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999 calls are routed through the mobile network but are not network specific.  In other words if you are on O2 and there is no O2 signal you can't make calls and your phone will tell you that there is no signal.  However, you can still make a 999 call if there is another network available, like vodaphone.

Obviously though if there are no networks available then you can't make any calls even 999.

I was travelling at speed on the M3 the other day and suddenly smelled a strong burning smell and a knocking noise form the rear wheel.  Decided it was sensible to slow down and pull over.  Nothing obviouse but at low speed there was a slight juddering from the rear wheel.  Limped home to CBS Whitton who said that the rear wheel bearings had gone and got them replaced under warranty as the bike is 17 months old and only done 14k miles.  Nothing to pay so it was a good day! 

March 2012 and 12000 miles

It not funny at all!!  As it is ONLY 250 miles on account of several untimely punctures.   

Thanks to Winston though, I am running on them repaired and I now have my last one at the dealers just waiting......

2500? I can only dream.   

I get just under 250 miles!! 

WTF!!
Red warning lights this morning - low pressure at the rear and guess what another puncture.  Screw firmly in the middle of the tread.  So it is official I AM UNLUCKY!

I DO run with correct pressures checked with digital gauge and I try not to ride in the dross on the road and in the hatched areas.  I have not changed my riding style and years and years of trouble free riding is replaced with near weekly tyre changes since changing to PR3s!   It is getting a joke now.  I can't afford new rear tyres every 100 miles!! 

Went to the dealer to get it fixed and they swapped the tyre with the previous previous one which they had repaired for me.  Thanks to Winston I will run this one with the repair confident that it should be ok.  That saved my £150.  Cheers Winston, I owe you one.

Am now seriously reconsidering the PR3s for something less sticky, more stronger, possibly armour coated!!

 
Brilliant answer

I have the Nolan N104 which is safety rated for open and closed use.  As previously said it is good in the summer to have it open and keep cool.  I remember a previous thread by Debs, I think, about the impact damage on a helmet and the amout of damage on the open face part which does suggest that they are not as safe.  That said though I do also generally run with them closed but every now and agin (typically at slow speeds) open it up.

The Nolan has its own intercom (NCom) which fits perfectly in the helmet and gives great sound and the ability to connect my iPhone allowing music, phone, voice control or sat nav in my ear whilst viewing it on a ram mount on the clutch side.  It is good other than the fact that when I take a flip front off I tend to pull the cheek parts aside to open it up to get my head out which separates the helmet from the 'integral' intercom system.  The helmet is light and fairly quiet (as long as the intercom part is fixed back it!) and gives great visibilty.  I recommend the helmet but not with the intercom.  It comes apart and is a pain.

I tried on the schuberth C3 with its own brand of intercom (SRC) which is neatly connected as part of the neck padding.  It was very good but at the price it is difficult to justify jacking in the Nolan and going with the C3.  That said I recognise it as a superior product and will eventually succumb to the additional £600 for the helmet and SRC - so long as I don't have to spend the money on tyres before then!!

No, As I said before I dont rate PR3s so I will never use them again

Sorry for not paying attention.   

These PR3 s' are belted so are very safe to repair ..so long as the offending nail / scew is not in a side wall.

So next time I will repair it, hopefully in ten year time!!

Hey Bryn, I think that there is a problem with the sensors in the cold.  I am on my fourth sensor (bike just over one year old) all being replaced under warranty and even swapped between front and rear.  The last one was brand new and shipped from Japan but still had problems with the cold.  They are currently with Mr K who is trying to work out what is wrong with them, if anything.

Hopefully when the weather warms up the problem will disappear but it's a pain having the warning flashing rather than seeing what you want to.

Andrew, I hate you .               You have created a monster with this thread. Here we are all telling you that punctures only happen to us once every 10 years blah blah,                            Fast forward to this morning, I'm opening the garage door to get the bike out and give it a wash    WHEN  There it is,  a shiny screw head gawping up at me from the back tyre      kin ell  thinks me, I'll swing for that Andrew . Next time that you get a puncture could you please keep it to yourself .       If any good came from this, it is the fact that the tyres are 3 parts finished anyway, so a pair of new ones are being fitted tomorrow 

Arggh, sorry to hear about that!!!  PR3s?
Today was a good day for me - no punctures!   

Provided it isn't in the side wall get it fixed.  The PR3 is Kevlar belted and as such is repairable.

I thought the advice was to not run on repairs.  They are only a stop gap to getting somewhere to have the tyre replaced??

Must say that it is great to have the warning on the bike as the puncture was caused by a one inch spike that deflated the tyre within 400 metres.

Hi Andrew,
hope you get a few winners then mate! If you get stuck for anything then let me know as I'm up in Liverpool.
Cheers,
Mark

Thanks for the offer Mark, can you tell me who is going to win?

So there I am riding up to Liverpool for the Grand National today when the red warning light comes on with low pressure warning.  Another puncture in the rear in a PR3 that has only done 200 or so miles, and that was a replacement for the PR3 that had a puncture after 100 miles.

So the question has to be am I just unlucky or are these prone to punctures!!  It's getting expensive but they are such good tyres.

And none of my bets were on the winners.  Hopefully I will pick a winner tomorrow to recover the cost of the new tyre and fitting.

 
Sorry to hear your news OC but glad that you had the sense to get the test done and catch it in good time.
All the very best of luck mate.

Andrew

Well I have finally taken the plunge and bought the Rukka Armas jacket and its being delivered tomorrow.  Can't wait! 

It must be the tenth time I've tried one on and hummed and hawed and always decided it was too expensive and so sadly walked away.  But not today!  It has to be worth it in the long run and besides I'm fed up of getting damp in my current jacket when it pours and we have not exactly had the driest of weather.  So that probably means that it won't rain now for months and months!!