I don't mind dropping the oil out etc, changing piston rings and sorted bent valves is beyond me a bit though!

Matt - thanks for the info, I may well PM you at some point for more advice

Quote from: Chojin on April 03, 2015, 10:30:01 PM
I don't mind dropping the oil out etc, changing piston rings and sorted bent valves is beyond me a bit though!

Matt - thanks for the info, I may well PM you at some point for more advice

No problem. It was my first off-road bike and it taught me a lot.
Happy to help if I can.

Welcome to the dark side. 

Let me know when you are ready to play.

PS - Paul from excess energy did me a very good deal on kit if you need some.

PS - If the eBay one does not work out you could buy this one.....


http://devongtrf.activeboard.com/t59829206/wr-250f-for-sale-offer/


.... tis a smidge more money.

Ah yes - kit. I've heard second hand is the way to go since it gets all shitty anyway.

I actually can't wait to get out on the lanes

I cannae see the link - I think I need a TRF account or something to see their for sale section :/

 

Quote from: Chojin on April 03, 2015, 10:30:01 PM
I don't mind dropping the oil out etc, changing piston rings and sorted bent valves is beyond me a bit though!

Matt - thanks for the info, I may well PM you at some point for more advice

It should come with a very comprehensive owner manual.  I had two WR400F's from new.
You'll tell a lot by the owners garage.  If it's got lots of air filter cleaning kits and bottles of oil lying around you're in business.  if there is a late model Sportsbike and not much evidence of servicing kit you might want to factor in a bit of rebuild time!  Proper offroad types will be changing the oil and greasing the linkages every two or three rides and oiling the air filter every week!

Having had a conversation on the phone to the chap, he's saying all the right things at least, unprompted was telling me about oiling the air filter every two rides, dropping the oil out every 3 or 4 rides, having had a new spring in the rear to soften it up a bit.
Fingers crossed eh..

Quote from: Chojin on April 05, 2015, 01:17:51 PM
Having had a conversation on the phone to the chap, he's saying all the right things at least, unprompted was telling me about oiling the air filter every two rides, dropping the oil out every 3 or 4 rides, having had a new spring in the rear to soften it up a bit.
Fingers crossed eh..

there are some genuine people in the world so you may very well be getting a real bargain!

I was hoping for a life size cardboard cutout of Kelly Brook when I opened this thread!

That would be the drunken purchase of the century.

Not sure how I'd sneak that past the missus, mind

Quote from: Coxy on April 07, 2015, 04:48:18 PM
I was hoping for a life size cardboard cutout of Kelly Brook when I opened this thread!

but that's been done before

Yes, and still makes me chuckle!!!!!

So.

Picked the bike up, initial inspection all ok - initial test ride all ok, and the deal was done.

Now the ride home - I'm going through the gears and sitting around 60 so as not to kill the engine too much, came to a bit of dual carriageway and opened it up in 5th to see if I could do anything above 70.

The answer is yes it can, but that's when it revealed its secret - 5th is fucked somehow. Pin the throttle and it accelerates, slips, accelerates more, slips.

Gear selectors must be fucked, full strip down required.

Fuck.

Quote from: Chojin on April 11, 2015, 05:37:20 PM
So.

Picked the bike up, initial inspection all ok - initial test ride all ok, and the deal was done.

Now the ride home - I'm going through the gears and sitting around 60 so as not to kill the engine too much, came to a bit of dual carriageway and opened it up in 5th to see if I could do anything above 70.

The answer is yes it can, but that's when it revealed its secret - 5th is fucked somehow. Pin the throttle and it accelerates, slips, accelerates more, slips.

Gear selectors must be fucked, full strip down required.

Fuck.

Ahh that's shit mate fixing them is half the fun though!