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  • Reminds me of the Honda Express. they fetch some money in good nick.

  • Definitely a challenge. I used to be a bit of a stoppie expert. Anything long and low is hard.
    Don't V50s have linked brakes anyway?

  • Yeah, foot brake is linked one front+ rear in some ratio. Brake lever is the other front disc.

    I don't do stoppies either.

  • I know some of the shoppers are attractive to be modified but that is one sad looking little bike. I guess less than £100?

  • Seized swing arm bolt, or rather bolt now spinning easy thanks to a high powered facom impact wrench and some kroil. It moves in and out of the frame around 3 to 4mm then stuck fast.
    Bike is..
    Steel bolt with steel bush's slid over, then needle bearings with fibre seal washers either side, 4 sets of them. Through frame and through gearbox casing.
    So imagine the inner bearing surface vs the Bush is free, but the Bush needs to be free from the bolt and that's the tiny bit of movement I have.
    Been soaking with rags around it as best possible with Kroil (acetone and atf pretty much).
    Suggestions? Swingarm and bolt seem to be OK, it's just the corrosion forming a strong bond. Tried much hammer action with everything upto a sledgehammer and a variety of air hammers.
    Suspect I've now flared the bolt shaft diameter out on one side so it'll never come back out again. Thought of maybe drilling and tapping an m12 hole in one end (have a large slide hammer that's m12 end) and see if pulling it out is better than hitting it out.
    Last chnace is to cut up the perfectly functioning swung arm into pieces so I can get an angle grinder or death wheel into the area to chop the bolt. Or am I missing an obvious solution no

  • I wish. At £100 I’d have brought it home on the cargo bike. The guy is adding a digit to that, if sold on the right day at auction. I don’t doubt he’ll get more than its worth, because he can afford to wait.

  • Yeah, I wish him luck. Maybe a couple of hundred.

  • For a grand, tell me that's running nitro and manages a 1.5 sec 0-60. Thanks for the laugh, I needed it today :)

  • A grand for that one in the picture????

  • A grand for ‘similar’ step-thru small-bikes due to their rarity, etc etc. That’s what he said, not my personal opinion. However in any condition they are pretty rare to come across. An Express missing parts in “restoration project” condition is nearly 5 ton in Bristol on ebay classifieds.

    If I had a grand I’d find myself a Royal Enfield and make do. Definitely not run a Yama lawnmower.

  • Amusing if real etc


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  • Fear the skid demon

  • Well, time to make a new sticker I guess.

  • What’s the current go to on motorbike camera, brother in law wants something for his bike (front and rear) that he can clip on and take away at the end of each ride.
    Doesn’t mind it overwriting footage just wants something just in case.

  • Subscribed.
    I have AKASO 4K Go Pro knock off, but would like something permanently attached to the rear fender.

  • Uh - oh....


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  • Noise or speed?

  • Ha - bit of dramatic license. It had shit the bed, they just stopped until AAA showed up. I made it a total of 8 miles on my first vintage bike ride. Out of our group, 3/4 broke down within 10 miles!

    It is (was) fucking loud though. One of the most unpleasant bikes to kick start ever...

  • Sounds about right, many folk I used to work with were into their sort of classic bikes (50-70s British stuff), most never got very far, and they all lived in new build suburb type places so their break down locations were often just outside a gregg's or a vape shop, not very picturesque.

  • Anyone know what the average hp loss is from the crank to rear wheel? I've read online 12% but just wanted to sense check.

  • MOT tomorrow and I noticed one of my Gators is split. That should be fine right?


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  • Gaffer tape?

  • I left it, so we'll see.

    My logic is that on the models without gaitors they have a dirt shield, and the amount remaining is greater than that, so will protect it.

    The other one had been lifted up as well. IDK if it was like that before I rode home, but I wondered if someone had been curious and fucked about with it. More likely is the combination of my bike cover and wind.

    It's a fucking pain to replace tho especially when daylight and dry weather are limited...and that's before I negotiate the time out from my OH.

  • Also as a semi related rant, I tried to replace the brake pads last night only to find out that I bought the wrong ones! I think I got two rears. Annoyingly Ive already got a set of organic ones for the rear as most owner suggest the sintered up front and organic rear to even up the balance as the air-cooled Bonnies are a bit over braked on the back.

  • Little before and after of new shocks and test fit of new exhaust. Exhaust needs a bit of fettling to fit and a DIY bracket effort to mount it but I have a plan afoot. Piggyback reservoir on shocks will necessitate moving indicators a bit to avoid rub so lots more fun, have ordered some smaller LED indicators so hopefully they'll suit!

    Hoping to fit gaiters and a Renthal Ultra Low bar today also if I can sneak away from the restaurant for a few hours and trying to decide on a suitable looking motocross front fender to avoid chopping up the old one just in case I ever want to go back to the stock fitment.


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