Two Stroke on a budget – Aprilia RS125 (Part 7)
Two stroke on a budget – part 7 – Don’t budge on the budget! So costs are starting to add up a bit on this one and for some reason the parts tend to be a bit on the dear…
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The Despair Shop Part 5 – Get it broken!
Just a quick update on some of the stuff covered in earlier musings from the shop of despair – firstly the ZZR600. I ended up passing that one on through the trade as I didn’t have the V5 and wanted…
1980 Yamaha RD350 LC 4L0 Restoration – Part 11 – The Homeward Straight
So I did a few other jobs since the last update, just minor stuff but still quite important. The gearbox was filled with oil – the specified amount of 1500ml went in there. No signs of any leakage so that’s…
The Despair Shop Part 4 – ZX6 Aaaaarrrrggghhh!!!!
I took my low mileage ZX6r to the MoT man the other day and while he passed it with no advisories when we went to load it in the van he mentioned a slight misfire. It was running okish but…
Two Stroke on a budget – Aprilia RS125 (Part 6)
Project Two Stroke on a budget Part 6 – Plastic not Fantastic As I am still waiting for parts my attention was turned to the rather nice looking plastics, which turned out to be not so nice after all. No…
The Despair Shop Part 3 – CBR600FK
The Despair Shop Episode 3 – The world’s Cheapest Track Day Weapon This week, for some strange reason that I haven’t yet fathomed, I came home with a really tired looking old CBR600FK – the FK was clearly an abbreviation…
Colourful carbon from LS2 Helmets
LS2’s full carbon, ultra-light Challenger helmet comes in five colourful new graphics for 2020. Developed with input from LS2’s supported MotoGP riders, the Challenger is a full carbon sport touring helmet retailing for just £329.99. The top-end spec starts with…
1980 Yamaha RD350 LC 4L0 Restoration – Part 10 – Carbs
Project Elsie part 10 – Told my Wife I would have to forget her – time to put on the two carburettor(s) I have to admit that I have had what can only be described as a proper bastard of…
The Despair Shop part 2 – SV650 Curvy
The Despair Shop Part 2 – Excaliper There have been a few things this week that have brought me to the edge of despair, the main one being the SV that had a bad case of road rash. The rash…
Two Stroke on a budget – Aprilia RS125 (Part 5)
Two Stroke on a Budget Part 5 – Polish on, polish off. While cleaning the ally bits I noticed that there were some rather deep and ugly scratches to the left hand side of the swing arm so I thought…