Bike trailer

[Guest Dark Sotonic Mills]

Anyone on here got a motorbike trailer I can borrow/hire for the weekend of the Tranmere game? I need to collect a Kawasaki ZL600 from Liverpool on the Sunday.

 

Any suggestions gratefully received.

[St Landrew]

What's this..? Have you bought a bike mate..? Sorry, no trailer. If I had one, I'd gladly lend it.

[Guest Dark Sotonic Mills]

Yep, a cruiser with a Ninja 600 engine. 1986 model needing a little TLC.

[Alanh]

Sorry for hijacking this thread but I've just bought a new bike and am looking for a bit of advice on insurance companies. Does anyone have any experience of a good one, or are they all as bad as each other? The bike is a Suzuki SV650S 05 model.

[Somewhere In Northam]

It depends what you want from your insurance company really, legal assistance, european cover, breakdown asst. etc

 

You are best off registering on a comparison website, that way you will have every option and be able to really personalise your policy before you buy it.

Try http://www.gocompare.com

It should take about 15 minutes to complete registration, after that you'll be away.

Nice bike by the way, half faired bandit if im correct?

[Alanh]

It depends what you want from your insurance company really, legal assistance, european cover, breakdown asst. etc

 

You are best off registering on a comparison website, that way you will have every option and be able to really personalise your policy before you buy it.

Try http://www.gocompare.com

It should take about 15 minutes to complete registration, after that you'll be away.

Nice bike by the way, half faired bandit if im correct?

 

Thanks, I was kind of hoping for some personal experience. All the reviews that I read online tend to be from the people who have had bad experiences (I guess that's the only time you really have anything to say about your insurance company).

 

Yeah, I think the bike is good. Its a 2 cyclinder engine not a 4 pot like a Bandit so the power delivery is spread out over the rev range - a bit like a diesel car engine.

[swannymere]

SV's are great bikes! I think you can hire a trailer from somewhere in Southampton, if not hire/borrow a van for the day.

[swannymere]

Found this based in Four Marks near Alton

 

http://www.southerntrailers.co.uk/hire/bike_trailer_hire.html

[St Landrew]

Yep, a cruiser with a Ninja 600 engine. 1986 model needing a little TLC.

 

Cruisers aren't quite my cup of tea, as I don't like the weight distribution and the feet-forward, armchair feel. This one doesn't look too bad in that department though. Welcome to the fold all the same, DSM. One less car on the road is always an advantage.

[Guest Dark Sotonic Mills]

This one is in black and needs carbs balancing (?), fork seals, a choke cable and tarting up a bit. It is a runner though. A bit of a project for my son and me.

[St Landrew]

This one is in black and needs carbs balancing (?), fork seals, a choke cable and tarting up a bit. It is a runner though. A bit of a project for my son and me.

 

Carbs balancing..! I vaguely remember an old method which works, and is very low tech, but really you need to use vacuum gauges with modern machinery, and a mid' 1980's Kwacker certainly qualifies. Here's an introduction.

 

http://www.bikeguru.co.uk/carbs.html

 

This is the moment where I have a little gloat over my mate and his VFR750FV. My 800Fi is, of course, injection. I dread the day something goes wrong with that system though.

[Guest Dark Sotonic Mills]

All change...

 

New project.

 

Triumph TT 600 in silver.

 

[St Landrew]

How did that happen..? What happened to the Kwacker..?

 

Now that's more like it. Trumpet too. Nice bike.

[Guest Dark Sotonic Mills]

Saw a 51 plate TT as a Cat C salvage, done 3,300 miles and needing new O/S handlebar, O/S front fairing, rear set and tank is dented. Paid £900.

[St Landrew]

So the ZL600 didn't happen..?

[Guest Dark Sotonic Mills]

Nope, too much outlay for an old bike and this one looked a better option in the long run.

[St Landrew]

If you can get one cheaply enough, spend out on a bike lift, if you haven't got one already. For a project, it'll certainly make working on the bike much less of a pain. They're bloody expensive normally, but you should be able to get a secondhand one for £50. It'll also make servicing the bike easier, if you intend to do your own.