Mad-laners Megathread

No no no no ya not getting it lol. I'd do the work but the sale price wouldn't change. I'm well aware that means £300 from my ktm/drz fund hence why i said im going backwards. It'd mean I'd have to save up for the supermoto wheels somewhere down the line which is dog poo poo but such is life.

I know people like to make custom changes to "make it their own" but this isn't that. this is maintenance, besides if it needs doing and I don't do it then I'm only going to make it worse an who's gonna buy a bike that when they turn up to see find it has worn pads? A tired looking tyre and a rattling front disc? They'll assume I've let it go an that I don't look after it. I definitely would if I turned up to view something and saw it needed imminent basic maintenance.

If I were looking to but a bike I'd look to buy one that I could spend a couple of quid making it my own. If I turned up to view one and saw it needed basic stuff doing then i'd be significantly put off.

Simply put, after everything £2200 in my pocket is worth more than a bike sat unsold with a for sale sticker on it. So if doing the work sells it then it worth doing.

[Paul the 6th]

Originally Posted by Owenski

No no no no ya not getting it lol. I'd do the work but the sale price wouldn't change. I'm well aware that means £300 from my ktm/drz fund hence why i said im going backwards. It'd mean I'd have to save up for the supermoto wheels somewhere down the line which is dog poo poo but such is life.

So don't f************ do the work then you spanner! Save the money for yourself!

Originally Posted by Owenski

Just stop waffling and get on with it then matt, honestly I'm gonna become the resident org miserable bastad if you keep this up for much longer

God I feel so crap today. Been looking on ebay, couple of 26/27 year old xt600's on the bay which sound reasonably good condition with decent Service history.. Doesn't help that they're all in gloucestershire, essex, bosnia, cape town and the sea of tranquility on the moon.... Why are they all atleast 3 hours away?!

I was pointing bikes out to rob on msn last night, there's a nice wr450 on eBay at the moment for around the 1500 mark..

If you want a cheap off road this is ther type of thing you should look out for, this one is the one i told Robh about last week, baragin in the end.
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/1997-KAWASAKI-...item3a5eadfd96

Waaaa Waaaa waaa quit ya crying I already have started. Picked some discs up off eBay last night at £40, jus this minute taxed it £36 and I'll be on eBay again for some pads and seals before the end of lunch. The tyre is good for 1000 miles yet an I recon I'll jus have that one off u Pauli pops. So ill have spent less than £200 and I'll have piece of mind. Everyones a chicken dinner!

Except Paul who still doesn't have an xt in this hemisphere.

[Paul the 6th]

what the hell is a kawasaki KLR? They any good?

4 stroke, 250cc single kwak with 33hp for £790, course they are good.

[Paul the 6th]

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...=STRK:MEWAX:IT

They are the bigger 600's but still cheap, they are 10 years older than the other 250 and more expensive, but im sure you could knock them down.

Not a kwak fan, had 1 I always felt it got tired looking very quick. It's as though there're retro styled lol.