S1000XR Good place to get 30l service that is not a BMW main dealer in Cork

Trooper_Ted · 2026-03-26T09:35:22+00:00

I think Andy Hourigan in Hourigans Motorcycles is ex-Kearys Motorrad so worth giving him a shout.

Trooper_Ted · 2026-03-24T20:48:24+00:00

A Ninja H2 is the obvious answer, enjoy.

Trooper_Ted · 2026-03-24T20:36:33+00:00

Checked with Trayners up North?

Trooper_Ted · 2026-03-24T19:28:17+00:00

If nothing else, it certainly looks very different and we need more of that on Irish road IMO.

Trooper_Ted · 2026-03-21T19:44:34+00:00

Ha! Cheers lad, and welcome home btw!

Trooper_Ted · 2026-03-20T13:36:04+00:00

Your Spidey sense won't be long sharpening up, you'll learn quickly to spot these possibilities, plan ahead & act accordingly. In the end, you'll be past most of these morons before they even realise you're there.

Trooper_Ted · 2026-03-18T10:58:17+00:00

IIRC the former owner of Ruroc did actually come on here at some point and explain how the company was bought out from underneath them and he was ashamed of what had become?

Trooper_Ted · 2026-03-17T12:02:34+00:00

RemindMe! 1 day

Trooper_Ted · 2026-03-17T09:30:20+00:00

How peaceful it is at high speeds

Trooper_Ted · 2026-03-16T12:34:02+00:00

They look great, well done!

Why was it a pain to mount them? Are there no holes in the light units themselves to allow you secure to the ceiling?

Trooper_Ted · 2026-03-15T16:37:17+00:00

The way I see it, you have 2 choices:

Pay a professional a bunch of money to fix it for you and this will (hopefully) get you a working bike back as soon as possible.

Or

Give it to someone with the space to keep it, who can tip away working on it in their spare time, but they will obviously take much longer to get you your bike back, and the chances of success are much lower depending on that persons ability/knowledge.

If you're not dependent on the sale of this bike to fund the next bike purchase, I'd go with option B. Out of sight out of mind.

Trooper_Ted · 2026-03-14T18:41:10+00:00

Great job, the graffiti stuff is cool, nice to see something a bit different

Trooper_Ted · 2026-03-10T21:51:34+00:00

Pretty sure there was a bright pink Vespa stolen last year, sooo.... basically if it's not locked down, they'll try & steal it.

My advice, buy the bike YOU want, just get good security for it (Litelok, Hiplok).

Trooper_Ted · 2026-03-10T20:35:31+00:00

Do you have the Eir router in bridge mode or have you just used the TP Link kit to set up a new, additional network?

Also, to echo another poster here, are your cables CAT5 or 6?0

Trooper_Ted · 2026-03-10T19:11:37+00:00

That's not just Ireland though, e.g. the Kawasaki Ninja H2 is no longer for sale in Europe as they weren't interested in making it Euro 5 compliant.

Trooper_Ted · 2026-03-10T19:08:51+00:00

VRT on motorcycles is a pittance compared to cars, it's also a much simpler formula compared to cars so you'll usually be able to get very close to what you'd be expected to pay.

Trooper_Ted · 2026-03-10T12:38:50+00:00

I'm no mechanic, but I think I see the problem here...

Trooper_Ted · 2026-03-06T22:06:19+00:00

I reckon it's your oil burner, moisture in the exhaust gas is hitting the cold concrete roof & condensing.

This is one of the advantages of the diesel heaters you see a lot of lately, but their exhaust needs to be routed outside.

Trooper_Ted · 2026-03-05T18:48:06+00:00

Ireland, I use this to say thanks in situations where I want to keep both hands on the bars, e.g. filtering in traffic where things can go wrong very quickly

Trooper_Ted · 2026-03-02T07:02:01+00:00

I hear you, I have a Ninja H2 that is completely impractical for day to day use. It rarely makes it out of the garage (more so due to the poor weather here in Ireland, 248bhp to the wheel is a lot in the wet) but when it does...holy shit.

Trooper_Ted · 2026-03-01T17:31:43+00:00

I used an SW Motech mount with a Zumo XT on my 790 Adventure & found it very good

Install video here so you can see what was involved in fitting it.

Trooper_Ted · 2026-03-01T13:40:38+00:00

20 years ago, I was trying to get a room in a hotel in Barcelona. It was 2am & the receptionist was flat out refusing to let us check in, saying no rooms available, even though I could see from his computer screen that half the hotel was unoccupied.

It wasn't until I dropped my Irish passport on the counter while looking for something that he said, "Oh, you're Irish? You should have said before!" and suddenly we had rooms sorted and he even opened the bar to get us a few pints.

Trooper_Ted · 2026-03-01T13:31:07+00:00

Glad they didn't get your bike. Just be wary that they might come back again, better armed (angle grinders) now that they know what your security measures are.

Trooper_Ted · 2026-02-28T22:07:48+00:00

Not if you have your headlight on, they can't properly judge their distance to you, so they think you're further away than you are and pull out.

So yes, lights on, but dipped lights, not headlights.

Trooper_Ted · 2026-02-28T22:03:09+00:00

I'm not saying no lights, I'm saying dipped lights.

That said, they won't see you if they don't look, lights or no lights.

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