Id second that ive got a 53 plate transit now and its much better.
its swings and roundabouts mate. i bought a 53 plate ford transit and since then I have spent more than what it cost to buy new in repairs! its now sat down the road waiting to be picked up (sold for 350 quid as a non runner).
ive heard of alot of people either having no end of trouble with the transit or absolutely no trouble at all.
the only ones you dont seem to hear going wrong are the merc vito and the VW. personally if I had to go for a smaller van I would buy a VW now. unfortunately i require a LWB high roof van and theres a significant price difference!
Ive now steered away from the van route as none of them seem to do the job nearly as well as they should. ive bought a 5 x 12 x 6 box trailer and a Mitsubishi L200 Barbarian. all for business use though because at the moment I dont have a bike =(
the tank is definately strange, I can see the reason for putting it there but fuel will always get spilled FACT, and when it spills, you know its going alllll over your rear tyre, chain and sprockets and disc, maybe even working its way into bearings and stripping grease.
also, has anyone looked inside the airbox? there is 1 small clip that holds the plastic cover on which I heared a few people saying "thats going to get knocked off", personally i dont think it will and it provides really quick access to the air filter, but an even bigger problem I see is that I dont think it would make a difference if it was knocked off.
the cover is just that, a cover, with no seal of any kind. and underneif it is a flat 1" ish thick peice of filter foam (almost rectancular) which just rests ontop of the airbox outlet with a bit of holey plastic that sits ontop of it. Again, there is absolutly no seal around the edges of the air filter foam and im sure it think it will be easy to get crap into your carb.
I may be wrong, ive seen airboxes that look incredibly well sealed and they let allsorts of crud in so it might be fine?
the engine looks nice in black in my opinion but looks cheap, the crankcases look pretty roughly cast and have just been painted over.
on a lighter note, I think the tank/exhaust LOOKS really nice and tidy. and It will ride well, that go's without saying.
im not even sure its finished so there may be some last minute changes.
If you think about what these bikes are used for, Im surprised things like this dont happen more often. we also dont know what surcumstances these bikes are in to get this mangled. ive seen a GasGas fall off the edge of a quarry, fall about 50ft (maybe more) and come away with nothing but a broken lever and a snapped rear mudguard (which as usual, fastens back on in minutes). unfortunately, people never take pictures of their bike and show off about how un-broken it is!
spoke to craig robinson, he had one crack in the same place and said it can be welded no problem. going to take it to him next week and hopefully pick it up saturday when I go to the GG test day =]
My frame recently broke either side of the rear shock (the bent tubular peices) on my 08 pro, does anyone know if this can be welded and will it be strong enough? if not, how much would I be looking at for a new 08 frame or 09 frame as a rough guide?
can anyone tell me if the dog bone bearings in the rear linkage from on 08 gas gas is the same as an 08 sherco?
recently tried to fit some and made a complete hash of it, the seals wouldnt go in properly and it just went downhill from there. I know a guy who sells dog bone bearings for sherco's who lives nearby so I need to know if they will fit in my bike!
also, any tips for fitting them would be great! I was using a 15mm socket to push them in, I also heated up the dog bones and put the bearings and seals in the freezer.
he's a pretty down to earth guy, only other place I hear it is in football sometimes, managers saying where they went wrong etc, but then again I do hate football!
can anyone tell me how I go about changing the bearings in my suspension linkage? can the "dog bones" be taken off without having to mess about with the swingarm etc? does anything need to be removed?
why would you want them anyway? didnt everyone dream of looking like a power ranger when they grew up? I know I did.....
in all seriousness though im surprised noone does them in plain colours, it all looks a bit rediculous (almost as much as cyclists) and it seems to be getting worse. look at Jitsie's "trick" range, looks a mess in my opinion (which in no way reflects everone elses!).
Has anyone got any tips for fitting rear sprockets, or should i just wack it on? I intend to use blue loctite.
works for me! just make sure it go's on the right way round and you use a bit of loctite. check it every hour or so the first time you ride it to make sure it isnt coming loose, give it a quick waggle before you ride every time just to check, usually I just wait until it comes off before I put it back on though....
Or Orange for that matter!
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its swings and roundabouts mate. i bought a 53 plate ford transit and since then I have spent more than what it cost to buy new in repairs! its now sat down the road waiting to be picked up (sold for 350 quid as a non runner).
ive heard of alot of people either having no end of trouble with the transit or absolutely no trouble at all.
the only ones you dont seem to hear going wrong are the merc vito and the VW. personally if I had to go for a smaller van I would buy a VW now. unfortunately i require a LWB high roof van and theres a significant price difference!
Ive now steered away from the van route as none of them seem to do the job nearly as well as they should. ive bought a 5 x 12 x 6 box trailer and a Mitsubishi L200 Barbarian. all for business use though because at the moment I dont have a bike =(
all the best
Tom