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Car supermarkets are great if you want to browse, decide and drive away in a new car within the hour. Don't expect to haggle the price down as they are sticklers for getting the full 'window' price. I've had a few cars from Motorpoint who also have a branch in Glasgow (near to you?) and also had a couple from Fords of Winsford in Cheshire. The car supermarkets generally try to sting you with high interest rates if you are buying on HP, lease or whatever. Warranty's are usually limited so they will try to sell you additional year 2 and 3 along with GAP insurance, fancy paint treatments etc. etc. Mention the supermarket price to a proper dealer and they will come up with the above reasons why you should pay the extra and buy from then

It does look like a good mix

Perfect for the SSDT old timers Is that a fuel cap on the top? If yes, it must have a long range tank too...

Good video that, Back Cowm quarry is the rocky venue - good day out for

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It might knock their confidence back a bit but they will also know how much they need to improve (indoors at least). Was it Patrick Smage who got blitzed at the TTC world round a couple of years ago when Wiggy and Danby rode there? If it was, then he definitely upped his game since...

I had this problem with ours, the tickover had to be set quite high which meant that the bike wanted to set off. The bike would stall if I tried lowering the tickover even when it was nicely warmed up. A new carb from JLI's sorted it though...

RIP you bloody nutter I think he had a good life even though 69 is considered a young age to die. I seem to remember him landing a huge jump but the forks snapped clean off, he bounced and bounced for far too long...

You've obviously got the 'It's them or us!" attitude, maybe you should change jobs as you don't seem to be too happy where you are now. I've employed plenty of folk who think running a business is easy, maybe your bosses are coining it in and you think you deserve a share of their fortunes? I don't know and I really don't care to be honest. Move on or crack on, the choice is yours. I'm sure you would be over the moon if my business folded, try thinking beyond the end of your nose and think of the families of the people we employ and how they would suffer if we did go tit$ up. And, whilst I'm on one - I've just sold a business and made a tidy profit but only after ensuring that every single member of staff had their future employment guaranteed. By the way, the profit was re-invested into a new company so I won't be paying the mortgage off or buying a yacht in the Bahamas just yet...

I'm not moaning but as per usual, the minority spoiled it for the majority. Maybe your firm didn't pay you any extra because they had already invested money in training you up or maybe they thought you were not worth any more money or that costs had risen higher than they thought. Who knows, who cares... Plenty of our employees did have the balls to say something but some regretted it later, our firm pays well and treats its workforce with respect. I founded a business from scratch, put in the hours, sacrificed time with the family blah, blah blah and yes, I do it for the money. As I've said to many a whinging **** "I'm running a business, not a charity so you know where the door is if you think you can do any better" Our reimbursement clause works a treat, the ones that are loyal and want to advance themselves sign it without hesitation while the chancers, no hopers and dossers say "Stick it up your RSS".

As an employer, we have invested thousands of pounds on training in the past. Most of it has been money well spent but sadly, the rest was a complete waste of time, money and effort for us. The time spent arranging and booking somebody on a specialist course, accomodation, travel, meal vouchers, plus the course fees, examination fees, wage costs and Employers NI (12%) can add up to a fair few quid. It's very disappointing when the employee then says "I've been offered another job for more money so pay me extra or I'm off". Personally, I don't take kindly to blackmail so I ask them to put their notice in writing ASAP. They either do that and leave or they stay, either way they've had their cards marked. The best bit is when an ex-employee rings up for their job back because the new job isn't that great after all. "Oh dear, I'm sorry to hear that. We had massive interest in your vacant position and managed to fill it within a matter of days. He/she is getting on really well with everybody and is looking forward to the training courses we have planned! Training is a two-way street in that the employee and the company should both benefit at the same time. How can a company expect to motivate its workforce and keep them interested/committed to the job if they ignore personal development? Likewise, how can an employee expect the company to pay them more money when they are not interested in furthering their own abilities and spend their lunch hour looking through the Jobs pages? We learned our lessons the hard way and now, because of the minority - all employees have to sign a 'Training Reimbursement' clause that effectively allows the company to claw back any wasted investment when they leave for pastures new. No signature = no training =vacancy re-advertised...

Yep, it beats 'Welcome to Scotland' too

Taddy must be in between contracts

From what I hear, the bikes have been approved by the ACU for the Junior D small wheel class in 2008

Yer man boobs go jiggy jiggy?

You would be better off with this one Haynes Restoration Projects

Did he let him pass?

Have a look at thse videos http://www.youtube.com/results?search_quer...p;search=Search The first one 'OSET - On the Hill' shows a fairly deep beck section about 1 minute 40 seconds in

Far too witty for a man of your years That's the first time I've seen that video, the decision was bit harsh if I'm honest - did anyone else get penalised a dab? If yes, then the marking was consistent...

I have the 07 bike which has a different 'little black thingy switch' on the carb'. I'm pretty sure that the 08 does the same thing as the 07 although it has been updated so I'll try and explain what it does. The 'proper' fuel tap is a knurled wheel hidden under the tank on the left hand side, this is left in the 'on' position ALL the time. Fuel flows freely from the tap to the electric pump/switch thingy. If the plunger is in the down position (on mine), fuel will only flow to the carb if the engine is running. If you dump the bike on it's side or upside down and the engine dies, then the fuel stops flowing. If the plunger is in the 'up' position, fuel flows constantly whether the bike is running or not. The 07 bike has a pull down/push up plunger, which can accidently be pushed up with the right leg (especially when dabbing like a centipede!) It's not something that matters whilst the bike is running but it can flood the engine if the bike is leaned over on a bank. I hope that helps? By the way, spot on review of the Beta 4T - nice and soft when low down but very strong when needed. Your thoughts on the gearing surprised me though as I thought 3rd and 4th were ok with a huge jump to 5th. I could ride it in 4th most of the time on the Scottish moors, often down to walking pace andit would still pull away nicely. I had a weird conversation with Jordi Pasquet one night in the pub where he said "I ride top gear on the moors, it pulls from walking pace no problem"

Just paid

Ouch! Fair point but for the fact that two children also died in that accident! It's weird how jokes appear when folk like Pavarotti, the Pope and the Oz crocodile loony die but thankfully, I haven't heard any about the helicopter crash with McRae and crew...

Well, I can see the Adams Family residence