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What a great question (and a silly choice of front size by Honda!). As you are probably aware there is a lot of choice in 90/90-18, this will have a very similar circumference to the 80/100-18 but it depends if the slightly fatter tyre will fit without rubbing - only you can see what kind of clearance you have around the front tyre as it is. 3.00-18 is virtually the same as 90/90, but 2.75 won't be tall enough. The first number is the width of the tyre, the second number is the height which is a percentage of the width. So a 90/90 is 10mm wider than the 80-100, do you have more than 5mm clearance either side? I bet you do.

The back, like he says. Philosophy time: If a bodge works better than what it replaces, is it really a bodge? This is just basically a manual tensioner, I'd be quite pleased if I made that and it worked.

ABS is for girls I'll probably bin it tomorrow now

Loobman, I hate doing anything to a chain and this extends the time between me having to touch it.

There are differing opinions on filters but most people recommend against buying Fram. HiFlo used to be good but last I heard they have gone downhill to the point where K&N had to find a different supplier. For air filters I'd always recommend sticking with whatever the original manufacturer installed, paper is actually really good at filtering air and it doesn't matter if it's restrictive because it'll be made big enough to not matter. In my experience the best things you can do (especially if riding in all weathers) is to keep the chain greasy and not let the brake calipers stick on too much before cleaning them out. Also beware of age related nonsense like rusty tanks and cracking pipes!

Increase the preload at the front until the forks aren't bottoming out (if possible) and increase the preload at the back until it stops wobbling (almost certainly possible). Damping settings are mostly down to personal taste, there are no right or wrong answers unless you're looking for tenths on track. Personally I like a soft springy ride with loads of sag but that is largely considered seriously uncool When you get it somewhere near acceptable/safe then start worrying about measuring sag and whatnot. I'd probably go for 75% of available preload both ends and likely go up from there.

Z250SL - PT Kawasaki Motor Indonesia. Bleh. To be fair though if you actually look at it closely the word Indonesia is written all over it.. CB250 - Eicher Motors Ltd in India in 2007, weird because it was registered in 1994.. TRX - Best Way Trailers, United States (I'm not sure if this site is 100% correct!) K100 - South America Yeah nah. The VIN is always correct though which is slightly spooky, makes it a good tool if you want to clone a vehicle.

Some googling revealed this post at the top suggesting alternator, for some reason running on high beam will stop the issue - worth a try?? Further down he says the connector for the alternator was corroded, again worth a look.

Dental picks are also really good for clearing out seal grooves in brake calipers, and cleaning master cylinders, and picking out springy clips, and picking out shims.. I'd be lost without them! Ruining the internal shape of a jet is not a great idea though.

Faecebook link for cancellation, check the gallery at the bottom.. Yellow weather warning down here, yay. EDIT: Ah man, ninja'd.

It is a problem, the rear on my TRX has about 4mm left and needs to do 2000 miles. Normally this wouldn't be a problem but I know that the tread depth has reduced from cavernous to this paltry amount in only 3000 miles so I quite possibly won't be okay. But then tyre wear slows down as it squares off and the contact patch gets larger, so maybe it'll be fine. Oh no. I'll probably still be wondering if it's worth doing while boarding the train at the Channel Tunnel

Just a heads up that this is cancelled. Again.

My TRX is the same (of course), I've never known such a sticky clutch - even just sitting at traffic lights is long enough for first to select with a bang unless the clutch is held in a short while beforehand. Different oil helps, new clutch plates help (I think worn ones seem to be more prone to sticking together?) but in the end it seems to be largely down to design. For the very first gear selection before moving off from cold I like to hold the clutch in and give it 2-3K revs for a second or two, this throws the oil out from between the plates and leads to much less of a bang/lurch. This of course assumes the Enfield uses a standard wet multi-plate clutch which may well not be the case..!

My passport only took a week to come through using the normal online service..

I would imagine it would be very similar to the intervals for road miles, but with more clutch plate replacements Green lanes are only short, I don't see how it would affect anything unless you're planning to cross the country on them or something.

Great little site this, I used it back when I fitted a knobbly to the back of the CB250 and decided I'd take it greenlaning. I discovered 2 things: 1) Most BOATs (Byway Open to All Traffic) are really short. 2) Offroading is either incredibly easy and boring or, if it's wet and muddy, impossibly difficult. Unless you go round the outside of the puddles, then it's easy and boring. Some people live for it, I really don't understand?? Oh and I did once blow a fork seal so I guess that was.. Interesting?

Not McVities, not interested.

Do your forks ever actually bottom out?

Time to fit a trick flatslide

ZXR250/FZR250 etc? Oh there's the 250 Hornet too, might be more like what you're looking for.

The chips were okayish, the fish was old and the batter more like wet cardboard.. I arrived at 18:30 and there was plenty going on but it seemed to peak at around 19:30. after that more people were leaving than were turning up.

You can get longer hoses from a few places if you specify what you need but quite often you can get away with just re-routing them.

CV37 6BB for those endowed with sat navs, I bet you still don't manage to find it straight away though!

I've heard about this but had never been until last Wednesday, it's actually quite a popular meet - I'd guess around 100 bikes at the peak with people coming and going all the time. This is less than half of it: The fish and chips were a bit ropey and expensive but I'd go again. Anyone here ever go?

Best of luck with the weather! Oh and take many pics