The Bikeshite Thread

[Cavcraft]

8 hours ago, andyberg said:

My 125 was a KH, but the one before this style like below. Had a wonderful cable disc! I liked them because everyone else didn’t 😀 I didn’t see the need for an RD or RG. I would have another. 

My first proper bike was a blue (1978) KH125. It felt like an absolute rocket (once I put the right plug in it) compared to the C70 it replaced. Some of my fondest biking memories were made on that thing, it was a brilliant bike.

[Cavcraft]

Actually got round to fitting the new clutch cable to the SS, today. The old one was so knackered, it sort of jammed the clutch in a position where it stopped the bike sparking. It sounded like a load of bollocks, tbh, but the geezer who suggested it was spot on. 

Anyhow, after putting the tank back on and realising I'd not routed the  able under it, it was whizzed off again and righted. It's sparking well, but wouldn't quite go, so drained the bottom of the carb (twice) then sprayed some brake cleaner into the plug hole and it fired up!

Took the carb off for a good bath and the tank looks manky inside, so I'll have to clean that out.

[UltraWomble]

This happened about half an hour ago thanks to @bub2006 transport services...

 

[Cavcraft]

Ooh, well bought, sir.

[bub2006]

Thanks for the business. Always happy to help if I can. 

[twosmoke300]

I’ve had my KE175 ( the red one in its working clothes ) for 29yrs and in regular use . Took it for a 90 mile on and off road ride this week .

The yellow one I rebuilt in lockdown and sold , saw it at the NEC today . Was offered to be able to buy it back too .

[twosmoke300]

I didn’t put the horrible bar guards on the yellow one btw

 

[Cavcraft]

Are you buying it back? It does look ace.

[andyberg]

On 08/11/2024 at 06:30, UltraWomble said:

This happened about half an hour ago thanks to @bub2006 transport services...

 

The best looking version of the tiger, well bought. 

[twosmoke300]

28 minutes ago, Cavcraft said:

Are you buying it back? It does look ace.

Not sure yet . I mean I don’t NEED it but 😂

[Cavcraft]

That sounds like a posh way of saying yes.

[twosmoke300]

1 hour ago, Cavcraft said:

That sounds like a posh way of saying yes.

Yeh dead posh me !

[Rustybullethole]

On 09/11/2024 at 11:54, twosmoke300 said:

I didn’t put the horrible bar guards on the yellow one btw

 

good 😊 

[Rustybullethole]

Much more of a fight getting these on than ive had in ages.. 

Not sure why to be fair must just be one of those weekends as yesterday I had a war with the Berlingo exhaust. 

Oh and finally replaced that shite 4mm allen bolt in the sprocket cover I'd been meaning to sort before it rounded off. 

Yeah.

[Cavcraft]

Another pissing awful Chinese scooter was purchased the other day.

Note how someone carefully* used 87 square feet of plastic ringer binder covers and fifteen miles of Meccano to make a lovely* new battery cover. It actually started first go using the boost pack, it just jacked in again immediately as there's no battery.

In other news, I found a manifold on my old C90 engine, so that's going to get used on the SS50 and I'll probably stick a 90 carb on it, too. 

[andyberg]

35 minutes ago, Cavcraft said:

Another pissing awful Chinese scooter was purchased the other day.

Note how someone carefully* used 87 square feet of plastic ringer binder covers and fifteen miles of Meccano to make a lovely* new battery cover. It actually started first go using the boost pack, it just jacked in again immediately as there's no battery.

In other news, I found a manifold on my old C90 engine, so that's going to get used on the SS50 and I'll probably stick a 90 carb on it, too. 

Don't even think about bleeding the brakes, it's f*cking impossible.. ask me how I know 🤬🤬

[Rustybullethole]

[andyberg]

In China right now. Most smoll motorbikes have these umbrellas on them! An answer to our wet weather riding 😂😂

[UltraWomble]

And then a week after the Tiger happened (which sadly is poorly and wont run/idle properly) this happened:

The rear rack, seat cover & gold GT stickers are going in the sea. But aside from that it should do very nicely thank you to commute to Preston nick on rather than the 50cc Revival.

2020 Royal Alloy GT125. 3K miles and 12 mths MOT for £1400.

[UltraWomble]

4 minutes ago, 83C said:

Sorry to hear this, it was running ok. Might be worth whipping the plugs out for a clean, the bike has seen virtually no use for a while.

Im getting it collected by a local mechanic chap as Im a mechanical numpty, I whipped the tank off which was as much as an ordeal as I wanted to get involved in, to empty it out and then connect fresh fuel up. Ran a lot worse after I did that !
Dont worry too much its a 20 year old bike, its bound to have the odd issue.
Have you processed the log book do you know?

[hairnet]

air leak maybe

shit fuel probably

loose plug maybe (its efi)

can i come and lick it - never hada go on a triple

 

[Barry Cade]

I had the tank off my tiger for a service a few weeks back,  dislodged the pipe for the map sensor.. it wouldn't idle or start properly.. maybe something similar?

[andyberg]

I just got back from China, now in Hong Kong for a few more days, just thought I had to mention this. Electric scooters/bikes are everywhere! I mean hundreds of the buggers, and they don’t hang about either. Went to a massive shopping centre and this was the parking outside. I found a smoll shop selling the things, bear in mind it’s about 10 yuan to a pound. 

[Cavcraft]

I can't add a video for some reason, but finished carefully* cleaning the SS50 petrol tank out, by scraping what I could get to, putting a few nuts and bolts and an old spark plug in, re-fitting the petrol cap and shaking the life out of the tank. Got everything out, flushed it with clean fuel and refitted the newly cleaned carb. Arse biscuits, the sodding thing leaked so it needs to come off again. I couldn't get the carb back onto the air box (rock hard 50 year old plastic) but as the carb has to come off again anyway, it's no biggie for now. The throttle cable doesn't return either, so probs needs a new one. Oh, did try a C90 carb manifold as people had suggested, but it didn't fit so put the original back on.

Anyhow, a good few kicks later, it sprang into life. It ran for a short while and revved, but bogged out again. Could well be related to the air box pipe not  being connected. I'm happy enough for now though and have enjoyed the little bits I've done to it over the handful of years I've had it.

[Cavcraft]

On 15/11/2024 at 17:41, UltraWomble said:

And then a week after the Tiger happened (which sadly is poorly and wont run/idle properly) this happened:

The rear rack, seat cover & gold GT stickers are going in the sea. But aside from that it should do very nicely thank you to commute to Preston nick on rather than the 50cc Revival.

2020 Royal Alloy GT125. 3K miles and 12 mths MOT for £1400.

Ooh, love it!  One of my mates uses his RA 300 daily and has done about 11,000 miles on it in 18 months, or something.  The fly screen will save you from a lot of rain and shit. They're a reliable and pretty comfortable  ride, go well and ride well. I'd imagine the tyres have been replaced by now, the originals corner ok but I've found can be a bit twitchy on grids and white lines. 

 

Ps: if you get the chance, go on a ride out with whoever your local scooter group is. It's a great laugh when there's a few of you.

[castros_bro]

Anyone got experience of Royal Enfield  EFI  systems?

[Rustybullethole]

1 hour ago, castros_bro said:

Anyone got experience of Royal Enfield  EFI  systems?

Well i've got one. Cant say i know much about it though. What you need boss? 

[castros_bro]

29 minutes ago, Rustybullethole said:

Well i've got one. Cant say i know much about it though. What you need boss? 

Someone in the smog of Delhi for a couple of days is looking at Enfields for me and the EFI ones seem to be available BUT I don't know anything about them nor anyone who does. My local Enfield shop (Richardsons of Ripley) has closed - the selfish baaastards.

[UltraWomble]

On 17/11/2024 at 13:29, andyberg said:

I just got back from China, now in Hong Kong for a few more days, just thought I had to mention this. Electric scooters/bikes are everywhere! I mean hundreds of the buggers, and they don’t hang about either. Went to a massive shopping centre and this was the parking outside. I found a smoll shop selling the things, bear in mind it’s about 10 yuan to a pound. 

 

 

Why the hell cant they sell things even approaching this cheap over here?

Tell Starmer to load a container up and bring some back from China.

[andyberg]

2 hours ago, UltraWomble said:

Why the hell cant they sell things even approaching this cheap over here?

Tell Starmer to load a container up and bring some back from China.

Pretty much everything is cheap over there. 500ml genuine coke,30p. A 2 litre bottle of the same 65p. A Big Mac meal £3.20. Me and my wife had an all you can eat buffet with indoor bbq and hot  pot, so three types of meal, the food choice was amazing and beer was included….£10 each!!!

When we retire there I am definitely getting one of those scooters 😁