14-02-13, 10:46 AM
Stick with it, mate. I was in that frame of mind at Xmas. Was going to sell my bike off to the breakers and take a serious hit finanially. But I stuck with it and things have gone right over the last month or two. Outside a new front sprocket nut, I have had about 1,000 trouble free miles now over the last 5-6 weeks. This was the list of problems I had in the space of about 6 weeks which costed quite a few bob to sort out.........
- I had an electrical problem at take off that threw me from the bike the first time it kicked in. Took a while to find where it was coming from and sort.
- Then my camchain was knackered & the previous owner welded a blob of metal onto the tensioner to take up the slack so I had to buy a tensioner as well. Costed about £200
- Then one of my fork legs needed to be replaced. Costed £75
- My front & rear discs had to be replaced as I didn't bring a gauge to measure them when I bought the bike. Of course, I had to get new pads too to run with the new discs. Costed about £400
- My back break calliper was half knackered and I spotted a "thou" one and bought that. Costed £50
- My back master cylinder was also butchered and replaced that and in the process, I cracked the mounting footrest plate and had to replace that. Costed £60
- I have tight spots on the chain that i'm not happy about and bought a new chain and spocket set. I then discovered I have been riding with no sprocket nut for the last few months!! Costed £100
- While I was at it, I treated myself to a K&N filter and a new slip on can. Costed £150