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Re: Dirt bike/motocross - red98 - 12-12-15
Sounds like a good deal to me.....with that little bit of history getting it going will be easy, carb clean, plug clean and fresh fuel , cheap filter on ebay brum, brum :lol........if for some reason it dosn't start you'll get your money back in the spring no problem :thumbup
Re: Dirt bike/motocross - sinto607276 - 12-12-15
(12-12-15, 11:58 AM)red98 link Wrote: Sounds like a good deal to me.....with that little bit of history getting it going will be easy, carb clean, plug clean and fresh fuel , cheap filter on ebay brum, brum :lol........if for some reason it dosn't start you'll get your money back in the spring no problem :thumbup:agree
Hoping to strip it down, I mean supervise my boy doing it
It'll be good for him as he's wanting to do mechanics when he's older
Re: Dirt bike/motocross - red98 - 12-12-15
At 13 thats a great way to start, thats a lot of learning for £50.......easy to make a profit if sold on once running, that will be another lesson learnt :thumbup
Re: Dirt bike/motocross - sinto607276 - 12-12-15
(12-12-15, 05:17 PM)red98 link Wrote: At 13 thats a great way to start, thats a lot of learning for £50.......easy to make a profit if sold on once running, that will be another lesson learnt :thumbup:agree
I think it's a better Xmas present than most stuff :lol
It'll get him off the couch and away from the TV and be the envy of his mates I'm sure
Think the idea will be.....
Strip it down, get it running, use it for a season to get him into it sort of idea and then either sell or exchange up if he's still into it.
Yes £50 to start, plus parts, plus gear etc, but it'd cost a lot more if I just got a bike already running and he won't gain the experience of stripping the engine and getting it working, which in my opinion is the most important part in this
Re: Dirt bike/motocross - red98 - 12-12-15
:agree.......only down side.....bastid to wrap up and how are you going to get it in his stocking :lol
Re: Dirt bike/motocross - sinto607276 - 12-12-15
(12-12-15, 08:27 PM)red98 link Wrote: only down side.....bastid to wrap up and how are you going to get it in his stocking :lolDam, I never thought of that! :b
Maybe I'll just get a wee model bike and wrap that and put that in his stocking
That'll give him something to think about :lol
Re: Dirt bike/motocross - mickvp - 12-12-15
Get him a wee model bike keyring and attach a key to it
Re: Dirt bike/motocross - sinto607276 - 12-12-15
(12-12-15, 10:21 PM)mickvp link Wrote: Get him a wee model bike keyring and attach a key to it:rollin :rollin
Yeah that'll work too
Re: Dirt bike/motocross - joebloggs - 14-12-15
Motorcycle for Xmas
You want to adopt me?
Re: Dirt bike/motocross - sinto607276 - 23-12-15
Well that's the deal done
Sitting in my garage now and waiting on my boy to see it, so he should be pleased.
So now I'm going to have to look for spare parts.....
Battery, petrol cap, air pod filter (are these just disposable ones), carb cleaner maybe?
Had a wee browse on fleebay, stuff doesn't look that expensive for it so should get it up and running in no time.
Re: Dirt bike/motocross - locksmith - 23-12-15
Bet he gets the hump because he asked for an Xbox one !!!!
Re: Dirt bike/motocross - sinto607276 - 23-12-15
(23-12-15, 11:41 AM)locksmith link Wrote: Bet he gets the hump because he asked for an Xbox one !!!!:rollin :rollin
Nope, I deffinetly heard him say motorbike :b
Re: Dirt bike/motocross - red98 - 23-12-15
Nice one sinto......we all expect to see a piccie on christmas morning of the happy new owner :thumbup
Re: Dirt bike/motocross - joebloggs - 23-12-15
I want a picture of Santa getting it down the chimney
Re: Dirt bike/motocross - unfazed - 23-12-15
I started my kids on a TW125 in the fields near home around the 13 year mark.
Local farmer is into bikes so we had full access to fields which were not in use.
They learned to ride, stop, fall, race, slide, fall,and wheelie on it. (they fell a lot at first)
Bought it as a ratteler for €425 stripped the chassis and they helped paint it and put it back together.
Rebored it, put new pistons rings and gudgeon pin into it.
Had over 2 years fun on it and sold it for €600. :woot
When they were ready for the road I put them on the Serow.
Re: Dirt bike/motocross - red98 - 23-12-15
Good idea mr bloggs.........so, we want a picture of santa (thats you sinto ) on the roof trying to get the bike down the chimney.....hope we're not going to be disappointed christmas morning.......
Re: Dirt bike/motocross - unfazed - 23-12-15
:lol
Re: Dirt bike/motocross - sinto607276 - 23-12-15
(23-12-15, 09:08 PM)unfazed link Wrote: :lolThose look like how it'll end up if I try to get it down the chimney :b
Sorry to disappoint you all but it'll be left in the garage
Part of the deal of me getting it is....once I've done it up and my boy has used it for whatever time scale that is, once I'm ready to sell it on, I've to offer to my mate, who got me the deal, first refusal for his grandson
Re: Dirt bike/motocross - unfazed - 23-12-15
Put up the wrong second picture, here is the right one
Re: Dirt bike/motocross - sinto607276 - 23-12-15
(23-12-15, 10:45 PM)unfazed link Wrote: Put up the wrong second picture, here is the right one:lol you had too much Christmas spirit already?