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@tbc it's a water pump.
Hard to tell if it's a very old house thats been done up, or a post war house thats trying to look older.

From the pump in the kitchen if it's that old a house it most likely had it's own well/spring and having a pump in the house is posher than dropping a bucket down a well shaft :)

Rather than start a new thread.....

Been looking at these https://www.somafab.com/archives/product/urban-pursuit-handlebar

Not really aware of Soma as never actually seen a bike or any other bit's. Going to go through this whole thread anyway.
Going by prices Soma parts are not the cheapest, is the quality there or is it badge hype.

So far i have found the Soma bars to match exactly what fitment i want, or for £25 BLB do a set of bars that fit..... but BLB so really cheap part with extra badge Tax on top.
Closest i can get with Nitto's involves a 28mm bar drop not flat.
Soma on a par with Nitto ?

Naa, Allerdale district, Cumbria. Prices plummet once you go outside the lakes park area.

on the other end of the scale i was looking at a fixer upper for £16k end of terrace 2up-2down notinlondon !

Things i am learning as a seller.
Do your EPC way in advance, adjust the property, redo the EPC and get a better rating. It's just a ticket for buyers to trash sellers, your score is low so heres a lo-ball offer and be grateful for that.
Had some funny lo-ball offers, even the agent asked the buyers why put in a silly offer you know will be rejected..... oh we had to start somewhere.
After a month of calm and nothing, a flurry of bids and pinging buyers against each other and we have hit the target price (not the list price) and agreed to sale.
The beauty is i am not in a rush to sell, and if all i was going to get now was lo-balls then it was a case of withdraw from market, address the EPC and bang the rating up, and re-market next year. Loads of interest but everyones trying to screw the sellers so a lot on the agents books that's been standing for up to a year.

Works for me.

Now starting to look for new bars in 25.4 pursuit/bullhorn flavour.

Found a Genetic, Soma do a nice looking one, Nittos seem to drop will look again for a flat one.
What else, think Deda where all oversize, Profile ?

Anyone recommend anything ? any other brand to look at..... aiming for 25.4 Alu and flat with upswept ends like I have on now (but not bent)

Sort of picking up where I left off with trying 10mile TT.
Seems to be a couple of 10's nearby but not active, and having seen the roads not sure if I fancy them outside an event.

Could just create my own, just need a clean run out for 5 miles, loop round and back again.

I did change the brake levers and stem after trying the TT'ing, shed some weight and got more comfy.
Got the old Sakae bars from Skinny Erics and some modern bars from a jumble to play with, also aero-bars, can't say I enjoyed any of them so went old school with a Chop & Flop. Don't think it shows but bars are slightly bent on left side.
25.4 38cm C-2-C and 14cm reach centre to centre of brake top.

Got the risers and mtb brake lever set up stashed so can bar swap. Found the oversized bars awkward with the bars being thick and stepping down, awkward to mount things to.

Cut the spanner ages ago..... went with open end is more practical over ring end and no point carrying both.

But yes i came to same conclusion about cutting in half, leverage is not an issue if i can get my foot on the end and slowly load 85kg of downforce...... then track nut will undo :)

Do car/van the same but gently bounce while perched on the end of the wheel nut wrench, needed a fitter or scaffold pole for the lorries as i don't eat enough pies to bounce off lorry nuts.

Mug of tea, many sparks later.

3 grams of steel sparked off, could keep going but got wiggle room now when doing rear nuts in the cowled dropouts.
Now fits the saddle pack with no pokes :) which is nice.

Hope this turns into a build thread with new owner :)

Curious to know if it's 853

Without the aid of a ruler I reckon at least 5mm and thinning down the head should avoid the spanner poking holes in the saddle pack.

I aim to grind a bit off the handle. Grind the tips flat and flatten off the outer diameter, then smoothly grind into a smooth flowing new profile with chamfered edges.
Current weight 68grams.

grindy grindy sparky sparky.

Spanners

Yep metal sticks that turn nuts and lock rings.

The joy of bolt on track hubs is you need a spanner. After experimenting I have got this down to a sawn off spanner that will very shortly get even shorter so it fits the small saddle pack.

From the top in piccy.
1) random C-spanner that happened to fit lock rings. Chunky, heavy, works.
2) Condor branded Fixed tool, cut the chain whip off as it prevented the tool sitting square against the lock ring, had same issue with C-spanner. After getting the hang of how to lock down a fixed sprocket and the fact that I can't fixie skid so use a back brake, I don't need to carry this.
3) Halfrauds 15mm double end spanner Pro range. Lopped the ring end off, a practical modification. Ring end is better for track nuts and fits the Surly cowled dropouts..... but it won't fit pedal flats, so keep the open end. This almost fitted my saddle pack, it needs grinding.
4) Open end 13mm & 15mm handy for my old bike and wheel set that used 13&15mm nuts.
5) a 13mm and & 15mm nut.

3 months gone quickly.

You know things in life are wandering when your lost, the pub you rode out is shut and your talking to a mutant black sheep for directions, think his name was Mr Paca.
Still he was right in the "go that way" :)

if you bought the rotors locally take them back, or suck up the returns cost. Sounds like the BCD is off spec so filing them out and maybe having other issues isn't worth it, as touching them with a file voids any warranty. It's your brakes.

£6 for a brake rotor is cheap so you have kinda got what you paid for.

Sounds good all in at £60. And they reckon battery is good, bonus :)

Air filter failing apart ? that could account for things as carb would be set up against the airbox and filter and X - amount of airflow, punch holes in the filter and airbox would upset fueling......

Not so much on Fuel injection enegines as the ECU adjusts fueling. If you plan on riding over vast mountain ranges then a carb set up at sea level will need rejetting/adjusting to cope with thinner air at altitude...... FI just deals with it.

We could all help you design it...

More chance of getting the summer caps than a Forum group agreeing on how to make the perfect bike :)

Loving the old pictures, old Biek or old frame with new parts no disc brakes :)

Forum Winter project perhaps.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TQEzt5smYw4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qB1mrutEpus

The kits have purpose and say you have a newish bike to start with, pass your test then just want a few more bhp's then they make sense (more so on 2 strokes) as a cheap'ish way to more cc's. Very popular on 50-100-125 2 stroke scooters.
Good way for more power for track days and racing too, look into the murky world of big boring a Honda C50 for racing :)

On an old bike with high mileage then it's a bigger project with a higher possibility of failure due to worn parts and unknown history of previous riders, as yours may be the oldest one left you would be a hertic to modify it :) unless your reliving teenage years and can't afford the insurance of going from 100 to 180cc or bother with updating the V5 so you don't pay more VED or insurance then Bore up and film it when you first start it :) (it may involve fireballs)

Not worth the hassle of going big-bore yet.
Pass your test first.

Basic in's and out's of BB kit.
More power, higher fuel useage, if anything is weak in your clutch/gearbox/drive system it will most likely fail. In general avoid anything for sale thats been BB'ed but is listed and sold as still a "125cc" with 180 kit. Voids any insurance if not declared and should be on V5. Loads do it to scooters.
Better off trading the 125 for a 200/250/300+ for the extra power :)

@ColinTheBald i have a clothes peg rod tip bell on a spring somewhere. Does the Robin chirp when you have a bite :)

All the fly fishings :)

Maybe I should have put the 35mm tyres on today

Gravels too easy, mud plugging ploughed fields is where it's at :)

It did get brighter as I resprayed it and the shade of yellow came out a lot brighter than it was in this picture.....

Got the reggo so going to ping that up on the MOT checker see if it's still alive :)

Trip down memory lane. Found some old photos of the Zed and my old MadMaxLandrover :)

Zed 250 CSR single or a "C" 17bhp thumper against the twins 27bhp

I put 2.4 hans dampfs on 19mm wide track wheels then caned it down a mountain, wheels didn't fold in half, tyres stayed on the rim, i did have to run 30-35 psi to stop tyre roll.

+3 mm think you will survive :)