boots

[firewatch]

Hi there you lot, got a question dunno if this is the right section but...
I have some new motorbiking boots, yes im now officially a biker chick! The zips are very stiff and i struggle to get them to do up without hurting my fingers in the process.
I have waxed them but dont know what else to try, any advice?

[Naomicorlett]

Try running a graphite pencil over the metal teeth it acts a a luricant.

[firewatch]

never heard of that one before i will give it a go!

[joggerjayne]

A fellow biker chick ... Yaaayyyy !!

I don't suppose you have a scuba diving shop in your area?

The sell stuff called zip lube, which is used for lubricating dry suit zips. They get a lot of stick from being in sea water all the time. If zip lube doesn't make your zips work smoothly ... then nothing will.

[weeal]

It takes ages for bike boots so soften in too, mine are so stiff I cant walk in them

[logic]

that's why they call em riding boot's weeal, :-)

[weeal]

ha Logic, thats a completely different boot !

[joggerjayne]

Are we all biker chicks, then ? (not Logic, obviously)

[weeal]

must be joggie, tho can no longer be described as a chick lol

[firewatch]

Dangn'd ab, i only just got all your answers!
im gettin a jinlun cruiser once i have got my CBT, but im happy enough being a pillion at the moment.
went to the NEC bike show yesterday, my wow some stunnin bikes there!!!!!!!!!!!

[joggerjayne]

Oooh, I LOVE the Bike Show, firewatch.

I like it cos you don't just have to look at the bikes ... you can climb all over them, and make "brrrrrrmmmmm" noises.

I went last year, and they had a motorbike stunt show, which was fab. Was that there this year, firewatch?

Are you planning to go on and do your Bike Test ?

[weeal]

firewatch, the jinlun has a sexy classic look, I love it, there is one in a shop near me and I keep lookin at it - yum

good luck with it all, I never managed my CBT dropped the bike a few times and gave up (too wee to hold the bike up)

[joggerjayne]

Aww, weeal

=0(

Actually, I dropped the bike lots, as well. I did the DAS course. Trying to do U Turns, the bike would just fall on the road. Not very elegant. I also dropped it just sitting at a junction. Once it's gone too far over for you to hold it up, there's nothing you can do.

[firewatch]

Do you meant the wall of death stunt team? there were 2 but far to busy 4 us to get tickets.
I am used to off roaders like my husbands and nearly toppled the jinlun i was trying, but it was a beauty!
i found a place that does them for �8 a week finance, so i cannot waite to get my CBT!!!!!!!!
Dropping a bike is part of the learning curve you have to d it so you know how far over you can get it before it drops! You know when you have dropped certain bikes coss it hurts your feet if you don't move fast enough! I dropped my husbands ccm the other week and caught my foot!!!

[joggerjayne]

What does a CCM look like ?

[firewatch]

Big and noisy hold on a tick, a bit like this one but with a bigger exhaust and other bits and pieces. He was known as the wasp!!
http://www.motorcyclespecs.co.za/model/ccm/ccm _644_supermotard.htm.

[firewatch]

http://www.motorcyclespecs.co.za/model/ccm/ccm _644_supermotard.htm
try again!!

[joggerjayne]

That looks fun !!

[firewatch]

I cant go pillion on this bike!! i would burn my leg on the exhaust and there are no pegs!
Now the bmw aw man now that's a bike, although i have not been allowed to practice on it in case i drop it!
Think Charley Boormans bike in long way down.

[joggerjayne]

Oooh, yummy !!

(the BMW ... not Charlie Boorman).

Actually, I've ridden one of those. After I took my bike test, I spent all my weekends going round bike dealers and going for test rides. It was fab.

[firewatch]

whey hey!! just tryed the graphite trick and they did up first time thanx so much for that!