I bought mine from Appleyards in Keighley. They said that they usually have one in the showroom but hadn't at the time of my request. What they did is a arranged for me to visit the UK Beta Importers 5 minutes away from their showroom to have a sit on John Jampkin's own Alp. Once I knew it fitted I...

The only problem is, it's impossible to get a brand new bike unless you buy blind. Having spoken to the importer when I was looking to get one, he told me there were no dealers in the south anywhere who had one in stock to look at/sit on/test ride. His recommendation was that I contact the local TRF...

jaffa1963 wrote:..."Do I ride my own ride?"...

Every time.

You wrote : An indicated 130 down the A40 from Raglan to Abergavenny on my brand new 1999 Fazer 600 bought from Black Mountain Yamaha (god, I loved that bike). Brilliant. Not through populated towns. Completely different. The only casualty would have been me. I hope very much that I am never on the...

P4ulie wrote:So what have we learnt from this?..

1. Not to post anything on forums?
2. People can be arrogant opinionated cocks?
3. Both?

It was a sarcastic (but humorous) reference back to the Facebook thread: http://www.adventurebikerider.com/forum ... 0&start=10:

someone wrote:Ignore it and you'll be the loser

wrote:Saw this on fb this morning, I thought I'm sure he's already dead, so looked at the source and it was dated 2010 :laugh:

Amazing how many share stuff without looking at the source or date.

Bugger, I've really missed out here, as I don't have a Facebook account..

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...A completely automated system tells me that I have to fill in the form online or via post... Ring again but select a different option, preferably for something as close as what you want to actually do, and then explain the situation to whoever answers. Often you can get put through to someone wh...

...Commenting on your antivirus I have had no antivirus on my PC for 4 years probably longer, there is no need for them unless you are poking into places that you don't suppose to This isn't strictly true and is bad advice for non-technical users. I would urge anyone who doesn't understand much abo...