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Also........ If the limit point is getting closer to you, the bend is going to tighten up. If it goes away from you, the road is opening up. This will help you make decisions quicker. This applies vertically too ie. hump back bridges/hidden dips in the road. And..... Watch for the differences in length of the broken white line in the middle of the road. Longer lines mean a more hazardous bit of road lies ahead. Short lines mean 'normal' road ahead. Solid lines mean 'more hazardous than normal'. When cornering: In slow, out fast. Don't brake in a corner, set your speed appropriately before going in and maintain a constant throttle through it, accelerating on the way out. Start wide (near the kerb), clip the apex of the bend, finish wide (near the kerb). Don't get the bike over by leaning. Learn to use opposite lock (gyroscopic) steering - leaning will be the resultant and will give you much better control. eg. if you are approaching a right hand bend, start pushing the handlebars left as you enter. This will make the bike turn in better and you can get the bike back up (if needed) by pulling the handlebars back to the right. Only works with sufficient speed (30mph +). Most people who don't know of this concept, and 'lean' to make the bike turn in, are applying opposite lock without realising it. Try to use the front brake 75% of the time and the rear 25% (not necessarily together). Be paranoid! Always assume there something out to hit you. At night, don't drive beyond the range of your bike's lights. In towns, use reflections in shop windows to scout the road ahead, particularly at blind bends. Never overtake unless you can see exactly where you will cut back in. Look out for junctions in particular. ------------- Source = "Bike" magazine in the early 90s and IAM's Advanced driving course.

I got 1500 miles out of 3 tanks - but I was running in a new engine ;)

13%. How can you be "too straight"?

It's now happened to me too.

Cool. Just like the old proverb says: "A friend in need is a pain in the ass!" ;)

Greg, if you can wait that long I'm going over to Ztech on Friday and could get it for you?

Lighter fluid works well too.

Simple choice. Toss a coin. While the coin is in the air, if you find yourself hoping for a particular outcome then go with that decision regardless of the result of the coin toss. Sorry to hear of redundancies though (I've been there 4 times) and wish you the best. Things usually have a way of turning out for the best anyway.

1079 for me so far. 392 is the best shot (not on the same go though).

Ialways used to put Rain-X on my visors too. Top stuff.

Ah, huh, third person plural, uh, present indicative. Uh, 'they go'.

Conjugate the verb, second declension ;)

Ah, but it's a plural possessive pluperfect :tongue:

FWIW, "Their's was a tricky situation to say the least." is perfectly correct (the situation belongs to them so the apostrophe is needed), if a little grammatically inelegant. And it's "... their "theres and theirs" ..." since they are both plurals and not possessive (they are being possessed by the first "their").

Shame you can't use apostrophes correctly :p ;) LOL "Nissan KIGHTS"

Allan, no probs to the pub and back. See you at Halfords.

Allan, PM me with where you'd want picking up from and I'll see what I can do.

Apparently, she is now worth about £8m (her perfume brand has outsold the Beckhams') and she was recently 25th in a poll of "most influential people" :rolleyes: What is this world coming to? :cry:

Looks like someone couldn't decide on their wheels!

As long as you get a decent observer.......... :x:

It should be quite easy to pass the IAM test if you've still got your head full of the 'normal' test stuff. Like you say, driving for years dulls your senses and makes you forget what is actually road legal and what isn't.

Typically 15-25% though.

Depends on the insurer, but I got nearly 50% off my renewal when I went to an insurer who actually realises that IAM membership is worth something more than a certificate. Bell Direct btw.

I dunno, you people with small screens... LOL ;)

I've got 451s too. Easily as good, performance-wise, as Eagle F1s and much longer lasting too.