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This is pretty much how it looks at the moment (well, at the moment it's in about 50 bits in the garage but you get my meaning!): The cause of the crack is a bit of an unknown. The first ER6n's (of which this is one) did have an issue with frames cracking at the engine mounts due to bad tolerancing at the factory, putting stresses into the frame when the engine was clamped up, but I added spacers to try and reduce/remove that issue. I have however thrown the bike down the road once, leading to a near writeoff so although the bike was professionally repaired and checked, it's not beyond comprehension that the frame may have been knocked or twisted just enough to result in a crack growing over the following years. Weirdly enough, the bike hasn't been wheelied or jumped hardly at all, thrashed in general sure but usually with both wheels on the deck!

Then tighten them, dear boy. In other potential win solutions, attach a length of wire or rope to corner C and, by means of an over complicated series of weights and pulleys, counter balance the sag. If done right this could also probably be used to create a self-close feature. Extra win points for using titanium fixings.

About English hooligans? Send them to Siberia and let the Russian Mafia have their way. On the whole President Salmond thing, f**k that. I really don't know why they'd want to go the whole way (seem to have the best of both at the moment) an II think it's far too much of a risk to go ahead. I also think that the decision shouldn't be just down to the Scots. Surely England, Wales and Northern Ireland ought to have a say as to whether the UK is split up, not just them/us.

2006 Kwak ER6n. It's currently in quite a lot of bits awaiting some new bits and pieces and the attention of a welder... Doing valve clearances, plugs and found a cracked coil while I was at it so it's getting a bit of TLC while apart.

The thing is Scotland are there for a laugh, if they'd qualified the Scots may well have got a day off work and when they played it would be light hearted with lots of Tartan, ginger wigs and a friendly atmosphere. English football hooligans fans seem to always expect to win and take it as a personal insult if anyone dares speak ill of their squad/game/match or whatever. It's not about being bitter or England being better, it's about English fans being generally c@nts.

How can professional footballers make such a hash of penalties? A goal mouth is the size of a small house FFS! Oh how I laughed...

Inhuman...

Failing that Windows DVD Maker?

Cracked frame is cracked . Kawasaki won't do anything on warranty (as expected) and I'm waiting to hear back from Bournemouth Kwak to give me a quote on getting it TIG welded... expecting something around the £200 mark. I've got a friend who could do it but that would involve either getting the bike to him, taking the necessary bits off before reassembling or getting him to me with his kit... Hopefully will get something sorted soon, not that the weather's much good for riding!

To be fair that's kind of like saying 'engines only overheat if they get too hot'... Other possible reasons would be leaking hoses, radiator etc. leading to coolant loss.

If stopped by HMRC it could also be subject to 20% VAT and import duty (the rate for which I'm not sure about). Edit: Snaked.

Really? The only expensive Tesco tubes I've come across are the 700c ones for some reason. I use the 24" and 26"s and they've always been around the £2 mark.

Well according to his Facebook he's in the UK and doing demo's and stuff so should be able to make contact... He does seem to be very busy lots of the time so it seems you do have to bear with him sometimes.

Fair do's, just looked a bit like the prison side of Portland. Ah yes, Wheal Kitty... that is something of a trek! Ah well!

I use Tesco tubes (24", £1.97 at last check I think) and run 30-35psi and only occasionally pinch (2.4" Holy Rollers). What tyres you running? Options I can see are: slime tubes or slime to seal the tube once pinched (not sure how well that works with trials pinches as opposed to thorns etc.), running tyres with thicker sidewalls (Kenda blue grooves may be heavy but you can run them at about 10psi and still not pinch), running fatboy DH tubes or at a push running a second tube, slit around it's internal surface, wrapped over the new tube to try and increase protection (with a bit of talc thrown in for good measure). Riding more good would definitely help though .

Tethering is when you use your phone's data network and WiFi capability to provide the interwebz to other devices like laptops, tablets etc. To stop people taking the piss with usage (and to make it clear on the rules) GiffGaff operate a no tethering policy on their mobile sims.I do it occasionally and haven't had any problems but am sensible when using the WiFi hotspot on my phone.

And if all else fails, ride more good.

I don't get how they know if you're using the phone (occasionally) as a WiFi hotspot... do it occasionally with GiffGaff on my HTC Wildfire and haven't had any comeback from them yet. Is it just extreme usage that would flag it up or do they actually interrogate the data flow to see if people are connecting to Microsoft Update or whatnot on their Android phone/iPhone?

Onza Fly Guy forks, I'd go with Sun Mammoth rims, DMR Moto Digger tyres, X-Lite saddle? Frame looks steel and not very trialsy, not sure about much else.

If you mean the crown race isn't fully seated it could be. How much room is there between the top of the fork steerer and the top of the stem? Just to be sure you're not just tightening the top cap onto the steerer rather than taking up slack in the headset.

Is that on Portland? Do tell!!

Do this but have a look at GiffGaff. £10 a month 'GoodyBag' (not a contract so not locked into anything) gives 250 minutes, unlimited texts and unlimited internet. Can't fault them.

Luca Di Montezemelo says no...

But you're so good at it.

Surprisingly entertaining race and a fantastic result!! Also get a really warm fuzzy feeling inside watching Alonso go backwards down the field In other news- Jenson Button... wtf? And finally in other, other news, glad to have found an alternative way to view the live race rather than waiting for the BBC highlights.