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First time round I had ebike. Don't go there! They're rubbish! I had a claim and they didn't bother to follow it for over a year! And because, they're an "online insurer" to cut costs, calling them is 54 pence a minute. I then went with Hastings as they had a good price. But thankfully I've...

If that's the rule, I'm screwed! I'm only 24 and seem to have a fair few. The scariest ones for me is when I'm in the car/on the bike and arrive wherever I'm going and think to myself "how did I get here?" Happened a lot whilst I was working. (Now I'm studying again not so much) :thumbup...

I ride with my gf pillion quite a lot. Going back to university, I sacrificed my car in favour of my bike, so it's now our only mode of transport. She has full kit, and I expect her to wear it. Always helmet, gloves, jacket. (If she doesn't feel like it I give her "the stare", then she suddenly...

You might have just been a little overzealous with your first tank? I know I was! :spank: My advice would be: brim the tank, ride on the motorway until it's empty (fuel reserve, please don't actually run out of fuel!!!) and then do a manual calculation on your MPG. (Or, if you're lazy like me...

So following on from buying the Fazer "Jess". I used her to ride to work for a few weeks, as one does. I didn't give me a large advantage in the morning, but on the way home I could save up to 25 minutes! Which made me very happy. Through work I managed to get some excellent adventure touring...

That's exactly right! Now has a taller givi screen and top box. But more on that later. ;) Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Thanks. I wouldn't say "like a boss" but this time I came out on top. I didn't want to repeat my experience when I bought my R125. I got a bit ripped off then. Those weird things are can-am spiders. Give them a google. They kind of look like fun but I don't understand them. They don't have the...

After this long saga, I was back and forwards between England in France over the summer looking for work. (By plane). Until august where I took the bike back to the UK via Calais and Dover. It wasn't the most dramatic ride. I set off very early one misty morning and rode back the way I came...

Thanks for that, you're not the first to notice! It was the legal size and fitted from the garage. It wasn't to be my "forever" bike so I never bothered to change it. I fitted my new Dutch plate yesterday on my fazer. Thankfully it's about half the size. Story and pictures to follow. Sent...

I'll follow this up later, if anyone is interested.:thumbup:

Hello all! I'm back, (well, not back, I'm still in France. But you know what I mean). Right, so, this trip. Day one: Utrecht (NL) --> Lille (FR). Not very eventful, other than the wind was atrocious. The night before I left, a storm knocked out power to 73000 homes in the Utrecht area. So...

In preparation for my trip, I used YouTube to familiarise myself with French driving. This video is the one I found most useful: (it's a bit long, but you get the idea). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J8oFVIs6-yg&feature=player_embedded

Few days before the big trip I was bored one afternoon so I rode to Germany (just to say I had). Here's the proof: And I also came across these at the border. Turbine blades, waiting for night to fall so they can be trucked with minimal disturbance. Route now completely finalised...

(Bear in mind this post is almost two years old). A bit about me: I'm English/French and I've lived in Britain, Italy, Germany, France and The Netherlands. I'm 22. About Foxy Roxy: She's a 58 Reg White/Red. I got her last July, she came with a Scorpion Carbon as well as some other small toys...

Gentlemen, Ladies, I have some time on my hands this morning, so I thought I would post some of my past travels. Some of these I have lifted directly from my posts on the R125 forum where I shared my journeys with my previous bike. But I was told they were well written, and I thought they...

I was actually tempted by a Sprint GT myself (I don't know, do you guys get those in the states?). But, for obvious reasons, I couldn't have one. I have to say though, I do love my fazer, even though I don't really lavish enough love on it.

I knew a guy from the R125 forum who took his R125 to a track day at Donington Park in England. Mixing it up with the R1s and GSXR750s was pretty much the same story. The bike was so light he could just nail it all the way around the circuit and out corner almost everyone.

Thanks for the info! It's a shame but I'm in France that weekend. Otherwise I would definitely have gone). (My Dutch needs "onderhoud" about as much as my bike does). Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Yeah I do, right in the city centre! :thumb up: I split my time about 50/50 between Groningen and Wageningen where my girlfriend lives.

I was wondering about dust as well. The off-camber argument further up makes sense too. For the most part there's a lot of target fixation going on there. Which is actually one of my personal demons. I will be paying may parents a visit in the alps this summer in order to "sort it out".