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Eye Candy | Videos and Pics / Re: 1980 Honda C-70 for sale
« on: July 05, 2022, 01:18:26 PM »
I have a red one of these 
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General Discussion / Re: No power in top gear - 35 MPH top speed vs 55 MPH - K-pipe 125cc
« on: July 04, 2022, 02:21:51 PM »
I think it's possible we're discounting valve clearances too readily. They're quite often set too tight from factory, and this behaviour sounds about right for valves too tight - it's almost free or actually free to check them anyway
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Eye Candy | Videos and Pics / Re: Evening Ride in the Woods (UK)
« on: June 27, 2022, 10:49:20 AM »Great old bike! Do you have a backstory to tell us about it?
I'm not really one for spinning a yarn like some on the forum.
This bike arrived in the UK from California in 2000. Spent 18 years running around London as a commuter hack for somebody who worked nights at a hospital.
A friend of mine rescued it from a front garden in 2018, looking pretty sorry for itself an in a hell of a state
He spent months stripping it down, sourcing new parts, blasting it and repainting the frame.
He then got bored of it and i picked it up in crates in 2020. Put it together this spring in response to high fuel prices
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Eye Candy | Videos and Pics / Evening Ride in the Woods (UK)
« on: June 24, 2022, 07:59:37 PM »
Not usually one for pictures and my phone takes awful pictures, but managed to get out for a 40 minute ride before the rain set in tonight.
The newly-reconstructed, 32 year old CB250 didn't miss a beat and I could feel it freeing up after a few years in bits and the battery finally started to charge a bit. A few rattles that will need tightening, especially around the headlight area.
The newly-reconstructed, 32 year old CB250 didn't miss a beat and I could feel it freeing up after a few years in bits and the battery finally started to charge a bit. A few rattles that will need tightening, especially around the headlight area.
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General Discussion / Re: people desprate for cheap transportation
« on: June 16, 2022, 02:59:19 PM »Can one still buy a 2CV?
My fav way to ride in lawn furniture🙃....but that was in 1966.
Stig
I wish!
They could buy a 2007 Citroen C3 though, and watch as it rotted away before their very eyes.
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General Discussion / Re: people desprate for cheap transportation
« on: June 16, 2022, 01:06:40 PM »Bet you're glad you'd got that 250 tucked away eh Viper?
I am - especially as we replaced our relatively frugal Citroen with something of a dieseldrinker early this year before everything kicked off. Fail.
When work quietens down and I'm a bit more confident it'd be nice to get out for a ride again!
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General Discussion / Re: people desprate for cheap transportation
« on: June 16, 2022, 09:57:18 AM »
There's a lot of bikes appearing out of garages and sheds and returning to the road - smaller stuff with good MPG.
You guys in the states make me hoot - your gas price still has some way to go to see the prices we're getting to here. About $2.31 a litre. I'm not confident enough with imperial to gallonise that I'm afraid...
I'm as guilty as anybody - I'm back to commuting on the CB250 that I have had in the garage for a few years in bits. It's been a real learning curve - I hadn't ridden a proper geared bike since 2016ish.
You guys in the states make me hoot - your gas price still has some way to go to see the prices we're getting to here. About $2.31 a litre. I'm not confident enough with imperial to gallonise that I'm afraid...
I'm as guilty as anybody - I'm back to commuting on the CB250 that I have had in the garage for a few years in bits. It's been a real learning curve - I hadn't ridden a proper geared bike since 2016ish.
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General Discussion / Re: Sad day indeed
« on: June 13, 2022, 09:05:59 AM »
That is sad - good to still have the projects though. Sometimes I think I like the projects more than the riding.
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General Discussion / Re: our thoughts and prayers go out to Kansas Kymco
« on: December 03, 2021, 10:26:20 AM »
Just checked in after some time away. I hope he's doing OK - will be very much hoping for his recovery.
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General Discussion / Re: Meet Up & Ride Out (UK Midlands)
« on: September 15, 2021, 10:32:31 AM »
Might even be the first Kymco UK ride out.
Nice trundle through a part of the country that I'm still learning my way around, and Neil was very considerate of my limited hill-climbing ability!
I'll sort out a route for next time
Nice trundle through a part of the country that I'm still learning my way around, and Neil was very considerate of my limited hill-climbing ability!
I'll sort out a route for next time
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General Discussion / Re: Average life of a 125cc scooter
« on: September 15, 2021, 09:44:36 AM »
When I was living down South I ran Chinesium bangers for a good few years.
You can expect about 50,000KM if you own it from new and maintain it properly. No reason it couldn't do more.
The donkeys I had tended to fail around 30,000KM - these were poorly maintained until I owned them and it could have been avoided.
You can expect about 50,000KM if you own it from new and maintain it properly. No reason it couldn't do more.
The donkeys I had tended to fail around 30,000KM - these were poorly maintained until I owned them and it could have been avoided.
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General Discussion / Re: is anyone practicing?
« on: September 07, 2021, 08:32:41 AM »
I do this a fair bit - and it's so much easier with a light, small bike.
When I was couriering I was pretty good at flicking a small bike about, turning on a pin at slow speed, that sort of stuff.
It's probably all gone downhill a bit now
When I was couriering I was pretty good at flicking a small bike about, turning on a pin at slow speed, that sort of stuff.
It's probably all gone downhill a bit now
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General Discussion / Re: scooters dominating Facebook Marketplace
« on: July 28, 2021, 11:53:33 AM »
Facebook Marketplace is indeed free, but also filled with the worst kind of buyers and I avoid it like the plague.
Thirty messages asking "is it still available" followed by three people who arrange to come around, you wait in for them and they invariably never show.
Not that I hold a grudge or anything
Tried to sell my partner's old car on there recently and decided after a couple of weeks of being mucked about I'd rather scrap it. Thankfully our Post lady bought it whilst it sat awaiting the knackers yard.
Thirty messages asking "is it still available" followed by three people who arrange to come around, you wait in for them and they invariably never show.
Not that I hold a grudge or anything
Tried to sell my partner's old car on there recently and decided after a couple of weeks of being mucked about I'd rather scrap it. Thankfully our Post lady bought it whilst it sat awaiting the knackers yard.
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General Discussion / Re: Alarmist email re my new Nolan helmet
« on: July 23, 2021, 10:41:20 AM »
Helmet standards in the EU are as strict as they are in the US; you'll be fine
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General Discussion / Re: Had to say Goodbye to my Agility 125.
« on: July 14, 2021, 09:48:18 AM »
Enjoy your new country and hope you settle in OK