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secretagentmole

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  • Birthday 10/03/1969

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    Norfolk and good

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  1. Some of these people have never owned a Chinese made motorcycle. Now in answer to your question, depends how much you want to spend! A Chinese bike will last for a few years, I rode a 4 year old one from Colchester to King's Lynn for someone who had never ridden a geared bike before and had done his CBT and commuting on a scooter (he had a fleet bike, which was a Honda Melody 110cc horrid thing, tiny and he is over 6 ft, looked like a gorilla on a kids scooter). The maintenance this bike had received was not good, though it had an MOT it needed several repairs for it's next MOT, these included new front caliper, new front fork leg, new chain, new sidelight bulb. But it did pass and it did enable him to save enough cash to blow it on a Hyosung 125cc V twin (being the size and weight of a gorllia the V twin has more torque and gets him up to speed quicker). Cost him £150! It did have Pirelli tyres on... My wife was impressed by the noodle bike and bought one of her own. A man in Norwich had one as an operation meant he could not move a heavy bike, so wanted a light bike to pootle around on whilst he recovered. A Zontes Monster fitted the bill nicely with a sale price at the time of about £800. He bought it and when he had recovered he went to get a CB500, the local Honda dealer (Balls) offered him £100 trade in or a £500 discount for no trade in, so he went for the no trade in option, he sold the year old bike for £300! My wife was more than happy to pay that for it and I rode it home. Now this was on the standard Chinese made tyres, the roads were damp and a little greasy, but the little beast gripped well. I rode it home at it would do 65mph, down hill, wind behind you, just. Happiest at 50mph, so I sat behind a caravan all the way to King's Lynn and just pootled it back. She who must be obeyed then decided that bikes were not for her at this moment (again) and sold it to a local dealer who does sell Chinese bikes, for £450... In the meantime I had fun on it, riding it to and from speedway meets (40 miles each way), averaged over 110 mpg too! It worked well, apart from the headlight bulb, which on the only time I rode it back and night lost main beam and the dipped beam was not enough to see 20ft in front of you, corrosion on the bulb terminals you see, wet and dry and ACF 50 sorted it out nicely. The throttle cable also snapped, fortunately less than a mile from home. Luckily there is a motorcycle shop in the village I live in, ok it is for speedway bikes but they they have throttle cables too, so a Venhill cable was purchased and fitted, that bugger won't burn through in a hurry. The throttle cable is routed directly over the top of the cylinder and the brake cable from a push bike they use as a throttle cable just ain't up to the job. Venhill cables are! Those were the only problems we had with the little beast and I was quite sorry to see it go, however she did invest the money in a Honda NTV for me, vroom!
  2. Sounds like a fuelling problem, replaced the fuel line and filter?
  3. Which is why I asked the question "where and who was it purchased from" That is what is relevant. If it is a recognised dealer they are not going to risk prosecution by knowingly selling non accredited helmets which is why make and model is irrelevant. I have only dealt with one case of a fake helmet here in the UK before and that was a fake AGV that split down the middle. Make and model only beomes relevant if it is a non recognised brand which I would imagine the OP would have advised had that been the case Seeing as the OP has just the CBT he may not have a clue what is a current brand! I used to like FM Axe helmets, can't buy them anymore, so now I have Duchinni!
  4. Well I bought it from the company that is the wholesaler for the Duchinni range, I don't think they would be selling fakes of the helmets they are importing....
  5. I have a Duchinni helmet, do not know it it is a copy of another brand of helmet, but it has a SHARP rating of 4* and fits me head nicely!
  6. This question has been asked before but I will ask it again in large letters. What brand is the helmet? What model is the helmet?
  7. A13 out, A130 to Chelmsford, then the A131! Well at least I started in London....
  8. The Chinese are getting there with quality. My wife's little 125 Zontes Monster is a nice little bike for city commuting. Bit strangled and it struggles to reach 60 but then again I am not exactly a teenager so with less load on it will shift a bit better. Had disc brake front and rear, so stops well, 5 speed box, reasonable tyres as well (even though Chinese, still gave good grip in the wet). They are not brilliant and suffer from the typical furry fastener syndrome that Chinese bikes tend to suffer from, but they are easy to work on and with only basic maintenance provide a robust and reliable ride. Bad points. Fasteners fur quicker than a lint brush at a poodle parlour. Exhaust front pipe very prone to rotting as is the other pipe that comes out of the front of the cylinder block (EGR pipe I think). The fuel gauge is highly inaccurate and should not be relied on. Headlight bulb contacts prone to corrosion as well! Good points. Cheap price. most of it seems reasonable quality, plastics, tyres, nothing too alarming. Handling, capable little commuter, happiest 50mph and below, but will potter along for miles and miles and miles. First one I rode I did Colchester to King's Lynn (transported it for someone by dint of riding it home), second one was Norwich to Lynn, which was the wife's. First one was 4 years old, so with care and basic maintenance they will last you.
  9. Take it back and best of luck in getting it sorted. It seems very few Hyosung dealers are worthy of the name dealers!
  10. Its literal translation to modern english is something like: Enclosure of the Gods So? My question is still valid.... I like the Thor films....
  11. Asgard? If they break in does Thor appear and clobber the crap out of them with his hammer?
  12. I mean pump the lever up and crack the bolts or crack the bolt on the M/C and pump lever till you get some fluid there I did, I cracked the bleed nipple open, no joy, lower banjo, no joy, so got this syringe for under a tenner and sucked the air through. Worked like a charm!
  13. Banjo bolts were cracked open and washers replaced, it just would not charge the master cylinder. That syringe just pulled it through nicely!
  14. Changed the seals on the front caliper and I could not get the damned system to prime after I had bolted it all back together! Tried tying the brake handle to the handlebar, no joy, tried half pulls, no joy. Screwfix sell a plastic 1 litre syringe which comes with a length of clear hose, supposedly for draining the oil out of things with no drain hole, like some old lawnmowers. This hose fits neatly over a bleed nipple after warming in hot water, hose on, crack open nipple, pull on syringe, pulls brake fluid through system. Cost? £9.99 inc VAT
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