Boofer wrote on 09/13/13 at 18:29:10:


A guy I used to work with had a V-max.  He was in a left-hand turn too, and had to have shoulder surgery.  He was given wrong directions for where to turn left, and he hit the curb.  I don't like the nanny state either, but we really do have to get better directions for people.  Expanding NHTSA to include,.. nay,.. REQUIRE approved directions for all trips, no matter how long or short, just makes sense to me.

In all my years I've never ever left the sidestand down...
I learned that from my first bicycle when I was 5...

Do you mean to tell me there are people learning to ride motorcycles that can't ride a bicycle?...
...

Why not take it one step further. Every new motorcyls should come equiped with a government approved, trained and funded driver. Owner would only be allowed to ride as a passenger. That way no one could do anything stupid or unsafe. By my calculations it would only add a couple of hundred thousand dollars to the MSRP. But hey -"if it saves just one life...."

But I Rawther Lyke  my purse brackets..

Many thanks lads for the replies,although safety is important I know some people like to remove what they think is extraneous nonsense but as I've just gone and still going through a bad ankle smash-up ( not sidestand related - but still my "dumb-ass " fault   ) I think I'll still keep it anyway ( if it works ) but your bike is your bike you do to it what you want thats why its called possession -you own it, and nobody can tell you what you should do with it ( bloody government excepted ) cheers again for help and opinions ,Steph


" In all my years I've never ever left the sidestand down...
I learned that from my first bicycle when I was 5...

Do you mean to tell me there are people learning to ride motorcycles that can't ride a bicycle?...
Huh... "

Serobot you had a sidestand on your pushbike man? There's posh innit  

deejaysham wrote on 09/16/13 at 14:50:52:



Heh ! I guess that answers my question about whether the stand would just fold up.

That looks like a pretty new bike. Disabled switch? Or is that feature actually not mandatory from the mfr.?

MOT? Bleah...

Foggy old (London), soggy old (rest of the island), NZ, Australia or Ireland?

Just curious, since I have relatives in England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales... in order Rainer (Southampton) Ross (Highlands) Owens/McKeown/McGowan (County Sligo) and Owens/McKeown (no frigging clue how to spell or pronounce where they are from).