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28 minutes ago, Kwasaki said:

150 kg to someik like 280 kg a big change

After riding an LC everything else seemed tame LOL

Here's one for you...my mate in UK keeps his Z900 in his living room

3 hours ago, Kwasaki said:

l only remember the one had a headlight in a front fairing.

I'd hazard a guess at the 850 Le Mans...

6 hours ago, Kwasaki said:

Did you stick with the same bike or get a later YPVS. 

No I didn't...I had two 350LC's, the first was the white/blue and the second was black/red...I was toying with the idea of getting an RD500LC, but then I went into my XS1100 stage

15 hours ago, Kwasaki said:

What was it that anyone here got because you just had to have it. ?

For me it was the RD350LC...I was totally possessed with it! I think it was about six months from when it was first unveiled at the Tokyo show until being released in the UK...I saved like crazy, I stopped drinking except on a Sunday lunchtime, I did every single bit of overtime I could get my hands on...and it was all worth it!

Came across this the other day...I can imagine the power band on the 2 strokes was about a gnats chuff wide

5 hours ago, Kwasaki said:

Yep l hate the bloody things my son luv's em his had 4 x 2 stoke bikes, courtesy of the old fart 4 stoke luver.

I never got into 4 strokes until I started doing Enduro racing...oh so much better to have engine braking coming down a mountainside (in Wales on wet grass eeek!)

4 hours ago, thaiguzzi said:

I think you're on about the water cooled RD 350 LC.

Yeah, chalk and cheese...I went from a RD350B to a RD350LC. I had the first one in the town I lived in and had been saving like crazy from the moment I first saw it mentioned in MCN. On the first ones the fueling was all to hell and wouldn't pull into the power band without you dropping a gear, if you messed up and dropped two by accident the front wheel would go skywards instantly...and if you hit the front brakes a bit hard the back wheel went skywards...I was in love with that bike the moment I rode it out of the dealers

After the Yam 350's I went on to XS1100 Yam's...these had some quirky handling characteristics to say the least, but after getting used to LC's not a problem LOL

2 hours ago, thaiguzzi said:

Very similar to your Garelli (sure it was a Garelli rather than a Gilera). Top of the 50cc 50mph club they were.

It was definitely a Gilera...it had the RS barrel and would just about hit 50mph if there wasn't a hill or head wind LOL 

After I passed my test I traded the GT250 in for a Yam RD350, I loved that bike and kept it for about three years until the RD350LC came along...the first road legal nutters tool...I had two of them...gawd knows how I'm still here after two LC's

3 hours ago, thaiguzzi said:

1976 legally on the road. 16 years old and limited to a 50cc moped.

Green behind the ears, knew nothing except drinking, fighting, and... that a powered 2 wheeler with an engine was a helluva lot of fun and i could get to places my bicycle could'nt.

Have never had a year without a motorcycle. 

They were my life, are my life and always will be my life.

We must be the same age then...I can still remember the summers of 76 and 77...76 I was on my Gilera moped and then 77 I had a Suzuki GT250...longest I've been without a bike since then was a year

On ‎17‎/‎07‎/‎2017 at 3:15 PM, Formaleins said:

He simply went to the Kawasaki dealer and priced up all brand new parts - not a price to have them repaired.

As others have said...I wouldn't want repaired parts on my new bike either...just thank your lucky stars it wasn't a Triumph tank...there're 40,000 Baht  

On ‎11‎/‎07‎/‎2017 at 1:07 PM, thaiguzzi said:

Apparently the stock header pipe is restrictive too, hence the whole exhaust needs changing

This ought to fix that...

http://www.returnofthecaferacers.com/2016/11/Royalenfield-turbo-GT.html

16 hours ago, In the jungle said:

I pulled the cylinder head and discovered this remarkable item serving as a head gasket.

If you can't get an original one try these guys...

http://gasketstogo.com/

1 hour ago, Kwasaki said:

Anyone with prices of spots to increase being seen. ?

Denali make some good stuff...

http://www.rg-racing.com/browsetype/denali_lights/

According to their website the following is their agent/distributor in Thailand...

TP Motorcycle & TP powersport (Bangkok Branch)

NO.249 New Uruphong Corner
Rama 1 Road
Rongmuang, Pathumwan
Bangkok
10330
Thailand

Tel. 662-2140399
Web. http://www.tpmotorcycle.com/

1 hour ago, Gnasher328 said:

I keep telling you - I didn't use a judder spring

I'm not saying you did...all I'm saying is that the CBR250R doesn't use a judder spring and the CBR300R does.

And while we're on the subject...

There is a judder spring in the following models:

• CRF230L

• CRF250L/M

• CBR300R

• CB300F

• CB500X

• NC700X

• CRF450R

• CRF250X

• CRF250R

There isn't a judder spring in these models:

• CBR250R

• CB500F

• XR650L

• CRF450X

• GROM 125

So what determines which bikes get judder springs and which don't in Mr Honda's eyes

7 minutes ago, Gnasher328 said:

Hmm, wonder if mototh have got it mixed up? I can't see why Honda would effectively weaken the clutch of a more powerful bike? Unfortunately I just had a cleanup of files and deleted the official Honda parts breakdown I showed the Thai supplier - but they were all full plates!

You definitely use the springs from the CBR300...but why they chose to put the judder spring in that and not the CBR250 is anyone's guess

Full list here...

CBR300R Clutch

This is a breakdown of the CBR300 clutch (items #7 and #11 are the judder springs)...

CK1313...with no judder spring (check the application with EBC) as fitted to mine (by me)

54 minutes ago, Gnasher328 said:

Wrong way round! The 250s have a half plate-spring thing, the 300s don't which is why you buy the 300 parts. Fairly cheap at the Chiang Mai Honda parts place.

Nope...pls see parts breakdowns below

CRF250L Clutch

CBR250R Clutch

7 minutes ago, taninthai said:

gonna buy the kit from crfs only with ebc springs the one you recommended earlier in thread ,,,will get while I'm in uk and install we I'm back in october.

The EBC part numbers for the disc kit are CK1313 and the springs are CSK188 if you want to order off Amazon when in UK

https://www.amazon.co.uk/EBC-Brakes-Ck1313-Clutch-Friction/dp/B0068FTYOE

14 hours ago, taninthai said:

you buy that in thailand?????? what was the cost

 

You need the plates from a CBR250R and the springs from a CBR300R...the CBR300 uses a judder spring/plate, the CBR250 doesn't

On 17/05/2017 at 9:57 AM, taninthai said:

little problem just really noticed yesterday,,,,,,,if I'm in 1st gear with clutch pulled in the bike will not roll backwards, getting a lot of resistance and a grind noise

The 250L is fitted with a judder plate, it's about half the width of a normal friction plate and wears out first...it's designed to make it easier for beginners to pull off by slipping slightly.

You can get a kit off CRF'sOnly with EBC springs or heavy duty Barnett springs, or get a set of friction plates for a CBR250R and the springs from a CBR300R off Honda.

https://www.crfsonly.com/catalog/product_info.php/cPath/290_292/products_id/5894

On 12/05/2017 at 4:00 AM, WingNut said:

On motorcycle tires I think the time is much less. I've heard many people in Thailand talk about that you should be changing motorcycle tires every 2 years

I've been told in the past that tyres have a shelf life of two years...where I work we are not allowed to run tyres over four years old

(pick-ups, trucks etc).

My PCX tyres are just coming up to five years and have just ordered a new set (Pirelli). Tyres 'age' more if they're left out in the sun (bit like me really )

4 hours ago, fruitman said:

Well this proves that anybody can be a mechanic in Thailand...no education needed...maybe that's why so many accidents happen cause the brakes didn't work?

You missed the point...everyone has to start somewhere, I used to work in a bike shop after school and at weekends, after I finished school I did an apprenticeship and became a fully qualified tech

On 18/03/2017 at 4:45 AM, canthai55 said:

From people I talk to - who do much off road both here and Laos - Cambodia ... If you ride mainly dirt - KLX.  If you ride mainly street - CRF

One of the guys I ride off-road with has a KLX...next to no difference TBH

It's been chucking it down since last night...so...