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[moppy]

I think this may be off the scale

I was wondering why the bike felt so dodgy going over bumps and kept making horrible clattering noises. This would also explain why both wheels stay on the ground when it's up on the centre stand!

https://s16.postimg.org/db1z1v2vp/IMG_20140219_203538.jpg

https://s16.postimg.org/549zaact1/IMG_20140219_203546.jpg


free pic

I think that may well be the end of this bike. Unless I can score a very cheap Varadero 125 shock from someone off here!

[MC]

How much's one from a breakers? Sometimes you get lucky and if your quick one will come up on eBay for a good price. Eg: needed a replacement silencer (£300 new), one came up for £55, when they can go for up to £150ish.
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[Polarbear]

Jesus fcukin wept Moppy, I thought that was something on the underside of a 4x4 that's used for those off road driving experience days.

Haven't you heard of a jet wash
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[kawakid]

Hardly f...d, it's the joy of owning a vehicle.

If my shock/silencer whatever went, you have to deal with it.

I sold my stock shock for my Z750 , could have only gone for about £30 or £40, that was for a shock that had never seen rain and only done a couple of thou. Like the above poster says, have a look on ebay, if not get a Hagon or if you're loaded a Öhlins.

I once had blew an engine on a 2 year old car, now that's a f....d cost.
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[Howling TerrorOutOfOffice]

I can see why leaving it dirty can be helpful when fault finding.

'Oh look, I can see metal..that's strange'

or

'That crust on top of that crud is slightly darker..I may have an oil leak'
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[-Matt-]

You appear to of accidently uploaded pictures from the titanic

[1cyl]

Just work out what the unladen hole to hole should be and get a fully adjustable upgrade.
Job done.
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[moppy]

Re: the hideous state of the bike. I won't name any names, but I've only had this since December, before that it used to belong to a certain forum member here whose name began with P and ended with addy

To be fair, it's done more than 78K. Unless I can get a shock very (read: VERY) cheap, I don't think it's worth throwing much money at this. Just a shame since I recently put a brand new Motobatt, reg/rec and tyre on it.

[Fisty]

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Honda-Varadero-125-Rear-Shock-50mm-/261400778720?pt=UK_Motorcycle_Parts_13&hash=item3cdcb357e0
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[moppy]

[Acemastr]

Try taking care of it and it wouldn't be in this state...
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[Shaft]

[Fisty]

This guy is breaking a whole bike

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2003-honda-xl-125-xl125-HPI-CLEAR-frame-and-v5-varadero-breaking-parts-/141045543909?pt=UK_Motorcycle_Parts_13&hash=item20d6f833e5

So is this one

https://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/m.html?_odkw=&item=221349917588&pt=UK_Motorcycle_Parts_13&_osacat=0&hash=item33897bb394&_ssn=mjnbuzzardmotorcyclebreakers&_trksid=p2046732.m570.l1313.TR12.TRC2.A0.H0.Xxl&_nkw=xl&_sacat=0&_from=R40
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[_Iain_]

[Alex A]

That's quite exceptionally neglected

[Shaft]

[MC]

[alexknight200...]

Hi had the same happen to me on my xvs650.

The mono shock completley snapped. I was going to do a complete rebuild anyway so no biggy. Couldn't believe the price of a new shock though so did some hunting around.

I eventually got a load of parts from the U S of A, including the shock for the same price as just the shock from the UK.

Alex
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[Wonko The Sane]

I bought my vara for a mix of city and nsl, did a weekend razzing around the peaks on it and it was fine so you might find it does well as a commuter, should be able to find one being broken without too much since 125s get crashed all the time.

Could be worse, could have bought jive bunny's :p
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[0l0dom0l0]

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[nowhere.elysium]

On a scale of 1 to ruined, that's JiveBunny.
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[moppy]

Cheers for the input one and all. Messaged both those guys breaking their Varas.

Shaft, not keen on putting money in because I don't know how much longer before the next thing goes. Gear changes have got pretty horribly jerky, theres the clutch drag you already mentioned and it's going to need a new chain (and therefore sprockets) fairly soon. I do have a complete clutch basket waiting to go on, but dunno how much good thats actually going to do.

Decisions, decisions.

[Wonko The Sane]

Mine was a bit jerky on gear changes with a chain too loose or too tight
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[bikertomm]

And the moral of the story is, never trust a paddy

https://i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/archive/01828/Paddy-Doherty_1828155c.jpg
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