Is there a scoobynet equivalent for bikers?
17 July 2002, 06:12 PM
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Got a Blackbird at the moment for fast touring 
Had an MV Agusta 750S last year which was gorgeous.
Thinking of getting a sport 400 for track days - anyone got one they want to sell?
Had an MV Agusta 750S last year which was gorgeous.
Thinking of getting a sport 400 for track days - anyone got one they want to sell?
17 July 2002, 06:13 PM
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670bhp per tonne!! jesus!! no wonder that rear tyre doesn't last long..
Hoping I can get it running at the weekend (new alternater) and save some money on petrol as currently doing about 700miles a week.
Honda wanted £349 for an alternater!!! I managed to source a new one for £60 in the end!
JGM
Hoping I can get it running at the weekend (new alternater) and save some money on petrol as currently doing about 700miles a week.
Honda wanted £349 for an alternater!!! I managed to source a new one for £60 in the end!
JGM
17 July 2002, 06:23 PM
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Mmmmmm.....some great sounding machinery! I want something that I can thrash so would be looking at a 600. Having had a ZX6 I know I like 'em and they fit me well so I think another one is in order. Plus I'm only going to have £3-£3.5K to spend and am worried about insurance....I wish Kawasaki would do their £250 fully comp idea again!
17 July 2002, 06:29 PM
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I was looking at 600's back in 1998 and noticed the advert for the Blades which were the year the colour was changing and the shop wanted rid of them before the biking season was over (it was end of August) so I got a Blade for 600 money.. lovely... but the insurance has gone up and up.. I would be tempted to swap it for a 600 but it is not worth much with 70k miles on it.
But if you hear of anyone after a Blade and doesn't mind the miles let me know...
going cheap! I'd probably accept £1000 under book price for a average mileage one.
JGM
But if you hear of anyone after a Blade and doesn't mind the miles let me know...
going cheap! I'd probably accept £1000 under book price for a average mileage one.
JGM
17 July 2002, 07:46 PM
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P.S. Jawa, thing is, who spends 5 quid filling their tank and having last a week ? Errrr you. I'll get me coat....
lol!!
So what do people have/want then? I would like another ZX6, G1 or later, but quite frankly would take almost anything right now. Hmmm....mebbe I should talk nicely to ScoobyJawa! LOL
All you boys talking your big figures
My 100cc Aerox would kick all your ***'s (well as long as all yours are turned off )You sure my sis knows your intentions?
(hmmmmm feel some blackmail coming on )l8rs!
17 July 2002, 07:53 PM
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Hey ScoobyJawa,
I too have an Aerox 100 for commuting on!!
Couldn't give a monkey's what anybody else says - great scooter for going back and forth to work. It will do 70+mpg and means that the scoob can stay out of the company car park (too many people who don't give a toss)and at home in the garage.
Have you done any tuning mods to it yet?
I have a race exhaust, and uprated variator/clutch - it now will do 70 on the flat and gets there pretty quick too!
If you're interested i can give you details and places to get the parts?
Happy Scoob driving and Scootering(in this weather )
Nick.
I too have an Aerox 100 for commuting on!!
Couldn't give a monkey's what anybody else says - great scooter for going back and forth to work. It will do 70+mpg and means that the scoob can stay out of the company car park (too many people who don't give a toss)and at home in the garage.
Have you done any tuning mods to it yet?
I have a race exhaust, and uprated variator/clutch - it now will do 70 on the flat and gets there pretty quick too!
If you're interested i can give you details and places to get the parts?
Happy Scoob driving and Scootering(in this weather
)Nick.
17 July 2002, 08:32 PM
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HEY!!!!!!
I have been there mate - spent MANY a night in hospital following donkeys pulling out in front of my bike!! So dont even THINK of preaching to me about getting swept up off the tarmac!! I was crashing into cars when you were not even a twinkle!! ok?
I STILL think those who ride with FULL beam, blinding me - and who weave in and out of the cars at some mental speed are Complete To55ers - I would LOVE to push their exhaust up their rear end and shove a headlamp in each ear!! would that enlighten their minds??
For gods sake put your lights on but NOT on full beam!!!!
Pete
I have been there mate - spent MANY a night in hospital following donkeys pulling out in front of my bike!! So dont even THINK of preaching to me about getting swept up off the tarmac!! I was crashing into cars when you were not even a twinkle!! ok?
I STILL think those who ride with FULL beam, blinding me - and who weave in and out of the cars at some mental speed are Complete To55ers - I would LOVE to push their exhaust up their rear end and shove a headlamp in each ear!! would that enlighten their minds??
For gods sake put your lights on but NOT on full beam!!!!
Pete
17 July 2002, 08:48 PM
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Pete,
Must get this in 1st: I ride a sports bike, and have been riding for 13 years, think bikes are better than cars ( ) and hope to be riding into my old age.....but.....
I agree, lots of bikers ride like complete ar$eholes and are just asking to be knocked off - who's expecting a bike to come steaming down your average high street at 80mph??? not many (and this happens far too often for my liking
!!!!!). Lots of bikers have this thing where they blame everything on car drivers and I don't like it one little bit!!!
However, whilst filtering through multi-laned traffic james (such as on dual carrigeways and motorways, I find full beam is the only way to make people see you (and I filter through this kind of stationary traffic at about 10mph!!!!!). It's a jungle out there, and people through ignorance and arrogance, do try, regularly, to kill you!!!!!!
Play nice now
Matt
Must get this in 1st: I ride a sports bike, and have been riding for 13 years, think bikes are better than cars (
) and hope to be riding into my old age.....but.....I agree, lots of bikers ride like complete ar$eholes and are just asking to be knocked off - who's expecting a bike to come steaming down your average high street at 80mph??? not many (and this happens far too often for my liking
!!!!!). Lots of bikers have this thing where they blame everything on car drivers and I don't like it one little bit!!!However, whilst filtering through multi-laned traffic james (such as on dual carrigeways and motorways, I find full beam is the only way to make people see you (and I filter through this kind of stationary traffic at about 10mph!!!!!). It's a jungle out there, and people through ignorance and arrogance, do try, regularly, to kill you!!!!!!
Play nice now
Matt
17 July 2002, 08:59 PM
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Ok, Ok, Ok,
Just that I am suffering now for the wounds inflicted upon me by moronic car drivers way back when, I wont say when - but my bike had cable DRUM brakes!!!! and travelling at, say, 60-80mph you couldnt stop when someone in a car 'didnt see you!!'
BUT - I repeat that those riders that ride with high beam REALLY cheese me right off!! In my day I had an orange Dayglow type headlamp cover with my headlight on underneath - why not nowadays??
Pete
Just that I am suffering now for the wounds inflicted upon me by moronic car drivers way back when, I wont say when - but my bike had cable DRUM brakes!!!! and travelling at, say, 60-80mph you couldnt stop when someone in a car 'didnt see you!!'
BUT - I repeat that those riders that ride with high beam REALLY cheese me right off!! In my day I had an orange Dayglow type headlamp cover with my headlight on underneath - why not nowadays??
Pete
17 July 2002, 09:15 PM
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At least your bikes havent got tarty GOLD wheels !!!!!
Have they
We had style and class in the early 70's!!! when the men were men ....
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. and so were the women!! ha ha ha
Pete
Have they
We had style and class in the early 70's!!! when the men were men ....
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. and so were the women!! ha ha ha
Pete
17 July 2002, 09:49 PM
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Well in that case im an ar$ehole and shall be expecting my scorpion exhaust to be heading in the direction of my behind and wearing some very tasty high beam earings! (rode to work via m25 and a2 and back today and did lots of filtering with headlights on)
Evening to you as well Mr Lewis!
I agree filtering is dangerous but thats a risk you take as a biker if you decide to pass through traffic jams, if I was going to sit in a traffic jam i'd use the scoob and have some tunes on, not roast my ar$e off in my leathers (they are black and not brightly coloured by the way )
Pete what was it like riding a motorised penny farthing?
Oh and whos up for a scooby bikers meet then?
Evening to you as well Mr Lewis!
I agree filtering is dangerous but thats a risk you take as a biker if you decide to pass through traffic jams, if I was going to sit in a traffic jam i'd use the scoob and have some tunes on, not roast my ar$e off in my leathers (they are black and not brightly coloured by the way
)Pete what was it like riding a motorised penny farthing?
Oh and whos up for a scooby bikers meet then?
17 July 2002, 10:06 PM
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Yeah, Scooby Bikers Meet!!!
Line em up boys and let me visit with a Road Roller!!
It felt like a penny-farthing, certainly, when I wanted to STOP and couldnt!!
I dont propose any biker sitting in a queue - but no need to 'race' through the traffic scaring the **** out of us old geezers!!
Pete
Line em up boys and let me visit with a Road Roller!!
It felt like a penny-farthing, certainly, when I wanted to STOP and couldnt!!
I dont propose any biker sitting in a queue - but no need to 'race' through the traffic scaring the **** out of us old geezers!!
Pete
17 July 2002, 10:16 PM
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Pete
I admit its stupid to filter fast and I was guilty of doing it today, too much adrenalin takes common sense away , but thats the whole point of us having our lights on, so that they shine in your mirrors and u see us and dont scare the living cr@p out of you as we go past.
If we turned our lights off you would see us even less coming through traffic.
I admit its stupid to filter fast and I was guilty of doing it today, too much adrenalin takes common sense away
, but thats the whole point of us having our lights on, so that they shine in your mirrors and u see us and dont scare the living cr@p out of you as we go past.If we turned our lights off you would see us even less coming through traffic.
17 July 2002, 11:42 PM
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Hey cool Another Pizza boy Indeed, great little 'ped for getting to work on, mines an 02 registered Max Biaggi edition, with motorsport type stickers all over. lol!! Makes no sense to take the scoob 5 miles there and 5 miles back, doesn't do it any good. Would cycle but no shower or changing facilities at work Hence why I got the ped. Free insurance for a year through Yamaha and job done Just done over 500 miles on it now!!
Absolutely about the MPG - as I said a fill up once a week costs me about £4.20 and will usually get me around 80-90 miles
Mine is totally stock at the moment but I've got 58mph on the flat out of it and off the clock downhill Shame the speedo only goes to 60 tho'
I looked into tuning stuff found loads of stuff from Malossi stuff like 125cc conversions and variator upgrades etc but none of the scooter tuning companies (eg Beedspeed) I spoke to could tell me what the bits did
Would love info on the places and parts - did you fit yourself?
Anyway - YHM!!
Enjoying it loads in this weather - when it rains I still take the scoob as I haven't got the clothing yet for riding in the wet to work
C ya!
[Edited by ScoobyJawa - 7/17/2002 11:43:58 PM]
Hey cool
Another Pizza boy Indeed, great little 'ped for getting to work on, mines an 02 registered Max Biaggi edition, with motorsport type stickers all over. lol!! Makes no sense to take the scoob 5 miles there and 5 miles back, doesn't do it any good. Would cycle but no shower or changing facilities at work Hence why I got the ped. Free insurance for a year through Yamaha and job done Just done over 500 miles on it now!!Absolutely about the MPG - as I said a fill up once a week costs me about £4.20 and will usually get me around 80-90 miles
Mine is totally stock at the moment
but I've got 58mph on the flat out of it and off the clock downhill Shame the speedo only goes to 60 tho' I looked into tuning stuff found loads of stuff from Malossi stuff like 125cc conversions and variator upgrades etc but none of the scooter tuning companies (eg Beedspeed) I spoke to could tell me what the bits did
Would love info on the places and parts - did you fit yourself?
Anyway - YHM!!
Enjoying it loads in this weather - when it rains I still take the scoob as I haven't got the clothing yet for riding in the wet to work
C ya!
[Edited by ScoobyJawa - 7/17/2002 11:43:58 PM]
18 July 2002, 08:06 AM
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SJ,
Had mine 2 months now, and done over 1500 miles! - think how much petrol money that's saved me?
Yeah, less than a tenner a week in petrol is nice
I'm at work this morning, but i'll mail you later on, and point you in the right direction of tuning companys and mods.
Its pretty simple really - if your'e fairly technically minded you can do all the work yourself.
Nick.
Had mine 2 months now, and done over 1500 miles! - think how much petrol money that's saved me?
Yeah, less than a tenner a week in petrol is nice
I'm at work this morning, but i'll mail you later on, and point you in the right direction of tuning companys and mods.
Its pretty simple really - if your'e fairly technically minded you can do all the work yourself.
Nick.
18 July 2002, 10:29 AM
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Blimey - lagging behind you a bit then!! Got mine in April but then went on hols and with all the nasty weather only just started to get some miles on the thing
Cheers for the info! I'm not too bad technically, do most stuff on the scoob like swapping exhausts, fitting induction, brakes etc so not too bad when it comes to technical stuff
Cheers for the info! I'm not too bad technically, do most stuff on the scoob like swapping exhausts, fitting induction, brakes etc so not too bad when it comes to technical stuff
18 July 2002, 01:06 PM
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Oi! No blackmailing ScoobyJawa - I know where you live! Anyhoo, my wife(!!!!) knows my intentions (fnarr). Admittedly she wasn't too keen at first, though I think that was more to do with "wasting" my money than the chance of injury!!
As it is, I've planted the idea of her having a bike herself. Purely for selfish reasons - pillions do detract from the fun. And since she had a spin on the 'ped in Cuba she seems keen(ish). The only downside to this idea is that I can see who'd have to pay for her bike :-(
As it is, I've planted the idea of her having a bike herself. Purely for selfish reasons - pillions do detract from the fun. And since she had a spin on the 'ped in Cuba she seems keen(ish). The only downside to this idea is that I can see who'd have to pay for her bike :-(
18 July 2002, 02:44 PM
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Ah bugger Was worth a try though
I'm getting an email grilling as to what I meant as we speak (hi Jennie!! )
Hmmm - my sis on a bike.......... lol!! Could be quite amusing!! You both better watch out for me with my demon modded ped - I'll blow ya both away LOL!!!!
Was worth a try though I'm getting an email grilling as to what I meant as we speak
(hi Jennie!! )Hmmm - my sis on a bike.......... lol!! Could be quite amusing!! You both better watch out for me with my demon modded ped - I'll blow ya both away
LOL!!!!
19 July 2002, 11:44 AM
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Nick,
Another quicky - how do mods effect the insurance on a ped? I'm with the Yamaha scheme at the moment....
Also, do you take yours into the red on the rev counter - as my manual says you shouldn't really...........
Ta!
Another quicky - how do mods effect the insurance on a ped? I'm with the Yamaha scheme at the moment....
Also, do you take yours into the red on the rev counter - as my manual says you shouldn't really...........
Ta!
19 July 2002, 08:07 PM
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Hmmm - must get round to telling the insurance company!
No really, i will do soon - so i can't answer that one for you.
As for the redline, had it there before and was a bit scary (all i could think of was that little piston shooting straight up my a***!). It won't reach it at the mo' because of the heavier variator rollers i've got in (65mph @ 7.5k!). I'm hoping to get it to rev higher again with lighter rollers i've got on order.
Spoke to some of the guys on the T&G forum, and was told that i shouldn't have a problem with it reving to 9-9.5k?
Incidently, just read on T&G, that the only way to go is with fully synthetic oil - so will be changing and sticking with it pretty soon!
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No really, i will do soon - so i can't answer that one for you.
As for the redline, had it there before and was a bit scary (all i could think of was that little piston shooting straight up my a***!). It won't reach it at the mo' because of the heavier variator rollers i've got in (65mph @ 7.5k!). I'm hoping to get it to rev higher again with lighter rollers i've got on order.
Spoke to some of the guys on the T&G forum, and was told that i shouldn't have a problem with it reving to 9-9.5k?
Incidently, just read on T&G, that the only way to go is with fully synthetic oil - so will be changing and sticking with it pretty soon!
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19 July 2002, 11:02 PM
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You needn't worry about over-revving 2 stroke engines too much, they'll rev to whatever as there are no valves to bounce. The rev limit is more likely for the benefit of the gearbox, you might snap one of the elastic bands
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