Biker's Cafe Chatroom

Minibiker · 7 Jun 2017 at 19:57

One said:
250 2stroke on the other hand.....

who doesn't love the old 250 2stroke

Tefal · 7 Jun 2017 at 20:00

tom_e said:
Priced my old bike at £950, a little high but gives me some room to move.

First message is saying they'll offer me £600 as they need to spend £3-400 getting it serviced I want to know where this guy services his 125's because I'm in the wrong business!

It's made even funnier by the fact the advert has a whole list of bits replaced less than 200 miles before it was put into storage which includes all the service bits plus clutch cable/chain and sprockets/rear brake shoes/fully rebuilt front caliper and new pads plus it had an oil change last week before it's MOT.

I can see this may be more ball ache than I hoped...

Edit: he's now upped his offer to £650 and seems very pushy about getting my address even though I've told him I won't be budging on price at this time. Smells dodgy as a scooter with no plate and a balaclava wearing rider.

whats the bike and how competent was the guy who did the brakes work?

the commute to work is literaly 10-15 mins,.

and is a mix of country lane, dual carrigeway and town 30mph zone.

tom_e · 7 Jun 2017 at 20:06

Ybr 125 I've done all the work.

Diddums · 7 Jun 2017 at 21:25

Wtf kind of shirt were you wearing when you took the photos?

tom_e · 7 Jun 2017 at 21:42

Oi! That t-shirt gets all the complements, and not just off the boys

Captain · 7 Jun 2017 at 21:57

You guys rate evotech gear?

What are their levers like?

I've ordered a tail tidy and I'm about to order a rad guard, rear blanking plates for pegs and want some new levers.

Diddums · 7 Jun 2017 at 22:03

Doesn't everyone always rave on about evotech being amazeballs?

Diddums · 7 Jun 2017 at 22:03

tom_e said:
Oi! That t-shirt gets all the complements, and not just off the boys

It's ok sugar, I won't judge

MowyTone · 8 Jun 2017 at 07:23

Diddums said:
It's ok sugar, I won't judge

nick5466 · 8 Jun 2017 at 13:16

Well tried to get on my bike today but the knee still won't bend enough for my foot to sit on the peg. Looks like another couple of weeks before I can get back on

tom_e · 8 Jun 2017 at 13:54

Diddums said:
It's ok sugar, I won't judge

You leave my fashion choices alone and I won't mention your love of little camp scooters

Captain · 8 Jun 2017 at 18:36

Rizoma levers for £120 brand new? Snap them up?

Captain · 8 Jun 2017 at 21:19

Ended up buying them, brand new with receipt, brake and clutch lever, matte black rizoma levers, £120 delivered.

TallPaul_S · 8 Jun 2017 at 21:27

That's pretty much the price for one, so a decent deal.

Captain · 8 Jun 2017 at 21:29

TallPaul_S said:
That's pretty much the price for one, so a decent deal.

They are €131 each so yeah a good saving.

Looking for mirrors now as the stock ones vibrate like crazy.

TallPaul_S · 8 Jun 2017 at 21:40

The stock mirrors should be decent, they're the same as Aprilia mirrors and mine only vibrate a little at 6k rpm +, but that's on a v-twin

The_Abyss · 8 Jun 2017 at 22:06

Clov!s said:
They are €131 each so yeah a good saving.

Looking for mirrors now as the stock ones vibrate like crazy.

Get some decent heavy bar ends.

Captain · 8 Jun 2017 at 22:13

The_Abyss said:
Get some decent heavy bar ends.

The stock ones are the heaviest for their size, any longer bar ends and i won't be able to get the bike through the gate lol

tom_e · 8 Jun 2017 at 22:22

Check out Oberon bar ends they do some pretty heavy weight ones and they're not massively long

The_Abyss · 8 Jun 2017 at 22:45

So, one week on and it is still here. No idea how though, based on a slightly better picture. Tethering is, it appears, optional!