It's a 04 plate with 1500 miles on the clock been stored for last 3 years. I emailed him asking how.it was stored .and I got this response Bike is dry/warm stored, was layed up as per instructions, has been run every month to keep internals oiled, has fresh petrol in the tank. It is.up...

Not Sure if it belongs here, but Bike Mag are doing a supplement celebrating BMW GS they have a interesting article on Helge Pedersen & 1 or 2 other well or lesser well known people. good 'Tiffin' reading.

Hi Guys, Rode a few small bikes when I was younger (and less married!).Still got my old Triumph saint in the shed where it has been since my son was born He has just had his 18th! Brought a 1995 Funduro (lime green) to ride to work as the traffic is getting silly for a thirsty old car. Have...

After 4 years and 25,000 miles some Northampton scumbags stole Beaker from outside my mother's house last night/this morning. Lifted into a van I expect - local plod confident that it'll have been thrashed to destruction off-road somewhere. Insurance company alerted, but unless I'm unfeasibly...

Only yesterday I was saying to SWMBO how good kit was these days. My Streetguard suit is 3 years old and had never leaked. Today, I got to work OK, but coming home tonight (47 miles and torrential rain pretty well all the way) it came through the front. On first examination I can't figure...

Not sure how many are aware but the site is just coming up for it's 5th Birthday, and with over 1580 members I don't think we're doing too bad. Perhaps the moderators could buy us all a cake to celebrate. :riding:

In the carburated, older models, was there a "good year" and a "bad year"? I was looking at a 1997 and a 2000 and I could not determine any visual difference. Where can I find the information regarding "updates" and "improvements" on these carburated models ? What should I avoid ? Thank you.

Hi, I have had my F650 for 5 months now and have managed to take the mileage from 4000 (when I bought it) to 6000. The bike has never been serviced except that I changed the oil, oil filter and spark plugs when I bought it. I will change the oil and filter again but what else do you...

Im just about to purchase a GS seat from an 04 bike, for my brothers 01 bike ( 51 reg). The seller informs me that 04 bikes were revised drastically, and the seat may not fit an earlier bike. Can anybody help ? Cheers, Daz

Had to do some filtering today for the first time in 20 plus years. It was smokin. Haven't had so much pleasure being amongst a bunch of other cars since I did a days Formula Ford racing at Silverstone. It almost made me want to start commuting on multilane roads again. Well almost. :-D PB