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Re: Two wheels good.
Posted: Tue Mar 09, 2021 8:35 pm
by Eddie Honda
You mean a money-making racket that doesn't test much?
Re: Two wheels good.
Posted: Tue Mar 09, 2021 10:03 pm
by BenHar
It costs £55. Takes about 40 minutes. They're not really making much.
And most car users have no fucking idea about, or interest in, the the state of their cars.
If they weren't forced to have them tested they would drive them until they hurt many nuns and kittens
Ben
Re: Two wheels good.
Posted: Tue Mar 09, 2021 10:39 pm
by bub2006
55 quid?! Scandalous. I pay 35 for mine but I do slip friendly mechanic a few quid for collecting it and taking it to the garage he used to test for so actually 55 quid isn't for off the total. Last bike I had tested was 22 quid. Think the trike was 25.
Re: Two wheels good.
Posted: Tue Mar 09, 2021 10:44 pm
by bub2006
Once this house move is sorted I'm tempted to try get back on two wheels. As a full car license holder if I take a cbt I get automatic moped license. 50cc,no l plates and a pillion. What could go wrong? A friend bought a 16 plate lexmoto fmr 50 for 150 a month or so ago and I've told him I'd give him 200 for it in a couple if month's when we settled. He's said he won't be doing much with it if anything at all in that time has he needs to get his 1982 rialto saloon daily driver checked and if anything is found needing repairs before putting it through an mot,get his v plate robin on the road,finish building his buggy and has about 100 bicycles to work through. He's 67 and lives in a council bungalow in a posh part of Derbyshire. His neighbours love* him for keeping house prices low. The scooter is tidy enough and cheap enough for what I want to do which is basically make a twist and go skelly. With my gammy leg I thought a 50 will be best way forward and in time progress bigger like I had before I was taken ill
Re: Two wheels good.
Posted: Wed Mar 10, 2021 12:17 am
by Eddie Honda
BenHar wrote: ↑Tue Mar 09, 2021 10:03 pm
It costs £55. Takes about 40 minutes. They're not really making much.
And most car users have no fucking idea about, or interest in, the the state of their cars.
If they weren't forced to have them tested they would drive them until they hurt many nuns and kittens
Ben
Benny, we're talking motorcycles here, not cars
Max price for a motorcycle MOT test is £29.65. They don't test much.
Re: Two wheels good.
Posted: Wed Mar 10, 2021 6:29 pm
by BenHar
Eddie Honda wrote: ↑Wed Mar 10, 2021 12:17 am
BenHar wrote: ↑Tue Mar 09, 2021 10:03 pm
It costs £55. Takes about 40 minutes. They're not really making much.
And most car users have no fucking idea about, or interest in, the the state of their cars.
If they weren't forced to have them tested they would drive them until they hurt many nuns and kittens
Ben
Benny, we're talking motorcycles here, not cars
Max price for a motorcycle MOT test is £29.65. They don't test much.
They won't have time to for that.
But I did miss that I was on the two wheels wobble thread. Sorry.
Ben
Re: Two wheels good.
Posted: Thu Mar 11, 2021 7:09 pm
by Arthur Foxhake
Cagiva Supercity booked into a local, legendary, bike shop for freeing off the stuck power valve and an MOT.
Looks like it needs a gear input shaft seal also.
Want it ready for the good weather that hopefully won't be long now.
Will probably send the Mito their way as well, think it needs a pretty comprehensive engine rebuild and they are the boys to do it for a decent price and turnaround, I'm not interested in involved projects at the moment, far too busy at work.
Re: Two wheels good.
Posted: Thu Mar 11, 2021 7:28 pm
by Jazoli
bub2006 wrote: ↑Tue Mar 09, 2021 10:44 pm
Once this house move is sorted I'm tempted to try get back on two wheels. As a full car license holder if I take a cbt I get automatic moped license. 50cc,no l plates and a pillion. What could go wrong? A friend bought a 16 plate lexmoto fmr 50 for 150 a month or so ago and I've told him I'd give him 200 for it in a couple if month's when we settled. He's said he won't be doing much with it if anything at all in that time has he needs to get his 1982 rialto saloon daily driver checked and if anything is found needing repairs before putting it through an mot,get his v plate robin on the road,finish building his buggy and has about 100 bicycles to work through. He's 67 and lives in a council bungalow in a posh part of Derbyshire. His neighbours love* him for keeping house prices low. The scooter is tidy enough and cheap enough for what I want to do which is basically make a twist and go skelly. With my gammy leg I thought a 50 will be best way forward and in time progress bigger like I had before I was taken ill
Its not a bad idea but a 50cc scooter doesn't have the power to pull your foreskin back, and they leave you riding in the gutter, at least get a 125 ffs.
Re: Two wheels good.
Posted: Thu Mar 11, 2021 7:46 pm
by Arthur Foxhake
I love my Honda PXR50.
I do many miles on it in summer. It's nice having time to take in the scenery and not caning it everywhere.
Re: Two wheels good.
Posted: Thu Mar 11, 2021 8:59 pm
by stillOrange
I pulled this thing few months back from a shed of my colleague.
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It stood there for few years and wasn't starting even from the kick. All it really needed was new battery to make it going again which is great as I got the this all for free.
It was supposed to be for my daughter as 15 year olds are allowed to ride and drive certain vehicles here on roads.
She's still not done her test so I am using it to get to work when it isn't fucking freezing.
For anyone interested it has a catchy name.
TGB BM1
Basically a Piaggio made somewhere on the island of Taiwan