Mississippi Bullfrog

I tried earbuds under a helmet without much success. The sound was ok, they just weren't comfy and the didn't block wind noise as well as earplugs. The noise cancelling system isn't designed to cope with motorcycling so it's pretty useless in that respect. The microphone won't work. For one helmet I got a Cardo kit which works well with earplugs. But that's not the route you want to go down. So here's an off the wall thought..... I have tinnitus so sleep is a problem. I've ordered a snoozeband which is head band with slim padded speakers. You can buy cheaper versions on Amazon for about £15 but they tend to be bulkier. The snoozeband original version is very thin so would probably fit under a helmet. The sound quality won't be as good as earbuds but you could wear it over earplugs. No microphone omn the slim version. There is a version with a mic but it's bulky.

Congratulations on passing. Unless your car licence has relevance to your bike insurance then I can't see it makes any difference. My bike insurance goes on the bike part of my licence.

Congratulations. Glad to hear the good news.

If the exhaust is loose so that it leaks you will lose power.

Did you find that centre stand on the Titanic?

VW toerag - just stay away from them. Far too many of them are driven by muppets.

You'll be in trouble next time someone wants the washing machine.

A nob.

We were sat for 3 hours on the motorway today. Sat there going nowhere for ages. Watching motorbikes filtering through and going merrily on their way. I wasn't jealous at all. Not one little bit. Not at all.

I used to fly model planes - does that count?

That's me doomed then. Got two bikes and 2 boats. Mind you she has two sewing machines ....

Yuasa seem to do at least two ranges of batteries. The batteries on my CBF and Bobber are similar in size physically so I can swap them between bikes. The CBF battery is £130 the Bobber one is £36. There isn't much difference in capacity between them. But I'm expecting the one in the CBF to last longer. The Bobber one is 6 years old and seems OK so far. I use CTEK chargers and so far had no problems with them.

First tip is to provide more information. Age of bike, mileage, service history. Poor performance could just be binding brakes, blocked air filter, old plugs, Or as once happened, a guy complaining his bike wasn't very fast, riding an old 125 weighing over 20 stone!

You can have a battery showing good voltage but that collapses under load. Even a small load will do it so you could test with a spare headlight bulb. A 12v battery is really 6 2.1v batteries connected in series. So the minimum reading you're looking for is 12.6v. Lead a I'd cells don't like being discharged so if it's 3 years old and the bike has been standing the battery is suspect. At rest you want at least 12.6v. When running you want around 14v. If you check a battery shortly after running it ought to be around 13.5v.

12.3v is not OK for a battery. That is showing it's discharged. Give the battery a trickle charge then try it.