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Post by Deleted on Jul 23, 2019 14:00:43 GMT
Stopped looking for a tug now ?
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Post by Clinton Cool on Jul 23, 2019 15:39:17 GMT
If one crops up at the right price I'll have it. Been looking for over 2 years now, only one cropped up, someone nipped in before me.
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Post by ianali on Jul 23, 2019 15:52:12 GMT
No manhandling my new bike, it weighs in at 100 kilos. It took me 2 full days to adapt the existing bike rack then I had to wheel it on and off a dozen times to make adjustments to the scaffold structure I put up to make sure the thing doesn't fall off. It now works. It's not ideal, the back tyre is still a bit tight within the newly adapted ramp and frame but I can adapt that further but not now, I'm off to Scotland for a fly fishing trip tomorrow. The MSX is pretty nippy off the mark but struggles to go much over 55 or so. Doesn't bother me that. First tank of fuel gave me an amazing 140mpg, over double what the Yamaha would do. The previous owner must have been a bit of an idiot, I only realised after I'd bought it that he'd replaced the end can with a 'Scorpion' titanium one, 325 quids worth. Quite why anyone would spend that kind of money on something that makes the bike louder is beyond me. Maybe I'm getting old but who knows, might meet a fellow MSX rider with a standard can who fancies giving me it and 100 quid for the Scorpion. Downsides of the bike are no centre stand (really stupid that) and lack of grab rail at the back. This makes it tricky to line it up to go up the ramp, it needs to be pretty well spot on. Overall though, great, it feels very safe with its fat tyres and the brakes are something else, no need to plan braking 50 yards ahead like the Yamaha. First things me and my mates did back in the day was, remove centre stand and put a loud pipe on.
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Post by Mr Stabby on Jul 23, 2019 15:52:31 GMT
Downsides of the bike are no centre stand (really stupid that) and lack of grab rail at the back. A lot of modern bikes don't even have a kickstart.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 23, 2019 16:00:22 GMT
I'm off to Scotland for a fly fishing trip tomorrow. Yay - I can sneak past without worrying about being lynched.
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Post by Clinton Cool on Jul 23, 2019 16:07:29 GMT
I'm off to Scotland for a fly fishing trip tomorrow. Yay - I can sneak past without worrying about being lynched. Aye, I'll be stood in the river Tweed at Kelso on my 12 quid 'trout' ticket hoping to fluke a sea trout or two. All this while dickheads in the posh hotel opposite , paying a few hundred quid a night, sit in the garden drinking their cream teas being 'entertained' by blokes in skirts playing bagpipes.
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Post by JohnV on Jul 23, 2019 16:22:28 GMT
Downsides of the bike are no centre stand (really stupid that) and lack of grab rail at the back. A lot of modern bikes don't even have a kickstart. my 1975 Laverda had no kickstart
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Post by Clinton Cool on Jul 23, 2019 16:41:07 GMT
Who needs a kickstart? If you're well 'ard you can do away with it, and push start it.
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Post by JohnV on Jul 23, 2019 16:47:02 GMT
Who needs a kickstart? If you're well 'ard you can do away with it, and push start it. I would love to have seen you try to push start my Laverda 750 GT all quarter ton of it
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Post by Clinton Cool on Jul 23, 2019 16:48:08 GMT
Who needs a kickstart? If you're well 'ard you can do away with it, and push start it. I would love to have seen you try to push start my Laverda 750 GT all quarter ton of it Park it at the top of a hill every night, simples
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Post by Mr Stabby on Jul 23, 2019 17:05:16 GMT
A lot of modern bikes don't even have a kickstart. my 1975 Laverda had no kickstart Actually my Honda has neither a kickstart nor an electric start.
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Post by Clinton Cool on Jul 23, 2019 17:56:22 GMT
my 1975 Laverda had no kickstart Actually my Honda has neither a kickstart nor an electric start. Indeed. I don't think you can push start it either.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 23, 2019 18:45:54 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Jul 23, 2019 18:49:24 GMT
Do you just wind the rubber band until it's really, really tight ?
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Post by Deleted on Jul 23, 2019 18:57:59 GMT
Do you just wind the rubber band until it's really, really tight ? Rog Actually, yes, but its a spring not a band...
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