The early Honda inline K4's had the screw under the twist grip housing. Inc in those where the CB750K, CB550-4 which I owned. The screw had a spring over the threads to counter the vibration & preventing it unscrewing,& inside the housing was a small nylon block that pressed against the twis...

I have a throttlemeister http://throttlemeister.com on my triumph road bike.

For chains & sprockets have a look at B&C express http://www.bandcexpress.co.uk

Take a look at lomo

Are you with me so far? Yep....... My business operates in a similar way to how JB has outlined above . I have no premises to heat etc, as I work from home. The only goods I sell are my skill set, so it means I have no employees other than myself as director. I have no cash tied up in stock to sell...

I only outlined the basics of opperating a Ltd Co & probably skipped a lot of detail.
Assuming you have the minimum 30 odd years of NI contributions you should still qualify for a basic state pension.

Why dig your own hole, when you can pay someone peanuts to dig it for you

Since when as a self employed person been able to pay himself dividends and only pay corporation tax ? ferk I missed that one :pinch: If you setup a Ltd Co as a director and don't draw a wage, or only taking an income in lieu of profit dividends, or only pay yourself a minimal wage below the lower ...

A friend of mine came up with the best idea for funding the staff Xmas party/bonus at his engineering firm, he told them they could have the monies from the firms steel scrap pile. Which usually built up to several tons of steel in the yard. The only thing they had to do was come in on Saturday morn...

I have very few overheads - phone/laptop and a filing cabinet, plus a car to get around in (but i'd need that anyway) No stock/no staff/no premises/no advertising (repeat and direct intro) Pick my hours, to suit me Ditto And don't get me on the self employed paying themselves only in dividends and ...