Biker's Cafe Chatroom

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Diddums said:
Well after 3.5 hours on trains yesterday the owner picked us up at the station. The bike is filthy, it absolutely hones of dog and poor cleanliness but it starts and runs well. After about 100 miles back home with the wife on the back the weather got proper dark, rainy, windy and miserable. So we booked a lovely hotel for the night, had an amazing steak and a good night sleep. With about 110 miles to go today the weather was a bit better but nothing too spectacular, so we tooled up and hit the road. The bike runs quite well, but it chugs when at full throttle in 5th (when last did you ride a bike with 5 gears!). It has an aftermarket exhaust which sounds meh, probably some cheapo thing, will hafta look when I start spannering. I suspect it wasn't jetted for the new pipe so it's running a bit lean at higher RPM, and it also backfires quite a bit which also indicates a lean condition. I also reckon the pipe's leaking somewhere as when it backfires, it sounds like it's coming from the engine area, not the exhaust itself.

That being said it fired up fine with a bit of choke this morning and carried us both home without issue.

The bike feels like riding a tractor. That engine just chugs through anything you throw at it, the gear changes feel like you're literally removing and replacing cogs with a very solid and slightly-loose CLUNK. All in all it feels good, she's definitely got good bones.

Now to start removing all the Village People crap, tune it up a bit, maybe replace the exhaust and polish it properly.

The last two days have been an absolute blast, like a proper little mini road trip. Can't recommend it enough.

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This is so '90's. I approve.
 
I saw so many bikers out today on my Nursery run. It was beautiful. New bikes, old bikes. I had to go full AI mode to recognise one. Conclusion was it could be the 1990s Aprilia RS250. It had a dark blue front fairing combined with blue and orange sides. Gemini thinks it could be the Reggiani replica, but I am not sure since the front was blue, whereas the replica front is silver and red.
 
I wish I'd taken the bike to work this morning, As soon as i stepped out the door to get in the car and realised how nice it was.

I just couldn't be a***ed to spend 10 minutes putting my gear on :cry:
 
Nipped down to my local garage this morning for suspension talk. Again I noticed how much more agile the bike feels without the panniers on. I really need to remember this. I did a few days in Wales last week and it didn't feel right.

Also it hammered it down almost constantly.
 
LowEndTorque said:
I saw so many bikers out today on my Nursery run. It was beautiful. New bikes, old bikes. I had to go full AI mode to recognise one. Conclusion was it could be the 1990s Aprilia RS250. It had a dark blue front fairing combined with blue and orange sides. Gemini thinks it could be the Reggiani replica, but I am not sure since the front was blue, whereas the replica front is silver and red.
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Yep, I know exactly which one you're talking about from the description alone.

Iirc it was a 125 only, I might be wrong though.

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JonRGV250 said:
Mount your steeds gentlemen, it’s a glorious morning for it!
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It wasn’t so much at 5:50, but I pulled up my big boy pants anyway. Sat in the sun on my lunch waiting to get back on the bike and take the long way home. Might need to pack the summer gloves so I came wear them on the ride home tomorrow.
 
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