johnnyboxer

Try NFU Mutual Insurance. They have agents in all local towns nationwide. They will insure vans on a private car policy and used for domestic use only (like us as private users, not commercial users). I have my Toyota Powervan insured with them. They give good discounts and all is handled by the local agent, so you get face to face service. Also if the insured van (or a car) is less than 2 years old (from date of first registration) they do a 'new for old' replacement, if it's written off as a total loss. Therefore write off a 22 month old vehicle and you get a brand new 54/05 plate model of similar type & spec.............not many insurers do that!!

And I thought Forums were about CONVERSATION !!!!!!!

Uk ones are all steel ......!!!

TY175 Went into Acklams @ Harrogate (Beta & Yamaha) to pick up some New Yam parts that I'd ordered. I'd requested a brake lever arm for the rear wheel back plate (a 434 TY250 or TY175 part) The original item from 20 years ago was a heavy cast steel item, that corroded etc and weighed a proverbial ton in comparison to today's item. For the 21st Century Yamaha have produced an identically shaped offset rear brake lever in guess.........Cast ALUMINIUM. Beautifully crafted and shaped, plus in comparison to the crappy steel item.......it's a light as a feather. Why......... oh why didn't they make items like this in the heyday of Twinshock TY's.............if more of the items were crafted in alloy like these front & rear brake plate levers, sidestand, fork brace (with lightweight m/guard), chainguard, rear brake pedal.............then the bike would have been a whole lot lighter. Perhaps another case of .................if we knew then...........what we know now.............as they say hindsight's a wonderful thing!!!!!!

Sounds about right .............some of the older bikes always looked like farm machinery refugees.

Small world............ I grew up living about 150yds from Tony Rew's farm in Newton Abbot and he was a mean rider in the 70's & 80's and can still muster it, no doubt. He could do things on a Bulto we could only marvel at. He kept most of his older bikes, as he updated and used the older ones like the Bultaco's for rounding up his Dairy Cows, on an afternoon. Bet there's quite a collection of his now, gathering dust. Last saw him compete on a Fantic 303 in mid 80's

Try Granby Motors @ Ilkeston Derby, they have a lot of stuff, ask for Simon in parts Or Webbs Yamaha in Lincoln, ask for Steve in parts Sorry you'll have to look up Tel numbers Or Motoward on 01403 823222 or 01883 330049 They all have a lot of Yamaha parts Or Keith @ Motolink on 01526 344443 , he specialises in old Yamaha IT's and YZ's and surely will have what you want Or if no joy try Jim Patch on 01963 364411 or finally Govnor's Bridge - on 01827 712906 That's exhausted my contacts for new old Yamaha spares Looked in my NOS spares and haven't got what you want in my supplies on the YZ/IT front..........plenty of 175 & 465 piston kits & stuff, but no 250 .......sod's law

How much for a pair? Carly

BJ.......... Let's have a couple of close-up pics then !!

Following a recommendation I'm after some 6" High Rise Alloy Trials Bars. Who sells them in the UK?? Names & no's would be good TIA

Which Oil is best for these older motors? Currently using Castrol TTS, but is it too good? Mixing at 50:1..........is this about right or could I go up to 60 or 70 :1 on a better oil. Seemed to run a bit smoky @ 50:1 Also what's the best gearing set-up - Rear is currently on a 48t. However I seem to remember somebody mentioning 9/51t or was I imagining it??

Where was that Round staged in 1982?? Was it West of England or up in Yorkshire?? Any chance of a copy............willing to pay your costs & time???

That the 315R they had as a comparison would blast to the top of a long, steep snotty climb without any fuss or effort and the 4RT struggled to get halfway up on 4 attempts and just wouldn't power up it at all...... They gave up trying to fire the 4RT up it

Hope it's not as serious as the BMW scenario with their new K1200S Superbike, which was launched last Sept/Oct and within 10 days BMW AG ordered dealers to stop anybody riding the demo bikes......... Reason - Faulty Camshafts, not being hardened properly by a 3rd Party manufacturer. Solution - re-crate all bikes back up and send all worldwide supplies back to Germany for re-assembly ..............very costly !!!!!! Postpone re-launch until sometime in 2005..................a Marketing nightmare Hope the 4RT doesn't suffer the same fate............however Honda doesn't always get it right............the new STX1300 Pan European Tourer had to have some dramatic modifications Post - launch to sump and frame/engine mounts

One has appeared on ebay for a 175/200. What was it? Fits between carb and reedvalve and connects via pipe from the inlet rubber. Is it a gimmick.................don't remember any trials bikes with 'boost bottles'............although Yamaha YZ & IT's of that era had this type of arrangement. Can anyone enlighten me ..................I'm sure Chris (Honda RS) will be able to help me out.

From my TLR200 Parts Book,which I'm studying as I type, UK TLR 200's had Frame Prefix MDO9 5***************** and engine prefix MD09E 5**************** So the engine doesn't seem to be a TLR200

Cry.............uncontrollably

Thanks Bikespace I'll push the forks to top of yokes, first...........they're about 1.5" off at present. However the 4.5" Domino's are very low.

Looking for some higher bars on my Majesty 175. Currently it has the 4.5" Domino's that I bought it with. They're too low for my 6'2" frame I want at least some new bars with 6" lift. Is it only Renthal that make 6" bars or does anybody else? Were bars higher than 6" in the 70/80's or is it my imagination? Can you get 'Vintage Bend'???

Red rear reflector, even for a daytime MOT

Another closer view

This cost my about

Pems of Rochdale, Lancs...........specialise in TY Yam spares. They'll probably have new Tank covers in for TY mono's. They certainly had new ones in for TY175's the week before Xmas and were about

Might stick to the Majesty 175 then.......... Anybody got a t/shock RSC Honda or nicely set up TLR200/250 in and around Yorkshire that I could have a go on at a practice ground or trial???

Hi Honda RS, I only ride it on the street and haven't tried it off-road. I wanted your opinion on the differences between the Reflex and the TLR200R and whether it was worth the effort to convert into a Trials TLR, which wouldn't be a great hassle if the engine/frame/swinging arm were the same OR which is the best Honda Twinshock of the 70's/80's era to buy.