Recent content by StevedW

Open another 10 spots .... so the odds are getting longer?

Usually they are faaarked and just been cobbled together to make them rideable/driveable .... buyer beware!! I bought a freshly rebuilt KLE. It leaked oil, but not from the gear change seal like the owner said, but rather a cracked casing. When it got stripped, it needed new bearings, rings...

That's the later model, same frame as R100 and R80, in other words just a small engine in a regular BMW. the earlier R65 had a smaller frame.

Big frame or small frame?

I know someone who rebuilt an old Mini, tried to go the built up route but then had to prove where the body and engine came from....it was fitted with a Toyota engine when he bought it in the 1990's from someone who raced it in oval track (he couldn't remember his name). The engine was built up...

It might be a good idea to take it down to the Classic Bike Club at Germiston Lake - meetings are on 1st Sunday of each month. On another note, I bought an 81 R65 from Maritzburg. Got someone to look at it for me, he fitted new tyres so I flew to PMB and rode it back. It became an oil well by...

My primary drive chain rattles .... its been doing that for years!!

Security companies like ADT etc are not deemed to be emergency vehicles, merely patrol vehicles so they must obey rules of the road ... just like tow truck buffoons!!

When they were doing all the road works for toll roads I hit a ridge of tar near Supersport Park and front wheel went flat instantly ... bike headed right and we went sliding down the road against the wall in the fast lane .... scary s h ! t.

What happened to papers, when was it last licensed?

Don't forget the onus is on the vehicle owner to ensure BOTH postal and residential addresses are on the e'Natis database. I have heard that all they have to do is show a summons was delivered or posted to either address. Obviously you can't show it was posted through normal post and that is...

If rear susp is bottoming out I feel it may be time for a new shock. Raising it increases ground clearance but wont stop a worn shock bottoming out.

I hit a ridge of tar on the highway as I was braking for the car in front of me that had suddenly braked to slowdown and my front went flat immediately as the tube got a 'snake-bite' ... one minute I was riding , next I was on the road against the concrete wall in the fast lane opposite...

I easily get at least 50 000km from my rear brakes ... they are finally worn but I've never replaced them since I got the bike in 2009. Speedo hasn't worked since a trip to PE in April 2011.

I work from home but use a bike to go about my business which is usually attending press conferences, launches and other functions. One I went to a function and it was raining cats and dogs. I walked into this fancy function hall and got kakked on because I was dripping water on the wooden...