Recent content by Fireblade Refugee

Count yourself lucky, a bent bike, no injuries, a guilty party with deep pockets and a great war story for the pub :) How was the Ace?

This sounds like what's happened when I've put a bike away wet left for a week, some rust has built up on the disks where moisture was trapped between the pads and the disk. Simple fix - accelerate to high speed, then brake hard. Repeat as necessary. What Kinjane has written above is the other...

I won't be allowed to buy an MT09 till I've sold one of the bikes I've already got :( Will come along on Weds if I can finish up work commitments in time....

Yup that's me :)

Thanks to your very own Triple Trouble I been taking a close look at the MT09, which had never really captured my attention before. He told me it's a bike that likes to wheelie in 1st, 2nd and 3rd. While I'm not one for hoisting the front wheel on purpose, this kind of behaviour in a bike...