Hadley, if you're not going to buy it man, there's people out there who will.
Me first because I asked first!
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Hadley, if you're not going to buy it man, there's people out there who will.
Me first because I asked first!
If a man is alone in the woods and there isn't a woke Hollywood around to call him racist, is he still white?
C'mon lets ride....
And I thought you liked to shareOriginally Posted by Jim2
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You've already GOT heaps of old munt. I want to build my OWN munt pyramid, thank you very much!
If a man is alone in the woods and there isn't a woke Hollywood around to call him racist, is he still white?
Last of a dying breed
And if you have taken a dislike to these others...
(What with their bickering an all...)Then I happily step up and provide a caring home for the girl
Scooter boy
Yeah, will buy it. Thanks for the info people. Just got to wrangle getting the work van to go pick it up. cheers
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Good work. We expect a thread on getting the wee beasty back on the road.
If a man is alone in the woods and there isn't a woke Hollywood around to call him racist, is he still white?
The metal is always nude.
Anyway Jim, you can't buy it as you have to save (HARD) for your new Aprilia Shiver....
"...you meet the weirdest people riding a Guzzi !!..."
C'mon lets ride....
Isn't the bathroom a priority at the moment?Anyway Jim, you can't buy it as you have to save (HARD) for your new Aprilia Shiver....
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Yep Bathroom is the priority. Got my eye on another project at the mo.
If a man is alone in the woods and there isn't a woke Hollywood around to call him racist, is he still white?
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I'll have it for parts. Frosty, the heads do go boom on these models unfortunately; head cracks between the exhaust valves and spark plug. Happened on my original head, and two spares that I bought. Very common.
The other problem is that they use plain bearings direct in the head for the cam. This means you can't replace them when they wear out; top end noise is very common. Automatic cam-chain tensioner isn't too bad, but still a bit shit. Replace the cam-chain according to the intervals, trust me on that
Unfortunately this model is the Deluxe, which has a very flimsy electric start. The kickstart is much better, although the kickstart lever itself has been known to strip and crack. Like hen's teeth to locate, too.
Great bikes. Could apparently crack 150kph when new, although I wouldn't want to inflict that amount of abuse. Engine is not one of Honda's best, but can be fun as it will thump down low if carb is tuned appropriately (jetted/needled lean at stock, as it's a pumper and they try to boost fuel economy), yet will howl up to 10,000 rpm very smoothly and freely. I've got an XR250 camshaft in mine which seems to boost low-down torque, or that might just be my imagination.
Main appeal of the bike is the joyous handling. 125kg dry (electric will be heavier unfortunately), can be made lighter (I threw away battery, heavy stock headlight/indicators/massive steel bracket holding it all together -- more is planned to go), put some 10-weight oil in the front forks and lower them through the triple clamps about 1.5-2cm. Mine's got clip-ons which make it even nicer. Super fun to chuck through tight twisties and roundabouts and all kinds of urban situations -- you just throw it around with your knees. Meanwhile you're getting 28km/litre and never getting close to wearing out the tyres, even if you scrape the pegs as hard as you can (which is difficult as ground clearance is very good).
Get it, it's cheap laughs you won't regret. I won't be selling mine.
EDIT: I'll give you $80 for the exhaust system -- I'll give you a (slightly rusted around the headers but still very good) pair of original silencers -- take your pick out of two sets I have. There, now it only costs you $20. I'm serious about that. I want a two-into-one for a little project.
The metal is always nude.
I sometimes regret selling my NZ-250 (which Dev Esq got
"...you meet the weirdest people riding a Guzzi !!..."
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Not quite right. The CB250N and the CB250RS were contemporaries; the N was pitched as the `Sports Twin' and the RS was the `Super Sports Single' in the brochures of the time. RS beat the socks off the N in any kind of race.
250N came out in 1979 and lasted until 1983. I think. The CB250RS came out in 1980 (CB250RSA) and lasted until 1984 replaced by the RSC somewhere in there, maybe 1982. In 1982 they released the CB250RSD, which is the electric start model and lasted until 1984 too. In Japan they had the RSZ, which was the same as an RSD pretty much, but had fancy paintwork, unblacked engine and twin-pot front discs. Nothing really changed over the entire career of the bike apart from that.
Was replaced by the CBX, with the RFVC head, which also suffered from head-cracking. Not as good; more powerful (30hp!), but much heavier and more expensive. Then came the GB250 which was a classic-clothed CBX. Very nice.
The offer for the exhaust system still stands.
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