CB 250 G5s..........Memories

I necer said I wanted to buy it YTC!
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Pot Kettle Mr Tubby Belly !


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Robbo
Trophy 1200 1998
BotaFOF #19. E.O.S.M 2001/2002/2003/2004/2005
B.O.S.M 2003, 2004, 2005
FURSWB#1 KotL..YTC449
PM#7
BotM#4
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They were horrible, horrible things.

 

I think we should ask Miss[1] Spiby who has the tubbiest anything......

Dave

[1] Not Mrs - she's biased.

 

Which "miss" ?


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Robbo
Trophy 1200 1998
BotaFOF #19. E.O.S.M 2001/2002/2003/2004/2005
B.O.S.M 2003, 2004, 2005
FURSWB#1 KotL..YTC449
PM#7
BotM#4
..

 

Take yer pick[1]

Dave

[1] Except the youngest. So far......... ))))))))

 

It ain't so bad at all for a 'road' bike. My bloody KX had a piston life
measured in single digits of *hours*. At one point I had a thrice-weekly ad
in the motox spares section of Tradeit for pistons/barrels, even whole KXs
to keep the bastard running.
What's a standard NS400 like as 'weekend toy' from a maintenance point of
view? Do they put up with a couple of 100-200mile round trips per month, or
are they just really a 'Friday night at the pub' tool?

JB

 

That's a dog compared to one of my concours ones ;-)

Anyway, when are you coming over to scare the neighbours ?

Cheers

Paul.

 

Oi Caant .... Outside...

I've got a 1 man Superdream owners club going here

P.

 

,

"Jock Kerr".............
There's a name I ain't heard in years.
Probbly a reason for that. Answers on a postcard please.................

Dave

 

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
And you wonder why they were "shite"?
You pikey ****

Dave

 

You can go off people you know ;-)

This is exactly what I've done. Well apart from the actual riding of my
'dream' bike from age 13.

Disposable income. It's a curse.

Cheers

Paul.

 

Perxactly as the "new" youngest is a male


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Robbo
Trophy 1200 1998
BotaFOF #19. E.O.S.M 2001/2002/2003/2004/2005
B.O.S.M 2003, 2004, 2005
FURSWB#1 KotL..YTC449
PM#7
BotM#4
..

 

Yeabut do yours run?

Fukinellsbellsandbollox...............Time mate.....time...........

Are you around after Xmas up to the New Year?


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Robbo
Trophy 1200 1998
BotaFOF #19. E.O.S.M 2001/2002/2003/2004/2005
B.O.S.M 2003, 2004, 2005
FURSWB#1 KotL..YTC449
PM#7
BotM#4
..

 

The giraffe's great

Oh...and the bike's alright too.

Si

 

I've obviously missed some news or summat then. Who's had a sprog? (Had as
in given birth. Not 'had' in a Gary Glitter way, natch)

Dave

 

Well obviously I'm biased, but as long as the gearbox is sturdy then they're
fine.

A good one will still do 130mph+, they're comfy (in relation to more modern
stuff), the tyres are generally a bit poo, due to limited choice and they
sound a bit shite thanks to Mr Honda's decision to stick whacking great
silencers on each cylinder that wouldn't look amiss on a 750 4-stroke of the
time.

But they're a lot more mechanically sturdy than some would have you
believe - my 500 had covered nearly 30,000 miles on the standard crank
pistons and cylinders before I had the conversion done, and the parts taken
off it are all still in good nick.

Of course a 200 mile round trip would mean 2 full tanks+ of fuel if you're
doing anything other than going very very slow....

Dave

 

WavyDavy said...

Jeebus, even I know.

 

Yebbut I wasn't at the EOSM for very long and the last time I was round that
way overnight was about 9 mon^^^cough, cough, er I can't remember the last
time I was in the area for more than a few minutes, so I have hardly seen
Mandy since Easter and not seen the "ey"s for a long time...

Dave

 

WavyDavy said...

You'd better make a phone call and get their gossip first hand then, cos
I've said all I'm going to.

 

In uk.rec.motorcycles, Lozzo amazed us all with this pearl of wisdom:

Loz, on a completely different note, when I was in Makro earlier they
were knocking out mini-motos. I *almost* bought one. I didn't know how
much they were and I was only going to buy one for the *OSMs for
laffin' in the car park with but by Christ, the build quality was
fucking shocking! Plastic fucking clip-ons that didn't actually clip on
(they waved about loose) and some other plasticy screws. In fact I don't
think there was any metal on the thing apart from the chain and possibly
the frame.[1]

Still, I bet it would last longer than a Harley.

[1] What they did have though was some mini-quads. Looked a right laugh
and built properly, too.