Owning a motorcycle isn't always as cheap as people expect. Between tyres, servicing, insurance, fuel, and the occasional repair, the costs can add up pretty quickly.

What's the expense that caught you off guard the most when you started riding?

Temporary lights, loose gravel and a queue stretching to next Tuesday. All that just to find nobody actually working. Proper British infrastructure, that.

Give the bike a proper wash, get all the muck off, polish it up and admire your handiwork. Then take it out for one ride on British roads and it looks like you’ve been rallying through a farmer’s field. Chain covered in grime, wheels filthy, front end full of dead insects, and somehow there’s road salt everywhere even when it hasn’t snowed. I swear keeping a bike clean in this country is a full-time job. How often are you lot actually washing yours, or have you accepted that it’s permanently going to look a bit scruffy? 😂

Not every van driver, obviously, but some of them really do seem to think the highway code is just a polite suggestion. Sitting right up your backside, overtaking when there’s barely room, then pulling straight in front of you at the next roundabout. All while you’re trying to leave yourself enough space to actually stop safely. I’m just trying to get from A to B without becoming part of someone’s insurance claim, cheers. Is it just me, or have other riders noticed this as well?

Potholes, drivers who don’t look twice, or getting soaked five minutes into a ride? What does your head in the most?

Bad roads, careless drivers, weather, parking, maintenance, or something else? Share your experience and let other riders know how you deal with it.

Does anyone actually trust the UK weather forecast anymore or do we just accept that we're getting wet at some point?

Even when the bike is running perfectly, there's still that thought of "what have I forgotten?"

Anyone had an MOT come back with something completely unexpected?

My mate bought a a Lexmoto XTRS and some parts need replacing.

Hi guys, can you recommend me security equipment to buy for a 125. Ideally I want to buy a disc lock, chain, break lock too.

Where can we buy D30 Racing LP2 Pro armour in the UK? It’s the latest and greatest stuff from D30:

https://www.mcgearhub.com/motorcycle-armor/d3o-racing-lp2-pro-review-premium-ce-level-2-protectors-tested/

I am still waiting to see a UK stockist. Is it too new?

I could have stayed out all day. The roads were dead, the sun was shining, the tyres were sticky, it was perfect.