Im 18 with a 200tdi, without a no claims bonus with an nfu limited millage policy, although im not the main driver so i dont gain a no claims discount, insurance is around £400 and at that price no claims doesnt bother me. My brother has just passed and drives a pug 106 and he pays around £1400...

To be honest compared to many pepoples mots that seems pretty good, pads and disks are a pretty easy fix. Even if its not the fuse thats gone, it shouldnt be too hard to fix the jet wiring, and if need be just run a new feed to them for the test. ollie

Yep exhaust is a common cause of low rev rattling, my exhaust was doing nthe same the other day, after welding the middle silencer backet back on and re securing the heat shield below the gearbox my rattlings gone..... for now!! :D ollie

Yeah, loads of people on ebay selling bolt sets for defenders

Fitted new light lenses , cd player and battery :)

Thanks for your help, i ended up getting one from auto electrical in glastonbury. They seemed pretty reasonable £66 excl vat for a 110 amp/hr numax battery :) Ollie

I live near street and am after a new battery for my 90 and was thinking of buying a numax or agricultural one (provided it fits in the battery box). Does anyone have any advice on what places are cheapest/best to buy from?? cheers Ollie

Doesnt seem amazing for the price, considering the mounting cost of buying all the bits that seem to be missing. Plus the fresh welding on the chassis doesnt look amazing.

Hope you get it back soon, i was thinking of taking my 90 to uni in notts, but now im persuaded otherwise :( Ollie

Yeah fair play to them, they even understand my descriptions! :cool: Ollie

Lol, well put! ;) Yeah they used to be in a tiny place in windmill hill didnt they? It took me a while to find a good garage for my 90 but i cant reccomend them enough, really good service and pretty cheap too :D Ollie

Yeah ive gotta agree with that, i live just down the road from there and bought a viscous fan last year, after putting it on i realised it was crap so took it back only to find they would not refund me despite all their parts having at least 30 days warranty. Eventually when they did offer me a...

To be honest there pretty nonexistant really, but since mines been flushed its actually pretty good, although for the past few years it hadnt done anything :) Ollie

How did u find out about the wheels, never seem very helpful when i go there and rarley give quotes etc.. so i dont often use them Ollie

Thinking of roller painting mine in a few weeks Link Ollie

Cheers, that was the kind of thing i was thinking, just need to fix the welder now :rolleyes:

Fair enough, what are you riding, downhill?? theres a few threads on this you might find useful Here and Here Ollie

Yeah thats what i thought, im gonna make a bearmach copy so im sure 40mm will be fine, its not like im making one of those self supporting single pivot jobbies :) Link Ollie

Couldnt you just place it on one of the vent flaps?? Ollie

To be honest id rather transport mine inside my 90, i just use some home made tie rings and a couple of bunjees and it works well. Only trouble is you have to take the wheels off, but its doesnt take long and you could fit 4-5 bikes in altogether. Ollie