In very simple terms pre-load and damping are used to take the 'bounce' out of your suspension. At the extemes it will feel like you're pogo-ing or wallowing down the road, or alternatively riding a rigid bike that slams into potholes and makes your bones ache. So somewhere in between is where you w...

Don't be intimidated. Easy for me to say I know but I had a neighbour like that and I stood up to him, then other neighbours joined in and he finally calmed down and moved house! Any luck you'll get an apology and the fairing repaired now the heat of the moment has passed. Things like that make me s...

I personally cant stand anything in my ears, hence I dont/cant wear earplugs. There's more than one type of disposable earplug. The ones with rounded ends really irritate my ears because they seem to have to go in further to work. The blunt end barrel shaped ones suit me better because they seem to...

:laugh: been there, done that :laugh:

What difference talking to a passenger in a car sitting next to you (visual distraction too) and one sat on a bike behind you through an intercomm? Listening to something through head/ear phones is very immediate and personal. Firstly it blocks out other sounds to a large extent so your attention i...

For me, most inspirational was that he got as far as Dakar, had to come back, and is setting off again hmy: Many would have given up.

Crossrutted wrote:

paulh7021 wrote:One country, one party running away with it, no opposition, make Scotland independent and the Conservative party will rule unaposed for the next 30 years.

A vision of heaven........ (thumbs)

Oh no it isn't hmy:

Ha! Whimps. If I quit every time I under-achieved I'd have a new job every week :dry: I guess the overall signal from the party leaders is: if I can't beat Cameron and this Tory party then I must be no good. I hope Cameron doesn't run away with the idea it's a vote of confidance to him or we could e...

Shock: cheap Chinese crash helmets not up to the job.
Really!
As they say, you gets what you pay for.

the Tories become near enough impossible to beat. For many years the Scottish vote has propped up the Labour party and provided members of the cabinet in disproportionate numbers to the size of their vote. You would have thought Scotland would have been well catered for under Labour. By my calcs if...