Post by petemate on Sept 26, 2016 21:11:02 GMT 1
Hi Everyone!
Newbie but Old Person here. I currently do not own an NTV but I have owned two in the past and am contemplating another one within the next year or two. I was a courier when I got my first, a 600 Revere, new in 1989. The second one joined the first, and was a 1987 one, also standard 600 Revere.
My current ride is a 250 (233cc Nighthawk/Rebel/CD250U type engine) LA250Custom, a Japanese Domestic Market machine. It is a CM125 Custom in all but the cylinder bores and stroke and front disc brake, so quick off the mark but runs out of puff on the level at about 75. Most of these went to countries like Vietnam, Ghana etc. Vietnam has a very active LA forum but I can't speak the lingo....
The main reason I have such a small bike is that when I got it in Nov 2013 (early Xmas pressie from 'er indoors to stop me turning into a sofa bear after retirement) there had been a gap of about 20 years from biking and I decided to start back small, especially as I have one new hip and severe arthritis in my left ankle (yes, result of a nasty prang, on the first Revere - diesel on the road...)
Now that I am reunited with my favourite pastime, ie peeing off cars at traffic lights and even more in queues, I want something bigger again. Also on rideouts with the local Oxford HOC, I find I am wringing the poor LA's neck keeping up!
However, there is much to do on the LA before I can progress, including new rear cush drives, replacement gears(already fitted a pair of 3rd gears when I got it and stripped it down to the last nut and bolt) and now 4th is whining like a Blackpool tram so I will go for a cluster off the Bay of e. Also new tyres - rear is just above the limit and front was new before I got the bike but is horrendously oversize.
That's enough about my current bike.
The second Revere was not long in my ownership, as within a few months of getting it (bought it with compo from when a nutter turned across me in Maidenhead and wrecked the first Revere, well, I kept it and got paid out, then just fitted a new Radiator and forks) That first Revere covered over 125k miles in my possession; the only problem I had was within about 50k the front bevel gear bearing failed. I stripped it myself and passed the swinging arm to the supplying dealer (then Kings in Abingdon) and they obtained the tooling to replace the bearing and Honda kindly paid for all the parts. The bike went on to over 225k miles with its next owner, all on the original engine and internals (except for the afore-mentioned bearing) I gave that bike a real caning in all the time I had it, and even used B & Q oil! No clutch problems, as back then AFAIK B & Q car oil didn't have those pesky additives. All I ever did to the clutch was to fit stronger springs, purely as a precaution after I fitted a quickly-detachable sidecar chassis for use in snow and ice conditions.
I finally packed in biking then due to losing my nerve in the wet - as a courier I of course HAD to go to work whatever. I sold both Reveres and bought a van to carry on with the same company. Now I can please myself - if it rains, the bike stays at home and I only go on wet roads if it rains when I am out already. Well, as I turned 80 on 17th of this month I think that is fair. I hate wet roads, and got caught yesterday on a ride out round Swindon and Marlborough and boy was my botty twitching lol.
Over the next few days I will post some pics up for the entertainment of the masses.
Ride safe everyone!
Pete Cherry
Kennington
Oxford
Newbie but Old Person here. I currently do not own an NTV but I have owned two in the past and am contemplating another one within the next year or two. I was a courier when I got my first, a 600 Revere, new in 1989. The second one joined the first, and was a 1987 one, also standard 600 Revere.
My current ride is a 250 (233cc Nighthawk/Rebel/CD250U type engine) LA250Custom, a Japanese Domestic Market machine. It is a CM125 Custom in all but the cylinder bores and stroke and front disc brake, so quick off the mark but runs out of puff on the level at about 75. Most of these went to countries like Vietnam, Ghana etc. Vietnam has a very active LA forum but I can't speak the lingo....
The main reason I have such a small bike is that when I got it in Nov 2013 (early Xmas pressie from 'er indoors to stop me turning into a sofa bear after retirement) there had been a gap of about 20 years from biking and I decided to start back small, especially as I have one new hip and severe arthritis in my left ankle (yes, result of a nasty prang, on the first Revere - diesel on the road...)
Now that I am reunited with my favourite pastime, ie peeing off cars at traffic lights and even more in queues, I want something bigger again. Also on rideouts with the local Oxford HOC, I find I am wringing the poor LA's neck keeping up!
However, there is much to do on the LA before I can progress, including new rear cush drives, replacement gears(already fitted a pair of 3rd gears when I got it and stripped it down to the last nut and bolt) and now 4th is whining like a Blackpool tram so I will go for a cluster off the Bay of e. Also new tyres - rear is just above the limit and front was new before I got the bike but is horrendously oversize.
That's enough about my current bike.
The second Revere was not long in my ownership, as within a few months of getting it (bought it with compo from when a nutter turned across me in Maidenhead and wrecked the first Revere, well, I kept it and got paid out, then just fitted a new Radiator and forks) That first Revere covered over 125k miles in my possession; the only problem I had was within about 50k the front bevel gear bearing failed. I stripped it myself and passed the swinging arm to the supplying dealer (then Kings in Abingdon) and they obtained the tooling to replace the bearing and Honda kindly paid for all the parts. The bike went on to over 225k miles with its next owner, all on the original engine and internals (except for the afore-mentioned bearing) I gave that bike a real caning in all the time I had it, and even used B & Q oil! No clutch problems, as back then AFAIK B & Q car oil didn't have those pesky additives. All I ever did to the clutch was to fit stronger springs, purely as a precaution after I fitted a quickly-detachable sidecar chassis for use in snow and ice conditions.
I finally packed in biking then due to losing my nerve in the wet - as a courier I of course HAD to go to work whatever. I sold both Reveres and bought a van to carry on with the same company. Now I can please myself - if it rains, the bike stays at home and I only go on wet roads if it rains when I am out already. Well, as I turned 80 on 17th of this month I think that is fair. I hate wet roads, and got caught yesterday on a ride out round Swindon and Marlborough and boy was my botty twitching lol.
Over the next few days I will post some pics up for the entertainment of the masses.
Ride safe everyone!
Pete Cherry
Kennington
Oxford
