jem1

Just looked up the Mt 900 tracer it looks like a racer to me. I am no mechanic but the shaft drive on mine seems good. Upto 3500 to 4000 I think. As I only do touring and infrequently at that the two most important considerations are comfortable riding for long periods and reliability as I like riding them not repairing them

I am thinking of buying a slightly newer bike at present got a BMW r80rt yr86 I have been very happy with it for years but getting a bit heavy for me now I my must haves are it must be reliable a tourer able to cruise at 70 alday long comfortable to ride.apart from my present bike I have had no other bikes so would be thankful for non biased advice cheers jem

Thanks for all your replys I have found them invaluable in the case ofCrit'Air" vignette sticker if your bike was registered before the year 2000 you can't get one so presumably cannot go into those particular areas?

Thanks for your replys it turns out to be the gear selection shaft seal that was leaking and the oil running back to the Clutch actuator pushrod oil seal .

Hi going to the south of France for about 4 weeks do I need to do anything to the bike over there to stay legal?

Cheers jem

Hi my 1986 bmw r80rt is leaking oil from the clutch lever Can it be changed with the engine in place or is it a removal job

Made it to skye went via the ferry this time the road to it was good and the view's tarific intended to go to mull so went to oban and stopped for two nights however due to the amount of riding I have done I decided to just potter about oban to recover.

From there I made my way over to Pitlochry for one night and tonight I am in Edinburgh. Undercided where to go to northumbria for a day or two or make my way home tomorrow

I will be making my way to the west side tomorrow towards fort William I intend to use it as a Base and go to skye and apple cross although I will only be going down it not up!!

I stayed at this hostel in Inverness and was pleasantly surprised it was clean well decorated and the staff were very helpful. The last time I stopped there it was a bit of a dump. Then today I made my way upto John'o'groats up the a9 till I could get onto a smaller road it turned out to be a single track road but as staight as a die and no potholes I was able to go at about 60 mph all the way while on this road I came across these 2 cans 1 of which had doors in the side the other seemed to be just a dome built in the stone age am now stopping at a hostel in Thurso [/img]

Arrived at Stirling and found a hostel £16.00 a night nice city but difficult to navigate if your GPS is out of juice. Going to make my way over to the east side and then go north tomorrow thankfully on non motorway roads from now on weather couldn't be better

Cheers

I have decided to set off on sat 23 or Sunday I intend to go up the east coast to the top and then across to the west side and back down. I will try to report on my progress in case anyone happens to be near and wants some company jem

Will try to get there by 1100 jem

Thanks for tip about squires been there twice enjoyed it will be regular

Available any time live in kirkstall

I would like to tour scotland for about 2 weeks starting from leeds stopping at b and bs to old for camping 64 got a BMW r80rt any one interested?

Jem

Hi I am 64 semi retired and have a BMW r80rt would like company on bike rides anybody interested jem