I bought some Spada overmitts last month & it came with a crash card and green dot sticker to apply to the side of your visor, apparently Paramedics have been told to look for these to advise of a crash card in the helmet, advising of any health issues.  Anyone know if this is true?

 

 

I've got the card and dot in/on my lid, great idea

 

There is one in NI I assume they are all the same or very similar? I haven't got mine still, wouldn't let me have one when I was riding outside of NI for some reason and not been anywhere that I could get one since. I have blood type etc on my boots label and chin strap. I have a small card holder for when I am out on the bike, in which I have my organ donor card on top then debit card in middle and drivers licence at back with pic facing out and ICE etc stored on my mobile. Need to get my crash card though! 

 

http://bikernisafetycard.org/?page_id=6

I bought some Spada overmitts last month & it came with a crash card and green dot sticker to apply to the side of your visor, apparently Paramedics have been told to look for these to advise of a crash card in the helmet, advising of any health issues. Anyone know if this is true?

Yep true! Although the last big one I went to guess which part of the helmet was missing ??????

There's been quite a few bright ideas like this over the years. The most memorable was the USB stick with all your details and medical issues on it.

It might have worked too, if the A+E staff had time to check it, and easy access to a PC, which sadly, very few do.

I have had over 50 bikes !

This is my latest toy,

Like the 1199 but actually useable on the road!! Top bike

Hi,

This is my latest summer ride

2013 Anniversary Fireblade

 

 

 

Dave

What's with all this Summer riding malarkey?  I must admit I wouldn't be taking the Duke of the Blade out on the salt and stuff either.  At least with the Tiger Explorer it is so open without all the fairings it is easy to pressure wash it off after a ride.  Not that I do every time though! 

 

Whilst I love the look of the Ducati and the Fireblade they would not suit my elderly frame or style of riding.  Sit up an beg suits me nowadays and because the wife goes on the back as often as she can the button that is used as a pillion seat and the lack of a top box to prevent her from falling off the back make them most unsuitable.  Pleased you can enjoy them though and they look cracking.

 

Regards Chris

What's with all this Summer riding malarkey?  I must admit I wouldn't be taking the Duke of the Blade out on the salt and stuff either.  At least with the Tiger Explorer it is so open without all the fairings it is easy to pressure wash it off after a ride.  Not that I do every time though! 

 

Whilst I love the look of the Ducati and the Fireblade they would not suit my elderly frame or style of riding.  Sit up an beg suits me nowadays and because the wife goes on the back as often as she can the button that is used as a pillion seat and the lack of a top box to prevent her from falling off the back make them most unsuitable.  Pleased you can enjoy them though and they look cracking.

 

Regards Chris

 

Ironically this was the first time I put a bike off the road for the winter and the roughest, highest mileage, cheapest bike I have owned lol. Although when I finally gave in and finished servicing it, this was what greeted me...

 

 

Reminds me of this

 

In the last few years there have not been many months when I have not been out on the bike at least once.  There are often good dry sunny days and OK it is cold but if you have the right gear and are not out for hours on end there is every chance you will enjoy the ride.  It is always good to blow the cobwebs off and I usually manage to eat cake somewhere. :p

 

I do understand the bit about cleaning the bike and have been a never take it out in the rain biker in the past.  I did four and a bit years as a motorcycle rider instructor and was out in all weathers which did a couple of things for me.  Firstly it made me a far better rider and whereas before I used to be very wary of wet roads now I hardly take any notice because I am used to it and just ride accordingly without letting my mind make me think I am going to fall off at every corner and secondly it made me not bother if the bike got mucky because it always was!  Second part of that means I am not worried about it being spotless these days but it has also taught me to be a bit more careful about getting rid of salt and muck before leaving the bike for a while.  That has been helped by a nice man from All Year Biker who cleaned the bike and applied ACF50 for me.  Just a hose down and a quick dry off are all it needs these days and it is so much easier to keep clean.

 

Of course as I said before my bike does not have all of the fairings and stuff to make cleaning difficult and that is another reason for going for the Adventure type bike rather than sports/tourer.  Oh and I have only used my heated grips twice and not used the heated seat yet.  Tough us old uns you know.

 

Regards Chris

In the last few years there have not been many months when I have not been out on the bike at least once.  There are often good dry sunny days and OK it is cold but if you have the right gear and are not out for hours on end there is every chance you will enjoy the ride.  It is always good to blow the cobwebs off and I usually manage to eat cake somewhere. :p

 

I do understand the bit about cleaning the bike and have been a never take it out in the rain biker in the past.  I did four and a bit years as a motorcycle rider instructor and was out in all weathers which did a couple of things for me.  Firstly it made me a far better rider and whereas before I used to be very wary of wet roads now I hardly take any notice because I am used to it and just ride accordingly without letting my mind make me think I am going to fall off at every corner and secondly it made me not bother if the bike got mucky because it always was!  Second part of that means I am not worried about it being spotless these days but it has also taught me to be a bit more careful about getting rid of salt and muck before leaving the bike for a while.  That has been helped by a nice man from All Year Biker who cleaned the bike and applied ACF50 for me.  Just a hose down and a quick dry off are all it needs these days and it is so much easier to keep clean.

 

Of course as I said before my bike does not have all of the fairings and stuff to make cleaning difficult and that is another reason for going for the Adventure type bike rather than sports/tourer.  Oh and I have only used my heated grips twice and not used the heated seat yet.  Tough us old uns you know.

 

Regards Chris

 

That ACF50 treatment looks the business, there will not be anywhere local to me that does it though :( I have my atom dryer thing to help when having cleaned the bike to dry it off properly, not the same as with a good coating of the likes of that stuff though! 

You can buy it and apply it yourself but the advice is rather than spray it on from the can put it on a cloth and wipe it on otherwise it gets too gloopy.  When mine was done he applied it with a high pressure spray gun from a compressor as that way it seeps into all the nooks and crannies.  Obviously taking care to cover the tyres and brakes but everything else is fair game for a dose of it.  It cost £60 for the treatment and Trevor who did it arrived at my place at 9am and did three bikes (2 RATS came to have theirs done at the same time) and he left at 5pm and he didn't even stop for a break.  The bikes were meticulously cleaned, degreased, dried and treated and when they were finished they were all in showroom condition.  Well worth it but as you say if there is no one in NI that does it (check their web site) then it is worth buying some yourself and applying it.

 

Regards Chris

There is one in NI, Lisburn apparently

There is one in NI, Lisburn apparently

Yea there are a couple up around Belfast, but it's nowhere near enough to me :( 

Yea there are a couple up around Belfast, but it's nowhere near enough to me :(

 

Ah bad times. I just had a nose, looks pretty good for £60, I dont use mine in rain and poor weather on purpose but it'd be nice to have it protected just from normal road grime. Theres a mobile guy up the road from me too. 

Ah bad times. I just had a nose, looks pretty good for £60, I dont use mine in rain and poor weather on purpose but it'd be nice to have it protected just from normal road grime. Theres a mobile guy up the road from me too. 

 

It's one of those things, my first ride on my ZZR600 the day I passed my test (or was it the day after?) It was around this time of year and I got caught in a hail storm..... was cursing the world looking at all the drivers sat comfy in their heated cages while I was getting sand blasted and frozen :(. Like Chris says above there, the right gear soon sorted that out lol. Now I am like the Michelin man and can ride in tsunami weather and not get wet at all, which is most satisfying! But it's one of those things I think I have mentioned before. When I get a new bike, I like to get a good feel for it in the wet asap to know where I stand with it and the first big storm, I throw my leg over and head out. Nout worse than being on a bike in the dry all the time then getting caught out in the rain miles from home and being a bit apprehensive about it. 

I use the ACF50 from a spray can, its brilliant for helping keep your bike protected, I can see the bits that I've not covered as little rust spots have started to appear on the rear foot peg board :( over the winter

Anyone heard of bike trac??

Let me tell you a little story........ Once upon a time.....

Some of you know what I do for a job and the others will probably guess after this but anyway, get a call from a gentle man who needs help to recover a stolen motorbike. He is near a travellers sight in a lovely(read scummy) part of Essex. When we get there it's not a locally stolen bike with the owner there to collect it it's the UK sales director of a company called bike trac. A BMW gs 1200 adventure has been stolen off the streets of London and they have tracked it to this location, we take the gent for a little ride and he's able to point to an exact container which he says "it will be in" I'm dubious as I've seen the trackers in action before.

Anyway we need a warrant as its in a secure unit on a private Site with no one around. Whilst trying to organise the warrant the gent comes running over saying "it's moving" (apparently it sends the owner and the company a message if it moves for more than 20 secs) for us this changes things slightly so we re enter and hey presto a van with three little Herbert's and a stolen GS freshly loaded in the back. With in the container 3 more stolen bikes!

Gotta say bike trac is excellent and the bloke who came out was essentially the sales manager so they seem very commited to it, they apparently recover 94% of the stolen bikes and its run by road angel, as a result I'm currently waiting to have mine fitted

Well worth considering

Anyone heard of bike trac??

Let me tell you a little story........ Once upon a time.....

Some of you know what I do for a job and the others will probably guess after this but anyway, get a call from a gentle man who needs help to recover a stolen motorbike. He is near a travellers sight in a lovely(read scummy) part of Essex. When we get there it's not a locally stolen bike with the owner there to collect it it's the UK sales director of a company called bike trac. A BMW gs 1200 adventure has been stolen off the streets of London and they have tracked it to this location, we take the gent for a little ride and he's able to point to an exact container which he says "it will be in" I'm dubious as I've seen the trackers in action before.

Anyway we need a warrant as its in a secure unit on a private Site with no one around. Whilst trying to organise the warrant the gent comes running over saying "it's moving" (apparently it sends the owner and the company a message if it moves for more than 20 secs) for us this changes things slightly so we re enter and hey presto a van with three little Herbert's and a stolen GS freshly loaded in the back. With in the container 3 more stolen bikes!

Gotta say bike trac is excellent and the bloke who came out was essentially the sales manager so they seem very commited to it, they apparently recover 94% of the stolen bikes and its run by road angel, as a result I'm currently waiting to have mine fitted

Well worth considering

 

Spookily I have been looking at trackers, the Bike Trac one stood out and I have booked marked it on the mac. Any idea how much the initial unit it? 

Anyone heard of bike trac??

Let me tell you a little story........ Once upon a time.....

Some of you know what I do for a job and the others will probably guess after this but anyway, get a call from a gentle man who needs help to recover a stolen motorbike. He is near a travellers sight in a lovely(read scummy) part of Essex. When we get there it's not a locally stolen bike with the owner there to collect it it's the UK sales director of a company called bike trac. A BMW gs 1200 adventure has been stolen off the streets of London and they have tracked it to this location, we take the gent for a little ride and he's able to point to an exact container which he says "it will be in" I'm dubious as I've seen the trackers in action before.

Anyway we need a warrant as its in a secure unit on a private Site with no one around. Whilst trying to organise the warrant the gent comes running over saying "it's moving" (apparently it sends the owner and the company a message if it moves for more than 20 secs) for us this changes things slightly so we re enter and hey presto a van with three little Herbert's and a stolen GS freshly loaded in the back. With in the container 3 more stolen bikes!

Gotta say bike trac is excellent and the bloke who came out was essentially the sales manager so they seem very commited to it, they apparently recover 94% of the stolen bikes and its run by road angel, as a result I'm currently waiting to have mine fitted

Well worth considering

Nothing could be more satisfying professionally than catching those three 'little Herbert's'.  :clap: 

Spookily I have been looking at trackers, the Bike Trac one stood out and I have booked marked it on the mac. Any idea how much the initial unit it?

Website says £299 but don't know if they do a self install

Nothing could be more satisfying professionally than catching those three 'little Herbert's'. :clap:

Great feeling fubs especially being a biker! That makes a huge difference

Website says £299 but don't know if they do a self install

 

Thanks, I couldnt find a price on the site, just listed installers. I'm happy to pay for someone to fit it, something like that is better done properly I reckon. 

Great feeling fubs especially being a biker! That makes a huge difference

Now you're in with the sales manager, you could pump him for a group deal for your briski biker pals    :sun:

Quite happy to ask mate, he was a genuinely top bloke

I wonder how much of a discount insurers are doing on these, as I have never had one. Imagine the annoyance if you had one and it was straight out of the country, watching your bike on a computer zipping about Lithuania or somewhere!  :peek: