Operation Awesome Bike!

[pocketcracker]

it was like you had a pussy magnet attached to ya shlong ! becasue thats all she was wanting ! ....

She must have a thing good yummy chocolate men ! HEHEHEHHEHE<

Hurry da flux up and get that Push bike running ! Ps, its raining becasue of you !

[ital916]

Okay so hopefully the bike comes home tomorrow and the verdict from the mechanic is


















She runs!...but and a BIG but it is...is that the front cylinder smokes. Now in mikes opinion I should run it for two weeks and see what happens as the front cylinder hasn't been running in eons and it might just clear out over time. If not then back to mike it goes to have the front cylinder opened up to have a look. As far as doing her u is going. New headlight is on, not changing bars, mirrors will be on soonish, seat will need to be redone, bodywork is still nice so that will be left alone, leaving just exhaust and then riding the tits off her! The bars will be left as is, as I find them comfortable and financially, clip ons aren't worth it at the moment. Bodywork is in good condition, the paint is 98% mint so it will get recond at a later date. Here's to hoping the smokyness is just a bit of cloggage.

[PirateJafa]

Okay so hopefully the bike comes home tomorrow and the verdict from the mechanic is...

It's gonna explode!

[Macstar]

Here's to hoping the smokyness is just a bit of cloggage.

Mate, smoke coming out of arse aint a new thing...

[motorbyclist]

save some money and let me and stevo at it!


what is it with you and smoky bikes? reckon your srv got "two-strokeritis" from being in the same garage as the old RG?

[ital916]

Yay bike comes back on sat morning! Can't wait to see my little beast again.

[Timati]

We should organize a "welcome home" ride lol

[motorbyclist]

Progress report:

without going into details, dushi makes a good pillion, bike still weak but does a hilarious two stroke impression at high revs when teh power kicks in (with coughs and splutters and brown/black smoke fires out the muffler), really needs a new headlight as the fucked one is well and truly fucked now (we learnt important lessons about why we don't "make it fit" and why we should remember how things were dissassembled)

[xwhatsit]

What diameter is the headlight? Would it fit an 8" job? It's off a Bandit 400, it's on my bike at the moment -- got a few scrapes and dings around the rim unforunately. About to swap it for a mint SR400 job (looks almost identical, but symmetrical pattern).

[ital916]

hmm ill need to measure it up, but it might fit. I'm just confused as to why it' sooo gutless, both cylinders are now running and most of the crap has been blown out of it.

[Squiggles]

hmm ill need to measure it up, but it might fit. I'm just confused as to why it' sooo gutless, both cylinders are now running and most of the crap has been blown out of it.

According to the web, it only puts out 20kW, your RG put out 26kW , my GN 15kW

[motorbyclist]

squiggles, have you ridden it today? go have a blat and tell us what you think... one you get high enough in the revs it's starts getting power in little bursts, kinda like inverse misfiring, while brown/black smoke comes in big puffs/streams from the muffler... and every time i've seen it now it's still been blowing water out the exhaust joinery

of course i want you to have a blat and see if it's got as much juice as a GN. compared to a VTR250 it's got nothing, seems to have less than an FXR150, but once it starts banging and hit's it's "power band" it feels like a VTR250 engine with more vibration

edit: and i don't think the neighbour approves of us sitting the bike on the driveway in neutral with the throttle cracked wide open and all sorts of smoke billowing around us, shouting "DID YOU HEAR THAT? IT POPS WHEN WE LET OFF" over it all - she sure didn't look happy

[Ixion]

It should have about the sameas a Virago 250, maybe a bit more high up. Virago is pretty linear, definately more than a GN, less than an SRX.

Definately won't have the performance of an RG150.

Shouldn't be blowing smoke, that's not good.

[motorbyclist]

should've used my phone to take a video... i've never seen anything like it - concerned for the well-being of that exhaust valve!

oh and dushi, you'd better hurry up with that oil change! really should've been the first thing you/we did when you got it

[Squiggles]

F'd if im going to ride it in this weather