"the old tractor"

Minor thing but: magnets instead of velcro. Especially for fastening jacket collars and the ends of trousers. Velcro picks up all sorts of crap over time and gets less effective. The velcro picks up dirt (at the ends of the trouser legs). The jacket collar velcro catches snags onto the padding of he...

Russ, if you want to try the rape alarm thing (!?) I happen to have one free. The Health & Safety guy at my workplace handed out a load of them before he left the job (we didn't want to ask why!). PM me your address and I'll stick it in the post. Was going in the bin but I forgot all about it. L...

1st Class :laugh: But their call centre has been "busy" all morning.

I really like their choice of words: "outstanding quality action" The early model F650GS had an issue with the front fork breaking off. That's pretty "outstanding", not so sure about the "quality" bit. :whistle: Good to see you on here Nick, yes a ride soon would be goo...

What's the battery drain like with these devices?

So a letter arrived this morning, my first from BMW Motorrad UK. "our records show you to be the registered owner of blablabla... BMW Motorrad as ascertained that there is a quality action outstanding on your motorcycle. An optimised check will have to be conducted at the earliest opportunity, ...

They look fun!

http://www.rokon.com/

Will be there, work permitting!

The guy I take my bike to for fixing says batteries going flat are a known problem with alarms