After much cleaning, here it is in all its shiny glory.
And a short video of start up here:
New Bike for Thomas
Thomas has his first road bike, a nice low mileage 2016 Aprilia ETX150, bought with his own money. January won’t come fast enough when he will be able to ride it on the road! We’ll have a little practice off road before then.
C100 is for sale
I forgot to update my website with the fix for the missing issue with the C100. Turns out that it wasn’t anything to do with the ignition system at all. When I put the stock Honda carb on it from the other ratty C100 a month or so ago all the issues went away. Just goes to show that even after years of fixing bikes there’s always stuff to be wrong about. I’m chuffed that it’s finally right now, although I kind of wish I hadn’t thrown so much money at the ignition system when there wasn’t actually anything wrong with it though.
Anyway, after it having been fixed for a month or so and hardly ever getting used, I have decided to sell it. Ange rode it today and unsurprisingly didn’t like it (she dislikes everything except her old ERN6N and apparently it will always be my fault that she sold it). So time to list it on Trademe and make some more space in the garage.
The CBX250 is sold
It was a fun project, and it had it’s moments, but was worthwhile. I’ve run out of enthusiasm to keep on working on the CBX250. It’s in good order now and can be ridden, just has a small oil leak. I couldn’t face any more weekends in the garage and Ange’s disapproving looks, so I listed it on Trademe a couple of weeks ago and it sold yesterday, being picked up and paid for today.
I hope the owner looks after it and get many years of coolness.
I think I will miss it after it’s gone.
New Seat
New KTM Power Parts seat fitted to my bike. 20mm taller and definitely more comfortable.
New Radiator Guard and Tank Protector Decal
My new stainless steel radiator guard arrived today, only 12 days from China! Awesome!
I fitted a tank protector decal too 🙂
New Spools (Bobbins?)
I got these nice CNC spools or bobbins or whatever the proper name is.
New Tail Tidy installed
Looks much better without that ugly slab of plastic that was the rear mudguard. Got this one from R&G Racing in the UK. I ordered it on a Thursday night and it arrived the following Monday! Awesome service!
New Billet Levers for my KTM Duke 390
Got these bad boys from Aliexpress, very nice and fit perfectly.
Another C100
I couldn’t resist making a bid on another C100, this time a 1968 model. I didn’t get a chance to view it and I wish I did. It’s in a bit of a ppor state. Fortunately I have a lot of OKish parts that I changed on my other 1965 C100. So far I’ve fitted another rear wheel and tire, indicator lenses, ignition coil (it was missing) and cleaned up the carb. If I can get the carb to stop leaking I will swap it with the carb on my 1965 model. I think I’ll just get this one running and sell it. I can’t be bothered to do it up and get it registered.
My First Brand New Motorcycle
I traded in the V Strom on a KTM Duke 390. The V Strom was just too big and heavy for city use and difficult to get in and out of the garage. The KTM is very light, quite powerful and generally fun to ride. I test rode the Royal Enfield Continental GT, SV650 (LAMS restricted version) and the Yamaha MT-03. The KTM won because it was on special with a $1000 off and the dealer gave me a really good trade in value on the V Strom. The Yamaha came in a close second, but the dealers valuation of my trade in wasn’t enough to sway me.
Now I have to run it in!
C100 Float
