Tuesday 25 May 2010

Dilema??

I think I need a new project to give me something to think about, I keep looking at other bikes! Now that the S10 has been equipped and used for the Bala trip I don't have any reason to pull it apart (except that it now vibrates at 50mph plus). What to do?

Above pic is me on the campsite at Bala on the Super Tenere, it did 40mpg (is that good or bad) loaded up and did not cause me any problems at all, 70mph with ease on the motorway, 40-50mph elsewhere. So why change it? Well there is the vibration that I mentioned earlier, and those exhaust downpipes and the head problem will bite me eventually. What's it used for? A few miles to work and back, hardly justifies the power of the bike, took it to Andy's last time, no real reason for that, it was OK on the motorway but not my favourite place. Dan goes on the back to Cadets from time to time, Julie's been on it once..

This Silver RE Trials lives in London, reserve price is 1,250.00 pounds.

This Silver RE Trials lives in Essex, currently at 560.00 pounds, 9 days to go. These are both 350's, will they be powerful enough? And can I cope with kick-starting again?

This Black RE is a bit unusual, quite old (1989), obviously a bit of a "bitsa", could easily be a trail bike version, new tyres, handlebars. Would really also need new front wheel and exhaust to make a trial bike, so not really so good an option. Currently at 210.00 pounds with days to go, in Stourbridge, 100 miles away (Birmingham).

This one bothers me, could be made into a nice trials bike, was on at 100.00 pounds, now at 455.00 pounds (just shot up to 700.00 pounds plus, well out of my reach!) finishes today at 1.55pm. It's a lot of money to spend on a rough non runner, but the others shown on this page will go a lot higher. Ebay has a lot to answer for!

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