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PaulW

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    Yamaha Divvy 900, Honda Deauville, Velocette MSS
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  1. I’m a bit surprised no-one else has mentioned www.myrouteapp.com Originally it was “Tyre”, but has been enhanced to be an on-line application. The basic version is free (though you do have to register). It’s a bit complicated to use, but enables you to plot a route using Google Maps using as many waypoints as you wish. When complete it can be saved as a .gpx file, which can then be downloaded to you Sat Nav. (I use TomTom but it works with others. One of the nice features is, being web based, you can save the route so that it can be shared with others. There are a couple of points to be aware of tho’; You have to be VERY accurate with the waypoints. Put one on a farm track 50ft from the road (I did) and it will take you down the track to get to it! The mate following me on a ZZR was not impressed when we went off-road You can’t change the route and then go back to it – it will want you to start again. Other than that I’ve found no real fault with it – other than the complexity of learning to use it in the first place.
  2. Stick with it, it’ll come. As suggested above go to a quiet car park and just practice starting, stopping and going round in circles. Where are you, I’m sure you could find someone local to you to give you a bit of encouragement and advice.
  3. 2001 is correct. I have the identical model, bought as a shopping bike about 5 years ago. The essay is appreciated, I always wondered why it was different - if I looked after it, it might become collectable - or not!!! The only downside is the reversed gearchange , but as I also have a couple of British bikes with the gearchange on the other side and another with a tank change I'm in a perpetual state of confusion anyway.
  4. Thanks for that. I wasn't sure of the potential penalty - but you are dead right, it is worth the risk of potential £30 not to look like a complete muppet. The important thing is that there are no points involved. Someone's got to be pretty clued up to know the regulations, as you say more likely to be a bike cop or Traffic - and I suspect they'd be too busy laughing at it to be a jobsworth!!!
  5. .......though probably not one you were expecting! It’s a bit of a slow day, so thought I’d help it pass with an idle question. I have a ‘60s Velosolex. For those who are too young to have seen one, it’s a French (it couldn’t be invented by anyone else) powered bicycle with the 49cc motor mounted on the handlebars and driving the front wheel via a roller. There is a lever to remove the roller from the wheel, but no throttle so it then sounds like a demented bumble bee on steroids (normally is just sounds like a demented bumble bee). It has top speed on the flat of about 15mph (it'd be a bit more with a more sylph-like rider), slightly faster downhill – where gravity and the non sylph-like rider helps. Its absurd, but legally it’s a motorbike – so I have MOT (it is an annual source of great mirth in the shop), insurance and (free) road tax. I occasionally use it for shopping or for a couple of miles to work if the sun is shining, and any time I feel the need to pretend I'm a French peasant. It is actually great fun, and causes much merriment amongst those I pass (that would mostly be pedestrians and the infirm and elderly). However….. as it is legally a motorcycle it also means I’m meant to wear a crash helmet. Can you imagine how ridiculous I’d look wearing a helmet on a small powered bicycle – so I don’t. The decision is mine, but I am just curious to know what others would do? I’ve never been stopped, but if I were I would suggest politely that I can go considerably faster on a pushbike and do they really want to waste my time and theirs prosecuting me?
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