The Bikeshite Thread

[Arthur Foxhake]

Current high bidder on a shonky Honda NC50 express.

I would like to win it. I'm fucked off massively with this Atala. It's electrics are toast and pretty much unobtainable.

Looks nice though.

 

Edit. Lost it by a fiver. Keep looking...

Anyone with a Puch or Tomos engine and electrical system for sale?

[Six-cylinder]

Current high bidder on a shonky Honda NC50 express.

I would like to win it. I'm fucked off massively with this Atala. It's electrics are toast and pretty much unobtainable.

Looks nice though.

 

Edit. Lost it by a fiver. Keep looking...

Anyone with a Puch or Tomos engine and electrical system for sale?

 

I am astounded by the price of shonky mopeds and when my field bike died I thought I would just get another for pennies. Not a chance, my Honda Vision is now under repair.

[bangernomics]

Soon I should have a garage for working on bikes, I'm very tempted to find an older machine of some sort to get back into the art of pulling things to bits and reassembling them. Something simple, and crucially, cheap.

 

Any suggestions?

Older gen cbf 5/600 cheap and resilient

 

 

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[hairnet]

Murrica happened

 

Already seen a hd advert

 

Got lost ended up at Fenway park

 

Hotel now

 

No tea tho

[New POD]

Soon I should have a garage for working on bikes, I'm very tempted to find an older machine of some sort to get back into the art of pulling things to bits and reassembling them. Something simple, and crucially, cheap.

 

Any suggestions?

2 STOKE gamma or tz

[Jerzy Woking]

Agreed-cheap second hand bikes (unlike cheap cars) are very rare, obtained only by word of mouth or luck.

 

Both my Aprilia RS250 and Cagiva Mito have rocketed in price-i could sell (sell, not just advertise) my RS250 for 50% more than I paid for it 13 months ago.

 

Yesterday I picked up my very first (probably not last) electric two wheeler, a Lifan Eco scooter. Unloaded it from the can this morning and took it for a test run (not as far as i wanted, but bit busy today) and it held an indicated 64kph using the cruise control (speed courtesy of the updated controller fitted by the Spanish importer). Range isn't great at 30 miles, but never did 30 miles on my 50cc scooters, and this whips the Arse of any four stroke 50cc scooter.

 

And it's the near enough the same shade of orange as my KTM RC8.

[Jerzy Woking]

Agreed-cheap second hand bikes (unlike cheap cars) are very rare, obtained only by word of mouth or luck.

 

Both my Aprilia RS250 and Cagiva Mito have rocketed in price-i could sell (sell, not just advertise) my RS250 for 50% more than I paid for it 13 months ago.

 

Yesterday I picked up my very first (probably not last) electric two wheeler, a Lifan Eco scooter. Unloaded it from the can this morning and took it for a test run (not as far as i wanted, but bit busy today) and it held an indicated 64kph using the cruise control (speed courtesy of the updated controller fitted by the Spanish importer). Range isn't great at 30 miles, but never did 30 miles on my 50cc scooters, and this whips the Arse of any four stroke 50cc scooter.

 

And it's the near enough the same shade of orange as my KTM RC8.

[LostnotFound]

those who didn’t have them and still hanker after the experience.

I'm sure your right it's a two way pincer movement. With the new laws meaning 17 year olds are stuck on 125s for two years you can see why they'd look to interesting stuff from the past when you look at the dull l plate stuff available today.

[twosmoke300]

Perhaps I shouldn’t say that my minty thundercat was £350 then

[Jazoli]

Perhaps I shouldn’t say that my minty thundercat was £350 then

Can you find me one please, cheap bikes are no longer easy to find, I have a new one in the garage but I'm bored and fancy something else that I don't have to worry about breaking/scratching.

[twosmoke300]

Only paid £150 for the Versys too ! Did have a dropped valve mind

[5speedracer]

Running in the Interceptor, sunny but a bit chilly. B roads are it's natural home.

 

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[Jazoli]

I took the MT09SP for a tour round the local bike dealers today, it's going, I have never gelled with it, it has a great engine (in fact probably the best engine out of all the bikes I have ridden and owned subjectively), but its poor handling at 7/10ths and above and the harsh front end combined with zero wind protection and annoying switchgear means something green and sensible has been acquired, it's cost me a few quid to change but I didn't fancy another 2 years of riding the fucking thing, pics to be added when I collect next Sat

[Jerzy Woking]

We had an MT09 on test at work. Despite all the good reviews, I fucking hated it, and a couple of my colleagues were not that impressed either. We got a Honda CBF1000 which I didn't mind, but would not buy with my own money.

 

Look forward to seeing what you are replacing it with.

[Fat_Pirate]

I took the MT09SP for a tour round the local bike dealers today, it's going, I have never gelled with it, it has a great engine (in fact probably the best engine out of all the bikes I have ridden and owned subjectively), but its poor handling at 7/10ths and above and the harsh front end combined with zero wind protection and annoying switchgear means something green and sensible has been acquired, it's cost me a few quid to change but I didn't fancy another 2 years of riding the fucking thing, pics to be added when I collect next Sat

Green and sensible?  Z1000 SX perhaps?  

[Jazoli]

We had an MT09 on test at work. Despite all the good reviews, I fucking hated it, and a couple of my colleagues were not that impressed either. We got a Honda CBF1000 which I didn't mind, but would not buy with my own money.

 

Look forward to seeing what you are replacing it with.

 

I really enjoyed the test ride on a standard MT09, but it was wet so I didn't get chance to push on a bit, the SP was only £900 more and for that I got ohlins and special paint and blue wheels, but the bike is not as good as it should be, a standard street triple is a better bike, and I test rode one of them too but the Yam had the better engine, typically it was the only thing that was better, I'd gotten to the point where I really didn't like riding it as every single bump from the front was transmitted directly to my wrists and arms and I wasn't prepared to spend another £1k sorting the front end out on a bike I didn't own, combined with the total inability to cruise at 80mph on a motorway without giving me a migraine despite me spending over £250 on several different screens, still at least its only cost me £1/mile........

 

new one has a screen and luggage and an IMU with cornering abs and all that shizz, can't wait!

 

 

 

Green and sensible?  Z1000 SX perhaps?  

 

Bingo!

 

[Jerzy Woking]

We had a couple of those at work - far nicer than the previous model they replaced (the pannier frames were laughable), although I was always looking for another gear at 50mph. But twist the throttle and it would take off like a scalded cat. May be with more riding time on it I'd have got used to that.

 

Enjoy.

[Jerzy Woking]

It's only just struck me that now I no longer work, I won't be able to ride loads of different bikes. The only way now is to buy them for myself.

[Jazoli]

It's only money, I've stopped counting, as long as the bills get paid.

[twosmoke300]

He who dies with the most toys - wins

 

Also see the rule of n+1

[Fat_Pirate]

Ooooh, I'm wanting a Z1000SX too to replace my VFR.  Can't decide if to go for an earlyish one (2012, still £5K+), or PCP one.  

[hairnet]

Back in yoorop

 

Wait till light then ride to Belfast where it'll be 4th mode of transport in 9 hours

[Jazoli]

Ooooh, I'm wanting a Z1000SX too to replace my VFR. Can't decide if to go for an earlyish one (2012, still £5K+), or PCP one.

Honestly I don't see the point in buying a used one, the new one is much better specced and cheap enough on a pcp, and with a 3 year warranty.

[hairnet]

Youse are all flash gits

[Eddie Honda]

Yeah, bunch of flash gits!

 

Got to 124982 when the clutch cable let go at the lever end leaving work on Friday morning.

 

Apart from one set of lights which didn't change quick enough, I managed to make it home without stopping even though I had to do a diversion through three sets of lights because of overnight roadworks closing my exit sliproad.

 

 

Will scramble about tomorrow morning getting the cable off and try and get a new inner shoved in. It'll be quicker than getting a complete cable.

[hairnet]

mine is on 51600 and original i think  - bike is only a 13 plate

 

i do have a spare that gets taken on trips cable gets lubed and greased regularly

[hairnet]

Yeah, bunch of flash gits!

 

 

id be all over a pcp but with a piss poor mileage limit (i can do that in one go) i havent

 

i know well the bike would be kept at the end of the pcp as it would be worth less than their gfv with the miles on it id do but still

 

lightly used second hand i think

[Jerzy Woking]

Looked at the prices of a Royal Enfield Himalayan out here in Spain. Exchange rate means I can get one, on the road with registration fee for £3998. Insurance for third party and theft (no fire, but who steals a burning bike?) is £160, which is for the bike, so any rider over 30 years old can ride it here. Took one out for an hour from the dealer near Murcia, and loved it.

 

 

Seeing as the speed limits have been lowered (and strictly enforced from what I've seen to date), and there are loads of back roads and tracks everywhere, and I will be here at least half of the year (unless *****) it seems best way to ride here without falling foul of import rules for British registered vehicles. And don't even mention metrication-extremely expensive thing to do on bikes.

[hairnet]

They're 3999 here enjoy

[Eddie Honda]

Will scramble about tomorrow morning getting the cable off and try and get a new inner shoved in. It'll be quicker than getting a complete cable.

So no scrambling done because lazy git. Ambled down to Cablecraft and got there after 12. No problem to do it, but it'd be ready 3pm. Went back home so Mrs H could use car to pick up Honda Jr 2. Then left early for work to do detour via Cablecraft.

 

 

10 yoyos and quicker than bending over at Joe Duffy Motorrad for a complete new one.