Random Announcements

louisbosco

we can all tell it’s a stormtrooper

hmm can we really though??

organisys

^^In those cases, I let the weight of the vehicle do the work.

Using a mechanical jack, after you loosened all the wheel nuts, lower it slowly and the gradually increasing weight of the car will get the wheel free from the hub. Has always worked for me, FWIW.

Tied that! Even drove the car round the block with the lug nuts half hanging out. No luck.
In the end I took it to my local tyre place. They had a secret weapon, Huuuuge Russian guy with a Huuuge Rubber Mallet!

Only problem was while I was there, another customer backed into my car.

louisbosco

I finally got my full motorcycle license today!! Fecking over the moon. I can’t reiterate how much I hate tests and just remembering how I failed the first class twice. Full license on one go! Hell yeah!

Steffen

@louisbosco:

I finally got my full motorcycle license today!! Fecking over the moon. I can’t reiterate how much I hate tests and just remembering how I failed the first class twice. Full license on one go! Hell yeah!

Congrats, have fun

I wanted to do my License this Year to but i didn´t had the Time.

Graeme

Congratulations @louisbosco!

So when are you buying the S1000RR?

louisbosco

@Graeme IWHWIH i'll start looking next year. slowly see what EOY deals they have, or any newer models to expect. the more i think s1000rr, the more i'm thinking, am i missing out on anything else? R1M, Fireblade SP2 etc?

Graeme

@louisbosco I suspect that the differences between the R1, Fireblade, S1000RR, etc. will be unnoticeable unless you're a hardcore track day addict. As with all these things, get what you like, rather than what wins the spec sheet battle.

If you're looking for the new hotness, Suzuki are rumoured to have a turbocharged twin in the works (along the lines of the Recursion concept), and Kawasaki are developing a supercharged triple (the SC-02 sketch is an indication of what's coming). Both machines could be really interesting.

I'd be tempted to look at the super-naked bikes instead. An S1000RR, Tuono, or MT10 will be quicker than you are, whilst being more comfortable and practical. They might not even be much slower on the track, Sean Macdonald at Cycle World found an RSV4 and Tuono were about the same speed.

neph93

Congrats LB [emoji1434]

seawolf

Here's a random announcement: I am perhaps the first person to ever take delivery of a blue bag in the middle of the ocean. I got my stuff today! It took two weeks to get here, but I'll be damned, it made it to me safely. Thank you Alex for making it happen (and answering a thousand emails about sizing, and being a customer service guru), and thank you Paula for taking such good care of me. I love you all, and I'm so thrilled to know you, and be a part of the IH Family.

Alex

Awesome news - look forward to the fit pics on deck

Graeme

@seawolf I'll be extremely disappointed if you haven't got a deck jacket in your order.

seawolf

Sadly, no. I would love an IH Deck, but I already have a beautiful Trophy version that I adore. Someday I'll get one though. I did get a Whipcord Work Jacket and a green rip-stop CPO, although I'm renaming it SCPO (Senior Chief Petty Officer) because I've earned the title