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Post by kal357 on Nov 30, 2015 11:33:24 GMT
I'm Jay, I'm based in Nottingham and run a ratty 1982 CB250N
I've owned my Superdream for ten years, its on its second petrol tank, second front wheel and third engine.
I keep thinking I should make my little beastie pretty again, and then I think about how many parts need to be replaced for that.
I have a weird love/hate relationship with the beastie, I love her when I look at her.
Then I'll ride her a long distance swearing at her all the way and terrified she is about to break down on me. Again.
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Post by stevegbr on Nov 30, 2015 11:38:04 GMT
hello and welcome jay, hope you will do a little bit of history on here of your bike?.
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Post by wazzbo on Nov 30, 2015 11:58:52 GMT
Haha, welcome to the forum Jay, would be nice to see a pic of old ratty.
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Post by stevie on Nov 30, 2015 13:04:23 GMT
Welcome to the forum jay, how many miles has she covered.
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Post by kal357 on Nov 30, 2015 15:00:57 GMT
Thank you guys.
I've put some pictures of the beastie in the gallery. As to the miles covered, that starts to get complicated. The frame has done 20k or so, the engine and a number of the other parts are unknown.
I purchased the bike in 2005 as an impulsive eBay thing for the grand total of £105. From what I understand although it had been previously very loved before its rider came off the road and it had spent a couple of years in a field in Wales. I intended to ride it after I passed my test, although in the end I ended up with another bike and kept this as a back up.
Beastie lived in the garage for a while and then after a couple of years I had the engine rebored and it was on the road briefly. I ran it for about six months and then it went back into the garage to change the timing chain. Unfortunately the engine was in a crate over winter that was under the only leak in the roof. I eventually got a replacement engine in 2014 which failed in the early hours of Christmas day outside Sheffield.
So earlier this year I found another engine and had that fitted (I discovered that its cheaper and quicker if I get someone else to fix it) which is fine, although I'm pretty sure I had better performance out of my CG125, the handling terrifies me and I need to make an appointment for the braking to occur. I was fine as I was running it as a backup bike to my GPZ, an unfortunate meeting with the back end of a transit has put the GPZ on the bench for the time being and I am back to riding Beastie.
Friday I brought her up to Huntingdon via Leicester, although it took a while with a lot of swearing and I got massively overexcited when I managed to overtake four wagons on the A14!
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Post by Deleted on Nov 30, 2015 15:42:07 GMT
I'm Jay, I'm based in Nottingham and run a ratty 1982 CB250N I've owned my Superdream for ten years, its on its second petrol tank, second front wheel and third engine. I keep thinking I should make my little beastie pretty again, and then I think about how many parts need to be replaced for that. I have a weird love/hate relationship with the beastie, I love her when I look at her. Then I'll ride her a long distance swearing at her all the way and terrified she is about to break down on me. Again. This sounds like the kind of relationship Ken Boon had with his BSA A65 in the TV series Boon....incidentally this was filmed in your neck of the woods (later series). Welcome to the forum.  |
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Post by kal357 on Nov 30, 2015 16:42:24 GMT
I'd not thought about Boon in years, it was compulsory viewing our house in the Eighties... |
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Post by Fordy on Nov 30, 2015 17:08:06 GMT
Welcome Jay, and I also loved Boon!
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Post by ian on Nov 30, 2015 19:15:21 GMT
Hi Jay, welcome along. I've got a similar relationship with my 400NA. Luckily, I have a couple of other bikes so I only use it when I'm sticking to local bus routes.  |
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Post by kal357 on Nov 30, 2015 19:49:20 GMT
Hi Jay, welcome along. I've got a similar relationship with my 400NA. Luckily, I have a couple of other bikes so I only use it when I'm sticking to local bus routes. I dream of the raw power embodied by the 400 |
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Post by ian on Nov 30, 2015 20:00:27 GMT
Not much difference in weight though, which is all that counts when you're pushing it home! |
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Post by kickstart on Nov 30, 2015 20:10:50 GMT
Sounds like you,ve struck up quite a relationship with your sd and a few adventures , have you any piccies of the Beastie .....
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Post by Somersetdreamer on Nov 30, 2015 21:02:07 GMT
Welcome Jay hope you enjoying the foram |
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Post by bluedreamer on Nov 30, 2015 22:07:06 GMT
Welcome Jay, ratty or not, at least it is another Superdream! Good to see another female on the forum!!  |
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Post by kal357 on Dec 1, 2015 16:37:54 GMT
Thank you ' DreamerSounds like you,ve struck up quite a relationship with your sd and a few adventures , have you any piccies of the Beastie ..... Seeing as you asked nicely: Devolution Not much difference in weight though, which is all that counts when you're pushing it home! I owned a CX500 trike once... |
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