Think I've blown it ...

Christ yes, I forgot. Want a go, mate?

I've had my money's worth ;-)

My thoughts precisely - I'm prepared to give it a go, although Mr
Suzuki is a tough act to follow.

On another tack altogether, I was cruising eBay, as a bloke does at
this sort of time - and I came across a proper bike.
1990 GSXR1100 in ice-cream van, two owners from new and the current
one knows the first, been wet twice, never seen Winter, 8,500 miles.
2,500 quid.
I'm only 2.2k short, if I don't fix my PC ...

 

Bent or worn, exacerbated by petrol in the oil and my hamfootedness.
Bottom end prolly run, loads of dosh for parts.

It was the way that it went in and drive engaged, then popped out -
and back in again - then out and back that "amused" me. The fucker.

 

S'wot i fort

--
Dan L (Oldbloke)
My bike 1996 Kawasaki ZR1100 Zephyr
M'boy's current bike 1990 Suzuki TS50X (Heavily fortified)
M'boys NEW bike 2003 Honda NSR125R
BOTAFOT #140, DIAABTCOD #26, BOMB#18 (slow)

 

Sounds like a fair exchange to me.

Remake the Travolta/Cage film - call it "Body Off".

 

An' you can shut it too, mofo.

 

Hindsight is a wonderful thing.

Next time, when I sense a problem, I'll fix it before it becomes an
issue. You may remind me of this.

 

He can ride it the same way though Just 1/8th of the speed.

 

flashgorman wrote:
....

What's the origin of streetfighter?

I mean as a pun it's quite good as bandit's regularly fight with the
street... but otherwise?

It's rather a silly name really.

 

Heh, sorry, I didn't quite recognise it as "garden art".

--
Dan L (Oldbloke)
My bike 1996 Kawasaki ZR1100 Zephyr
M'boy's current bike 1990 Suzuki TS50X (Heavily fortified)
M'boys NEW bike 2003 Honda NSR125R
BOTAFOT #140, DIAABTCOD #26, BOMB#18 (slow)

 

FRO the pair of you. I think Elly and I should discuss this.

 

Pip said..

That's you round at yours tonight then.

 

What gear is it jumping out of? 1st and 2nd by any chance?

 

I read somewhere that the RF900 doesn't have very good undercut on the
2nd gear dogs, and they are prone to jumping out. As you say, this could
be fixed cheaply without taking the top to bits.

 

Aye, 'tis second. Always the heaviest used/weakest. Pretty much
whenever I've heard of gearbox problems like this, it has been second
gear at fault.

 

1/18.74th, Shirley.

You're dead, the pair of you.

 

As I've prolly posted, it shouldn't be too much of a pain to sort out.
Ignoring all the usual rusted / rounded / snapped bolts and skinned
knuckles of course.

 

It was somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the

It's part of the glorious and never-ending stream of communication
called the English language. Being of colonial origin, you should
appreciate that even more than the workshy idle layabouts who are gifted
with it from shortly after birth and who just don't understand they have
in their minds one of the most priceless tools mankind has ever devised.

--

Dave

GS 850 x2 / SE 6a
SbS#6 DIAABTCOD#16 APOSTLE#6 FUB#3
FUB KotL OSOS#12? UKRMMA#19 COSOC#10

 

Pip says...

There's a little Honda 250 ready to re-make your acquaintance should you
need it. I've fixed the top-box lid now

 

'Hog says...

You reckon, eh?

There's only one way to find out, and I'm volunteering.

 

Dan L says...

It looks like it's about to gain a companion.