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It started off as a full service and a bit of patching on the faring, the service and carb balance is done so mechanically it is done, now it has ended up as a full respray on the faring so have to do the tank as well, so thort as i am doing that i might as well do the forks and frame and half the engine while i am at it don't like to do things by half

Not too up on small bikes anymore but is it a 2 stroke or 4stroke? If it is a 2stroke then the exhort might be coked up and restricting the air flow out hence reducing the speed, i had it on a bike many moons ago

Cool, nice job

If it has a manual choke then it is carb, the tick over is a bit high and will not help when you are trying to do slow stuff, there will be an adjuster somewhere to slow it down possibly sticking out just behind where your legs are while you are sat on her, as above if you can get the haynes manual it will help alot

Bikes in bits at the moment so not out for a little bit, but am looking forward to getting out a lot more this year.

as the bike is nearly 10 years old with that few miles on the clock I would do the lot, valve clearences, fluid changes and all, I am in the midle of doing it my self at the mo

Lmao, going to get it running first then strip it down, i love doing things backwards lol

Cool, it is nice to see young people who want to tinker and lern god I am showing my age as above it will have to be a 50cc if you want to ride on your CBT at 16, but an engin is an engin, from when they first came out in ????? to now the basic principal has stayed the same, fule pumped in to a cilinder is set on fire that pushes the piston down and the next piston up! If you have got a year to play you have got time to find a knacker and do it up (obviosly look for one that isnt too bad) but YOU WILL DROP IT as with all lerning you will make mistakes so I personaly would start with a cheap bike and work from there as your experience and ability develop

It will have been well serviced as said above, yes it will have been abused a bit but if you can remember back to your/our test i was realy ginger with the bikes so it should be ok, best thing is to go and look at it, i would never buy any vehicle without looking at it first?

Cheers, i will give it a go after new year when i get a chance

F#*k it, not happy my bike is 200 miles away where there is snow and where i am is clear and dry and a perfect winter biking day seriously not happy! F*#K IT!!!!!!!!

I can remember when everyone got paid on a friday by cheque or cash, there was none of this bank transfer lark!!!!

DO IT!!! I did my test at 30 and never regreted it I had riden scooters as a kid (1819) then hadnt tuched another bike untill I did my test admitedly this was pre the new test that you have to do today but I payed £650 for:- Therie test and training CD (wednsday) 1 day cbt training and test (Friday) 3 days training (direct access) (monday, tuseday and wednsday) test (Thursday) so in just over a week I went from never realy riding a bike to holding a full unrestricted licence! BUT just one point to make here with the way that I did it, I have a lot of mates that have riden for a long time and over the weekend inbetween they did take me to a carpark with no one arround to practice my turning in the road and once I had passed we all went out alot (yer new toy ) with one person riding infrount showing lines to take and one behind me who would when we stopped any were for a fag critisise enything that I had done wrong so in therie once I passed my test my real training began there.

Dont know how big the permit is? But how about one of the tax disk holders that are a tube that you role it in? Just a thort.

try this set http://www.machinemart.co.uk/shop/produ ... repair-kit I know it is a bit over your budget but it might be worth adding a bit to it to give you a semmi decent first kit with all the basics in