winter

About this time last year i bought the wife a GPX750R, 1987 model. Proper old donkey it was. Took me 6 months to get it nice and was eventually sold at pretty much what it cost me. Bought a 1997 gsxr600 SRAD which has been on-going for about 4 months, but usable for last couple of months...

Saturday morning, commuting to London for work, riding through Lewisham and BANG ***** decides to do a U-turn ***** does not even look, and I nearly enter his car through window He wanted to palm me with £20 for a new indicator, when the front frame is bent. It was the scariest experience of...

Well thats it, the bike is now off the road & the bodywork is now going to work for some loving care & attention. Still trying to decide what signage to put on it but the mcwilliams 250gp becks livery is fave at the moment. Painting it black but not sure wether to do the belly pan red or keep it...

I had to stop on the way to work for a coffee this morning as my fingers tips were frozen... and my fingers were agony when they were warming up :eek: Wearing sport gloves with sealskinz gloves underneath but if I'm doing a 50 mile run I'm gonna need some winter gloves, any recommendations...

If any body is intrested then we could try and arrange a winter meet between now and early next year in a central area so ever body has a good chance to make it. so the choices are. 1.meet before xmas but for me that's hard because of busy work period but could do a sunday 2.meet some time early...

Just found out a good way of seeing through the winter blues in Lincoln. 1) Buy new mini moto from gridline racing £135. 2) Every sunday they do 5hrs tracktime (10am-3pm)for £20. if you bring your own stuff. Just as good as a trackday and safe as owt. Check there website out or look on you...

The bike has been off the road 1.5 months now, tucked up in my garage under cover. I decided to get it out the other day and start it. It seems really sluggish to start, but did fire up on the second attempt and fire up first time every time after that. I keep the battery on an Oxford...

Looking for a winter bike as a replacement for my Divvy 900, and I am currently looking at: YZF R1 1999 ‘T’ Blue, 23.000 miles CAT 1 ALARM excellent condition, warranty, new MOT £2995 ZX9R C1 1998 ‘R’ Blue, 19,000 miles, Excellent condition, Garaged, 3 months warranty, new MOT £2295 RF 900...

Well, I have just sorn'd my prilly. I am going to strip off the fairings and give it a good clean and lube for the winter months where she will be sat connected to an Optimate. Is there anything I should do (or not) to make the spring starting any easier ? I am quite disciplined and so it...

I'm nearing the wear lines on my rear Pirelli Diablo Corsa III (the front still has a bit of meat left) and about to head off to Wales for a week. I was wondering if anyone had any good suggestions for a winter road tyre? I'll ride all the way through winter on the road (well except when it's...

The tax is up the end of the month and not renewing it cos i dont ride in the winter. I recently had a new battery and interested in whats the best way to keep it in tip top condition while off the road ? Obviously i will be removing the battery from the bike but do i need to charge it...

Hi all, Just piked up my machine on Sat and and intriduced myself to her with a ride to the Lakes (in the rain~) but it was so much fun even in the wet! I used to be a zx6r owner until I rode a mates Mille, njoyed it so much that I got me an 05 RSVR Factory. Pics to follow, look forward to...

In anticipation of the winter modding season, we've really beefed up the RSVzone servers to be able to handle the extra traffic, pictures, posts, threads, pirates, ninjas, squirrels, and even the occasional useful insight that comes with the cold winter and fanatical RSV owners. So with the...