Diff'rent Strokers

emzedder · Joined: 15 Dec 2006 Posts: 324 Location: E.Anglia

Love the graffiti pictures

Fitted different downpipe and internally modified LC pipe ... more tucked in and quieter for regular use

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nick69 · Posted: Sat Mar 26, 2016 9:53 am Post subject:

The bikes look fantastic Tim,love the RK Cool

Top-shaggy · Posted: Sat Mar 26, 2016 1:57 pm Post subject:

Great pics lads.. I love the graffiti too.. I think the MZ would fit the part perfectly Smile

Funny but the council round me must spend a fortune on graffiti .. it's not as good as that..

Apparently round our way it's by the renowned artist 'Wanksy'
Dobbers and balls everywhere ..lol
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Gillinghampaul · Joined: 15 Aug 2012 Posts: 655 Location: Kent

I too love that graffiti, and the effects too, i today have put a freshly painted tank on the ysr and plumbed it in, shes ready to go!
Only been a few years lol
Only problem i have is she doesnt stop well so just a front brake left to sort
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Top-shaggy · Posted: Mon Mar 28, 2016 11:11 pm Post subject:

Got the AR80 running today and took her out for a little spin.. Pumped tyres up, Charged battery, drain carb and fresh petrol and voila.... Brr brrrrr brrrr weeeeeeeee...

Love the little ARs
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Straycat · Joined: 22 Jul 2015 Posts: 165 Location: Canada

Aside form progressing on the RG250, I got the new wheels & tires ready to go on the NS400R. picked up a nice original set of wheels from Japan (mine had been painted and had the rims polished.

put new bearings and seals in

just have to mount the new brake rotors and pick up a steering stem stand to make the front wheel change easier, cant use a front fork stand on the NS as there are bottom caps on the forks to come off. its either that or take off the exhaust and jack up the frame underneath....we'll see.

Batteries are charged for the FZR400 and the RZ350

too bad we just got hammered with an Ice storm (1" of freezing rain = ice) and snow storm 25cm. will all melt again in a few days, but what a mess it makes. riding will have to wait a few more weeks yet.
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2014 Honda VFR800
2015 Yamaha FJ09
2000 Kawasaki ZRX1100
1989 Yamaha RZ350 ypvs
1989 Yamaha FZR400
1987 Suzuki RG250 Gamma
1986 Honda NS400R
1988 RGV250 VJ21A-J
1986 Honda TLR200 Reflex
1985 Honda VF1000R (x2)
1985 Yamaha RZ500

The Cameraman · Joined: 22 Aug 2015 Posts: 608 Location: Lancashire

Hi Straycat,

don't feel too bad, we have the same this morning, however it's since melted.
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StrokerBoy · Posted: Tue Jul 05, 2016 7:57 pm Post subject:

Dug Edna out of the old shed, pumped her tyres up, threw a bucket of water over her and made some numberboards out of pound-shop white vinyl. Ready for the moped rac... I mean parade at Cadwell on Saturday. Wink

emzedder · Joined: 15 Dec 2006 Posts: 324 Location: E.Anglia

Errm ... had the battery jump from its mountings and drop between rear tyre and swinging arm causing a complete unexpected lock up on way home from work ... so that was nice ..... but fortunately at only 40mph. Fixed the harness and various other damage tonight .. fortunately only machinery damage could have been nasty!
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arlurt · Posted: Wed Jul 06, 2016 8:12 am Post subject:

That could've been nasty! You're a lucky lad...
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StrokerBoy · Posted: Wed Jul 06, 2016 12:44 pm Post subject:

emzedder · Joined: 15 Dec 2006 Posts: 324 Location: E.Anglia

Annoying about the graffiti wall, if you like that that sort of thing here is my Brando leather (particularly appropriate for the Monkey bike) ....

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mavesyn · Joined: 02 Jun 2009 Posts: 29 Location: staffordshire

Very cool jacket.....

r3monkey · Joined: 29 Dec 2013 Posts: 47

i had to collect my bike from the tuners as he is moving premises this week .
the bike would not rev out after fitting the 80cc engine .We suspected either crap in the old carb or an electrical problem . so i got a new carb , waited 6 weeks for the inlet manifold to arrive from france , only to find the carb will not fit without removing the oil pump which i do not want to do.
So i went down the electrical route and fit a cf posh super battle cdi ,with nsr50 stator / flywheel and adjustable stator mounting plate and i am pleased to say that after much swearing and figuring out of where the wires go to on the cdi .. It revs around to 11000 .
So i managed my first ride on the road today .. just a quick ride down the village to make sure it revs out on the road ,which it does . i need to get the fuelling sorted out now as it does bugger all from low revs then goes like a bugger at the top end .which reminds me i need to order a new rear sprocket as the bike is still running the 50cc standard rear.

Straycat · Joined: 22 Jul 2015 Posts: 165 Location: Canada

Today was the day to Run the RG250 and the FZR400 since they hadnt been run in a few weeks, so....

I went to start the RG...nada, not even a fart.

after kicking my life away I decided to check for spark --- none

After an hour of f'n and farting around, fiddling with wires, kick it over, flicking switches, kick it over, in gear, out of gear, kick stand up, kick stand down, key on , key off, ...get off the bike turn around 3 times, swear, get back on the bike, kick it over.... I decided to take a breath and start again. so....I popped up the kick stand turned the key On, Neutral light came ON, pulled the clutch lever, kicked it once and, It fired up and ran like it had been running all day long, I rolled it 8 ft and turned it towards the garage door and it quit --- no spark. A bad connection, bad ground or a bad switch some place i'd guess (?)

so I roll it back into its place and set it back on the side stand.....except ......the side stand wasnt down

but the RG went down pretty fast, then I went down, I went onto the FZR, and the FZR started to go over, pivoted on its side stand, front wheel came up, and just before it toppled over onto the RZ350...it came back down.

I lifted the RG back up expecting the worst, but... no scratches, no cracks, just a slight bend in the front signal stay....which i bent back.

What a clown I am. Now my back is messed up again, its been bad all week and was just on the mend.

On the up side, the FZR is now running like a champ, my fuel issues are resolved. Now I have to sleuth a bad connection on the RG. I hate electrical....im not good at it.
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2014 Honda VFR800
2015 Yamaha FJ09
2000 Kawasaki ZRX1100
1989 Yamaha RZ350 ypvs
1989 Yamaha FZR400
1987 Suzuki RG250 Gamma
1986 Honda NS400R
1988 RGV250 VJ21A-J
1986 Honda TLR200 Reflex
1985 Honda VF1000R (x2)
1985 Yamaha RZ500