strangeangel Posted January 29, 2018 Share Posted January 29, 2018 Carol Nash. I've been with them for years, and the only reason I haven't moved my fleet elsewhere is when they try to shaft me at every renewal I simply make up a cheaper quote, and they immediately come back with their best price. Not a different policy, not a different excess - just the price the twisting scumbags should have quoted me in the first place. I can't get too idealistic about insurance companies/brokers - ATEOTD their business model is to screw the customer for as much as they possibly can - so I'll carry on doing business with this lot until my strategy stops working. And then I'll insure my bikes with some other, corrupt shower of bastards instead. UltraWomble 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerzy Woking Posted January 29, 2018 Share Posted January 29, 2018 CN will only insure 5 bikes on a policy so will need to take out two with them. And one won't have the full NCD the other one has, just two years (but if all ten were on one policy, then I would have 30 years NCD I have attained). I'll try FJ to see if they will insure all 10, as well as Bennetts. I can't be the only person that has as many bikes to insure? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UltraWomble Posted January 29, 2018 Share Posted January 29, 2018 I'll insure my bikes with some other, corrupt shower of bastards instead.Can I recommend Bennetts there. strangeangel and Jerzy Woking 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Hooli Posted January 29, 2018 Share Posted January 29, 2018 I've never had a problem with CN on renewal, this year it went down from £370 to £260 by moving to a worse postcode... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerzy Woking Posted January 29, 2018 Share Posted January 29, 2018 I've never claimed on my car or bike policies - the three collisions I have had (1 bike and 2 car) were the fault of the other party and recovered all my costs from them. Fourty odd years of paying out for something I've never "used". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strangeangel Posted January 29, 2018 Share Posted January 29, 2018 I've never had a problem with CN on renewal, this year it went down from £370 to £260 by moving to a worse postcode... I've never paid more than £200 FC w/Euro breakdown for 5-7 bikes. Mind you, I've never set foot in Doncaster, never mind lived in it UltraWomble and Jerzy Woking 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Hooli Posted January 29, 2018 Share Posted January 29, 2018 I can only congratulate you on the last part. Dave_Q and brandersnatch 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drum Posted January 30, 2018 Share Posted January 30, 2018 I stripped the carbs of the '83 GS650GT to clean them up.The bike has been off the road since 1990 and the carbs were in a Lidl bag, so it shouldn't have come as a surprise to find someone had been in there before me.A float bowl screw missing and a float needle valve gone. One of the diaphragms has come away from the slide. Can that be repaired? A replacement slide and diaphragm is £80! Does anyone know if carbs off a different model would do? Maybe a katana? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 30, 2018 Share Posted January 30, 2018 Can you get any numbers off the carbs? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drum Posted January 30, 2018 Share Posted January 30, 2018 The only numbers I can see are cast on the inside of the float bowl and top cover. They're Mikuni. Barry Cade 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 30, 2018 Share Posted January 30, 2018 They look like BS32SS Mikuni's. I'm sure all the GS' used these, just jetted different. 550,650,750 and 850. Not sure about the GT You can change the diagphragm rubbers on their own on most carbs, but it's really fiddly. Here is a slightly cheaper slide/diagpragm http://www.nrp-carbs.co.uk/shop/index.php?route=product/product&keyword=gs650&product_id=1324 drum 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DodgeRover Posted January 31, 2018 Share Posted January 31, 2018 Allens performance in Nottingham used to be able to supply Mikuni parts drum 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plasticvandan Posted January 31, 2018 Share Posted January 31, 2018 I need to change the drive belt and rollers on my mrs's 2003 Honda SH50 Express,is there any of the twist and go guys on here who may be able to give me a quick run through?never had to do one before (and its long overdue!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave_Q Posted January 31, 2018 Share Posted January 31, 2018 Not done a Honda but sure they're all the same. Transmission case comes off with a series of small bolts. You will need a variator locking tool or an impact gun to get the bolt off the variator. You may or may not need to take the rear pulley/clutch thing off, you might be able to wangle the belt off with just the vario off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gtd2000 Posted January 31, 2018 Share Posted January 31, 2018 I stripped the carbs of the '83 GS650GT to clean them up.The bike has been off the road since 1990 and the carbs were in a Lidl bag, so it shouldn't have come as a surprise to find someone had been in there before me.A float bowl screw missing and a float needle valve gone. One of the diaphragms has come away from the slide. Can that be repaired? A replacement slide and diaphragm is £80! Does anyone know if carbs off a different model would do? Maybe a katana?20180129_213731.jpg This is a pretty decent site for technical information: http://thegsresources.com/ I was a regular visitor when working on my 1983 GS450GA drum 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerzy Woking Posted January 31, 2018 Share Posted January 31, 2018 This was the GS650 that had been parked up in the basement of my office for years. A mate wanted one to do up as it was the bike he had when he first met the woman he was to marry (ah, bless). Hadn't been run for at least 20 years. Managed to find out that it could be purchased for the price of a donation to charity (£50). Mate restored it and it looked brand new. I'll try to find the after photos, but this is what it was like before I took it. Exiled_Tat_Gatherer, UltraWomble, gtd2000 and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fabergé Greggs Posted January 31, 2018 Share Posted January 31, 2018 This was the GS650 that had been parked up in the basement of my office for years. A mate wanted one to do up as it was the bike he had when he first met the woman he was to marry (ah, bless). Hadn't been run for at least 20 years. Managed to find out that it could be purchased for the price of a donation to charity (£50). Mate restored it and it looked brand new. I'll try to find the after photos, but this is what it was like before I took it. IMGP0032(1).jpgCan you find me one for £50 quid too? Jerzy Woking 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerzy Woking Posted February 1, 2018 Share Posted February 1, 2018 Although you can find cars around for £50, the days of £50 bikes are long since gone. Not even seen incomplete basket cases for less than double that now. Sign'O the Times. Barry Cade and Fabergé Greggs 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hairnet Posted February 1, 2018 Share Posted February 1, 2018 not been out on the bike for nearly a week had temp of 35C apparently thats not good and the weathers been sunnier than a daytime tv presenter (fuk me daytime telly is shite) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DodgeRover Posted February 1, 2018 Share Posted February 1, 2018 not been out on the bike for nearly a week had temp of 35C apparently thats not good and the weathers been sunnier than a daytime tv presenter (fuk me daytime telly is shite)Are you in NZ? I had a friend telling me it had hit 46 degrees and humid... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hairnet Posted February 1, 2018 Share Posted February 1, 2018 No that's my temp not the country DodgeRover 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arthur Foxhake Posted February 1, 2018 Share Posted February 1, 2018 First time out with my CR125 is booked for Sunday.Still not really ridden it apart from a brief blat across a field where i bought it from.Going to Weedon track. More of an old skool scrambler track really, no proper big jumps but what i need after nearly a year of not riding MX at all and learning a new bike.Can't wait. Jerzy Woking and Exiled_Tat_Gatherer 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
83C Posted February 1, 2018 Share Posted February 1, 2018 Although you can find cars around for £50, the days of £50 bikes are long since gone. Not even seen incomplete basket cases for less than double that now. Sign'O the Times.Lucky to find anything running for less than £250, add another £100 if you want anything with a current ticket. Only exception is the occasional battered to fuck Chinese ped but the chances of it being fit to use are slim. That said, shedloads of choice in the £500-1000 bracket. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave_Q Posted February 10, 2018 Share Posted February 10, 2018 Just found this on my regular trawl of bottom of the market 2 wheeled shite. https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.co.uk%2Fulk%2Fitm%2F112804298177 I initially thought that "Gilera Ultimate Weapon" was the model name and this was a new and interesting kind of rank ped I'd not heard of before. Actually, its an SKP, so I guess Ultimate Weapon must just be the sellers description. strangeangel 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John F Posted February 10, 2018 Share Posted February 10, 2018 drum, on 30 Jan 2018 - 7:08 PM, said:I stripped the carbs of the '83 GS650GT to clean them up.The bike has been off the road since 1990 and the carbs were in a Lidl bag, so it shouldn't have come as a surprise to find someone had been in there before me.A float bowl screw missing and a float needle valve gone. One of the diaphragms has come away from the slide. Can that be repaired? A replacement slide and diaphragm is £80! Does anyone know if carbs off a different model would do? Maybe a katana?20180129_213731.jpg Kat carbs should fit, the engines are essentially identical apart from cams & an oil cooler. Barry Cade and drum 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lisbon_road Posted February 10, 2018 Share Posted February 10, 2018 Just come back from a trip to China. Where I was, I did not see a single petrol two wheeler. All were electric, every single one. No idea about quality, but plenty seemed to be moving. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lisbon_road Posted February 10, 2018 Share Posted February 10, 2018 Just come back from a trip to China. Where I was, I did not see a single petrol two wheeler. All were electric, every single one. No idea about quality, but plenty seemed to be moving. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John F Posted February 10, 2018 Share Posted February 10, 2018 IIRC motorised bikes are banned from a lot of cities in China. There'll be loads in smaller towns & out in the countryside though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UltraWomble Posted February 10, 2018 Share Posted February 10, 2018 I guess Ultimate Weapon must just be the sellers description. A description of the sellerFTFY strangeangel and Dave_Q 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strangeangel Posted February 10, 2018 Share Posted February 10, 2018 Just found this on my regular trawl of bottom of the market 2 wheeled shite. https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.co.uk%2Fulk%2Fitm%2F112804298177 I initially thought that "Gilera Ultimate Weapon" was the model name and this was a new and interesting kind of rank ped I'd not heard of before. Actually, its an SKP, so I guess Ultimate Weapon must just be the sellers description. You should buy it and paint that on the side. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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