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but that implies you're going to have it finished by next january... :grin:

yep, bout £17 if i remember correctly

mwahahaha! that sounds brilliant! :notworthy:

:clap: great race :) edit: and yes shame for Kubica, i'm sure he'll be up there all through the year though!

:wave: rubens making it a little hard for himself! ferraris struggling a lot eh?

yeah i did think that and if i cant get to a dealer for a while then i might give it a shot but its very thin and i didn't want to block it up by by being a muppet :)

was just having a quick check over today making sure everything was as it should be and when checking the hose on the manifold i pressed a bit too hard and stupidly broke off the right-angled connector thing on the top of the actuator (i think, the bit circled below anyway).. :( DSC01754.JPG[/attachment:2hgcyxae] its a ford part on mine but does anyone have the part number for either the ford or vw version and is it the whole assemly that has to be replaced? and do i have to take of the manifold to replace it? cheers... john

cheers to Rusty Bolts for a very well packaged front grill :salute:

Ross Brawn, Jensen Button, Richard Branson (in that order)- the dream team?! :D Bad luck to Lewis but he had it all last year - Jensen's turn this time :clap:

about 70% of the reason i still dont have one 4 years after taking my test :) nah, rubbish, more like 5 or so as long as you don't chuck it around a lot.. and of course unless you land on it at any stage and then really you should bin it..! unless its an arai which you can send back to them and have x-rayed and certified still safe by them for the princely sum of £16. have done that once already which is pretty good piece of mind. as said above though they are more pricey this year than even they were before so sales are good..

cool, how many are you going to get in total?! :grin:

supposedly plastic rockers are better for heat dissipation but i've never heard of them being better than ally for any other reason thats worth bothering with. new always looks nice but then you can't polish plastic!

definitely agree with you on that Mic, even the instructors that I took my licence with said take it on a bigger bike as they're just much smoother to ride and more forgiving to learner riding because of the engine not stalling if you under-rev it. that said, Jim I guess you're asking about 125 or less because you're not planning to take a test and just ride a 125 on CBT? (apologies, could be wrong!) on that basis i would probably recommend a ped over a smaller geared bike because they're just so much less hassle to ride. changing gear on such a small engine would be very wearing over any long period based on my 2 days learning on one. I do have a Vespa 125 which i've done about 7000 miles on so i clearly have a point of view but, for what i suspect is about a 7mile journey into the city for you then a bigger bike just doesn't really get the space to open up. I never found myself losing ground to big bikes on a brixton to park lane journey put it that way. if you buy any of that then its just a question of power to weight. vespas are quite heavy/expensive having metal bodies but feel pretty stable underneath you, the basic peds that the kids love could get nicked easily so you need something that looks a bit more "adult" but without being massive and heavy as well. if you can, take a trip to metropolis at vauxhall for a chat and advice as they have the biggest variety of bikes under one roof but dont buy there unless you're buying new.. if you still want a bike then i would say trail style for definite, nice and high riding position is always good in london. at the end of the day though, as far as i'm concerned safety is all about being dominant about your road position and not letting people push you around. I rode mine 18 miles across central london out to heathrow for 4 months last year and only felt unsafe when i was being an arse myself...

mmm, saw those wheels and the others they have the other night, that ebay seller might have a lot to answer for soon!

its a lot of car for the money, and to think you could pay for it just by selling all the wheels you have sitting around unused :D my sister and brother in law have one and they're smart enough on their own, but you dont see any that have had any "attention" and i reckon they would take a few tasteful mods very nicely 8)

peanut on here did it on a golf estate if you wanted to pm him?

i saw pictures of the new polo the other day and i think that "wears" the new grill style much better than the golf. it was a tarted up one but looked much more purposeful.. polo-mk6-i03.jpg[/attachment:3tkgu3gq]

that rocks 8)

cheers! i also saw a tracky looking tyre on mytyres the other day from federal - the 595rs? looks similar to the toyo, and not any cheaper but interesting to know how it compares if anyones heard anything? couldn't find much about them on the web..

i feel like a traitor, the corrado one made me laugh a lot but i felt quite sick watching the 911 go :(

lol, no, think he was just another hanger on like me :) the GT and the Ferrari were together though, following each other really closely as they slipped up the dual carriageway, very cool 8)

me leaving silverstone last weekend.... didn't really keep up but followed them up to 100mph where they sat happily :) DSC01923.JPG[/attachment:12zona86]

yeah, i had it after not driving mine for 2 months, it would go if you went out and gave it a good thrashing :D

well this is the reason for trying to be better equipped next time!!

fair point, although the temptation for something more capable is quite strong.. what kind of tyre should i aim if it wasnt a track tyre? i'm guessing a cheap soft tyre would go to mush a bit on a track? i had some dunlops on before which i always thought were quite hard but maybe they'd hold up ok under a lot of strain? without the solid sidewall of the R888 i'm back to the 17 vs 15 dilemma!