So Close!...
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Still haven’t fitted the new top & bottom bushes, new seals and progressive springs to the forks yet. I want to buy a used pair of forks to renovate and powder coat without taking my bike off the road...
Still waiting for Henrique Romeu to post my exhaust as well...
Waiting for some money to buy a new front tyre (Kenda 90-90 21in) to match the new rear 4.00 18 I already have brought...My mongrel bike is still running really well at the moment, no head gasket issues
🤪 as soon as I get financially viable I’m gonna get a PJME rebore and maybe an oring conversion to the barrel. I am also going to rebuild another bottom end with new bearings all through. I have genuine crank seals, and am gonna get all koyo bearings with the best quality oil seals I can get for the rest of the bottom end. I’ve sourced another good condition crank (that I may get rebuilt with bearings and con rod if money willing)...
Swing arm and linkage bearings are all holding up since I replaced them 2 years ago, but I do want to replace them with koyo bearings and quality (if genuine seals can’t be found) seals because I got them from fleabay when I did the overhaul when I first got my basket case 🥴
I will get my shit together eventually
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Best of luck! I’m looking forward to hearing a detailed explanation of how that Romeu pipe performs, I’ve been tempted myself and he’ll also do you a custom pipe spec’d for a WR200 with DTR mounts.
Also those kenda tyres are based of an old Dunlop design that would’ve originally come on some model DTR’s. They are highly regarded and going to be my next purchase for my other bike. I’ve not seen a better road / trail tire yet. Only a few contenders like the pirelli mt21’s or Dunlop d952’s
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I’ll let you know when I get the pipe, with pics!...
I put Pirelli MT something (24?!) ‘rally cross’ tyres originally on my bike. They were total shite in my opinion! I don’t say that lightly, they were really uncomfortable on the road. It was like riding a pneumatic road drill 🤨 I had absolutely no confidence cornering with them on road. In fairness I think they were truly 50~50 orientated, so were to specific for my use. Also the rubber was a lot harder than the Kenda tyres I’ve gone through...
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Gutted! Finally found a set of forks complete with yokes and spindle on fleabay for a decent price £50 + 20 postage! And the bloke ‘won’t receive bids or offers’ from me! Meaning I can’t ‘buy it now’ even! 🤨
Only to me
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@SpookDog yes strange one bud. I've bought lots and lots of stuff off eBay but I've never sold anything so I guess I'd have no feedback? I'm not really sure how it works but I have seen ads saying basically people with no feedback don't bother.
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@markus-w
I’ve never sold anything. Never thought about it before either. I had to go and look at my profile to find it. You press on your name banner at the top of ‘my eBay’ to find it...Mine was 205 not a few hunnies...
PS edit. I remember seeing those kinda things about feedback, but not for a real long time...
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Was sent Monday, arrived this morning (Friday) I am now the proud custodian of a Henrique Romeu full exhaust (with serviceable silencer/tailpipe) well happy
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@SpookDog Photos please
Also regarding eBay, you still receive feedback every time you buy something (or at least, sellers are able to give you feedback). Not sure why matey won't allow you to buy his forks though, unless they're listed as collection only?
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No I’m definitely on the banned list, he doesn’t seem to know why though. I’m still waiting to hear back. I might just have to use someone else to buy them for me. Pisses me off tho, I don’t consider myself a shitty person. A PITA maybe, but I’m not duplicitous 🤨 ...
I’m gutted cause I’ve been collecting parts together for a while. I’ve got the pipe now, progressive springs with genuine seals and top & bottom bushes, new tyres and tubes, spare swing arm (old one with grease nipples both sides!) to be powder coated and renovated with seals bushes and bearings. Bottom end casings to be powder coated along with side cases. Adjustable 200 rear shock...
I finally find a set of forks & yokes at a realistic price, so I can get the powder coating all done together and I’m a fuckin pariah!! 🤨
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@SpookDog send me photos of that shock, I’m curious as there was one up for sale a while ago that was rough as fuck listed as 200r shock but was actually of a Lanza meaning better suspension and more adjustment options. I think it sold for less then £40/30 quid too.
I nearly bought it but I was poor and didn’t realise it was a Lanza.
Also how you getting on with those kenda’s?
I’ve found the best way with building is to do what you’re doing now, make lists, organise and compile parts then decommission the bike for a bit then work your way front to back or back to front.
I’m also expecting a full review of that pipe! No one has really said about the characteristics of it, they always just say “yer mate it’s good”. My stock pipes looking a little worse for wear lately so I want to get one.
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I don’t have it yet, the bloke I brought my Yz upside down forks and ally swing arm has it. I haven’t seen him for a while. He was putting n rd200 twin engine into a Dtr frame, but was gonna put both barrels into a 2 into 1 pipe he made, which I’ve since discovered isn’t a good idea
...Getting unbanned from the fleabay vendor!
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Actually still waiting on the swing arm as well
I’ve just discovered that the chain I’ve been using since January has a roller missing on one end of the chain! On inspection I noticed that there was a lot of wear on the rear sprocket in a short time, also that there was a —-/—-/—-/ slight judder in 1st gear where the chain was gripping the top of the sprocket. I’m gonna remove the offending link and readjust the tension. It makes a lot of difference to performance when the chain doesn’t run easy and smooth.
There’s always something!
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