mtrower

  • Picked  up a 250 version  of this a couple  of years ago,did not know they made one .to fare gone  to restore  top end of the engine shot probably  why it was took of the road tax disc says  98.sold my vfr400 and rgv250 that i had for track days,was thinking  of putting  a 440 engine in it and making  a road legal  trackday bike out of it.cos I d…[Read more]

  • hello Lee in the same neck  of the woods  as you will keep  a look  out for  you on the road .I hope  you sort the problems  out ,a lot on at this time so my b2 is on the back burner

  • mtrower replied to the topic hello in the forum New Member Introductions 4 years, 12 months ago

    i forgot my t150 i do not know why  and the cb750fb  before my mis ap ,got back of the insurers will be back to its former beauty ,came away better than me .do not bounce as well as i did when i was younger.

  • mtrower replied to the topic hello in the forum New Member Introductions 4 years, 12 months ago

    Had a bit of a tumble about 5 years ago  my working career now over so now to much time on my hands,had a nice collection before . unable to ride the sports side now all gone now spend my time restoring and this will be my first full year back in the saddle.my bikes oldest first.1949 matchless g80,1955 BSA A10 gold flash,1957 Francis Barnett…[Read more]

  • mtrower replied to the topic hello in the forum New Member Introductions 4 years, 12 months ago

    nice bunch there but i was just talking kawasaki i also have a number of  other bikes but there for other forums. before i started to fit the newtronic system could not time the bike ,i found out it may have had the wrong points fitted.busy with other things soon as i get on top of them i can give 100% to the kawa get it running mot and…[Read more]

  • mtrower replied to the topic hello in the forum New Member Introductions 5 years ago

    hello  Michael when I get back to the bike will take the clutch off and give it a check for cracks,had a quick  look at the German site looks  like the big twin were popular  over there ,I have  another  bike that did not do well in the UK and has  a big following in Germany  a buell xb12s.i all so  have a er250 gpz500 and a kh125 to keep it compa…[Read more]

  • mtrower replied to the topic hello in the forum New Member Introductions 5 years ago

    Hello thanks for the reply when I got the bike the starter was slipping all the time got a repair kit of eBay the kit I took out looked as good as the one I took out.the starter is better but still slips ,on with fitting a nutronic ignition and a better battery.changed a lot of starter clutch’s in my time and now these bikes have issues with…[Read more]

  • mtrower started the topic hello in the forum New Member Introductions 5 years ago

    my name is mark got the twin 4 years ago its a b2   import  ,came with some stupid silencers had some norton whistlers i had for years now on the big twin .cleaned the carbs out found the floats us they are the copper one’s unsoldered the floats and fitted royal enfield one’s they are the same,starter clutch acting up any info would be ap…[Read more]

  • mtrower became a registered member 5 years, 1 month ago