Stumoores wrote:

I like the look of the last version - looks like original cycle parts and very minimalist ! Good luck with the project !

Ha a great ride up to Hawes via Settle - quite a few bikes about and surprisingly mild - even had bugs splattered on my visor and on the 1st Nov !!!! Beautiful sunny dry roads and superb views - bizarre pockets of thick white fog on the way home at Ingleton and the Wigglesworth - then stopped on the...

An incredibly brave and inspiring woman indeed ! Rip

The CB600F - last version is a Hornet with a fairing - adjustable usd suspension plus ABS options - handled well and is good fun in the upper revs - great bike - 650 is much softer and less well equipped - look s good but nowhere near the machine it replaced...

Another long trip up North - met a couple of mates at 9.30 then did a circuit round Glasson, Devils Br and Settle - plenty of B Roads - lost of bikes out too !

Avoid RST like the plague - superb in the dry and in summer but utter cr*p in the rain despite claiming to be 'waterproof' - Goretex is the only way - Ride have some good guides - some suits are actually waterproof - some suits actually are designed to get soaked through but have an internal membran...

Iphone !

If you can get the 6 on a good deal its well worth it - the 6s is awesome but pricey but is very well featured for both apps and camera /vid

My mate got rid of an old Multistrada (the one with the funny fairing / headlamp set up) and got the 990 - loves it and reckons it's both fun and practical - no issues whatsoever and runs like clockwork !

Formally give them a set period to fix it - if it expires, get the tarmac bit fixed ( so at least you can reliably use it) - record all the costs - bim bam as above, small claims court. Look at various consumer websites for outlines of the best approach - some may even have template letters and walk...

+1 on all that and sprockets - on medium to bigger bikes I don't recommend the spring clip although to be fair on a Lexmoto 125 it would most probably be fine ...