Saul

Mars Attacks or is it the fucking Mekon, where is Dan Dare when you need him?

Yeah but @busabeast could do it faster on his Busa and you would be all butt hurt and tearful in the short corner

My chinky CG clone would not go faster than 58 down hill. I mean absolutely not, no way no how.

You forget my mother was a preacher, heard lots of sermons and such in my time, genuinely not taking the piss

PM me a link, I would watch it and not to take the piss.

Yeah I could see that would be right up the Umpa Lumpa's street. Having Banda written on it would save buying rainbow flags as well.

Whinger Gily don't like em much. £9000 for 80 bhp 290 kilo hunk of chinesium, doesn't sound like a rocket ship. He nearly dropped it on a cattle grid. Why not buy an older CBR600 30bhp more and 100+ kilos less for around £2000, at least it would be fun to ride with good parts and tyre availability.

4 miles from me, bargin with 800 miles on the clock. https://ebay.us/m/Pb9UWf

I don't think that is an option for Shadow.

I know it is a bike for short people but did you read the original post in that the Lady in question wanted a lighter bike? Injuns aint light

That doesn't surprise me at all. I will say that they are tough little bikes in general given the amount of times Shadow has chucked hers down the road and the things she has hit. The finish on it is pretty good especially the paint, although I do wonder about its mechanical longevity. I suppose this thread will run and we shall see.

Problem is that particular bike was assembled in Italy and while is says it was made in Italy, I'm pretty sure that parts are not. I think that bike is assembled all over the world but I wouldn't mind betting that the majority of the parts are from chinese manufacturers. I had quite a chat with the chap who fixed it and he said that even though these bikes are pretty reliable the quality isn't what it used to be. He also thought the service intervals are to big for a small air cooled motor. 4K miles between services which I am going to cut in half from now on. One point he did make was that at least you can still get parts for Japanese brands whereas it's often not possible to get them for chinese brands, so the ongoing support is there for japanese stuff and that is better than most chinese stuff. Also to bear in mind it Shadow has thrashed to tits of this thing for 15k miles whereas many chinky 125s don't actually make it that far. So you are right is the short answer.

The culprit. There is a noticeable notch in the cam follower bearing. All working well now motor sounding sweet and not to horrendous a bill in fact I think it was very reasonable as he has a cash rate

Dinky car test driver you mean He couldn’t handle the power of Scalextrics

I am sure she would, I will get the original motor sorted, as far as I know it’s just the one bearing that’s gone. The new motor is for me when I finally get what’s left of the bike back in the future.

Well finally got to the bottom of the rattle, nothing to do with the cam chain in the end. It was the bearing which in the inlet rocker runs in, the bearing broke down and opened up the inlet valve clearance intermittently. . I had to give up and take the bike to my trusted guy who found it. He is going to strip the parts from my spare engine tomorrow to get Shadow back on the road as the bearing we need is on back order. So I am going to put an order in for that bearing and sort my spare engine again so that it is ready to go back in when I get the bike back in the future. I not saying I wouldn't have found it, it's just if I started the job the pressure would have been on to get it done and I am not a mechanic and like to do things slowly to get it right, rather than fuck things up by rushing while I was learning to do it.

I quite like the look of these although most don't. I was just thinking upright seating wide bars and that little gem of a motor doing 80/90mpg, perfect little back road ride.

Mines the 17/9. 60 then

Perhaps the 1100 Rebel could be an option for you

There is something a bit broke back about it.

That 1200XE is a bloody big bike. I know you are used to that sort of thing but are you ready to ditch the shaft?

My Mrs had something similar a few years again. A woman visited our neighbour and reversed into the Mrs CRV and fecked the back bumper, the womans insurance paid but my Mrs premium still went up as she had a recorded claim even though it wasn't her fault given that she was sitting in the living at the time.

I love the way you're thinking. Only problem is I'm too old to shag away half of everything I own and my Mrs knows that, plus I have gotten used to her now.

Sunday morning navel gazing, what are you realistically thinking about for your next bike? My thinking room. Something retro or retro styled for me, middle weight around, 60 to 70 ish BHP, 200 ish KG or less. Twin or 4 pot. Probably less than £5K budget for me, or else I would be in domestic strife. Lot of interesting stuff out there for £2 to £2.5 K I like sports bikes but prolly would rarely ride such a thing, to uncomfy and don't really care about boasting numbers or tearing around like a nutter bastard. I ride with a group of old feckers so big 1000cc plus blasters are pointless given where I live and ride most of the time. Rather use the rev range on something smaller than have to tickle a beast 100+ Bhp around. Also I'm average height and getting smaller and older so big adventure stuff doesn't interest me really. Thinking Bonneville/Scrambler/Speed twin, W800, Intercepter (really), type of stuff. BMW R series stuff or older K75 Bricks. Do like a Z650RS, Do like a older 90's CB750 retro or a Kawasaki Zephyr. I like older 70's and 80's Japanese 4s but don't know if i can be arsed to fettle them commensurate to their age. Just want to get on and ride.

Fuck that's depressing Clive, given that I am only 10 years or so younger