What are you riding?

[timlineuk]

£4 - 500 ?? Mine cost me a grand for 5 days inc tests. I already had a theory and CBT too !!

 

Yeah mine was about £4 - £500, probably inclusive of CBT and theory too.

[headoned]

its more expensive if you fail I did my mod 2 twice

[Andrew_C]

Mod 1 twice. Foot down on the U turn.

[bald_pig]

Mod 1 and 2 didn't exist when I took my test either lol.

 

People on android may want to check out the "cradar" app, some of you may find it useful.

[arwen]

That looks about my size!! Think I'd struggle with anything bigger on account of only being 5'2"!

 

Have a look on Motorcycle Ergonomics and put your hight and leg length in and it will display if you can reach the ground/pegs or not. I use it a lot when looking at bikes :-)

Instep length is where it counts on bikes. I'm 5'3"ish but have an instep of 27". I can only get the ball of one foot down on most bikes!

[diddylord]

Have a look on Motorcycle Ergonomics and put your hight and leg length in and it will display if you can reach the ground/pegs or not. I use it a lot when looking at bikes :-)

Instep length is where it counts on bikes. I'm 5'3"ish but have an instep of 27". I can only get the ball of one foot down on most bikes!

 

I'm only 5"4 with 28", will only ever get one foot down on bikes, just leave the other on the back brake, currently riding This, although it is lowered and low seat, not had any problems with it. ( the blue one)

[Joanne]

Triumph Tiger? FiL had one like that. He loved it.

[diddylord]

Triumph Tiger? FiL had one like that. He loved it.

 

Yes its a tiger 800, fantastic bike, can't fault it

[Mark182]

I can't remember if I have posted my bike

 

Getting ready for this 62 miler in a few weeks

 

Been warming in nicely with this yesterday

 

Its not too late to join Edugeek cycling club :- https://www.strava.com/clubs/edugeek

[arwen]

My new steed has arrived!

[mikkydoos]

Nice. Is that a fuel filler cap on the rear right? Surely thats not the fuel tank.

[nikaso]

My new steed has arrived!

 

Made me think...

 

 

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Nice. Is that a fuel filler cap on the rear right? Surely thats not the fuel tank.

 

It is indeed, they have been doing it since the first F650CS (which I had)

[bald_pig]

I need to fix the storm

[Oaktech]

Nice. Is that a fuel filler cap on the rear right? Surely thats not the fuel tank.

 

it's the very top of it, the tank is mainly in the V of the frame, basically right under where you sit. Because it's a single, a tank on top of a quite long stroke engine screws with the centre of gravity and the bike becomes top heavy and not nimble in town

[bald_pig]

it's the very top of it, the tank is mainly in the V of the frame, basically right under where you sit. Because it's a single, a tank on top of a quite long stroke engine screws with the centre of gravity and the bike becomes top heavy and not nimble in town

 

It's an inline twin...

[Oaktech]

It's an inline twin...

 

It used to be a single, but the principle still stands, lower CofG.

[mikkydoos]

I'm just looking forwards to 2 weeks biking around Menorca in the hols.

 

I really want a bike at home but where I am it'd be lethal so I've put it off - far too many dodgy drivers.

[arwen]

Yea the fuel tank is under the seat. I seem to prefer bikes like that due to their weight been much lower. Makes them easier to keep steady on uneven ground at a stop, and for moving around the garage.

 

It's an inline twin...

It's a parallel-twin actually. Vibrates more than an inline, which is why it's rpm limit is lower.

 

The real weirdness of this bike for me is the chain on the "wrong side" of the bike!

[foofighterjim]

I keep seriously being tempted by this pair:

 

Sprint GT | Triumph Motorcycles | Triumph Motorcycles

 

Tiger 800 | Triumph Motorcycles | Triumph Motorcycles

 

If Honda still made the Super Blackbird though I think I know where my money would be going.

[DJ-1701]

It's not the fastest, but mine can take me anywhere my imagination fancies...

 

[arwen]

I really like the Tiger 800, draw backs for me was price compared to the BMW, and that it feels so much heavier to me because the tank is up front and higher. Very nice bikes though!

[Oaktech]

I really like the Tiger 800, draw backs for me was price compared to the BMW, and that it feels so much heavier to me because the tank is up front and higher. Very nice bikes though!

 

I love the way they look, but I'm too short to ride any of them without spending some serious $ on cut down seats and lowered shocks!

 

I can only just touch the foot pegs on a KTM adventure let alone the floor!

[foofighterjim]

I have never been able to get on with most BMWs, the seat position is too high for my short legs!

[bald_pig]

Yea the fuel tank is under the seat. I seem to prefer bikes like that due to their weight been much lower. Makes them easier to keep steady on uneven ground at a stop, and for moving around the garage.

 

 

It's a parallel-twin actually. Vibrates more than an inline, which is why it's rpm limit is lower.

 

The real weirdness of this bike for me is the chain on the "wrong side" of the bike!

 

Same thing: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Straight-twin_engine

[arwen]

I have never been able to get on with most BMWs, the seat position is too high for my short legs!

Mine is a lowered one (yes it has cost me a fortune, but I'll keep it rather than change it frequently). The seat height on this is near enough the same height as my grom :-D

 

Same thing: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Straight-twin_engine

If you read that link you would see they are different.

Terminology[edit]

In motorcycles, as with cars and other vehicles, the terms "parallel-twin", "vertical-twin" and "inline-twin" are used.[7] Particularly in the UK, the term "parallel-twin" has been used to mean that the crankshaft is transverse across the frame, while "inline-twin" meant that the cylinders are arranged front to rear, in line with the direction of travel.[8] This special meaning for "inline" has been used for motorcycles with a longitudinal crankshaft, such as the Sunbeam S7,[9] and for tandem twins, with a transverse pair of crankshafts, but the cylinders arranged longitudinally, one in front of the other.[10] The term "parallel twin" has also been used to refer specifically to a four-stroke straight-two engine with 360° crankshaft causing the pistons to travel parallel to each other.[11] Other times, "parallel-twin", "inline-twin" and the other variants have been used interchangeably and treated as equivalent.[7][12]

 

Parallel twins the pistons move up and down together and the crank is usually at 360 degrees.

Inline the pistons move up and down in turn, with a 180 degree crank usually.

Read this for more indepth: https://www.bikesmedia.in/reviews/difference-between-inline-twin-parallel-twin-cylinder-motorcycle-engines.html