Motorcycle and Scooter appreciation

Funny enough, the £200 offer came with a "does it have keys and papers or not".

Currently sitting at £800 on eBay so hopefully will get to the £999 I was after.

Yeah FB market place is as others mentioned, full of stolen/dodgy/ fake stuff.

Was thinking of the bandit owners club group on facebook.

Are the pistons polishable?

Is the caliper used on a honda? Honda sell the nissin oe pads, I find them brilliant.

Ah!
That's were I went wrong!
Sitting at £800 on eBay at the moment so hopefully will creep up to £1k

Are the pistons polishable?

Probably. But that means taking them out.

Is the caliper used on a honda?

Not sure. I have a feeling they use a 3-pot version, as iirc they're meant to be a straight or easy swap.

Pump one out further than the other then use a scotchbrite pad to polish the piston. Those green washup scrub pads can be used at a push.

What is the ebc pad number.

Has anyone had an Eliminator yet? I still need to buy a helmet...

I’ve got a helmet for sale if interested...

https://www.lfgss.com/comments/14789256/

Nice lid but sadly too small for my noggin also.

No worries - we both clearly have too many smarts.

I'd recommend a properly sized one though. I've got a couple of pricey Shoei's and this and the fit/comfort, field of view (and price...) make it my favourite helmet now I've got the size right.

Those vents are just in an area I wouldn't want rain soaked. It depends on your riding habits but it's super rare in this country not to get caught in some surprise rain. If you don't have the special pad to stop the holes with you then it's going to be an unpleasant journey.

In short I'd look at a more conventional design.

I absolutely agree, the vents look quite irritating but then it looks to have a far superior visor than any of the other retro/ alternative style helmets...

I contacted Honda to get a Certificate of Conformity for my CB500 from 2003 hoping it would show as ULEZ exempt. Surprised by the reply:

"Thank you for contacting Honda UK.

Unfortunately we will not be able to issue a Certificate of Conformity for your motorcycle.

The bike never received a Vehicle Type Approval and my colleagues that are supplying these documents are unable to obtain the neccessary inforamtion.

Should you need anything else, please contact us again.

Kind Regards"

Is it the lack of vents that's holding you back from the AGV X3000? Or did it not fit?

Actually haven't had a chance to try one on yet but I think it's more just buying nerves that's holding me... I'll probably end up getting one though.

These just arrived in the post this morning. Quality looks really decent but haven't had a chance to unpack them and fit them yet.

Also tried on an AGV X3000 this morning. L was a lovely fit and it feels nice on. Superb field of vision!

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I wonder if it's worth checking the bottom lug(?) is properly secure, and if not unscrew, chase, and fix with red Loctite.

Yeah I think I'll give then a good once over before I fit them! I've lots of other bits arriving too so I'll wait until they land and then do a day of fitting!

Anyone need a nice set of ladies short gloves?

Bought for my other half, but she has quite long fingers and they don't quite fit.

Rev'it
Size: female L
Knuckle and scapide(sp?) armour. Air vents. But no power ranger.

Sorry for the shit photo - I finally remembered where I put my summer gloves and these were with them so just thought I'd chuck it up to gauge interest. Haven't thought of a price yet.

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Think that means that you have to get the bike tested and see if the bike passes.

Keep meaning to post about this,

My wee xv250 is possibly having some gearbox woes and I wonder if anyone will recognise it as being symptomatic of anything...

When I'm accelerating and shifting up its as though the gear doesn't change or doesn't engage at first.

It's not graunchy or hitting a false neutral or anything, more like the revs will go back up to where they were in the previous gear, then if I roll off and back on the throttle they'll be lower, like its clicked into the new gear. I don't think there's much a klunk of it dropping into gear or anything.

I tried holding the gear lever up as I roll back on the throttle but didn't seem to make any/much difference. Being a bit slower getting back on it after the gear change seems to sort it out but where's the fun in that!

I did wonder if I'd maybe put too much oil in when I changed it recently, I keep forgetting to take some out.

Your clutch is slipping. Either needs new plates or springs or if you’re lucky it might just need the cable adjusting.

If you are riding in this hot weather you might be glazing the clutch a bit if it's slipping. I have a similar situation with mine, if I slip the clutch I'll end up with it slipping right through the gears because I'm heating up the clutch plates by slipping it in the first place. So after that every gear slips a bit. Next junction or stop and it pulls away fine because the clutch has reached a more normal temp.

As Jung points out it could be slipping because of cable adjustment. It's still the same principal, you might need new clutch plates but it could just be the heat from slipping is making the situation worse. When you can't fix it with adjustment you need to get on and change the clutch plates asap. Not a difficult job on most bikes except you need to drop the oil.

In the never ending odyssey that is me trying to decide on what helmet to buy (I'm sorry...) I'm actually starting to think a fashion helmet isn't a great idea for my only helmet (for now) and that I should probably consider something more practical for our moist, soggy climes.

I also don't want to buy a racey helmet because it'll look stupid on my 250cc grasstracker/ retro scrambler.

Anyone have any experience of Bell MX-9 Adventure MIPS?

@Jung @Airhead Thanks. Makes sense actually as it was after I changed the bars I started noticing it so I've maybe got the clutch cable running in a tighter curve or something.

I'll have a look at adjusting and probably lubricating it too, hopefully that'll sort it.