The best things in life are cheap

[george formby]

After cat stranglers. gaffa tape, neck warmer & silicon spray the best thing I ever paid for was a "woolly bear", North Sea divers under suit. Staved off hypothermia on a daily basis winter riding in Scotland. Second hand & not a bit whiffy it was 20 quid.
Oh, closely followed by an equally sexy one piece waterproof over suit, ideal for proper mans riding. Another 20 quid, after my first off in it I bought the gaffa tape.....

[p.dath]

Pledge for the visor. Kerosene to clean the chain. Both cheap and work well.

[Big Dave]

Pledge for the visor. Kerosene to clean the chain. Both cheap and work well.

After that - you can come and polish my furniture. Get a Pinlock. :-P

[sootie]

Because I can't think of anything I'd like to do less. Talking is for when we get there.

I definitely see benefit in road captain, crew and tail end charlie being wired though.

Certainly agree with the second bit, but you must be a fun Dad to travel in the car or pillion with!

How do you tell your mates you need petrol or a pee?
Best one I have had so far was trying to tell a "silent" rider that his bike seemed to be on fire!

[Big Dave]

How do you tell your mates you need petrol or a pee?

Regrouping points and fuel stops are agreed before departure - pertinent to the range of each vehicle. Last man system - waits at the turnoffs.

Otherwise I'll save it for the bar. I'll have a JD thanks.

[Laava]

I'm the same. I asked MamaJo if she wanted an intercom and she told me in no uncertain terms that the last thing she wants is to have her relaxing motorcycling interupted by the sound of my voice! If she wants my attention a punch seems to work for her. I'm with you BD, on the JD's i mean.

[sootie]

I'm the same. I asked MamaJo if she wanted an intercom and she told me in no uncertain terms that the last thing she wants is to have her relaxing motorcycling interupted by the sound of my voice! If she wants my attention a punch seems to work for her. I'm with you BD, on the JD's i mean.

Regrouping points and fuel stops are agreed before departure - pertinent to the range of each vehicle. Last man system - waits at the turnoffs.

Otherwise I'll save it for the bar. I'll have a JD thanks.

Some of us can remember common beliefs before a few "modern" paradigm shifts:
"Waste of time opening shops on a Saturday nobody wants to shop then"
" Hire Purchase is a terrible way to buy anything & nobody is that stupid"
" Who would want a Credit Card, what is wrong with cash or a cheque?"
" Seat belts will kill more people than they will save"
"Smoking is only a very small health hazard & not worth worrying about"

the latest one you are both suggesting seems to be that:
[because bike to bike communications is hard to do well] "nobody wants it & it is not a good thing!"

I have never even ridden a Goldwing, but these guys seem to be out front on this one probably because it has been made easier for them (even if the cost is horrific). Some that I have spoken to have turned in to hard core bike to bike comms believers. (One of them got me started on it actually).

By the way, how do you tell someone on a busy motorway that their bike is on fire??
Forward planning??
(it was a Harley - perhaps we should have just let it burn )

[Big Dave]

(it was a Harley - perhaps we should have just let it burn )

I rest my case. :-)

It's not about the arrow. It's the Indian.

[Subike]

Um $20 for this

[ducatilover]

Um $20 for this

Sweet, I'll pick it up tomorrow mate

[Big Dave]

Sad thing is he PM'd me about a loan.

[sootie]

I rest my case. :-)

It's not about the arrow. It's the Indian.

OK enough for now. Still wondering how you plan for pee stops though,

and better yet, how do you forward plan for the Radar Cops??

[AllanB]

Oxford neck tube thingy. Warmer than a half dozen whores down ya chest.

[Laava]

OK enough for now. Still wondering how you plan for pee stops though,

and better yet, how do you forward plan for the Radar Cops??

Honestly, i have been riding for years and none of this has ever been a problem. In fact it hasn't even been discussed as an issue. Go for a ride mate and stop worrying about it?

[Big Dave]

You're a big boy. Pee where you want to. I don't need to know. :-)

That is one great thing about NZ. You can just walk into the bush and flop the tackle anywhere.

Over here you have to be a bit circumspect lest a snake latches on somewhere.