SOB opinions

If you want that feeling get an MZ TS150 - the Bantam was a copy of the
DKW (which lived on as the MZ).
http://www.sweller.co.uk/sob/risen.htm

250 Superdreams were sluggish heaps of shit - I had one and for me to
consider it shitty is going some.

 

'Ere - d'you want it back?

 

As far as SDs go, there is no weight difference between the 250 and 400,
which makes the 250 an underpowered slug, not a lightweight.

Regarding city couriers, the only ones I ever saw on 90s were knowledge
cunts, earning a bob while they did it. You could always tell them -
they had a fucking clipboard map attached to the screen, ffs. 125s were
used by those who never ventured outside the conurbation.
--
Dave
GS850x2 XS650 SE6a

"It's a moron working with power tools.
How much more suspenseful can you get?"
- House

 

I never realised that they were so damn heavy. Even the LE with its heavy
engine/transmission unit comes in under 100kgs.

Maybe I should forget the idea and save up a few more pennies for a
real lightweight like a Villiers engined SOBB, one of those classic
trials jobs.

 

Does it buggery. 120kg dry, at least.

Mined ewe, with all eight of those little horsepowers to push it
along, it needs to be light.

 

Gets the book out.
Heavier than I thought - 111 to 118 depending on the version.

Indeed, but at least they are honest horses measured at 5000 rpm at
the wheel and available over a decent revband. So call that around
12 equivalent the way most optimist specs are written.
And the engines were good for 100,000 [1] miles hauling a 16 stone copper
around.

[1] Mine got a rebore at 113K, the gearbox and transmission are still
fine if a tad noisy.

 

And those Comstar wheels made it lethal in strong crosswinds.

 

It's a sleeved-down 400. Really not very nice.

 

Possibly.

 

We're moving house, see, and space is limited. An MZ-shaped space
would be beneficial, and I can't think of a more suitable recipient.

I don't think the UR has taken an entire bike yet - shall we see if
it's up to the task? OTOH, I could always drop the little beast onto
a Big Railway freight train passing under the bridge up the road and
see how it gets on that way.

 

Woo Hoo.

I could get on the proper railway to you and ride the little lover home.

 

Hah. That would be sort of dependent on me making it run and getting
an MoT on it. Gimme a minute ....

 

Just get it to run - I can bring a battery.