Hello from sunny Scotland - deliriousthunder

**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

I was riding it home, (about 50 miles I think), and the battery died and the engine cut out

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/ar...p/t-26089.html

**Swoop** · 16th March 2009, 07:02

Originally Posted by deliriousthunder

...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!

**klingon** · 16th March 2009, 07:15

Welcome along. DT! Nice to have you aboard!

Originally Posted by deliriousthunder

...

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

Originally Posted by swoop

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

Originally Posted by klingon

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

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

Originally Posted by kiwifruit

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

**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

Originally Posted by DarkLord

Och Aye, welcome, laddie. What part of Scotland are you from?

Perth

I recognise the username.. You a member on BCF?

Originally Posted by Pedrostt500

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

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

**MSTRS:Me** · 19th March 2009, 14:55

Scotland, eh? That's Gaelic for Freezing Wet + Misty, isn't it?

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

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

Originally Posted by deliriousthunder

Perth

I recognise the username.. You a member on BCF?

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

**fire eyes** · 24th March 2009, 21:59

welcome

**MSTRS:Me** · 25th March 2009, 07:59

Originally Posted by deliriousthunder

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

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

Typo? Meant 'drecht'?

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

Originally Posted by MSTRS

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.