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Dry Suit Course
Did my PADI dry suit speciality last Sunday with Tigerdive. Capenwray was mad busy! The day started off poorly as we were bent over and rogered for £27 each just to get in – £15 to ‘register’ with...
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General News
Not posted since my Birthday, but quite a bit happened… I moved to Harrogate for a start. I had to get out of the Parents house, so managed to negotiate a move to our Leeds office and move in with...
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I have now been commuting 20 miles each way to work on a 125cc motorcycle for about a month now. I have come to some conclusions: It’s cheap – 110mpg It’s fast – filter through the traffic It’s more...
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Commuting in the wet
Today was the first properly wet day that I have commuted into work on the motorbike for. Getting motivated was tricky, but I parked my car in a seriously small space last night and did not fancy...
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Motorcycle test part 1
2 Weeks ago I took and passed part one of my Direct Access (DAS) motorcycle test. This is the new test that received a lot of medai attention and took well over a year longer than planned to roll out....
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Motorcycle Test Part 2
This post is a long time overdue. On the 17th of September 2009, I passed part 2 of the Direct Access (DAS) Motorcycle test. I’m a very happy bunny now – I am entitled to go out and buy whatever bike...
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SV650 Overhaul Begins
2 weeks ago I moved house. For the first time ever, I have a garage . So its time to overhaul my SV650, which has done 33,000 miles – 24,000 of them with me riding it. It has spent 3 years out in the...
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So far I have the carbs working smoothly again after cleaning and lubing all the linkages. Throttle and clutch cables seem fine, as do the fuel lines. I have ordered a vacuum hose kit from SV-Bits – as...
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Valve Clearance Fun
Valve clearances is not the most fun thing you can do with an SV650. That said, its really not that hard. Here is what I did: Remove seats Remove Tank Remove front fairings (See next point) Drain...
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