Changing to larger 18T front sprocket, does chain tension/wheel position need adjusting too?
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Over-sharing seems to come with the spectrum territory heheheh!
Carb strip done, all back together and running like a dream!
My one main cockup, I bent the last few mm end of the f'n slide needle didn't I! Never bent, broke or lost one before, but luckily I got it back right and it works perfectly again.
It's always the demons and the walls they build that present me with the biggest obstacles to overcome, except for where money is the issue heheheh!
Cheers, and thanks.
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Diagnosed ADHD and Asperger’s here, if you ever need a hand or some guidance or anything don’t be afraid to give me a message. Wether the be bikes or just finding your way around living with Au/ADHD. Lots of people that are way into their adult lifes the same as you struggle with a diagnosis because whilst you suddenly have loads of answers and explanations you are the way you are, you’re suddenly unsure of what to do with them.
Don’t be afraid of your bike but if you do find the thought of working or learning a bit overwhelming I do have to piss on your bonfire and say buy a different bike, it’s impossible to own a two stroke and not work on it every once in a while.
Wr125R’s, aprillia RX125’s and even the latest Sinnis Blade are all great offerings. Or if you want something older look at a little old DR125.
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Snap! I’m 5-11 and yep, I have to lift my leg over by my trouser cuff!
and on sometimes…It was a weird scary experience having to ‘learn’ to ride on the road again after (I think) 25 years. I’ve never had a bike with mirrors before, so never had the experience of seeing how many idiots stack up on your tailpipe sometimes!
Also being the 50 year old doing a CBT in a bunch of 16-17 year olds was a bit weird. TF the instructor was my age!…
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@Stevie-Wonder Thanks for that, appreciated.
I'm actually still without a diagnosis, but it's been pretty obvious for a long time.
And I'm not afraid of the bike at all, it's a different set of a different kind of fears and once I get past those I'm back to myself, who learns by osmosis and has a natural practical sense.
I fell in love with 2 strokes when I was younger, but I never had the money to do it well then, so just rode beaters around the fields, but they're in my blood and I follow a lot of the 2 stroke fb pages, try to keep up with any news, even read the tuner's handbook for fun a couple or so years ago. I'm not about to willingly trade my way out of owning this one. I'll get my head around everything soon enough.
Thanks again!
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@SpookDog I've been the oldest person by a margin for every CBT I've done since the first one at the end of the 1990's, luckily not as old as the instructors though!
My instructors may be gladdened to hear I don't overly utilise my mirrors out of consideration for the health of my nerves. Heh! Only joking before anyone gets upset
Cheers! P.s. I'm thinking of sewing some webbing straps to the ankles of my MC pants to help with getting on and off!
Shaun/FloWolF
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There were no labels to tag em and stack em when I was young. You were hyperactive or touched (by the hand of…) in the head! I can’t really remember when I first heard the term ADD or Asperger’s, let alone ‘The Spectrum’. The thing I don’t like about labels is that they fuxin stick! We’re all semi lost souls living in a broken earth as far as I’m concerned…
We all have our moments, good days and bad days. Personally I think it’s just important to know that life could, and should, be better than it is…And to keep your chin up!
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I recon that the unmolested examples are plenty reliable. 90% of my problems were from undoing previous owner fuxups. Even my mongrel hasn’t broken down and stranded me in 31,000 miles!…
Even when i accidentally put diesel in it! 🫣
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Apart from a lot of shame and embarrassment?
I had to call my (lovely!) Siss to bring out some petrol cans, empty the tank on the side of the road, nip to the garage and refill the tank. Started second kick.
The massive plumes of white smoke cleared up in less that a klick!It was a place I’d never been to before and all the hoses were black (BP?) I saw the ‘supreme’ and fuxed up!
But it was my fault, not the bike. If anything it was a trooper for getting me 2 miles down the (unwalkable because of flyovers) dual carriageway before ‘puffing’ out!
I use my mirrors more now! 
