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Noticed over the last 6 months or so a continued drop in my average MPG. My ride is heavy commute each way and I've regularly managed 58MPG However I'm now down to 55MPG. I've checked all the service related likely causes. Injector cleaner, new plugs, tyre pressures , fuel filter etc. All to no...

100% Noticed 2 teeth missing on my belt today so swapped it with my spare. The bikes now on 81,900 miles First belt changed around 36K miles with £80 used one Next belt change done at 56K miles again with a used one for £80 the original belt kept as spare. That spare belt re-fitted to...

Well it's been a while since I posted and even then it's onlly been the odd contribution. I dip in and read every now and then that's about it. So why's that? Well to be honest the bikes not really doing anything of note. It's finally doing what I expect of a bike. It just starts and runs...

Nice to have a chance to chat to a passing car driver.....

Not sure why but down in Aus there's been a surge of interest in the old garage door opener video No idea why? it's been trickling along earning me a few bob every now and then and the yesterday almost everyone down under must have visited it and not only that but clicked through on the ads...

Having discovered wear in the outer ball race bearing of the rear axle I ordered a used complete assembly for £200 and the video shows the replacement job. Run time is under 30mins and the job took about 35mins (I cut a few mins of looking for tools!)

OK here's a little clip of a nasty right turn when I leave work (I normally turn left here but this night needed to go right) It was very busy, dark, with Lot's of traffic and pedestrians to cope with. London commute riders will watch this and yawn as it's really not that unusual. I posted it up...

Sun shining this morning (but cold around freezing) Roads dry New rear tyre (just about scrubbed in) New rear brakes Hyperpro front springs A really brisk, fun ride into work. Bike running perfectly and handling great. Who could ask for more......

Bike fell over this morning and handle ar bent. No used ones at Motorworks and £90 for a new one. Just wondering if anyones done an S to ST bar upgrade and has spare S bars sitting around?

Well with 40K miles due to roll over this morning I decided to try and do it in style. 2nd gear, 70MPH and caught the change to 40K on helmet cam. And then I stopped to get a clearer picture:

Ok normal commute in but I'd just had Scorch banging the back of my bike at the lights before (he's an impatient rider at the best of times) He was a bit slower today due to a bike issue and I had the lead for once. A bottle neck in the traffic needed a quick solution. So what happened next...

A nice bit of tight traffic and filtering this morning. Any guess who the GS rider is waiting to join the traffic at the roundabout a few seconds in is? It's a forum member for sure but in disguise...... [video=youtube;NkamOwpSxjA]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NkamOwpSxjA"]YouTube- Filtering...

Came across 2 lorry drivers having a chat through their windows and blocking my filtering progress. So would you have......? [video=youtube;8-u3mD_mgtw]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-u3mD_mgtw"]YouTube- Would you dare.mov[/url][url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-u3mD_mgtw[/video] Maybe...

OK here's another go. I'll set the scene. Very cold morning 0 degrees or so. Just started out so on the road less than 2 minutes. On the video as I go up the hill you'll see a whole lot of pink/orange grit mud in the middle of the road and I decide to go to the right of it to be clearer of the...

Ok after a second, snow, slow speed drop and a second expensive BMW indicator lens replacement(well ok only £8 plus delivery) I've decided to modify the indicator setup to be less vunerable. LED seemed the route to go and I found some amazing e-bay offerings (with a set of 4 small LED units for...

Some of you will have seen this already but if not check out: YouTube- BMW F800S Garage Door Opener www.vet.co.uk Now at over 700,000 hits Don't forget to watch MotoMadnessBMW original first: YouTube- Autoswitch Motorcycle Garage Door Opener If you look under the more from F800rider you...

A broken water main at Seven Sisters Tottenham caused even more traffic chaos than normal so I managed to grab some more filtering fun video footage. (sorry it's the same old stretch of road but it is the best traffic [:)] ) Check out after 8 mins the bus lane use (pilot scheme in London) and...

For you guys (and girls) that aren't allowed to filter, a little sample of the London UK commute fun. The traffic really eases up during the school summer holidays and that tempts a whole load of drivers to attempt the commute drive in their cages. When the holidays over and all the regular...

There have been concerns that an engine cut out at speed on an F800 would result in the back end locking up and the bike going down so I decided to test this and video the result. The video shows a deliberate ignition cut off at 70 MPH and the clutch left out till the last rolling minute...

Just noticed I've crossed the 500 thanks threshold. And given 108 thanks back. So thanks to all those who took the trouble to thank me for my contributions. 23 groans gained along the way but at least they are from a small minorinty [B)] And no groans given by me. (If I don't like a post I...