Motorcycle Forum / Country Specific / UK Group / June 2006

I appear to have just bought one of the 200cc Chinese off-road bike
things.
<note to self: ebay is to be avoided after a night out on the IPA>
Further reports to follow.

Failed the CBX on no rear lights, but gave me "five minutes, and no
more" to prove they worked, before filling out the fail cert.
Seat off, one twisted wire, ashort length of gaffa tape, and I had a
shiny new MOT cert in my hand.

First testride of the new machine with a rather strange (and unique) rear
shock.
http://www.bikechatforums.com/download.php?id=36444
Please note, this is NOT SAFE FOR WORK. You have been warned.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ih=016&item=260002784689
&rd=1&sspagename=STRK%3AMESE%3AIT&rd=1
Do your worst.

Great site - Guzzi Porn.
http://www.sd-tec.de/index.html
Great translations
http://babelfish.altavista.com/babelfish/tr?doit=done&tt=url&intl=1&lp=de_

I'm picking up a sportsbike from a dealer tomorrow that's been sat in an
indoor private collection for six years, is barely run in, and still has
the original tyres.  The dealer reckons they're going to be ok, but I'm
concerned they might have hardened and loose traction easier.

Right, thanks to herculean efforts from Eddie, my bike is back on the
road.  Most of it is held together with cable-ties and it now comes in
more colours than Joseph's f.cking coat, but it goes, stops and turns.
Better still, I've got clearance from The Boss to buy myself a new bike ...

I just don't get it.
People think a new name may be Robbo so *plonk*?
Another post may or may not be someone else, so *plonk*.
Esp when there are much more serious contenders for *plonk*ing.

What's going on with this then?
When I saw it first it seemed pretty good.  But today...
"You own LA Woman, we recommend The Smiths"
Excuse me???? What's the link between The Doors and The Smiths?

That's a bit better than the previous 117dB(A) at tickover. All I've
got to do know is strip the tailpipes down again & replace the
temporary lockwire with weld, then get the PCIII re-mapped. Making
baffles is such good fun.

Mant thanks to a certain Wingeing Courier of this parish for a most
enlightening rideout yesterday.
a) My curiosity of life with a "full on" sprotsbike has now been satisfied.
Whilst the R1 is undoubtedly a glorious machine, it is not for me.  Having

Looking at the options for the FJ12
Parts list now comes to £369 for pistons, rings, & gaskets.
For £750 Here:
http://www.cheshiremotorcyclesalvage.com/Superbikes1.htm

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/lincolnshire/4286550.stm
Right - shall we start using knunder then?

Imagine you weigh 16 stone and have a K1 B12.
What would good starting point settings be for front and rear
suspension?
Or is is best to leave them as they came out of the factory?

Oh well.
It looks like I'm up for replacement by a Sri Lankan computer program
by next February.