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Merry Christmas everyone. Anyone else jealous of my sons new bike? (KTM RC8)

Anyone know if it has a Nigela Lawson voice option? Apart from the "curviest route" I'm not sure what would make me choose that over my phone.

You've got no overheating. I don't think there's a problem. My 06 (no temp read out) is registering "2 bars" on the temp gauge whilst moving and climbs to "3 bars" on the gauge when I stop. This is perfectly normal for those ambient temperatures. Sent from my E5823 using Tapatalk

Had the same Spada boots. It's great when manufacturers don't factor in high mileages for their warranties, lol. Sent from my E5823 using Tapatalk

Very nice, and great deals too. There's a new shop opened up in the next village now, went through with the wife. She spotted a gortex jacket and said it'd be good for me. Without even looking I told her to check the price, she was shocked at £750! Lol Apparently Santa thinks I haven't quite...

Yeah, new tarmac is always greasy. There's a nice little S bend in the middle of my winter commute. That was ruined for about four months by new tarmac. Had to wait ages for enough traffic to go through and grip it up again like it used to be. Hope the bike is an easy fix mate. Sent from my...

Yeah, that happens. I commute 45 miles each way through predominantly farm land so I get all sorts of rats, mice, voles etc jumping out at me. Not nice to clean off the belly pan. My best morning was negotiating a herd of dear banked over on a long sweeping bend doing 80. Underpants took some...

No dash lights on UK bikes for the side stand either, don't know about indication in diagnostic mode though. Sent from my E5823 using Tapatalk

Maybe the battery. But other than that, you should be good. Keep the revs up, it should look after itself. 30mph in 3rd for me is around 3000-4000rpm. If you're not really going out of town often, drop it in to 2nd. Sent from my E5823 using Tapatalk

Hold on there just a minute. If he's running in high gears, at low RPM, for the majority of his riding, there's nothing the stator or reg/rec can do. The engine needs to be spinning up over 3000+ RPM to be self sustaining and charge the battery. Throwing money at components that probably...

What speeds are you doing, in which gears- what's your general RPM? Sent from my E5823 using Tapatalk

How long have you been doing this? You might have finished off an already damaged battery. Sent from my E5823 using Tapatalk

Receiving emails like this: Is not helping my resolve to stick to sensible, planned financial commitments. Must stay strong!

Had a nine inch nail last week, too far out from centre line to repair, and due to work schedules had to spend three shifts commuting on the 125. It's not easy cutting through 50mph head winds with only 9hp. Doing 200 miles on £10 of petrol is always good though. Still, it was sorted in time...

Lol, we were specifically warned about that. I don't know if was me or the fuelling. It has a few rider modes and I remember seeing an "A" on the dash before we set off, so maybe the bike was at DEFCON 1 while I was on a training mission so to speak. Sent from my E5823 using Tapatalk

I got a short test ride on the 800RR today at Motorcycle Live. It was very restricted, we had outriders and were on best behaviour, so I can't really comment on performance outside of very sensible road riding. Looks: It's gorgeous. Straight up, no quibbles, gorgeous. I'm not accepting any...

Just got back. Luckily I took the expanding tank bag, as stuff just kept getting bought. Test rode the Brutalle 800RR. I don't even know where to start with a review. Sent from my E5823 using Tapatalk

Things that make my front end misbehave: HARD acceleration. The nose gets light, and the wheel reacts to any inconsistencies in the road surface. Cross winds. It's nasty feeling them snatch at the front wheel. Worn front tyre. It just feels weird. From the sounds of it, you had a little a...

Grrrrr, I hate that phrase. I know you don't mean any malice by it, it just winds me up. So much squabbling in the bike world over what/who is a real biker/motorcyclist. But back on topic: It does suck sometimes, trying to get the motivation. I'm lucky in that my commute demands a bike. A car...

First pair of PR4s are on, and well run in. The front is at ~2000 miles old, the rear ~5700. The good news: they run great wet or dry. Loads of confidence, good cornering, loads of "feel". At this age the rear looks roughly at half its lifespan, so that looks good. Slightly squared off, but...