OT: Anyone here into bikes?

+I bought myself a dirt bike/motocross bike a few weeks ago after feeling the need to get back into bikes
only to find it's not quite big enough for me.

It's one of these Chinese copy jobs & to be honest it's not bad at all for the money, in fact I'm gutted
it's not big enough for me.

It's a 200cc non road legal off road bike for someone smaller than 6' 3" & all my height is in my legs.
it's not that the bike is too small for me as in saddle to floor, it's saddle to pegs making it hard to
ride safely on the saddle. On the pegs it's fine!!

Anyway, it's built up, fuelled up & oiled ready for someone a bit smaller than me to have some good fun
on. It's a 4 stroke.

It cost me £550 & believe me, that is cheap for any bike let alone a new one. I will accept, due to my
recent purchase of a KTM 520 (you have to be sure it's gonna fit after one debacle!!!) £495 for it. Would
suit a starter/large youth kind of thing. You would lose £500 in depreciation on most decent bikes so you
can afford to wreck it if you keep falling off etc!!

Would be pickup from Bradford/Leeds but with bars & front wheel off it fits in a RR P38 easy withy the
powershock disconnected.

Anyway, contact me if your interested etc....

Cheers

Nige

Nige came up with the following;:
> +I bought myself a dirt bike/motocross bike a few weeks ago after feeling
> the need to get back into bikes only to find it's not quite big enough
> for me.
> It's one of these Chinese copy jobs & to be honest it's not bad at all
> for the money, in fact I'm gutted it's not big enough for me.
>
> It's a 200cc non road legal off road bike for someone smaller than 6' 3"
> & all my height is in my legs. it's not that the bike is too small for me
> as in saddle to floor, it's saddle to pegs making it hard to ride safely
> on the saddle. On the pegs it's fine!!
> Anyway, it's built up, fuelled up & oiled ready for someone a bit smaller
> than me to have some good fun on. It's a 4 stroke.
>
> It cost me £550 & believe me, that is cheap for any bike let alone a new
> one. I will accept, due to my recent purchase of a KTM 520 (you have to
> be sure it's gonna fit after one debacle!!!) £495 for it. Would suit a
> starter/large youth kind of thing. You would lose £500 in depreciation on
> most decent bikes so you can afford to wreck it if you keep falling off
> etc!!
> Would be pickup from Bradford/Leeds but with bars & front wheel off it
> fits in a RR P38 easy withy the powershock disconnected.
>
> Anyway, contact me if your interested etc....

Good luck with the KTM .. if you're a learner to off-roading, it might be a
tad of a handful ...

--
Paul ...
(8(|) Homer Rules ..... Doh !!!

Paul - xxx wrote:
> Nige came up with the following;:
>> +I bought myself a dirt bike/motocross bike a few weeks ago after
>> feeling the need to get back into bikes only to find it's not
>> quite big enough for me.
>> It's one of these Chinese copy jobs & to be honest it's not bad at
>> all for the money, in fact I'm gutted it's not big enough for me.
>>
>> It's a 200cc non road legal off road bike for someone smaller than
>> 6' 3" & all my height is in my legs. it's not that the bike is too
>> small for me as in saddle to floor, it's saddle to pegs making it
>> hard to ride safely on the saddle. On the pegs it's fine!!
>> Anyway, it's built up, fuelled up & oiled ready for someone a bit
>> smaller than me to have some good fun on. It's a 4 stroke.
>>
>> It cost me £550 & believe me, that is cheap for any bike let alone
>> a new one. I will accept, due to my recent purchase of a KTM 520
>> (you have to be sure it's gonna fit after one debacle!!!) £495 for
>> it. Would suit a starter/large youth kind of thing. You would lose
>> £500 in depreciation on most decent bikes so you can afford to
>> wreck it if you keep falling off etc!!
>> Would be pickup from Bradford/Leeds but with bars & front wheel
>> off it fits in a RR P38 easy withy the powershock disconnected.
>>
>> Anyway, contact me if your interested etc....
>
> Good luck with the KTM .. if you're a learner to off-roading, it
> might be a tad of a handful ...

It's a long time since i was serious about bikes, having had a go on a few over the last few weeks I'm
happy with the feel of it off road. It is blindingly quick though.

Nige

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> Paul - xxx wrote:
> > Nige came up with the following;:
> >> +I bought myself a dirt bike/motocross bike a few weeks ago after
> >> feeling the need to get back into bikes only to find it's not
> >> quite big enough for me.
> >> It's one of these Chinese copy jobs & to be honest it's not bad at
> >> all for the money, in fact I'm gutted it's not big enough for me.
> >>
> >> It's a 200cc non road legal off road bike for someone smaller than
> >> 6' 3" & all my height is in my legs. it's not that the bike is too
> >> small for me as in saddle to floor, it's saddle to pegs making it
> >> hard to ride safely on the saddle. On the pegs it's fine!!
> >> Anyway, it's built up, fuelled up & oiled ready for someone a bit
> >> smaller than me to have some good fun on. It's a 4 stroke.
> >>
> >> It cost me £550 & believe me, that is cheap for any bike let alone
> >> a new one. I will accept, due to my recent purchase of a KTM 520
> >> (you have to be sure it's gonna fit after one debacle!!!) £495 for
> >> it. Would suit a starter/large youth kind of thing. You would lose
> >> £500 in depreciation on most decent bikes so you can afford to
> >> wreck it if you keep falling off etc!!
> >> Would be pickup from Bradford/Leeds but with bars & front wheel
> >> off it fits in a RR P38 easy withy the powershock disconnected.
> >>
> >> Anyway, contact me if your interested etc....
> >
> > Good luck with the KTM .. if you're a learner to off-roading, it
> > might be a tad of a handful ...
>
> It's a long time since i was serious about bikes, having had a go on a few
over the last few weeks I'm
> happy with the feel of it off road. It is blindingly quick though.
>
> Nige

Scared myself ****less on a Maico 490 as a youth, now got a Triumph
Thunderbird Sport 900! Don't seem to have the time to use it these days
though so thinking of selling it. Thing is, I really want to keep it, it's
an "R" reg with only 6000miles on the clock and is in showroom condition,
wifey doesn't like bikes though and thinks it should go......
Badger.

Nige came up with the following;:
> Paul - xxx wrote:
>> Nige came up with the following;:
>>> a new one. I will accept, due to my recent purchase of a KTM 520

>> Good luck with the KTM .. if you're a learner to off-roading, it
>> might be a tad of a handful ...
>
> It's a long time since i was serious about bikes, having had a go on a
> few over the last few weeks I'm happy with the feel of it off road. It is
> blindingly quick though.

Ho yuss ... and turn on a sixpence, easy to service (relatively) and parts
are dead easy to get. I love 'em, wish I could afford one ...

--
Paul ...
(8(|) Homer Rules ..... Doh !!!

On Thu, 13 Jul 2006 10:30:26 +0100, Badger <[email protected]>
wrote:

> ...
> now got a Triumph
> Thunderbird Sport 900! Don't seem to have the time to use it these days
> though so thinking of selling it. Thing is, I really want to keep it,
> it's
> an "R" reg with only 6000miles on the clock and is in showroom condition,
> wifey doesn't like bikes though and thinks it should go......

wife vs bike - hrmm, tough call

methinks she'd need to be a damn fine cook (for want of a better
expression) to pull that one

--
William Tasso

Land Rover - 110 V8
Discovery - V8

Paul - xxx wrote:
> Nige came up with the following;:
>> Paul - xxx wrote:
>>> Nige came up with the following;:
>>>> a new one. I will accept, due to my recent purchase of a KTM 520
>
>>> Good luck with the KTM .. if you're a learner to off-roading, it
>>> might be a tad of a handful ...
>>
>> It's a long time since i was serious about bikes, having had a go
>> on a few over the last few weeks I'm happy with the feel of it off
>> road. It is blindingly quick though.
>
> Ho yuss ... and turn on a sixpence, easy to service (relatively)
> and parts are dead easy to get. I love 'em, wish I could afford
> one ...

Being the height/shape i am there's not many bikes that i can safely ride & KTM make just about all of
'em, they are coming down in price too. I needa bigger engined bike too, can't be doing with 125's
buzzing away. Not interested in road riding, too dangerous with too many folk driving effing great purple
trucks everywhere you go!!!

Nige

Nige came up with the following;:
> Paul - xxx wrote:
>> Nige came up with the following;:
>>> Paul - xxx wrote:
>>>> Nige came up with the following;:
>>>>> a new one. I will accept, due to my recent purchase of a KTM 520
>>
>>>> Good luck with the KTM .. if you're a learner to off-roading, it
>>>> might be a tad of a handful ...
>>>
>>> It's a long time since i was serious about bikes, having had a go
>>> on a few over the last few weeks I'm happy with the feel of it off
>>> road. It is blindingly quick though.
>>
>> Ho yuss ... and turn on a sixpence, easy to service (relatively)
>> and parts are dead easy to get. I love 'em, wish I could afford
>> one ...
>
> Being the height/shape i am there's not many bikes that i can safely ride
> & KTM make just about all of 'em, they are coming down in price too. I
> needa bigger engined bike too, can't be doing with 125's buzzing away.
> Not interested in road riding, too dangerous with too many folk driving
> effing great purple trucks everywhere you go!!!

LOL, I'm 5'4" and used to race Enduro ... and Motocross ... The starts were
always a nightmare ...

It's one reason we're now into Trials ...


--
Paul ...
(8(|) Homer Rules ..... Doh !!!

Paul - xxx wrote:
> Nige came up with the following;:
>> Paul - xxx wrote:
>>> Nige came up with the following;:
>>>> Paul - xxx wrote:
>>>>> Nige came up with the following;:
>>>>>> a new one. I will accept, due to my recent purchase of a KTM
>>>>>> 520
>>>
>>>>> Good luck with the KTM .. if you're a learner to off-roading, it
>>>>> might be a tad of a handful ...
>>>>
>>>> It's a long time since i was serious about bikes, having had a go
>>>> on a few over the last few weeks I'm happy with the feel of it
>>>> off road. It is blindingly quick though.
>>>
>>> Ho yuss ... and turn on a sixpence, easy to service (relatively)
>>> and parts are dead easy to get. I love 'em, wish I could afford
>>> one ...
>>
>> Being the height/shape i am there's not many bikes that i can
>> safely ride & KTM make just about all of 'em, they are coming down
>> in price too. I needa bigger engined bike too, can't be doing with
>> 125's buzzing away. Not interested in road riding, too dangerous
>> with too many folk driving effing great purple trucks everywhere
>> you go!!!
>
> LOL, I'm 5'4" and used to race Enduro ... and Motocross ... The
> starts were always a nightmare ...
>
> It's one reason we're now into Trials ...

Never been into racing, more an off road Sunday morning sort of do, but i do feel the need again now!

I can't get over how decent this Chinese bike is, i chocked up the powershock & pumped up the tyres, but
it's just a bit too small really. I kinda look like the Peter Crouch of biking!!!!

I can feel that KTM now!! Hope he doesnt kop out of the deal!!

Nige

Badger wrote:

> Scared myself ****less on a Maico 490 as a youth, now got a Triumph
> Thunderbird Sport 900! Don't seem to have the time to use it these days
> though so thinking of selling it. Thing is, I really want to keep it, it's
> an "R" reg with only 6000miles on the clock and is in showroom condition,
> wifey doesn't like bikes though and thinks it should go......

You could always get rid of wifey

Paul - xxx wrote:


> LOL, I'm 5'4" and used to race Enduro ... and Motocross ... The
> starts were always a nightmare ...
>
> It's one reason we're now into Trials ...

Well, i got the deal on the KTM 520 SX 2001 model, i got it for £1550 which is a bloody good price for a
very clean & tidy bike.

I just need a trailer now!