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deliriousthunder
16th March 2009, 04:28
It's not really sunny, in fact there's a fair bit of rain most of the time... but anyway...

I'm Tom, been riding for about a year and a half I guess.. Started on a CBR125, don't mock, that bike was a lot of fun!

Moved on to an XJ600 and found out the hard way that there are actually limits to how fast you can ride (or how far you can lean at least) :( Have a scar on my knee to remind myself of that now..

Eventually sold the XJ600 and bought an RVF400, but licensing laws over here mean I would have to restrict it to 33bhp to ride it legally :( So I've decided to store it till my license restriction period ends..

So, yesterday I bought myself a Yamaha SRX250 :D I was riding it home, (about 50 miles I think), and the battery died and the engine cut out :mad:

Turns out the reg/rec unit is fried, which has also fried the battery..

I know that over in NZ there are a lot more 250s (no-one really bothers with them over here, our laws are different, you start on a 125, then you move to anything you want with a 33bhp limit)

So I really joined to ask if anyone here has a pdf of an SRX250 manual, and/or might be able to source a replacement reg/rec unit for one..

Maybe someone could point me in the right direction? (I'm assuming this isn't the best place to post a manual/part request)

Thanks,

kiwifruit
16th March 2009, 06:26
Welcome to the site :)

Ixion may have a copy of the PDF you're after:
http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/archive/index.php/t-26089.html

Swoop
16th March 2009, 07:02
...bought an RVF400,



Turns out the reg/rec unit is fried, which has also fried the battery.
Welcome to KB!

RVF!! Nice work! Bloody reg/rec issues *mutter*! I had the same issue on an older honda. Keep an eye on them!
Best of luck with your search!

:ride:

klingon
16th March 2009, 07:15
Welcome along. DT! Nice to have you aboard! :niceone:


...

So I really joined to ask if anyone here has a pdf of an SRX250 manual, and/or might be able to source a replacement reg/rec unit for one..

Maybe someone could point me in the right direction? (I'm assuming this isn't the best place to post a manual/part request)

Thanks,

Yeah I would suggest you re-post this request in General Maintenance or somewhere, with the request in the title field. Enthusiasts will be along in their droves to tell you about their experiences with the bike (no guarantees about the manual though, looks like they're hard to find).

deliriousthunder
16th March 2009, 09:48
RVF!! Nice work! Bloody reg/rec issues *mutter*! I had the same issue on an older honda. Keep an eye on them!

No! Don't tempt fate :(

The reg/rec issues are with the SRX. The RVF is pretty much mint, and I'm hoping there will be no such issues with it ;)

I'm looking forward to getting back on the RVF next year.. Just hope it doesn't rot while it's stored :p


Yeah I would suggest you re-post this request in General Maintenance or somewhere

Thanks, did that, and Ixion PM'd me about it :)


Ixion may have a copy of the PDF you're after:
http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/ar...p/t-26089.html

Thanks for going to the bother of finding an old thread for me.. I've read that one and was gonna PM Ixion but posted here first.. Then I had to go out for the evening and he beat me to it :lol:

DarkLord
17th March 2009, 15:25
Och Aye, welcome, laddie. What part of Scotland are you from?

Pedrostt500
17th March 2009, 16:24
Didnt think that sunny and Scotland ould be used in the same sentence,
Welcome to KB.

deliriousthunder
19th March 2009, 12:02
Och Aye, welcome, laddie. What part of Scotland are you from?

Perth :p

I recognise the username.. You a member on BCF (http://www.bikechatforums.com)?


Didnt think that sunny and Scotland ould be used in the same sentence,
Welcome to KB.

:lol: Well, some people say "Bonnie Scotland", which is true, but I prefer an ironic sense of humour to a plain statement..

Thanks for the welcome :niceone:

MSTRS
19th March 2009, 14:55
Scotland, eh? That's Gaelic for Freezing Wet + Misty, isn't it? :devil2:
We know a couple from Perth, Jack and Betty. D'ye ken them?
Och, and my mother is from Glasgow, so I feel entitled to take the piss...

deliriousthunder
22nd March 2009, 03:17
Soonds aboot richt aye, if it isnae, it should be..

Although the weather is braw right noo.. there are a few clouds, but it's bricht, dry, and above zero so I cannae complain :lol:

Perth's population is aroon aboot 45 thoosan'.. I must ken a few hundred 'o them, (in passing), but no "Jack+Betty"s that I ken 'o..

So your maw's fae Glasgow? How long's she been away fae the hameland?

DarkLord
24th March 2009, 21:15
Perth :p

I recognise the username.. You a member on BCF (http://www.bikechatforums.com)?



Nope, not me. Must be another Dark Lord of the Sith.

fire eyes
24th March 2009, 21:59
welcome :2thumbsup

MSTRS
25th March 2009, 07:59
Although the weather is braw right noo.. there are a few clouds, but it's bricht, dry, and above zero so I cannae complain :lol:

So your maw's fae Glasgow? How long's she been away fae the hameland?

Typo? Meant 'drecht'? :Pokey: And she left for the antipodes in 1956. Grew up in the greystone tenements (Elm Bank St) which are long gone.

deliriousthunder
30th March 2009, 00:56
Typo? Meant 'drecht'? And she left for the antipodes in 1956. Grew up in the greystone tenements (Elm Bank St) which are long gone.

Nah, bricht is another way of saying bright..

E.g. "It's a braw bricht moonlicht nicht the nicht"

--> Translation: "It's a good bright moonlit night tonight"

"Good" doesn't really sum up "braw", but I don't really know how to translate that accurately.

Never spent much time in Glasgow anyway, an East coast man myself. Never liked the city for some reason, can't quite put my finger on it.

cc rider
2nd April 2009, 22:26
Never spent much time in Glasgow anyway, an East coast man myself. Never liked the city for some reason, can't quite put my finger on it.

It suucks?? ;)

Grandad from outside of Glasgow then Canada

Buggar - sorry - Welcome Tom :o

mujambee
2nd April 2009, 23:56
Hello from sunny Scotland


Hello from damp, rainy Spain. :bleh:

LBD
3rd April 2009, 00:39
Hello from damp, rainy Spain. :bleh:

3 can play that game....hello from freaking cold Kyrgyzstan....But I will be in Malaga next week for 2 weeks....:laugh::laugh::laugh:

Oh and gidday Jock (s) welcome to the forum.....You would fit in, in NZ, in 1995 there was a new monument erected to the Glencoe mascare...

mujambee
3rd April 2009, 01:03
But I will be in Malaga next week for 2 weeks....:laugh::laugh::laugh:

Bringing your bike?

LBD
3rd April 2009, 01:45
Bringing your bike?


I wish....no.... Wife, Visa card, shopping list, fishing rod, Avis discount vouchers....They do have bike rentals and that has crossed my mind a couple of times....either that or a SCUBA trip....and 4 days school.

mujambee
3rd April 2009, 02:26
They do have bike rentals and that has crossed my mind a couple of times

Here (http://www.motos.ws/foros5/Mensaje.asp?Msg_id=80678) you have a trip report for this (http://maps.google.es/maps?f=d&saddr=A-384+%4036.877555,+-5.425845&daddr=A-355+%4036.546230,+-4.861490+to:A-355+%4036.657680,+-4.733980+to:A-366+%4036.794973,+-5.030902+to:A-405+%4036.442680,+-5.442740+to:A-372%2FCarretera+de+Benamahoma+%4036.756320,+-5.502880+to:A-372+%4036.787990,+-5.274190&hl=en&geocode=5688769084350197715,36.877555,-5.425845%3B6310530850946580182,36.546230,-4.861490%3B1584168926091164167,36.657680,-4.733980%3B12765588849285863013,36.794973,-5.030902%3B4257151910017774805,36.442680,-5.442740%3B14899677321089478322,36.756320,-5.502880%3B2648235248317811703,36.765050,-5.326540%3B1405294221578253349,36.787990,-5.274190&mra=mr&mrcr=0&via=1,2,3,4,5&sll=36.762266,-5.345879&sspn=0.151825,0.307617&ie=UTF8&ll=36.677231,-5.234985&spn=0.60797,1.230469&t=p&z=10) route (in spanish with pics). Even by car you should climb up there.

But I believe we are steering away deliriousthunder's thread. Hi again, Scotts. How're you faring your sunny day? ;)

MSTRS
3rd April 2009, 08:27
Nah, bricht is another way of saying bright..

E.g. "It's a braw bricht moonlicht nicht the nicht"

--> Translation: "It's a good bright moonlit night tonight"

"Good" doesn't really sum up "braw", but I don't really know how to translate that accurately.

Never spent much time in Glasgow anyway, an East coast man myself. Never liked the city for some reason, can't quite put my finger on it.

Och Hen, d'ye nae ken whit ah meen? Alba is aye drecht. Isnae it? Whit thus 'bricht' meens, ah hae nae idea.
An' aye, ah ken whit ye meen bae braw. 'tis noo an easy word tae translate :innocent: - bonny, guid, lovelae, rare :shifty:, all o' the above....

And of course you would be unlikely to know 'Jack and Betty' from Perth, although stranger things have happened. I'm just messing with you. A wee story to follow...

MSTRS
3rd April 2009, 08:51
A few years ago, my wife worked at a college in Hastings (Hawkes Bay, NZ - not Harold's battle site) which is about 20kms from where we live in Napier. There she met a science teacher who, it turned out, lived about 5 houses away from us in the same street. Now, this fellow came from Paisley and also liked whisky and Runrig (funny that!) so we became quite good friends.
Fast forward a couple of years, and our youngest boy got a new teacher for sports. She told the class that it was not funny to pretend they didn't understand her accent or make fun of it (she was Scottish).
Well - our young fellow, being a switched on kid, said he recognised her accent and was she from Glasgow?
No, she said, but quite close, from a place called Paisley.
Our young fellow then said, No kidding? I know a guy from there. He's a science teacher. Mr Breen.
She said, When I was at school my science teacher's name was Mr Breen. Not Ed, is it?
Yep. Same guy.

KiwiPhoenix
7th April 2009, 13:03
Like the translation!

I'm from a town called Carluke about 30 miles east of Glasgow. How are you enjoying Scotland?

You are right, it's not that often you can use Scotland and sunny in the same sentence! :lol:



Nah, bricht is another way of saying bright..

E.g. "It's a braw bricht moonlicht nicht the nicht"

--> Translation: "It's a good bright moonlit night tonight"

"Good" doesn't really sum up "braw", but I don't really know how to translate that accurately.

Never spent much time in Glasgow anyway, an East coast man myself. Never liked the city for some reason, can't quite put my finger on it.

325rocket
7th April 2009, 17:44
welcome to the site. i spent a bit of time living in scotland a few years ago the closest to you would have been dunkeld (spelling could be wrong)
you have some fantastic roads over there.