strangeangel Posted April 5, 2017 Share Posted April 5, 2017 Was it an Avon per chance? Got sick of sending those back. Nah, it was a Michelin City Grip. Got a crack in it about half-way up the side wall one day, about six inches long Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hairnet Posted April 5, 2017 Share Posted April 5, 2017 http://www.trademe.co.nz/motors/motorbikes/motorbikes/scooters/auction-1217428112.htm y tho i look at this im in a whole heap of trouble now Cavcraft and UltraWomble 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackboilersuit Posted April 9, 2017 Share Posted April 9, 2017 More bike buyage this weekend though not really autoshite as it's in uncharacteristically (for me) good condition.Electric start XR250 which is a rare old beastie. 2003 model which by my bike buying standards is so new it's almost from the future. Quite taken by it so I think the XR650's days are numbered, I'm still sulking after it broke my leg last year. For now it's been dumped in the shed and will probably be rebuilt/repaired over the winter in time to be sold this time next year. Now sitting at 1 car and 7 bikes so things are getting just a bit silly! CreepingJesus, Cavcraft, garethj and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hairnet Posted April 9, 2017 Share Posted April 9, 2017 did dis Cavcraft 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fat_Pirate Posted April 9, 2017 Share Posted April 9, 2017 Bent CBR is fixed! It was indeed a twisted bottom yoke, a £20 used one from eBay has seen it back on the road this weekend. I don't like it though... my other bike do everything better. In other news, I am sorely tempted by a Van Van 200. Look how cute it is! It's only a smidge faster than the hopeless 125 version though, and it's £4K on the road. blackboilersuit, Dave_Q and Tamworthbay 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave_Q Posted April 9, 2017 Share Posted April 9, 2017 I've finally got round to pulling the engine out of my Vespa to fit the kit & exhaust. My new piston kit didn't come with a gudgeon pin, and the one from the 125 piston looks too short. Is it OK to use it or do I need to get the right one? Nowhere seems to sell them separately except SIP scootershop who have a £40 minimum order. The old one is about 2mm too short. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DodgeRover Posted April 9, 2017 Share Posted April 9, 2017 Should be fine as long as the circlips are in place, it shouldn't move about when running anyway Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pbottomley Posted April 10, 2017 Share Posted April 10, 2017 30 miles in the Shropshire countryside, in the sun only one breadown, crap in the carburattor which thanks to my mate was duly cleaned out.Happy as can be. Bike running okay hit max speed at one point an earth shattering 31mph (which on this bike is no mean feat and feels more like 131 mph).Nicks bike (the blue one) runs faster still, time for polishing the ports I think...... The orange beast is mine, both cooling down after a dual carriageway session Cleon-Fonte, Jerzy Woking, Six-cylinder and 8 others 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
castros_bro Posted April 11, 2017 Share Posted April 11, 2017 ****Put your own comment here**** http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Aprilia-RSV-Turbo-Nitrous-Drag-bike-road-legal/142341826439?_trksid=p2047675.c100009.m1982&_trkparms=aid%3D888007%26algo%3DDISC.MBE%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D42846%26meid%3D4e6e10fdc207493abf180bc155d0177d%26pid%3D100009%26rk%3D2%26rkt%3D2%26sd%3D282409502080 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Hooli Posted April 11, 2017 Share Posted April 11, 2017 Found out why my clutch was slipping when cold, the slave cylinder was slightly* clogged After cleaning Maybe it needs cleaning out more than once every 16 years, or 109k? somewhatfoolish, Jerzy Woking, strangeangel and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PiperCub Posted April 11, 2017 Share Posted April 11, 2017 IMG_1347.JPG More bike buyage this weekend though not really autoshite as it's in uncharacteristically (for me) good condition.Electric start XR250 which is a rare old beastie. 2003 model which by my bike buying standards is so new it's almost from the future. Quite taken by it so I think the XR650's days are numbered, I'm still sulking after it broke my leg last year. For now it's been dumped in the shed and will probably be rebuilt/repaired over the winter in time to be sold this time next year. Now sitting at 1 car and 7 bikes so things are getting just a bit silly! Ah, I had a grey import '92 XR/XLR250 about ten years ago, looked pretty much the same as yours (albeit, your's looks shinier!) but mine was kick not electric start. Also, the headlamp looks the same, if it is, it's utterly useless! Really liked my XR, great town bike with enough grunt for the open road (not really m/ways tho'), I'm not an off-roader so never did worse than gravelly/muddy tracks. Very nice and simple, cheap to run & easy to work on too. Wouldn't mind another. UltraWomble and blackboilersuit 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy18s Posted April 11, 2017 Share Posted April 11, 2017 ****Put your own comment here**** http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Aprilia-RSV-Turbo-Nitrous-Drag-bike-road-legal/142341826439?_trksid=p2047675.c100009.m1982&_trkparms=aid%3D888007%26algo%3DDISC.MBE%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D42846%26meid%3D4e6e10fdc207493abf180bc155d0177d%26pid%3D100009%26rk%3D2%26rkt%3D2%26sd%3D282409502080 Hmmmmm...I'd always understood that nitrous or forced induction was a Bad thing on a v-twin... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerzy Woking Posted April 15, 2017 Share Posted April 15, 2017 I.ve come to the decision that I need another sportsbike in my life, just for fun. Most of my bikes are old, or shite, or have 70,000 miles on them. The Harley will be going as I find it really uncomfortable to ride. So my target is one of these: Ticks all the boxes-v-twin, its not a Ducati, its different looking. My mate runs a KTM dealership not far from me and says they have no major faults, that spares are available, and servicing isn't expensive compared to Fireblades, GSX-R's etc. The only issue I've come across is that there aren't that many for sale. Fat_Pirate, Cavcraft, blackboilersuit and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garbaldy Posted April 16, 2017 Share Posted April 16, 2017 If anyone is fancying collecting some points a friend is selling a 2006 full faired SV1000 in dark blue with around 30k on it, he has it advertised at 29 hunna but would obviously be open to offers as he's put a deposit on his new one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plasticvandan Posted April 17, 2017 Share Posted April 17, 2017 Very lucky and excited to have been gifted a set of incredibly hard to find sidecar fittings for my MZ, just need to find a lightweight chair for reasonable money now! Jerzy Woking 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barry Cade Posted April 17, 2017 Share Posted April 17, 2017 Very lucky and excited to have been gifted a set of incredibly hard to find sidecar fittings for my MZ, just need to find a lightweight chair for reasonable money now! Jerzy Woking, Eddie Honda, Fat_Pirate and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DodgeRover Posted April 17, 2017 Share Posted April 17, 2017 That's all there is. It's a sidewinder built so you could ride an RD350YPVS on L plates at 17.There is no chair... Eddie Honda 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eddie Honda Posted April 17, 2017 Share Posted April 17, 2017 The tilting shower tray. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
somewhatfoolish Posted April 17, 2017 Share Posted April 17, 2017 Sidewinders, strictly for those tired of life outside a High Dependency Ward. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cavcraft Posted April 17, 2017 Share Posted April 17, 2017 That KTM thing is mega fit. Jerzy Woking 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eddie Honda Posted April 17, 2017 Share Posted April 17, 2017 Was there not some other "125 learner law dodge" shite for blanking off a cylinder on a 250 or am I just imagining that and making pish up now? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerzy Woking Posted April 17, 2017 Share Posted April 17, 2017 Was there not some other "125 learner law dodge" shite for blanking off a cylinder on a 250 or am I just imagining that and making pish up now? Think I heard something like that, think it was an LC or X7 with one barrel,head and rod removed and a blanking plate fixed over the crankcase, but I may well be wrong.. I passed my test in 1976 on a Honda SS50 moped. I removed all the pedal assembly (did you ever try to pedal an SS50, or a Fizzie, or an AP50, etc.? Ridiculous) and bolted on a set of footrests from a C50 (same engine casings) so it was a motorbike. Went out and bought a Honda Goldwing the next day (OBJ 383P where are you?). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Hooli Posted April 17, 2017 Share Posted April 17, 2017 Very lucky and excited to have been gifted a set of incredibly hard to find sidecar fittings for my MZ, just need to find a lightweight chair for reasonable money now! There was a MZ at Squires today, I've never seen so much smoke from an engine without something metal coming out the block just afterwards. Eddie Honda and plasticvandan 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DodgeRover Posted April 17, 2017 Share Posted April 17, 2017 Was there not some other "125 learner law dodge" shite for blanking off a cylinder on a 250 or am I just imagining that and making pish up now?Yep you could get a kit for the 250 superdream which was basically a piston with a hole in it and some blanking plugs...Superdream all the weight of a 400 all the performance of a 125 as standard.. Eddie Honda 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hairnet Posted April 17, 2017 Share Posted April 17, 2017 portstewart arse end of mayo ' you made me come up here??' Jerzy Woking 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John F Posted April 18, 2017 Share Posted April 18, 2017 I'm slimming down the car fleet to concentrate on my bikes again. The first job was to exhume the CBX750F and mend the wiring fault in the sidelights circuit, which meant that there was no power to the rear light cluster... the bike had been stolen / recovered at some point in its past, the previous owner had repaired* the ignition switch and installed about a mile of cable to 'bypass' the fault, although this 'repair' had not proved to be durable in the long term. I ripped out the non-standard cables and traced the fault to the brown wire for the sidelights circuit having been neglected during previous owner's attempt at mending the ignition switch. Now sorted Pic of the bike: doug, Jerzy Woking, andy18s and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DodgeRover Posted April 18, 2017 Share Posted April 18, 2017 I always thought they were a good looking bike for the time John F 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daveb47 Posted April 18, 2017 Share Posted April 18, 2017 Son has just bought this monster,all 1800cc of it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eddie Honda Posted April 18, 2017 Share Posted April 18, 2017 Son has just bought this monster,all 1800cc of itIts wider that it is tall! (For the first pic ) Eric's been on the blower and he's not happy: "Suzuki? A Monster? The only real monster Monster is the Ducati! Now where's my monster fee?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John F Posted April 19, 2017 Share Posted April 19, 2017 As I mentioned in my separate "Insurance premium increase" thread, I've just managed to get a year's fully comp insurance on the CBX750F for £40.34, WITH cover for other bikes if they're more than 20 years old Barry Cade 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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