New toy

Marmalade · World Chat Champion Joined: 28 Apr 2009 Karma :

This was delivered yesterday.

Not the greatest start,back tyre was flat so had to put a new tube in it.
Today i start it and head off to fill up the tank, it wouldn't go over 40mph and was popping and dying. I thought a fresh tank of fuel might do it good after being stood a while.
After fill up it died at the light in town and while having a poke around I realised the choke has 3 positions and was still partially on Embarassed

Troy92 · Scooby Slapper Joined: 09 Oct 2012 Karma :

Nice, I got my hornet today, first big boy bike

P. · Red Rocket Joined: 14 Feb 2008 Karma :

XR250? Dem fork seals? Laughing

Looks like fun though, I wish I had a crosser right now Laughing

Marmalade · World Chat Champion Joined: 28 Apr 2009 Karma :

P. · Red Rocket Joined: 14 Feb 2008 Karma :

They just look non existent, never seen them buried in the forks before. Thumbs Up

Aff · World Chat Champion Joined: 05 May 2011 Karma :

Good to see you back on the bike Marm, is this the bike your planning to ride down the coast on?
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Rigga · World Chat Champion Joined: 29 Nov 2012 Karma :

Fork seals look ok?? Nice toy OP Cool

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Fowlersrs · World Chat Champion Joined: 30 Mar 2012 Karma :

Great fun that, just stripping back my gas gas 250 and putting new plastics on it, I love how simple they are and how robust seen as they take an absolute hammering!!

Ste · Not Work Safe Joined: 01 Sep 2002 Karma :

Excellent bike choice!! When on Salisbury Plain, you need to head towards Tidworth. The army have a tank range there which is great as long as the army aren't playing there. Mr. Green

The artillery ranges are useful for many mountain bike routes, the artillery ranges are large areas that dog walkers don't seem to use. But for dirt bikes the tank range is best.

Marmalade · World Chat Champion Joined: 28 Apr 2009 Karma :

-Matt- · World Chat Champion Joined: 28 Apr 2013 Karma :

Those road signs are priceless Laughing

Are all the areas you biked in for those pics officially legal to bike on by the way, i'm up in bristol and have always been wanting to get a bike for off roading but was led to believe virtually every where near here isn't technically legal besides the odd country lane that gets tractors hammering up and down it every 5 minutes Neutral

so never really bothered yet

Marmalade · World Chat Champion Joined: 28 Apr 2009 Karma :

-Matt- · World Chat Champion Joined: 28 Apr 2013 Karma :

Ah thats useful to know cheers, salisburys not all that far a field away for the odd weekend ride then.

Don't suppose theres any good websites or books you know of that have listings of good locations for off-roading. I have a few eastern european friends i envy greatly as they have pretty much free-roam of vast parts of their countries to go biking in how and when they please Mad

Be tempting to spice up the ride going in mid range practice at salisbury Laughing

dodging holes and artillery shells on a sunday afternoon

Ste · Not Work Safe Joined: 01 Sep 2002 Karma :

You need an OS Landranger map, they have the byways on them. Or you can look at online OS maps like https://maps.the-hug.net

-Matt- · World Chat Champion Joined: 28 Apr 2013 Karma :

Thanks mate Thumbs Up

Marmalade · World Chat Champion Joined: 28 Apr 2009 Karma :

-Matt- · World Chat Champion Joined: 28 Apr 2013 Karma :

Christ

Thought it was just the local cadets with a few pop-rifles bar the odd artillery training Laughing

Must get some good sleep Rolling Eyes

How often is the flag up would you say or hard to say the amount you go close to the area

Ste · Not Work Safe Joined: 01 Sep 2002 Karma :

The flags don't mean much. If the army are actually doing anything then they have people all around the edges of whatever area they're blowing up. If you get into the middle of some army exercise then the people round the edges get shouted at lots for not stopping you. Laughing

-Matt- · World Chat Champion Joined: 28 Apr 2013 Karma :

By which time you are in a sea of napalm Hurt

Marmalade · World Chat Champion Joined: 28 Apr 2009 Karma :

Ste · Not Work Safe Joined: 01 Sep 2002 Karma :

Camp on the plain and there are many helicopter things happening at night. Mr. Green

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Marmalade · World Chat Champion Joined: 28 Apr 2009 Karma :

This is another one of those WTF ebay bikes.

Comes with full mot the listing said. Listing ended on a weekend, i contacted and said courier would collect and take the cash with him and would be in touch.

Courier gets back in contact with me, bike isn't mot'd yet so he wouldn't be able to collect it the following week but the seller was going away for a week on Monday Shocked

Arranged instead to transfer cash to his account and courier collected it on the tues after seller left keys somewhere.

It gets to me thurs with a flat back tyre.
I'm wondering how a bike with a flat tyre got an mot on it but it has done 5 miles since ebay photos so maybe it's gone down since.

Turns out the inside of the wheel is so rusty it has fucked the tube, duct tape bodge later and it's sorted.
The mot has a couple of advisories, worn pivots on levers and no indicators fitted.
The play in the levers is minimal but the brake lever is obviously bent and the warped disc is obvious on applying the brake but neither of these are mentioned Confused

Today i've rewired the rear lights to get them working properly, stripped carb so it will start better and actually tickover, adjust tappets, grease everything, fit seat and tank properly.

Lever and mirrors ordered, on the look out for a wheel. I'm not hugely upset as I can do the jobs myself and it was cheap but not THAT cheap, some people would have been looking at a massive bill to sort the things out to get it right.

If buying a bike, get someone who knows what they are up to to go take a look at it, it might not be a lot but you could save yourself a £500 bill by taking a 100 mile drive to check out your new potential ride.
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-Matt- · World Chat Champion Joined: 28 Apr 2013 Karma :

Had similar problems with a suzuki sb200 i got last year to do up over winter.

Was from a fairly reputable dealer in cornwall that specialises in old bikes, but it had only just come to them and i took a chance on it and just paid inc delivery over the phone going by pics.

Unfortunantely the tank was rusted like the titanic, and took a sh-t load of work to get it to a useable standard again. Then was the engine paint - which from looking quite well done, in real life turned out to of been someone with a brush and what looks like a tin of radiator paint - which has done all the screws a lot of good Rolling Eyes

All up and running now though, a few troubles later Laughing

lesson learned

Eddie Hitler · World Chat Champion Joined: 05 Nov 2007 Karma :

My choice of bike should the apocalypse happen. Thumbs Up