Might have a bike this saturday

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I am going to check out a Yamaha XT225 Serow this saturday, fingers crossed, if good I will buy it .
You aint seen the last of me I promise you, I cant stand seeing grown men cry cos they cant read a map :D
And my two wheeled mates can show me the TROs where two wheels can ride :amen:
Really looking forward to getting a bike again, I loved the quads I have had but bikes are my number one passion :amen:

[secret solo]

Now you just got to learn to ride it... lol

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Part of the fun Andy, now is it clutch in, into gear, a few revs then clutch out ???? ;)
I will do some road riding to get back into the swing of it, I remember when I first got my SV how awkward leaning felt after not doing it for ages, after that I will do some local non-rutted byways then out with you guys :amen:
Hopefully I will get the Serow as they have a very nice low seat height .

[nelly]

i hope it all works out for you mate, then you can lead again:rofl:

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We will see Neil:amen:
Hopefully Johnnyboy can `uncork` the engine, I have read that the exhaust is very restrictive on these bikes LOL

[nelly]

just dont go into the quad cave, or u will never be seen again lol

[denviks]

the serows are a good strong machine. would be a good choice for sure

[johnnyboy]

G if you buy it the first thing to do with it to my mind is to take a angle grinder and lump hammer to it to rid it of around 20lbs of unneeded clutter lol
exhaust is a massive part of the seventh bridge
carb is a cv type and would need tossing if the hunt for power was a must!!
I hired one of these when in grease once and found it to be a really good ride but did get it stuck while trying to do a massive hill climb up from a beach and that resulted in the airbox filling with sand and leaving me stuck with no tools and a seriously dead bike, managed to pull the air boot from the carb and ride till I managed to borrow a phillips screw driver to get access to my own private beach area YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED
Popes has one in there and when I pulled the clutch lever in all my arm musles and tendons popped as the clutch was so heavy! so arm is now in a sling for six weeks lol so practise pulling the little chap left handed for a while or secondly oil the cable :rofl:

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Do you mean stuff like the pillion footrest hangers Johnny ?

I hired one of these when in grease once

Whereabouts Johnny, the island of Lithium ? ;)

As you know, due to my lack of inches (vertically LOL) I am limited to only two bike models, the Serow or the Honda CRF230 so availability is limited, it is a problem made worse by the fact that you cannot buy these bikes new any more, I think the makers have some sort of issue with shorter riders, I should go to the european court of human rights and sue them for discrimination against shorties :)
Firstly, I want a decent bike mechanically, once it is proven to be so I will decide what I want to do with it :)

[Raptorman]

I think is on the island of graphite

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Or `Kos`strol, I think Duckhams or Silkolene may sound a bit daft !!

[johnnyboy]

skuss me igneance thar pepool me speeealing is krap:rofl:

[pux]

Good luck on what ever you buy Graham.

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Thats not like you Martin, wishing a ginger good luck !!
I thought I saw you in basingstoke today, a car with the reg `B52 PUX` LOL

[pux]

Thats not like you Martin, wishing a ginger good luck !!
I thought I saw you in basingstoke today, a car with the reg `B52 PUX` LOLfunny you should say that lol i have been looking at those plates on DVLA as most of my family have them, its just me that's not got one yet lol. I am full of man flu today so i am in a kind mood towards gingers!! i will be back to normal soon.

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I wont say `get well soon` then !

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Well, I have done it, have bought the Serow and picking up next saturday .
Its a 2004 reg in tidy condition, I can place bopth feet flat on the floor :amen: the engine sounds sweet and it rides nice and true, just need to whack on some proper tyres and the sat nav then out on the trails :amen:
This is it ;

[nelly]

looks good mate

[pux]

looks good for a childs bike................

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Pux-f*ck off you ginger hater :( LOL
Its an ideal bike for a beginner on the trails

[secret solo]

you could have had my dr for £10 ??

[nelly]

ill take it Andy:)

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I could have if I had known thats what you wanted for it ;)

[secret solo]

Too late, dont want to sell it now... hehe..
Gonna put an mot on it then sell it along with the cbr.

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You Mr solo, are just a tease :)

[secret solo]

you got a moped now, what would you want my heap for anyway ? ;)

[warriorrider]

Well, I have done it, have bought the Serow and picking up next saturday .
Its a 2004 reg in tidy condition, I can place bopth feet flat on the floor :amen: the engine sounds sweet and it rides nice and true, just need to whack on some proper tyres and the sat nav then out on the trails :amen:
This is it ;

Its good to see you havnt totally given up mate looks a nice bike.

[pux]

Its good to see you havnt totally given up mate looks a nice bike.
You **** you have put a proper sentence together lol:p

[nelly]

You **** you have put a proper sentence together lol:p

lmgdfao you ****lol

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****lol ;)

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Insurance is proving to be more than I expected, have had two quotes so far of £146 and £148 TPFT, it seems crazy that it the same price as my quad was ???

[Raptorman]

You are the high risk Graham, bike no problem ;);)

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:(Insurance seems to have rocketed in price .
Not happy as the bike is only a tiddler with a lowish value, but I have no choice

[secret solo]

Speak to mce as i insured the cbr with them for £60..
Cant see how they want 3 times as much for you with a 3rd of the power???
Hastings direct or hastings bike, whatever it is always seems to come up as the cheapest for car and bike...
Has all your no claims gone ?

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MCE wanted £208, Falcon wanted £148 and Bikesure wanted £146, it would seem that bike insurance is expensive in my area, Bikesure carried over my NCD of 4 years on the quad .

A third of the power, the XT has a claimed 20HP which is about half the Raptors, I rung a few others but they would not let me have the quad NCD, pathetic really as its about not claiming not the bloody type of machine, as I have always said, insurance comps are a rip off !

[pux]

Gingers are a high risk!!

[warriorrider]

You **** you have put a proper sentence together lol:p

you cheeky **** lol

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:DWell I got it home bloody soaked, it felt hairy on the road with knobblies, only ridden bikes with road tyres before, but no problems, did all the byways between Alton and Bstoke and was fine but ruts will take some getting used to, having a bike I can touch the ground on saved a couple of offs in the ruts :D
Have started taking it apart to clean up and see what, if anything needs sorting out, it seems a nice little bike and is very easy to ride, much more comfy than the quad off road too :D

[pux]

Right who's going to have a bet with me? the bet will be how long before Graham has an off and regrets selling the sheep lol. Should have brought Gary's honda lol

[two wheels short]

Sorry Graham but you cant call them things "knobblies".

They're more "un-smoothies"................. get some decent road legal knobblies on there and they'll be much bettererer!!

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Carl, I got the dealer to put proper knobblies on the bike for me :D

Pux, is Gary`s Honda for sale ?

[two wheels short]

They take a bit of getting used to on the road but you should be able to safely take em over to the outside row of knobs.

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Its a while since I last rode a bike so will take a while to get confident with leaning again, but this little bike rides like a gem, very nice riding position and confidence giving handling-just the job :D
Its cleaning up real nice too, its in pretty good nick, need to touch up the swing arm where paint has come off due to welds not being cleaned up properly and frame where boots rub but thats it, very tidy-result :D
One thing I am impressed with is the amount of grease nipples, the swing arm, all suspension linkages, all have zerks .

[nelly]

Carl, I got the dealer to put proper knobblies on the bike for me :D

Pux, is Gary`s Honda for sale ?

thats what he posted mate,5K he said, i would have sold yours, put the extra money to it and brought Garys quad, IRS how lovely:agree::D

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To be honest Nelly, I would not have bought it anyway, I have gone over to the two wheeled world and dont regret it, had a blast on the byways yesterday :D

[pux]

To be honest Nelly, I would not have bought it anyway, I have gone over to the two wheeled world and dont regret it, had a blast on the byways yesterday :DWe will see lol:D:D

[nelly]

We will see lol:D:D

pmsl:fencing: