Motorcycle and Scooter appreciation

@soul they did tell you that if you pass your test on a scooter, you can only ride scooters didnt they?

just in case you ever want to move on up.

That's not true. Having completed the CBT on auto or gears you can ride any moped/motorcycle up to 125cc.

That's not true. Having completed the CBT on auto or gears you can ride any moped/motorcycle up to 125cc.

Test not CBT.

You can complete your full (but restricted to < 33bhp) A2 motorcycle license on a Vespa T5. After two years it reverts to a full unrestricted license.

Edit: looks like it's possibly changed since I did this, googling is proving inconclusive.

What I would do for...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pjLNFlYxu4g

You can complete your full (but restricted to < 33bhp) A2 motorcycle license on a Vespa T5. After two years it reverts to a full unrestricted license.

Edit: looks like it's possibly changed since I did this, googling is proving inconclusive.

Also LML Star Deluxe has been verified to reach 62mph and therefore compatible with A2

Useless show pony Norton promo tool

Not interested.

Saw the road legal version at the Motorcycle show and other than the shape of a few engine casings it looks straight out the pseudo retro bike jelly mould.

According to the Norton site it's £14.5k for the most basic Commando model so I can only imagine what the Domi would go for.

Even that £14.5k could buy you a proper cafe racer with a lot more pedigree.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Norton-Dominator-Cafe-Racer-/331153809435?pt=UK_Motorcycles&hash=item4d1a4e201b

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/triton-cafe-racer-/231176155536?pt=UK_Motorcycles&hash=item35d32c3190

In MCN I think they mention it's 20K+. Serious dorrah.

I'm on the hunt for some new bars as that seems to be the route of the problem with my grip shift.

Problem is it seems really hard to find cheap ones with a decent rise. I guess it's just a more expensive process. I'm not crazy about buying second hand ones on ebay. Also people seem a bit shit at listing sizes etc.

Any suggestions of online places to look?

These seemed pretty cheap albeit possibly a little low:

RYDE BLACK & CHROME MOTORCYCLE BRACED HANDLEBARS BIKE/MOTORBIKE TRAIL/MOTOCROSS 7/8": Amazon.co.uk: Car & Motorbike

I have just fixed my mates Katie boom so it now starts and runs. Clean carb, new fuel and fule filter. Tomorrow MOT and service and new brake fluid.

LC4 are for the mono buttocked.

I can just replace my coolant with Antifreeze & Coolant Concentrate like this right?

http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductMobileDisplay?catalogId=10151&storeId=10001&productId=176913&categoryId=255224&langId=-1

Just laid a deposit down on a 2003 Kawasaki ZX6RR!

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/161254777184?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1423.l2648

The link may cease soon as they take it down. Can't believe they've offered me £2,000 off the ZX6RR price as a part ex when I bought it for £650. I've done some work to it but never that much. Only thing is I will be doing my track day a few days after having it (gulp).

looks faaaaaaaast!

Thanks but really bought it as it's such a small and chuckable bike (in the good way). The only bad thing is now I might have to sell the lo pro to make sure I can eat.

Anyone got any Laverda experience? Am sniffing around a 1200 Mirage from 1980 that could form the basis of a cafe racer project.

moto gp starts tomorrow

come on vale

Anyone got any Laverda experience? Am sniffing around a 1200 Mirage from 1980 that could form the basis of a cafe racer project.

I had a Mirage in the early 80's
I had it for a year, I didn't do much to it, other than service it.
It was a great bike at the time, but it was a it of a lump. Throwing it around was a challenge, and you needed to be confident about hauling it over into corners
Lovely character and with Lanfranconis sounded marvellous

^ Sounds lovely adroit, don't suppose you have any pics? Did it ever give you any grief?

No, I have no pics of any of my old bikes, sadly.
The Mirage ever gave me any grief, very reliable, I don't recall ever having any problems at all

It was the same as this:-

I just flogged my dad's Triumph T100 Bonnie from 2003 on eBay at a buy it now price of £3200. The guy (who turns out to be a dealer) goes over to my dads place, and beats him down to £2800.

My pops is actually alright with this amount of money, but I am pissed. As far as I'm concerned, unless the description is wrong (which it wasn't), then Buy It Now is Buy It Now, not Kick The Fucking Tyres. But this is my first sale on eBay motors so maybe I'm missing something. Has this guy done something to warrant, at the least, bad feedback, or is this normal?

That's out of order, I'd say. Although I've never sold a car/bike on there. Buy it now means just that.

You can't even leave bad feedback for the fucker. Which is why I don't sell on Ebay anymore.

What a fucker. Totally out of order.

^ditto

Although I found my bike on ebay and then found it on gumtree and negotiated with the seller for a lower price. All off ebay though.

I'd say if the buyer completed the buy it now process then what he did was out of order.

If it'd been on as a classified listing for 3200 and the guy came to view and liked it and offered 2800 then maybe cheeky but fair enough.

I just sold a bike through eBay and was pretty happy. Auction listing, start price £750. Bloke came to view and asked what I'd like for buy it now, I said a grand. He was happy, I was happy, paid cash so no paypal fees, I pulled the auction so avoided final value fee, all I'd had to spend was a tenner to list it.

Yeah he completed Buy It Now, which is why I'm pissed off. If he hadn't, I wouldn't have a problem with it. Now I think I'll be charged 1% of £3200 even though he only paid £2800, which might not be much, but still. My pops is a good guy, was even considering giving him a load of leather panniers and extras and stuff, he didn't deserve that.