GSman

Er, is she OK?? I've only just received this and I'm sorry to have to tell you that Chlorhexidine gel/mousse will not be sufficient. Dentures are made from heat cured acrylic resin but by their nature are porous. Any topical agent is therefore very unlikely to kill the nasty stuff in fosses like e coli etc. They should have been mechanically disinfected and then put through the dentist's autoclave. If she is still OK , I think its safe to assume she still has a good immune system and I post all this for anyone else who has a similar problem. What really intrigues me is how they got them out of the fosse....

I have only 37 years of personal biking experience to back up what I'm about to say as reliable statistics are not readily available. Imo (I nearly said humble then) I bet there are only a very small percentage of accidents attributable to bikes not seeing cars. Most impacts where the bike was at fault are due to loss of control or other rider inexperience rather than the big wide piece of car remaining unseen. I therefore fail to see why cars having lights on all the time would improve matters. However, I have on open mind so why not tell us the full story of why you are in favour for all vehicles to have dayrunning lights.

[quote user="allanb"][quote user="GSman"]How many times has a bike pulled out straight in front of you from a side road? Ask any biker and that happens a lot the other way around. [/quote] So the bike lights don't do any good, then? [/quote] Come on, you know perfectly well that's not what I was saying. I agree with SD's post in that the other driver has to look in the first place and for the required amount of time to see anything never mind an oncoming bike. There have been instances where police motorcycles with flashing blue lights have failed to be seen.... Anyone who has ridden a bike for more than a couple of years and survived has had to develop the art of defensive riding. Adding improve visibilty with a headlight is just an adjunct to this.

Hmmm, How many times has a bike pulled out straight in front of you from a side road? Ask any biker and that happens a lot the other way around. The consequences for the biker are always a lot worse.  Personally I feel that if all vehicles had their headlights on at all times then nothing would really stand out like bikes do at the moment. As for visibility in the wet , its not a problem. I spray my visor with aircraft windscreen rain repellant. If all else fails, you can always lift the visor unlike a car windscreen.

I found this nice example at the exhibition behind the grandstand at this year's TT [IMG]http://i287.photobucket.com/albums/ll121/bakewellbiker/DSCF0106.jpg[/IMG]

Well said Magnolia, thats, oh sorry that's so trivial I can't believe there were two posts about it. Petty isn't really an adequate enough word.  Anyway, rise above it as they say. The BMW magazine might be a good place to advertise. Good luck with your enterprise. Jon

Many thanks SD

Well you can do it with a compass or even without using those tuning strength/quality bars in the Sky menu but for the best reliable in all weathers picture you really need a professional meter (not necessarily a professional working it). Setting the dish is straightforward but setting the LNB skew if not so, as you need to get the best compromise between v and h quality. I don't know how you do that without a meter. A good meter is also very handy if you are going for the 13° or 19° sats as they are (obviously) close together. A good meter will tell you which one your looking at before you come down the ladder. Good blog Bob

Has anyone managed to get a CoC to register a 70s/80s Ducati?  If so any info would be really appreciated. Here's mine: [IMG]http://i287.photobucket.com/albums/ll121/bakewellbiker/P1000223.jpg[/IMG]