Ryan of FortNine's thoughts:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nINIJ1cAbYM

And a reply from John Millbank of Bennetts Bike Social:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NOJxubCS0wM

You'll get both entertainment and education in equal measure.

The Atkins Jacobs Joint Venture presumably.

See the article:
https://www.bennetts.co.uk/bikesocial/news-and-views/news/2024/noise-camera-justification

Which leads to:
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/noise-camera-technology-roadside-trial

Which in turn leads to:
https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/656f5fd09462260721c5696e/work-order-T0218-roadside-vehicle-noise-measurements-phase-3-part-b.pdf

Page 46!
KU07PVS aka Vehicle C

You might hope they would use a vehicle with an MOT as a good starting point for testing:
✗ MOT Vehicle KU07PVS does not have a valid MOT certificate
Expired: 26 February 2020

I know, it's probably tucked up somewhere warm and dry in MIRA.

A lot of our images are no longer showing in old posts.
It is a known fault/issue, and probably(?) not the evil darklord Google excercising his unbounded power.

There is a very temporary work-around below for new posts, which will display your image, most likely at a lower resolution, but it appears usable for our purposes.
However, imgbb is the best bet right now (as of Jan 24).

Follow the original instructions, but change step 2 to:

2. The magic bit: Add your image ID into a special 'direct' URL. The basic 'direct' URL is:
https://drive.google.com/thumbnail?id=XXXXXXX&sz=w800

Adding your unique image ID gives:
https://drive.google.com/thumbnail?id=1aE8S0SPTusdtpcQuTQFYjfl4JYtFPISH&sz=w800

Then step 3 as before - wrap with [img], etc.


Example below:




Details here for the techies:
https://issuetracker.google.com/issues/319531488?pli=1

At risk of devaluing my own bike, this seems to be a bloody good Motorsport, if anyone's looking in this grim early winter:
https://www.wiganyamaha.co.uk/used-motorcycle/bmw-k1300s-motorsport-2014-50887

Sports pannier, tank bag, hugger, centre stand and MRA deflector thrown in.

[EDIT: sold, says Forcefield, if you've come here all excited!]

Good luck spotting blue lights in them. Lovely leathered elbows though.

Courtesy of BikeSocial tech review here:
https://www.bennetts.co.uk/bikesocial/reviews/bikes/bmw/m1000xr-2024-review

Well worth watching it unfold, if you have the chance (on BT/Discovery+/TNT/RandomMeaninglessName).
Note that the long race was Saturday, not Sunday this week.

I won't say who won, obvs, but let's say there was some very fine tyre judgement applied.

Do you go soft and risk running out of tyre early, or do you go harder, and hope the other folks burn theirs out? Oh what fun.

You just had to open the post to find out, didn't you?
Clickbait FTW.

Two factoids, actually:

1. Michelin no longer recommend the Road 6 GT variant for the K1300S, it's now the standard Road 6.

and

2. The plain Road 6 (i.e. non-GT) cost me £50 less than in May. Same place as the May fitting, Wheelhouse Tyres, Coleshill.

And no, I don't understand either, but since I very rarely have a pillion, I suspect a plain Road 6 would be fine anyway. Maybe they  improved the carcass, or just recalibrated their tests?
And the price? Either plain is *much* cheaper than GT, or maybe production has recovered from the Ukraine/Russia war hit.

The GT pair lasted just over 7,000 miles of France, Italy, Switzerland, Austria, Germany and France again. With Wales thown in a few times for good measure. Probably the most enjoyable 5 months of riding I've had.

The rear ran out first, and was right on the legal limit, Policeman Officer.
The front had another 500 miles maybe more. I'm pretty happy with 7k. Lets see how the plain Road 6s get on.

Back with you in 6-7k miles time...

R nineT - see what they did there.







After having ridden round Wales for days and 500+ miles on a buttery smooth K1300S, this bike is a shocker (sorry NOG!)
I really want to like it, but seriously no normal human bean could go more than 100 miles on it without crying.

Anyway, here's are the pros I can give - grudgingly:
- nice and minimalist, round clocks, normal switchgear (inc cruise control!)
- a real key, hurrah!
- light and easy to steer
- enough oomph to overtake nicely in 3rd and 4th (110 bhp?)
- seems to have good suspension and brakes but I wasn't pushing it too hard

And the cons:
- vibrations. Just so much. Didn't someone invent the balance shaft once?
- mirrors that blur to XX variations of a white car behind. Is it police? F*** knows.
- low revs and town work - you have to be in second or third at most for town, no 5th gear pottering on this bike. I thought big twins were supposed to be grunty. Not this one.
- pegs forward compared to seat. Oww.
- skinny seat like it was made for a 17 year old on his first big bike. Like a kife through buttex. Double owww.
- rock hard seat. See above. Triple owwww.
- engine hunts if you hold the throttle in the same position - through town, its just gently but irritatingly go-stop-go-stop

So its a no from me. I have to ride it 30 miles back this afternoon. Not looking forward to it.