Start soaking those bolts in plusgas now, proper clean up with a wire brush all around the thread and then spray the plusgas on daily for a few days. Then there are a number of methods to get them out. For the hanger one, would be worth getting a hacksaw blade and cut a groove into the head of the b...

Might aswell just buy a new bike at this rate, changing everything on it

Cheers buddy! Still got the bandit, just cleaning it up for sale :) <-- what that really means, its been sat outside under a cover because i can't be arsed taking pictures e.t.c. when I could be riding the beemer :P Gotta say, yours is the best looking "adventure" bike i've seen so far. If I was aft...

My face;



My bike;

Bloody hell, glad I wasn't in that picture then!! hahahaha

Be wary of bike covers as opposed to bike tents - i find having a cover doesn't let the bike breath and water stays on it so it rusts much quicker.

Well every single black part i bought from China for my Bandit all went brown within a year or so. Levers, mirrors and rear paddock stand bobbins. Sometimes you get lucky, but generally the quality is shit. And I know one thing I don't want to break on me, and thats footpegs. It doesn't help that i'...

Potentially some adjustable Rox risers for the BMW, they allow you to set the angle of the bars better, nice for standing up if/when the time comes - cool looking things;

I've actually had poor experiences on 2 or 3 occasions, maybe they just don't like me! I had 1 good experience when i got my tiger from them, then had issues with them on the ST purchase after the management changed. New manager was a twat and even the sales guy was looking empathetic with me.

Hi - please don't see this as an argument starter, but what is the point in this thread? Well that didn't escalate like I expected. I don't get it either, but can see it could be a toughie subject, so steered clear until now. Can only assume it offers some kind of emotional venting at our incapacit...