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The knobs turn easily, and the bike is so clean it is like new. I will try out the range of settings as from just twiddling I cannot tell if they are doing anything.

Hmm. I thought that the sport shock was only on the rear? I am a bit confused about this, actually, as the bike was sold as a sport model, and certainly has the wider rear wheel and tyre, but the rear spring is blue and I thought it should be yellow if the bike is a sport? Since it seems that there ...

Thanks guys, and especially doghouse for your kind offer. I may well take you up on that. I will check the idle speed again tomorrow, as I am loathe to start the bike again after three stalls, unless I am going to ride it. (Trickle charger on order, yet to arrive). The bike was warm when it stalled ...

So...does turning the knob to the left soften it and to the right stiffen the spring. I can't feel anything at all just turning the adjuster in the garage.

Would stiffening the springs tend to result in sharper handling?

Thanks. I don't really know what I am looking for but will have a poke around for the covers when it stops raining. There is no way I can fiddle with the air by pass screw then, because I don't have a vacuum gauge to achieve balance. And I don't know how to do it anyway. There is obviously more to t...

As members here will have gathered by now, I am a complete ignoramus about bikes. Although I have ridden quite a lot, I have never actually owned one of my own until now - and people who have lent me bikes, even for several months, have never explained to me how they are set up and I have never fidd...

Yes, I have when I lived in Switzerland (hence it was dat trip territory for me so gear was not an issue). It can get surprisingly chilly at altitude but if the medium range forecast is for decent temperatures then I would risk it and not take the extra gear. Have a great trip.

Being unused to BMW twins, I would welcome a little input from the experts on 1100S. I have managed to stall the bike five times today. Two of them were when the front wheel was stuck in a pot hole, so that was understandable, but the last three were in my own level drive just getting the bike into ...

Well having said I was getting used to the SS, I made a prat of myself today outside the barbers. Got blocked in somewhat by a ginormous white van and another bike (GSXR 1000), I had to paddle it back and forth about elevntyone times to get out, as there was an awkward slope. Then having got myself ...

Oh my god. Now I come to look at it, it does sound very British! Not me really. I have a German girlfriend after all!

Fair enough. I am rural with a garage so I expect that makes a difference. Good luck with getting the bike fixed.

Is it worth seeking out a lawyer on a no win no fee basis for your personal injury claim?

Very sorry to hear of your plight. I am puzzled as to why you are so suspicious though. How much difference in cost is there between TPFT and fully comp? I am a fist time bike owner (though not totally new to riding), therefore have zero no claims bonus, and insured my 1100SS last week - with the sa...

Grant and Joe, thanks for the advice. Nick has sorted me out with some used soft panniers that should be fine for the imminent Dutch trip. I may well add the seat top soft box that Joe recommended as well if the panniers don't seem to be enough when they arrive. Together this should give more than e...

Thanks Nick, PM sent.

Lo and behold, my thumb has managed to find the cancellation switch all by itself! Did another 100 or so miles today on this new to me bike. Just cruising around, quite a bit at low speed. This included a ride down from the top of box hill with some very strange adverse camber stretches. After about...