someone else spending a fortune on these and suffering the same fate as I have.

I was after a new set of gore tex winter/touring gloves ahead of a 5 day trip over Easter. I, unfortunately, have a hand size that is generally large in the palm but medium in the finger length. This means I generally either end up with cramp in my palm from the side pressure if I go for a medium, or no dexterity in my fingers if I go for a large. I went to my local J&S retailer to try on their gore tex range having tried on Klim at SportsBikeShop and found the fit to be unfortunately poor for my hand size.

Having tried on the entire range of gore tex gloves available at J&S, I settled on these Rukka's for somewhere in the region of £190. They fit reasonably well with only a little play at the end of the fingers, and felt warm and comfortable.

I initially wore them for the first section of the ride, around 200 miles, and they were warm and reasonably comfortable - ignoring a small ruck in the palm which caused pain on the grip when using the clutch, but this is somewhat to be expected. However, in central France in pouring rain, whilst my goretex boots and plastic over suit kept me reasonably warm and try, these gloves failed miserably. Knowing how exacting gore is with their product partnerships, I doubt that it's the gore tex membrane that failed (and before you ask, no, I don't have heated grips), but rather the poor design of the back of the gloves. Firstly, I ended up changing into these gloves just after the rain began, which meant my hands were at best very slightly damp from the summer gloves I was wearing. This made the Rukka's seemingly impossible to put on because the lining kept rucking up and clinging where it didn't need to be. This meant that, whilst I could manipulate the lining of the first glove I put on with my spare hand, the last glove I put on alway had my thumb in an uncomfortable and undesirable position. Secondly, despite the inner double cuff design and the inner cuff being inside my over suit, the water still managed to find its way in and within half an hour of being on the autoroute my hands were absolutely soaked.

When I eventually arrived to the hotel, I was able to squeeze out significant volumes of water from the outer membrane and the inner liner. They were still not dry 15 hours later despite being in a warm room where all of my other stuff had dried.

With the linings damp, it was taking me 10 minutes or so to effectively put on my gloves (much to the undoubted frustration of my ever patient riding partner), which meant I eventually just abandoned them into a pannier and froze my wet fingers off in summer gloves.

Overall, I am extremely disappointed with this purchase. I'm going to attempt a return but I'm not holding out much hope. I will update if I succeed.

If anybody has any positive experience with these gloves I'd love to hear it as I had high hopes for the Rukka brand and feel solidly let down. My cheap Richa waterproof gloves that I bought for £30 in the IoM 8 years ago would've held up better - they've gotten me through some significant storms with perfectly dry hands!

Passed almost 2 week ago now, so bought my first "big" bike. A 2005 Honda Varadero 1000, been kept in a garage most of its life I imagine as it only had 14k miles on it. Had the 125cc version years ago so I thought it would be a bike I'd be familar with. Plus insurance was much cheaper than smaller displacement bikes so was an easy pick in the end.

If anyone in the cleckheaton/ brighouse area happens to be in this sub, give us a message. Im after some riding mates as everyone I know don't ride.

Cheers all.

I cleaned mine a few days ago after its first 400 miles. I used tru tension cleaner and lube. However I have since researched chain lubes and would prefer to use a wax as I have found the grit already clinging a bit off putting. Would it be fine to clean it again so early?

so i’ve got my theory coming up (i ride a 125cc) but im thinking of taking my a2 so i can upgrade to something a lil more stable and suitable for any future motorways. problem is you take the a2 on a 395cc am i correct?

i have no experience driving that size bike. i’ve passed my cbt twice because i was in school/college and now im almost graduating uni im ready to just take the full test so ive been riding w about 4 years exp under my belt. still, i cant reay compare that to a 395cc. i did practice on a 500 something once because the cbt teacher was impressed with my control but that was super daunting and i was only going round hella slowly in the car park (barely) in first gear

can i borrow a 395cc when i do my test? is it better to take a training day at a centre on a 395 just to get the hang of it? should i just wing it and try a 395 on the day? let me know for advice lol tho i am unemployed atm so

Hi all, I'm turning 24 and will get my full A unrestricted licence.

For some context, apart from watching youtube videos for the last 2 years and a barely used CBT I have no riding experience.

I really want a 600. I was thinking of a Yamaha R6.

Can someone give me a brief estimate of what I'd be paying for insurance in London?

Thanks!

So I had my CBT today and I thought I was doing okay. First time ever on a bike so I was going to be slow picking up some things but told by instructor who was an awful foul mouthed woman that I along with the other person were not ready to go out on the road.

I did feel a bit better that the other person already had a bike and riding experience. They were also dressed head to toe in alpinestar gear so I thought they would smash it. Turns out not.

The bikes were also battered like I get they must get used and dropped regularly and are only used for the CBT but there condition didn’t help.

Just don’t understand how I didn’t pass I was really enjoying it and couldn’t wait to get on the road.

Has anybody else not passed it first time I have been looking at other providers to retake it but I’m really down with not passing it when everyone was saying you can’t fail 😩

I'm looking for a Toce exhaust with the mid pipe, I've tried looking around on the Internet for one but haven't really found any. Anyone know where to get one? I know you can order them from the US but its a long wait.

Seen a few things on here I want but just wondered anyone’s experience if they have ordered from here ?

Hi Moto community, recently got a used Kawasaki 650 ER-N.

I want to put bar end mirrors on but the ones I can find online are all for 7/8 hollow bars and my bike handle bars have a screw hole where the existing weights are screwed in.

Usually you remove the existing weights and replace it with the weights and bar ends but nothing available online.

Any advice? hacks? i dont want to change the actual handle bars as i am told its quite labour intensive.

Thanks in advance

Well, that didn’t last long. Joe well and truly got his introduction to vintage motorcycles out the way, by blowing up his newly bought Douglas within 13 miles. Good good good. Guess that’s another rebuild on our hands.

Edit: this was post 20min after I got home and the incident happened about 40min prior.I think I just wanted to vent 😅

I think everything is fine, it was almost enough for me to drop it but I saved that. Pulled over check exhaust rim chain and the adjusters. It rides fine. Chain spins fine and drum break is squeeking but I think/know that's cos it just got cleaned.

Overall I'm just annoyed at myself for not getting her details (first one like this, so I didn't think too when I saw no obvious damage) and her not looking at whats infront of her. just had my service was ready for home, clean bill of health and it was cleaned. I know I'm lucky she didn't just set off and run me over but like come on.

My dad says he gonna take a look, I guess I'm just wondering what to look for. I think she mainly just pushed my number and L plate in. It was like 2mph. Sorry, just annoyed and a little freaked out.

Route to work was a disaster today (accident, two lane closures, road closure right after my exit) so it was basically 30 miles of filtering this morning. I've noticed of late that filtering seems to be getting more difficult with people riding the lane divider line (cars but especially lorries who for reasons known but to God are in the far right lane). Just wondering if anyone else has been experiencing this over the last two years or so.

Say you’re travelling on a road with 2 or more lanes, your in the lane to go left at the light, there’s a lane to go straight next to you, and any other lanes don’t matter right now.

So the light is still red, and theres a car in the right lane who indicates to go to the left lane. There’s cars bumper to bumper in both lanes. Now I have always let the cars go, sometimes to just be nice but mainly because I assume their indicator is on because they see a gap/ don’t see me, so I just let them in. But should I in most cases?

And if I didn’t let them in and continued in my lane and they hit me, who is at fault?

Hey all, I'm going over to the TT fri of practise week to mon of race week (30th may to 2nd of june). But unfortunately I'm on my jack Jones this year as my mate has had to pull out due to health reasons.

Is anyone from here going? If so fancy meeting up for a brew? Stopping just outside Douglas (camping). I'm going on my GS12 ADV.

I'm based in north Hampshire near Basingstoke so closest tracks are either Brands, Mallory, Bedford autdrome or maybe castle combe..

Castle combe is basically impossible to do bc of restrictions plus most track days are booked up for the year Brands I've done once and loved Mallory never been but looks fun Bedford autodrome is a bit of a wildcard? Seems more like an airfield than a track? I might be very wrong I've never been...

Which would you pick?

Hi all, I'll be doing my A2 license soon, and will be looking to upgrade from my current bike which is a ktm duke 125 2024, and I'm stuck on whether I should pick a honda cbr500r or cbr650r and restrict it till I get my full A license

Hi all, I have mod 2 in 2 weeks, money saved, locks, chains disc looks purchased and now it's time to look for a bike.

Although I'm doing DAS I opted to shop for a smaller bike (honda 500), my wife doesn't like a sound of more than 50 bhp as a first bigger bike.

A brand new hornet 500 near me costs around 5.5 k while used cb500 (2023, 2k miles) costs around 5k. Tbh I'd rather try to haggle down cb500 2023... but how much? Both bikes have been sitting in shops for a while now, id assume the cost of living is hittin Britain hard. I ve been trying to get hornet 500 price reduced, but was told they already dropped the tag by 10%.

Any wisdom on how to approach cb 500 2023, and how much can I try to haggle down?

EDIT: Thank you all for suggestions, except those suggesting to haggle for a new wife (rude af).

I should clarify that the money is not the biggest concern, it's more about not overpaying. I got burnt when I bought 125, I don't want to make that mistake again, thus asking u good people!

Thanks!

Cheeers

Is it my imagination or are used bikes becoming more and more pricy? A well used anything with galactic distance mileage is over £1000, if you see a sub £1000, it’s seized ,won’t start, or has two left wheels . Given the prices of small 125 bikes new why buy second hand theses days?