- RedStormV
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Tut! Stevie!!!!!!
LSM - I can confirm they could be locked up. Mate of mine managed it much to his cost, was a 'special' too - fancy paint job and full fairing. Plastics were expensive in those days too.
They were and still are, a total pile of sluggish sheeeeeeiiittttte!
LSM - I can confirm they could be locked up. Mate of mine managed it much to his cost, was a 'special' too - fancy paint job and full fairing. Plastics were expensive in those days too.
They were and still are, a total pile of sluggish sheeeeeeiiittttte!
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- LotusSevenMan
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RSV
I did have the starting problem called "the white lead fault" where it might go one time then not start the next. Thought is was gonna cost me a fortune, but the main Honda dealer got the new part in and all I had to pay for was the labour. Not bad as the bike was four years old and the only service it'd ever had by an official dealer was the 600 miles one!!
Good customer service from Honda I thought.
I did have the starting problem called "the white lead fault" where it might go one time then not start the next. Thought is was gonna cost me a fortune, but the main Honda dealer got the new part in and all I had to pay for was the labour. Not bad as the bike was four years old and the only service it'd ever had by an official dealer was the 600 miles one!!
Good customer service from Honda I thought.
"Only ride as fast as your guardian angel can fly" !!!
No! it wasnt this one was it?Jaglifter wrote:Bought my son an NSR 125 about 15 years ago. Total rubbish. When it siezed for the second time, swapped it for a TZR 125 from George Whites. I think they put it staight into the skip!
I see myself as a sensitive intelligent man but with the heart of a clown that causes me to **ck things up right at that crucial moment........'Jim Morrison'
- LotusSevenMan
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- firestorm996
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- LotusSevenMan
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My worst bike was a grey import, Suzuki RG250 Walter Wolf
It went well (felt like it at 19) but had to rebuild it more than fill it with 2 stroke oil
Dave
It went well (felt like it at 19) but had to rebuild it more than fill it with 2 stroke oil
Dave
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1998 VTR1000 Castrol-ish (The CCT's have been changed to protect the innocent)
1986 YSR250 Project
Worst bike- any bike I have that breaks.
I get so humpy with them. Storm's dropped CCT's twice now, so it's heading up the list.
mind you, I thrash it everywhere and use it eveery day, all weathers, so to be fair....
Bets buke?
A whole load of Honda CB125's, I sued to buy a couple of spare engines and swap tehm out once I'd wrecked them, usually by siezing or burning a hole in the piston.
I'd been banned a few times ( never mind what for) and these were cheap to insure.
Fitted straight-through pipe, 42m speedway air filter worm-clipped down to the 22mm carb, lots of rejetting (even had an Amal on one) and altering timing, high-compression piston (1/4 of a 500/4 kit- Parks in Lewisham used to break kits for me as I was there so often!
Lots of fettling, workshop time and seat-of-your-pants tuning and with a fair wind downhill they made about 70.
Still, got me to TT once, and loads of furthest-travelled awards at rallies, which was a laugh. Mad Sunday was a riot
I get so humpy with them. Storm's dropped CCT's twice now, so it's heading up the list.
mind you, I thrash it everywhere and use it eveery day, all weathers, so to be fair....
Bets buke?
A whole load of Honda CB125's, I sued to buy a couple of spare engines and swap tehm out once I'd wrecked them, usually by siezing or burning a hole in the piston.
I'd been banned a few times ( never mind what for) and these were cheap to insure.
Fitted straight-through pipe, 42m speedway air filter worm-clipped down to the 22mm carb, lots of rejetting (even had an Amal on one) and altering timing, high-compression piston (1/4 of a 500/4 kit- Parks in Lewisham used to break kits for me as I was there so often!
Lots of fettling, workshop time and seat-of-your-pants tuning and with a fair wind downhill they made about 70.
Still, got me to TT once, and loads of furthest-travelled awards at rallies, which was a laugh. Mad Sunday was a riot
It's not falling off, it's an upgrade opportunity.
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Kawasaki Z 400 J, 1981 model, Harris can, lime green paint.
Heap O sh1t, didn't handle, wouldn't idle...........a bloody death trap.
Then one day, realised the freakin' thing had been welded back together, and the carbs had been "modified".
Oooh...... how i shudder when i think of the speeds one attained on that piece of crap!!!!!
Heap O sh1t, didn't handle, wouldn't idle...........a bloody death trap.
Then one day, realised the freakin' thing had been welded back together, and the carbs had been "modified".
Oooh...... how i shudder when i think of the speeds one attained on that piece of crap!!!!!
Kawasaki ZXR400 H'Reg.
bought it on a whim as i needed a bike to get to Oulton Park for the BSB Race.
Over heated and boiled over at the circuit, then after a blast around the cat and fiddle found out the frame was split at the headstock !!!!!!
needless to say sold it the following day for £400
other than that all mine have been great.
bought it on a whim as i needed a bike to get to Oulton Park for the BSB Race.
Over heated and boiled over at the circuit, then after a blast around the cat and fiddle found out the frame was split at the headstock !!!!!!
needless to say sold it the following day for £400
other than that all mine have been great.
Smile..........it confuses people
http://picasaweb.google.com/Kirk6471/FinalRebuild2#
click above to see the final rebuild !
http://picasaweb.google.com/Kirk6471/FinalRebuild2#
click above to see the final rebuild !
Been lucky in my short biking career! (about 7-8 years now)
NTV 650 Brilliant first bike
XJR 1300 Awsome and comfy
The old storm, Still love it!
What the hell will I do in a couple of years when I have a few quid to spend on a newer bike?
There just aren't any twins around that I want. SP, Aprilia or ducati! We need a storm replacement!
NTV 650 Brilliant first bike
XJR 1300 Awsome and comfy
The old storm, Still love it!
What the hell will I do in a couple of years when I have a few quid to spend on a newer bike?
There just aren't any twins around that I want. SP, Aprilia or ducati! We need a storm replacement!
"military intelligence, two words combined that can't make sense"