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Very nice What lense did you use in the end mate? Did you get one of those fisheye attachments you see on ebay?

Sure everyone would love to see the details of the 4.2l TT

Good stuff. Is the awkward clip the white one that has to be turned 90 degrees? If you found an easy way to do it let us know That is the one, I use long nosed pointy pliers from the electrical wiring tool box, two grabs and turns and then undone followed by a little jiggle to free it. Can post pic of the pliers if that helps. whoops getting told off for not paying attention Off is easy, its getting it back on that is the art

Following what Sarnie said, have you tried my350z.com for ideas? Worth a pop.

I think we should employ Mike as our tour guide! Fortunately St Davids supposidly has free internet, so can keep up to date with goings on while I'm in my room. If all else fails, call me when you guys are about to leave to the car wash

Good stuff. Is the awkward clip the white one that has to be turned 90 degrees? If you found an easy way to do it let us know

Dont forget a front end too, for GPS, MP3 etc etc

Agreed, it's incredible they didn't even bother hooking it up to the Consult to see if any diganostic message were present - the implication is that they assumed you were making it up I would tell them to go back and hook it up. They should know better than to assume as it is running ok now that the car is in fact ok. There could be plenty wrong with it without showing on a small drive

Was it Nixy's car? Oi cheeky - don't be reducing the value of Nemo - he's a good swimmer - he only wet his carpets! Are you using the disposable mats or washable ones to teach him not to wet himself?

+1 +2 - they do look excellent, but only suit this kind of car and not one that is closer to stock

Good man, I should be there. Have your phone numbers if anything changes

Oi, what you tryin to say LOL, only kidding Chris Yeah 20 stone naked, must be heading for 22 stone in the leathers and the best part of 30 stone with my small boy hanging on the back, so a 600 does get a little breathless. Plus my favourite route involves some lovely wide open stretches, lightly policed early on Sunday mornings. You can really let fly on there and it can make a 600 feel slow. Having said all that, my favourite bike of all time is still the Ducati 900 Supersport. That only had 80bhp but ran rings round most bikes on the twisties. I swear I cornered quicker on that than I do on the R1 - I ate the rear tyre in 3000 miles on that Duke ! - but I tend to find the suspension is too soft on Japanese bikes. The Duke had Ohlins suspension, nice and firm, and stuck like glue. Really inspired confidence. Very underated bike, in my opinion. I would buy another but they don't make them anymore. Well I think we agree that we are two completely different blokes (or is that you are two of me, I'm only 11st ). Agreed that if you are small like me and have no pillion the 600 is more than enough and if a little *ahem* larger, then you can get the use out of the thou. I was trying to say that the usual pub arguement of the thou will wipe the floor with the 6 is not true, especuially in the twisties. Each to their own at the end of the day And I officially hate you for having had a Duke. I wanted a 916 (and still do) soooo badly. Nothing can come close to the sound of a Duke hammering along

Lol, nice one, let me know what its like when it gets here. My lilliput sucks in sunlight

Trying to get a new shuttle, transflective display and all the other gubbins for less than a new HU will likely not be possible. Most people start with a cheap older pc or laptop and moderate display and then work their way up to bigger and better things. I dont think you can compare a top spec shuttle and transflective display to a HU, its just too different. My mate was staggered at how quickly Centrafuse was able to route us to our destination vs his TomTom as the processing power is just in a different league. Also remember that you can store masses more MP3, DivX, DVD on the CarPC that you wont get with the HU. Although there is overlap in what they do, they are 2 very different beasts

Looks nice. Will be expensive, but nice

Give over, a 600 is a good starter bike but with a couple of years experience, depending on your level of ability you will want more power. My wife has an R6 and I pin the throttle to the stop and sit there waiting for it to pick up, and yes although it will wipe the floor with most cars it's not in the same league as my R1. Having said that on the twisty stuff there wouldn't be much in it. Yeah but Dan you are part of the exception I gave. From what I understand you're not the smallest bloke in the world. For the vast majority the R1 wont be as usable as the R6, but for someone of your stature I think you can reach the limit of the power of the R6. And who goes on something other than the twisites, thats where the fun is

+1 +2 crossfire ripoff cack

If you fancy putting some serious miles on the car, we have a big drive out in North Wales this coming Sunday. I'm sure theres another member coming from up your way

schizophrenic on one hand he is decisive, reliable and knowledgable and on the other he's jay

Go to ESR, they have one already! He somehow manages to keep them both engaged

If he does, he can bring a mix of everything

If Phil and Jay are the same person, then who the hell occupied the phone all that time I was at ESR?! I think if Phil promises to bring him some new stuff for the car, he will turn up. Otherwise its a 50/50

+1

You have some? If you nick mine I wouldnt exactly be upset. The reception on it is bloody awful compared to my OEM one. Still trying to work out why my reception is so poor with it

Big & Phil You been sniffing your NO2 again?! Its meant to be for the car, not you dude