General Bike Chat

July 30, 2021

CR500 Smart Carb SC2.

CR500 Smart Carb SC2. Yay! It lives! Took a while, spark was shit in spite of a Faraday high output stator from MSR. Happily it was only a shit connector to the coil low tension side. And no more jetting ever! However I may need to get a new throttle cable […]

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July 29, 2021

What’s in the box??

What’s in the box?? https://motosaigon.vn/suzuki-rgv-250…en-32-nam.html Source: What’s in the box??

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July 29, 2021

personal accident insurance

personal accident insurance Was offered personal accident insurance from Carole Nash yesterday, its only 35e but only pays 20 grand max. Anyone got any recommendations for proper cover? I’ve seen a few that don’t cover when on a motorbike or will only pay half etc Thanks Source: personal accident insurance […]

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July 29, 2021

Something for the auld lads

Something for the auld lads Found this the other day, some nostalgia Source: Something for the auld lads

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July 27, 2021

Stiffening up the front end (so to speak..)

Stiffening up the front end (so to speak..) The forks on the recently acquired PC800 are too soft. My 80kg alone uses up about 1/3 of the free travel – and if you hit a speed bump at anything other than a crawl it bottoms out. If you miss spotting a pothole and hit […]

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July 22, 2021

bike collection from Germany to Wexford

bike collection from Germany to Wexford folks looking to get a vintage bike picked up near frankfurt germany and delivered to wexford ireland i have posted up on clictrans and shipley any other good site to use ?, or are any of ye over there Source: bike collection from Germany to […]

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July 21, 2021

Hotel in Madrid

Hotel in Madrid Not a bike topic but just wondered if anyone could recommend a hotel in Madrid for a few nights in September. I don’t know the city at all but someplace central and not mental money. Gracias amigos Source: Hotel in Madrid

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March 2, 2021

Swiss bike to Ireland vat and duty

Swiss bike to Ireland vat and duty Folks do u pay vat and duty from Switzerland to Ireland on vintage bikes ? Source: Swiss bike to Ireland vat and duty

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