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Wynne G Oldman

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    Honda CBR300R
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    Bury Lancashire

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  1. Make sure you buy a bike with 12 months MOT on it.
  2. I do 30 miles a day on a CBR300R. That, and the 250R are fine if you don't mind cruising at 70 mph (which I don't). They will go faster, but you are thrashing them if you do. Very cheap to run with 8k service intervals and around 95 mpg. Your wrists can get uncomfortable after long periods in slow traffic, but is fine at motorway speeds. I think that the engines should last at least 100k miles, if serviced properly.
  3. When I'm doing 40mph on my bike in top gear, the revs clock is at 4k, at 50mph, 5k, 60mph 6k etc. I just look at my rev counter if I'm not sure whether I'm in top gear, or not.
  4. A pair of waterproof overmitts over your gloves keeps your hands nice and warm, and they're not expensive. I recommend the Spada ones. They can feel a little bit clumsy though.
  5. I really like the look of the new Royal Enfield Interceptor. https://www.royalenfield.com/uk/en/home/motorcycles/interceptor/
  6. I filter a lot on Motorways, which I find to be much safer than filtering on all other roads. On Motorways, you don't have traffic coming towards you from the opposite direction, side roads, or pedestrians (usually). I am much more cautious when filtering on any other road apart from a Motorway. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fkVvn4ZSlp8
  7. I bought a suit that was advertised as waterproof from The Sportsbike Shop a while ago. I had it for three months, and only experienced light rain in all that time. Then I was caught in a heavy shower, which went right through the suit. I called them to explain the situation, and they took it back, with a full refund, no problem. Great service. If I were the op, I would call the vendor and see what they say.
  8. There will either be a small hole in the petrol cap, or a breather pipe that attaches to the petrol tank. The next time it happens, take the petrol cap off. If you can hear air whooshing in, the hole or pipe is blocked.
  9. First thing that I'd check is that the breather hole in the petrol cap, or breather pipe isn't blocked, creating a vacuum in the tank.
  10. Next time it happens, pull over and undo your petrol cap. If there's a sucking sound as air goes into the tank, it's either a blocked breather hole in the petrol cap, or a blocked breather pipe.
  11. I haven't made my mind up yet. I'm learning all that I can about both arguments. I'm erring towards out at the moment. Democracy will be a major factor in my choice, and it seems to me that it will only get more and more diluted if we stay in the EU.
  12. I actually had the gear lever seal replaced under warranty on one of my bikes, because both I, and the Honda mechanic thought that it was leaking. Turned out to be oil off the chain. Oops.
  13. Well done Tony. I went from a lifelong 30 a day habit to e-cigs about 3 years ago. I'm happy using those, much better off financially and health wise.
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