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  1. 200's are great bikes, you will find it a lot more agile than your 248..

    Kick start gear are more of an issue on 242s, I believe you can get replacement gears from inmotion

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  2. All looks in place to me, I'd check selector mechanism first by loosing the three screws and the bolt on the right hand side.

    You can check the gears are ok by turning over the engine and putting a spanner on the square shaft in the middle of  the star wheel.

     

     

  3. The first 200's came out in 81 the later 200 'c' model came out in 82. You can tell if you have a later bike as it had loops welded on to the frame to protect the engine cases and the tank seat unit was sighlt different over the top shock mount plus it had the later front hubs and mk2 amal..

    Hope that helps..

     

     

  4. Hi Crankcase,

    if you are just starting out Lothian Trials club run good beginner trials one on this Sunday at Aikeyside near Gifford.

    There's also Glenlomond trials club who have a practice ground in Perth and Kinross.

    East neuk Wobblers run lots of trials and are very active, maybe ping them via facebook

    hope that helps

  5. A couple of years ago I would have said dont bother as OEM parts were becoming scarce, nowadays you can get piston kits, rings, cranks etc and reproduction mudguards. Suspension on the later models is the same as 4rt. As said already most of wear items are readily available linkage bearings etc.. 

     

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  6. Hi NFC,

    Unfortunately I think you will have to split the cases as the kickstart shaft is held in place by a circlip on the other side of 

    the case and this looks to have dislodged. The kickstart shaft locates in a bronze bush in the other case and this can wear (as mine had) which may have contributed to the shaft dislodging.

    Sorry to be the bearer of bad news...

     

     

  7. Hi 

    I don't know a great deal about 172's but on my 348 the biggest bang for buck in terms of upgrades were:

    1, Put modern roller type bearings in the headstock

    2, Get a modern carb an OKO 24/26 will make starting and throttle response a lot better than the old amal that is probably

    worn out

    3, You can get oversize green grip brake shoes that counter the hubs been worn from 40 years of riding

    hope that helps and not to expensive !!

     

     

     

  8. Got a nice letter back from the DVLA... unfortunately they have no details on there records for my bike.

    Will have to go through the long winded registration process if I want to confirm the manuals 68 mph top speed!!

     

 
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