jonathan_dyane Posted September 19, 2022 Posted September 19, 2022 How did the Skoda tow? Did the light front end make for any handling difficulties?
paulplom Posted September 19, 2022 Posted September 19, 2022 My nickname at school was Jawa. No idea why when I looked like fucking Yoda. Thick cunts.
Jenson Velcro Posted September 19, 2022 Posted September 19, 2022 Did you smoke a lot? CreepingJesus 1
DodgyBastard Posted September 19, 2022 Author Posted September 19, 2022 2 hours ago, jonathan_dyane said: How did the Skoda tow? Did the light front end make for any handling difficulties? The Skoda rolls very easily so didn't seem to affect the handling at all. It was a lot less wobbly than towing the 305. jonathan_dyane and mk2_craig 2
bear-in-the-air Posted September 19, 2022 Posted September 19, 2022 What's the contraption you're towing it with? Some form of A frame that ties on to the underside?
DodgyBastard Posted September 19, 2022 Author Posted September 19, 2022 3 hours ago, bear-in-the-air said: What's the contraption you're towing it with? Some form of A frame that ties on to the underside? It's an A-frame. The arms butt up against the front wishbones with a chain wrapping around them going back towards the A-frame which is ratcheted into place. Only available to dodgy bastards. paulplom and bear-in-the-air 2
DodgyBastard Posted September 20, 2022 Author Posted September 20, 2022 And we have a fresh MOT on the pilot! Only took 5 months to sort it out... wuvvum, yes oui si, mercedade and 26 others 29
Split_Pin Posted September 21, 2022 Posted September 21, 2022 Nice one man, that was a bit of a marathon.
DodgyBastard Posted September 22, 2022 Author Posted September 22, 2022 New steed purchased! AnnoyingPentium, Coprolalia, sdkrc and 1 other 4
GMcD Posted September 22, 2022 Posted September 22, 2022 On 20/09/2022 at 15:05, DodgyBastard said: And we have a fresh MOT on the pilot! Only took 5 months to sort it out... Wow, superb effort! DodgyBastard 1
DodgyBastard Posted September 23, 2022 Author Posted September 23, 2022 Yes, another top quality vehicle purchased. Honda vision 80cc, I think we should race it against the Yamaha v80. LightBulbFun, Mally, Rustybullethole and 6 others 9
paulplom Posted September 23, 2022 Posted September 23, 2022 Would you be interested in my son's 1986 honda vision 50cc?
DodgyBastard Posted September 23, 2022 Author Posted September 23, 2022 17 hours ago, paulplom said: Would you be interested in my son's 1986 honda vision 50cc? I should probably hold off buying any more scooters until I've sold the ones I have. paulplom 1
DodgyBastard Posted September 23, 2022 Author Posted September 23, 2022 rainagain, DVee8 and Split_Pin 3
Rustybullethole Posted September 24, 2022 Posted September 24, 2022 On 9/23/2022 at 7:41 AM, DodgyBastard said: Yes, another top quality vehicle purchased. Honda vision 80cc, I think we should race it against the Yamaha v80. Front carry basket is such a good idea on a bike. So much easier to see if you’re shits fallen off. Amount of time I’ve spent reaching/looking back to check a admittedly badly secured load.
wuvvum Posted September 24, 2022 Posted September 24, 2022 On 9/23/2022 at 7:41 AM, DodgyBastard said: Yes, another top quality vehicle purchased. Honda vision 80cc, I think we should race it against the Yamaha v80. I had one of those. It wasn't fast - I'm not surprised the V80 left it for dead. It'd barely do 40. I had the 125 version later - that'd just about scrape 50 but the acceleration was a lot better.
DodgyBastard Posted September 28, 2022 Author Posted September 28, 2022 After Sunday's shite in the park we went to see a BX I'd enquired about over the weekend. I didn't end up buying it but Ged did and I drove it back to the unit. It seems to go well enough although I was scared to drive it too hard as it had been off the road for a while and fuel gauge was either at zero or inoperative. It goes up and down fine too. It's had a wee bump on the rear corner but damage looks superficial. timolloyd, Schaefft, Popsicle and 29 others 32
DodgyBastard Posted September 29, 2022 Author Posted September 29, 2022 Oh dear... Jenson Velcro, RayMK, CreepingJesus and 3 others 5 1
wuvvum Posted September 30, 2022 Posted September 30, 2022 TBH I would have expected a bit more than that from the Jawa with a SHA and an expansion exhaust.
DodgyBastard Posted September 30, 2022 Author Posted September 30, 2022 2 hours ago, wuvvum said: TBH I would have expected a bit more than that from the Jawa with a SHA and an expansion exhaust. I might stick the original exhaust on and see if it's any better.
captain_70s Posted September 30, 2022 Posted September 30, 2022 That silver Honda that looks like it was found in the sea is quality.
DodgyBastard Posted October 2, 2022 Author Posted October 2, 2022 Potential new shitter incoming! Left a note on a local acclaim and they've just got back to me about it. I can't remember the reg number but know it's silver and could possibly be this one seen at a local show 10 years ago. After pissing around with the brown honda Camino and realising how awful the jawa is I decided to raffle the jawa off at £1 a go over on FB and keep the Camino. I raffled off the vision 80cc yesterday for £550 so need to make £350 from the jawa to break even. The blue Camino just wouldn't run, I removed the side casing and discovered the flywheel wouldn't turn. I tried removing the cylinder, one of the bolts sheared off and I had to hammer fuck out of the piston as it was seized in the cylinder. 70cc big bore kits are available so thinking I might fit one of those if I can remove the broken stud. Not quite sure whether to get rid of this one or not. stuboy, Split_Pin and rainagain 3
Dick Cheeseburger Posted October 2, 2022 Posted October 2, 2022 10 minutes ago, DodgyBastard said: Potential new shitter incoming! Left a note on a local acclaim and they've just got back to me about it. I can't remember the reg number but know it's silver and could possibly be this one seen at a local show 10 years ago. After pissing around with the brown honda Camino and realising how awful the jawa is I decided to raffle the jawa off at £1 a go over on FB and keep the Camino. I raffled off the vision 80cc yesterday for £550 so need to make £350 from the jawa to break even. The blue Camino just wouldn't run, I removed the side casing and discovered the flywheel wouldn't turn. I tried removing the cylinder, one of the bolts sheared off and I had to hammer fuck out of the piston as it was seized in the cylinder. 70cc big bore kits are available so thinking I might fit one of those if I can remove the broken stud. Not quite sure whether to get rid of this one or not. Acclaim on a W plate? I drove an A plate a couple of times in the mid 90s and have seen a few Y plates over the years. W must surely be the earliest left? mk2_craig 1
seacow Posted October 3, 2022 Posted October 3, 2022 Love the acclaim interested to see that. It’s not long since you had one before is it? Couple of years?
DodgyBastard Posted October 3, 2022 Author Posted October 3, 2022 I went to see it tonight, some frilly looking bits around the rear arches and bootlid. Battery was dead, tried jumping it but wouldn't start so just transporting it tomorrow. It was in regular use until the owner gave up driving due to dementia, MOT expired in 2021 so hoping with some fresh fuel and a charged battery it'll go again. It has a bunch of paperwork and has done 34k miles. I may well have paid over the odds for it at £700 but maybe not if I can get it going easily and register it historic... timolloyd, oldcars, Alusilber and 7 others 10
Alusilber Posted October 4, 2022 Posted October 4, 2022 I wouldn’t say £700 was over the odds, I know of one that went for £2600 at auction 5 years ago (was pretty minty though).
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