Bert the Hongdou

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  1. hairyjim

    hairyjim To be repaired, restored.i hope.

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    hello mark...where you bin hiding.nice to hear your still about.im guessing hes gonna be swearing at it inside a month...but hope im wrong..ordered new carb for mine cos i finally had to concede and start buying more reliable uprated parts for it..not throwing it out completly though...cant let it beat me..be strong...fight back..gonna use it on the vision after i get it running on its old carb..
     
  2. supraking

    supraking Well-Known Member

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    welcome back mark :)
    hopefully wont be swearing at it, but planning on taking it about 30 miles and back soon so that will be the big test for him :)

    but now i can start putting some money into the way he looks :)
     
  3. Mark Emerson Trentham

    Mark Emerson Trentham Well Known Member. Staff Member

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    Been fair busy!,
    Short stint as cbt instructor,
    Got (a?) c90.............................. ;) . ,
    Melody,uhhhhm (watch this space),
    Rode a 4t 50 chinese ped!,
    Rode a Geared bike for the 1st time in (creak),
    Buddyed up on my tutor's 750 - still getting the f.....g
    cramps outta my fingers 4 days later (smegging fun mind!!!!!).,
    Things int getting any worse/probs.better - hanging in,on,from,by at 'mo.mk. :) .
     
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  4. Mark Emerson Trentham

    Mark Emerson Trentham Well Known Member. Staff Member

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    An as for you my son,
    Reckon you should receive a f.....g Knighthood!!!. :D .
     
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  5. supraking

    supraking Well-Known Member

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    Haha thanks mate
     
  6. Mark Emerson Trentham

    Mark Emerson Trentham Well Known Member. Staff Member

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    Mo Farah?,patoooy - woulda smoked his butt when younger,esp......,
    Give it to someone who gives all who witness his almost artic explorer
    type vibe,
    That's the ticket!. :) .
     
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  7. hairyjim

    hairyjim To be repaired, restored.i hope.

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    hello mark...nice one...now you got a bike that can be sorted without having to go to a specialist..whooo..hooo...go you.hows the rear end?..lol..all good??.dont get a chinkey bike..trust me..they really are as much trouble as people say they are...stick to the jap stuff....i went for job interview tuesday and gotta go back friday for a health and safety training,so looks like ile busy for a while..
     
  8. supraking

    supraking Well-Known Member

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    well o0ut for about a 50 mile ride today, bike never missed a beat (well apart from the indicators flash at what ever speed takes their fancy at the time, or just stay lit up)
    63 max on a flat
     
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  9. Mark Emerson Trentham

    Mark Emerson Trentham Well Known Member. Staff Member

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    Sweet. :) .,
    Did about ©25 on a ybr125(cg like clone)-(new clothes),
    Never had it bove 40 mind,1st time on a geared bike in like fooorever.,
    F.....g indicators on this bike had to be 'blipped' to be cancelled -
    near drove me crazy!. :D .
     
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  10. Mark Emerson Trentham

    Mark Emerson Trentham Well Known Member. Staff Member

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    Got.........2!!!,
    Guy in the trade knew someone who'd used to run a takeaway in sth.london,
    he'd stashed 'bout 7 corner of his brothers garage an nigh on forgot 'bout them!,
    £75.00 for the both,early 90's.,
    1's 29k,seized engine with a corroded to fk front wheel,
    others 35.2k,compression,both fair solid anything just surface.
    Both covered in a layer of chip fat an road crud!,
    Heres the kicker! - both are the same year,colour. ;) ,
    think crafty an you might guess what i'm tinking 'bout,tee hee. :) .,

    CBT panned out.sob,fk,fk,fk,have ancient dr off/on licence (this being tech. a goverment post) -so they never leave even if
    expired an wiped........,
    Start forklift induction training at hackney college next tue.mind so least i've taken up someat.,
    ...................guess who's got the insurance money for the melody sitting in his pocket at 'mo?,
    Be down swintons f.....g asap thur.morn fore it slips outta my hands again!!
    Never rains but pours however may not have tax£,but have to wait an see
    Quoted £184.00 online so's dependant on possible shop charge!,
    Still be nice to get all 3(+park.permit),
    evenso Not! otr asap - more like 2-3 days,as she's been off/road for a bit an i've had panels etc off lots
    here an there,so i'll take a day an take all off an put on bit by bit proper before on the road 1st.mk.
     
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  11. Mark Emerson Trentham

    Mark Emerson Trentham Well Known Member. Staff Member

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    P.S.,
    Good luck on job. :D .
     
  12. hairyjim

    hairyjim To be repaired, restored.i hope.

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    kin hell mark,that was a result..looks like you gotta spare one to keep the other otr...and we all know that it aint gonna be long before we see it on these pages...mmmm??.well as soon as you got the insurance the tax wont be long..only £17 a yr loverly feeling getting mobile..bugger when it stop though..got my carb few hours ago but aint fitted it yet..having a chill down before i start doing the panicking..19mm kiehin cvt jobby..hope it sorts my problem..good luck with yer fork training.
     
  13. supraking

    supraking Well-Known Member

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    to celebrate, took it for a photo trip. snook into the graveyard. and got caught and told off for the container meh, miserable women

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  14. hairyjim

    hairyjim To be repaired, restored.i hope.

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    looks good..if i didnt know it was chink,ide say it was a pukka honda..even the paint looks like a honda colour..better seat and a scrub down with a brillo and some black/silver paint here and there and that would be well nice..well done mate..still thinking bout selling that nrg???reckon you could fix it with a bit of thought and time..hone you up on your mechanical skills too..you may need it if that does a dirty on you..
     
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  15. supraking

    supraking Well-Known Member

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    :) yeah hongdou, not a honda :) but its so close its hard to tell
    need to touch up the chrom/exhaust, new seat, rear light, the battery cover round the other side is a mess so will need touching up (buying new)

    but all that can be done in time now its on the road :)


    as for the ped. id rather just cut my losses and sell on, could do with the cash rather than be paying out to sort it. although after watching this second MOT guy, i think if i stuck on some gaitors over the forks and gave it him, hed probably miss it :)
     
  16. Mark Emerson Trentham

    Mark Emerson Trentham Well Known Member. Staff Member

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    Spare one to keep other otr?,
    Sparky-my buns are thinking a liiiitttle more creatively than that!. ;) .,
    Won't be long huh?,was'nt thinking till 1/15©!,sides have enough trouble
    keeping my brains from leaking outta my ears at 'mo-so much waaaaargh going
    on this way at moment!,
    Make sure you've all pieces to fit Before starting carb.setup (don't wanna be hearing -
    your sobs down this way. :) ).
    P.S.(S.K.),
    Parking your personal nemesis next to a gravestone,
    I'll f.....g bet you he be making you pay for that in spades (giggle). :D.
     
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  17. supraking

    supraking Well-Known Member

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    hahaha, im running out of creative backdrops round here, and dont really wanna repeat the ones i did with the ped :)

    and as for being creative. two number plates? ;)
     
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  18. Mark Emerson Trentham

    Mark Emerson Trentham Well Known Member. Staff Member

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    Creative backdrops may not be the issue?,
    How 'bout creative situations?,
    Throw one out here:-

    You an the bike traveling by train both reading a newspaper
    having a cup of tea! -think outside the box an take a pic. :D .,
    As for 2 no.plates? .pm.
     
  19. supraking

    supraking Well-Known Member

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    haha, now thats outside of the box :) could be a very humourus blog :)
     
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  20. Mark Emerson Trentham

    Mark Emerson Trentham Well Known Member. Staff Member

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    Thas just off the top of ma head,
    Next time I go on holiday,customs will have an aneurysm checking
    my luggage!,
    Now that would be a picture 'part from the one of us scuba diving. :D .
     

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