worst biking product that you ever paid for

oldbiker · Nitrous Nuisance Joined: 15 Nov 2009 Karma :

I keep seeing ads that tell you just how good things are,
best spark plug,
best petrol,
best tyres,
sexyest mirrors,
spanners that last for ever,
brightest lights, etc, etc etc.

one of my biggest dissapointments was back in the early 80`s, all the real bikers had belstaffs or similar.
So I got one, always cold, pockets filled with water and always smelt a bit iffy
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instigator · Super Spammer Joined: 19 Oct 2004 Karma :

Anything made by Frank Thomas

Bar muffs which are less than £25.

Skudd · Super Spammer Joined: 01 Oct 2006 Karma :

I bought an alarm once, about the size of a fag packet, just stuck on with sticky pads. Crap. Should have got a shag alarm, much better.
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cajoe · Borekit Bruiser Joined: 04 Dec 2008 Karma :

Double hard carbon kick plates are about as double hard as cheese slices. Neutral

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The Shaggy D.A. · Super Spammer Joined: 12 Sep 2008 Karma :

Other than tax and insurance? Smile

Frank Thomas Aqua Pak. Ended up that I'd rather get wet than try to put the bloody thing on, only to end up with a wet crotch anyway.
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bacon · World Chat Champion Joined: 09 Jan 2009 Karma :

i bought some chain lube (something titanium), sprayed it on and its fecking white and looks a right mess, cant remember what it is, should have read the tin

Flip · Super Spammer Joined: 28 Feb 2004 Karma :

Waste of money?

Muc off.
Foggy mask things.
Pin lock.

I'll edit if I think of more.

dean36014 · Derestricted Danger Joined: 28 Sep 2009 Karma :

One of those oxford stick on clocks. The display was tiny, the buttons to small to operate, and unless you looked at it at exactly the right angle you couldn't read the clock. It had a coming together with Mr Sledgehammer one day Twisted Evil

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Itchy · Super Spammer Joined: 07 Apr 2005 Karma :

A motrax wind skirt to my helmet, it actually worked very well, but it would never stay in place and hence after 50 miles it came off.
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bacon · World Chat Champion Joined: 09 Jan 2009 Karma :

johnsmith222 · World Chat Champion Joined: 26 Dec 2008 Karma :

I third Muck off.

Completely overrated and is rubbish.

andybon · Nitrous Nuisance Joined: 13 Oct 2009 Karma :

Muck off is there with the worst for me. Does sod all. Although their chain cleaner is pretty good!
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TUG · World Chat Champion Joined: 12 May 2007 Karma :

Pinlock is shit? Does amazing in my XR-1100.
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Flip · Super Spammer Joined: 28 Feb 2004 Karma :

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kawakid · World Chat Champion Joined: 15 Mar 2005 Karma :

Handlebar muffs - Just felt wrong and weird and got wet on the inside and was yucky.

V2 Sponge, disgusting, horrible, you clean off the flies and you take a yucky black browny thing home. Feck that tissues and water and bin.

Motorcycle gear from Aldi/Lidl, such as boots - Absolute shite. (And yes I have bought them).

Motorcycle Waterproofs, expensive and all mine have leaked - Buy hiking waterproofs 1 size too big instead.
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bacon · World Chat Champion Joined: 09 Jan 2009 Karma :

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Ariel Badger · Super Spammer Joined: 02 Dec 2006 Karma :

Carol Nash Insurance,
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kawakid · World Chat Champion Joined: 15 Mar 2005 Karma :

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Wilson123 · Nearly there... Joined: 19 Jun 2009 Karma :

Probably a racing exhaust I bought for my Speedfight, slowly but surely is disintegrated

Actually it took about a month to turn completely in to rust and snap in every possible place until it just fell off and fucked the studs on my ped up
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Shreddie · Spanner Monkey Joined: 20 Nov 2009 Karma :

Worst biking accessory I've ever paid for? A couple of my exes fit into that category! Laughing

Seriously though, it's got to be a pair of lightwieght summer gloves which died my hands blue at the slightest hint of sweat then died them black when it rained... I gave them to my brother a few weeks ago. Very Happy