What Have You Being Doing With Your Non-triumph Today?

Post card cafe noted @Mrs Visor never heard of that one. I sort of know the area, despite living miles away, as my ex in-laws are buried at Craven Arms.
Lovely countryside, especially over the Long Mynd and the surrounding areas.

 

A cheap Suzuki drz 400 or earlier Sp 370 is a good starting point if you only use it occasionally light and more than capable ok it's a Suzuki but if the frame and bodywork is good you won't have any bother mechanically
Or even a Honda CRF 250 but they are bigger money but if you are thinking serious look at some of Dougie Lampkins old videos and go for a gas gas or fantic but a trailer would be advisable with the latter two as not very comfortable on the road if you can find one road registered

 

Managed to get out for a blast this morning for a few hours - was very grey skies but managed to get home and put away with only a few spots falling (before it started to rain proper).

 

And tonight's purchase is......



This is for the little lad (bigger than me now) as the next step on, so going up to a 125.



Look at the price of that fuel?
Bloody shocking, rip off BP.

 

@Eldon I bet he can't wait to get out on his new bike!

 

Well we may have already had a quick test ride on a private area

 

It's a 51 plate Kawasaki KMX 125 with 14000 miles on. The older guy who'd had it simply went to Squires now and again on it and probably spent more time fettling it and cleaning than riding. He's done 800 miles on it since the last mot, 10 months ago.
The 125 and 200 bits are quite interchangeable hence the 200 stickered radiator panels.

As a bike to gain confidence on and get you going offroad @Mrs Visor even though it's a 125, I wouldn't discount it.
Light, nimble, soft suspension, low seat height, two stroke motor capable of around 75mph. It's a pity you're not closer as you could've had a go on it.

 

Not just BP, that’s M&S BP

 

I had one in red a few years back to do a bit of green laning ideal if you get stuck in muddy deep tractor ruts light enough to pull out but watch out for the crank bearings you'll hear it if they go

 

That looks like a good find. Most dirt bikes have a hard life but there are some gems out there.
In Dec 2010 I fetched this back from Wales. 2001 with a genuine 565m on the clock. The guy who owned it rode it up and down the lane to his house a few times then just left it in his garage. It was absolutely mint, still with the original tyres!
I put new tyres on, prepped it for green laning with a few extras and had the thing nicked off the drive a few months later!
TBH it was a bit overkill for trail riding but would’ve made a great SM bike.

 

I had a 200 version in black and red back in about 1998.
It only lasted a week ....... two lads nicked it out of my garage, although I did find out who they were and so went around for a word

A 200 version was quite peppy but the suspension is miles too soft for serious off roading.

 

That does look a beauty, just it shame it wasn't the 400 as they were more usable off road.

 

All this talk about lightweight off-road bikes - does the Matchless 350 my brother used to have fit the bill?!?! Probably not, but we had some fun on it!

 

Hey, funs the name of the game irrespective of the badge on the tank!
A group of enthusiastic riders on Honda 90s can have more FUN than all these latest and greatest "superbikes".

 

I was about to mention the c90's with all the plastics removed being thrashed around a field with half a dozen teenagers chasing it round three up and just having a great time no helmets no protection just good fun then home for tea, those 70's good times
I agree with @Eldon with the suspension being a bit soft and that could lead to getting stuck but still good fun and a great starting point

 

You accurately described my teenage years @Mark TGR9 late 70's.
Cycle down to the petrol station with a rucksack and a Duckhams oil, gallon metal can. Cycle back, a round trip of 3 miles and usually ended up wearing some of the liquid

It was great when my grandad used to come around in the company van. "Can I grandad?"
"Go on then, but only 1 gallon!"

Pipe out and another £0.75 saved
I think I can still taste it

We used to send the tallest/oldest looking to the corner shop for alcoholic beverages then take a carrier bag on the handlebars down the fields.
Lots of NCB land to play on and rarely got hassled. No damage done or violence just simple fun.
I had a Suzuki M30 to start with. Then a Honda C50, did my first gearbox rebuild on that aged 14.
Yamaha 70 Townmate, a C90 and a few others existed before I could afford any REAL motorbikes

It usually went like this, watch Kick-start on TV, then go and do it on your plaggi down the quarry
A bunch of dreamers, but it was all good practice.

Rarely watched TV, video games or even in the house..... how times change and we now wonder why kids are fat

 

Totally agree great times although I will never Syphon petrol again because as a teen before unleaded had taken hold I was in the throws of syphoning some fuel out of a mini cooper original forest green sliding windows and it went seriously wrong and ended up swallowing a bit and oh my god panic wasn't the word for it throat closed up couldn't breathe started running towards the local A&E which was about a mile away from where I was all my mates could do was fall around pissing themselves laughing at me eventually it subsided and I started to get my breath back but never again

 

I rode my beautiful Fireblade back home to where it belongs . When I had my new tyres fitted, I discovered that the fork seals were leaking, so no ride for me that day. My friends who own a bike shop then ordered the seals for me and my other friends who own a training school complete with unit, ramps etc came in their van and took my bike there, put it on the ramp and took the forks out for me.

I then took the forks to be sorted a few days ago, collected them this morning and then back to have them put back in for me. All sorted for very little money thanks to me having some very good friends indeed (the same ones that rescued me when I had the puncture on my Striple and removed my wheel etc) .

I have now done 4 whole miles on my new tyres.....I could have ridden forever when I got it back this afternoon however the time of day just means the roads are rammed with distracted parents picking up kids, people racing home from work etc. Not ideal so I resisted and just came home. (I know it needs a good clean ).

 

Needs a good clean? You could carry out medical procedures on that!

 

Not up close, trust me!! It's just the brightness of the red paint that dazzles the eyes .