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cybercarl wrote:

What a loony

Nah...carrying a trolly jack in a rucksack is looney

Mac why have you got an old tyre on the bike. Couldn't you dispose of it. Did you use Essential Rubber.

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TravisZack wrote:discovered a b****rd puncture in the rear

Tyre's got loads left on it as well. It's very slow but a puncture none the less, and the internet would have you believe a patched tyre will explode and kill you and many kittens for miles around.

Could reeeeally do without spending the £130 for another PR3 fitted though.

cybercarl wrote:

What a loony

Nah...carrying a trolly jack in a rucksack is looney

Mac why have you got an old tyre on the bike. Couldn't you dispose of it. Did you use Essential Rubber.

(:-})

TravisZack wrote:discovered a b****rd puncture in the rear

Tyre's got loads left on it as well. It's very slow but a puncture none the less, and the internet would have you believe a patched tyre will explode and kill you and many kittens for miles around.

Could reeeeally do without spending the £130 for another PR3 fitted though.

Watty wrote:

MacV2 wrote:Loaded up Neu & headed off to the wild lands of East London...



One fairly uncomfortable ride later* Neu sports a shiny new pair of Mich PR3's...
Very shiny even had a slide when gassing it away from a set of lights...

Think I'll go for a spin tomorrow & scrub 'em in properly...

Good job I've got 999 on speed dial...

* Bloody thing kept digging in the small of me back...

What a loony

Watty wrote:True Mac . Check out what looks like a teal front mud guard on the black storm

Check out what looks like a teal front mud guard on the black storm

Flatline wrote:That's grumpyfrog's teal mudguard I'll have you know!
He doesn't take kindly to mockery

Gets all moody

cybercarl wrote:

Did you manage to get your mates XR250 started Carl

Oh yeh. It back fired a couple of times before it kicked into action but it started. The only thing is once it's switched off it wont start with the kickstart again I think it needs the decompression cable adjusted but he wont let me tinker with it. I'd have the carbs off and give them a good clean out too. All we done was changed the plug, oil and filters before starting it.

The thing is my mate has a dodgy right ankle (old injury) and has been dreaming of using the bike again for a bit of fun. A bit of a pipe dream really!!! Kicking and kicking gave him pain in the ankle and he's now convinced himself that it's time to finally get rid as it never gets used and his ankle wont cope. His heart does not wont to let it go but he had to convince himself it's the right decision. Well, it seems that way to me. That's first time the bike had started in 10 years It's been sitting in storage since getting back from Portugal where it was last used on a fairly regular basis, when they lived out there. It was good to hear the old girl running for 10 mins. I can't ride it as it's too tall for me. I'd be OK as long as there is a tree to lean against everytime I stopped.



I had one iffy moment when towing it. We where both coming to a stop and I pulled the rope a little taught and flop over I went. My bike fell to the side, leg out and tried to stop myself falling, but it went past the point of no return so I gently lay the bike down on me. No damage to my bike, not even a mirror. Other than that towing it was not so bad. The Storms torque towed it real easy. The hardest past was trying to keep the speed down and steer straight. At such low speeds and towing my bars where weaving all over the place.

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