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    Re: Road Safety ..

    I just checked it too, was apparently doing 81.7 in a 70!! Had my heart going for a while till I remembered i was at work :P Last comment I posted relevent to my actual speeding course haha. What...
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    Re: Road Safety ..

    Swanny, thats nothing. I was doing a truly eye watering 37mph in a 30, and I have my speeding course tomorrow :P.
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    Re: all weather biker

    The side car includes fold out bed for some steamy biking action :P :P
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    Speeding course tomorrow!!

    Tomorrow is D-Day, shall be interesting sitting down with a bunch of naughty people like myself haha. If anything, since I got the letter about attending the course, my riding style is much more...
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    Re: Squeaky front brakes

    But for bearings, I always thought they hum rather than squeak or make grinding noises. This is a faint squeak if rotating by hand but on the road, sounds like justin beiber haha
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    Re: Squeaky front brakes

    Well Ive had it all apart and cleaned so I dont think its anything to do with the calipers. The squeal occurs on both front brakes and if I turn the wheel while driving say 20mph, the squeal goes...
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    Re: Squeaky front brakes

    I have the 2.0SE turbo 2001. It was a neighbours and he's been the only owner with full Saab history. Just been neglected really and I took it on as a project. Am now taking it in this Friday to have...
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    Re: Squeaky front brakes

    Hey Kevinb, no no no, cant sell my beauty of a Saab haha, well Ive tried most everything : cleaned the calipers, cleaned the brackets, skimmed the pads, disc etc, put copper grease on the carriers...
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    Re: Squeaky front brakes

    Hi Dan505, on the left hand side disc is a groove that suggests something got caught between the pad and disc creating a perfect circular groove. The inner floating pad had a raised ridge which im...
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    Re: Have a rant....!!!!

    So for the 7th time Ive had the front brakes off my car as they refuse to stop squealing and its all the time. Grrr just finished grinding the calipers and cleaning the discs of any surface rust. If...
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    Re: Squeaky front brakes

    Hey everyone, Well last night me and the old man jacked the car up and ran it with the front wheels off to try hear where the squeal was coming from. On the discs, a ridge had built up so they were...
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    Re: Squeaky front brakes

    Hi redken1, Im sure its not the bearings as there is no humming noises and when brake pedal is applied, the squeal stops. Im sure the parts are genuine, the last owner and only owner had full Saab...
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    Squeaky front brakes

    I thought it might be daring putting a non bike related message on here, please dont cancel my account lol. My Saab 93 for some reason has developed squeaky brakes on the front. I have had them taken...
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    Re: Speed awarness course

    Oh man that made me chuckle, to be honest, no idea why i was in Chepstow but when I saw the plague of Welsh men, I made a sharp exit but not without a war wound :P Well guess the course will be a...
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    Biker Breakfast

    Had an absolultey fantabulous ride out to (what was) George Whites in Swindon early this morning. I did skip breakfast at home as was so keen to get on the open road, it seemed appropriate to have a...
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    Re: Speed awarness course

    Hey there Col, I was doing the totally outrageous speed of a whopping 37, yes 37 mph in Chepstow. To be honest on my rocket ship it felt like 2 million mph :P Im lucky I got away without points :)
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    Re: Speed awarness course

    Cheers for the tips guys, I shall try my best not to become a dictator in the course :P
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    Re: God damn it!

    How could they fault the beauty of an F4. Those lights are there for a reason, took enhance the looks. End of haha :P
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    Speed awarness course

    Yes sadly after my unfortunate run in with the law (hands up, I was wrong), my course is booked for the 16th of August and being a jammy git, got off without 3 point woohoo!! Funny, since I found out...
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    Re: Hit by a 40 tonne truck

    Darn it, hope your all ok, shame about the poor ER6 but shake it off and get back on the saddle. Gotta look out for those mahusive lorries and buses always. All the best :) !!!
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    Re: The day the sun came back

    Pretty sweet Wes, but you could have taken the bike to the beach. Twice as nice haha
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    The day the sun came back

    Funny, I posted not to long ago about hating the weather and not riding in the rain. Well I expect many of you were out on the roads yesterday (Sunday) and my god, the sun came out of hiding finally....
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    motorcycle withdraw symptoms

    It has been two weeks since I last went for a good ol blast on the bike but because of this hellish weather, I refuse to go for a ride. However, wise men say (the weather man) tomorrow is meant to be...
  24. Re: Feeling guilty - how often do you clean your bike?

    With all this god awful weather my CBR1000F had been sat in the garage dirty for about a month and gave it a damn good clean Sunday just gone. I usually do the bike and car every weekend without fail...
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    Re: Done for speeding

    Thanks for the replies everyone, Ill have to check the papaer work in the morning. My old man got caught speeding and did the speed awarness course. But he also said he got 3 points awell :S. Then...
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