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Mr tiddles |
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Mr tiddles Derestricted Danger
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Posted: 19:22 - 14 Jul 2021 Post subject: |
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I collected the bike today. The £ damage was not as much as a I feared as the garage let me off with some of the labour charges and it came to £400. Bringing the total cost of the bike to £1600 excluding tax, gear etc.
Some other issues were spotted though. The previous owner had fitted the wrong suspension. And they lied about the a new rear brake. It was quite old and had incorrect shoes fitted, so instead of wearing into the drum it was eating into the wheel itself. They had also bent the chain tension screws throwing everything out of whack. Most everything is also held on with zip ties including the front headlight. Seems they ruined the back brake to bodge a failed brake light MOT.
The garage thinks the brake fluid had also not been changed for several years so they did that and the front pistons are corroded. The garage thinks they are fine for now but I should keep an eye on them for leaking fluid etc. He said he has worked on 1970s bikes with less rust and damage
I added some pics of the now rust and pit free suspension, the bikes does feel better to ride but that front case does rattle around a bit on account of only being held in with 2 screws instead of 6, which is what all the zip ties were for. I have also gotten used to having no back brake so I will need to train myself into using it again. The garage also said all the stupid LEDS were also bodged into the main headlight so they will always be on unless I have them removed.
The front mudguard also turned out to be pieces of several different mudguards all held together with you guessed it, zip ties.
Other than some new tyres and a future change for the front brake piston. It would seem I am finally squared away bringing this little story to a close. And now that we have some sun, maybe I will get to |
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trevor saxe-coburg-gotha |
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Mr tiddles wrote: | Cleary I was unworthy and lacked the purity of soul to be bequeathed with the generous bounty of your omnipresence in paradise. |
I'll always remember buying my first 125 without an idea of what to really look for, it was an M reg Yamaha SR125. It wasn't the worst for rust but ALWAYS let me down.
Completely randomly it would just cut out and refuse to start for 30-120mins, it couldn't be pinned down to anything specific and was in my local bike shop many times. I gave up in the end and got rid for a newer 125.
It was a proper pussy magnet though... (see below)
My latest acquisition I did things differently, got lots of photo's from the seller, he did a video all round the bike and put it on YouTube for me. Then I visited and took a long test ride... so far it's been a dream. ____________________ Previous: Aprilia Habana Retro 50cc (beauty), Yamaha SR125 (fell apart), Honda XR125 (nippy little commuter), Honda SLR650 (Geewhizz), Yamaha Diversion 900S (Smoooooth) written off courtesy of a stupid escaped horse.
(7 year gap), BMW F650 (Relaxing ride). Aprilia Caponord ETV1000 (Big and bold). Yamaha FZS600 (got me in trouble too quick!).
Current: Yamaha TDM 900 (Comfy, light but big, power when needed). |
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Old Thread Alert!
The last post was made 2 years, 283 days ago. Instead of replying here, would creating a new thread be more useful? |
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