Went with the standard steel sprocket and a DID x-ring chain. Another £100 thrown into the moneypit

We're up to £1350 now including what I paid for it.

Fair enough, question is now do I go RE oem for £50 or Hitchcocks alloy sprocket + DID chain for £140....

The rear sprocket looks like I it has minimal wear, could I get away with just a chain?

Chain just looks like a bit of surface rust. Fit on rear sprocket and new front one looks ok

Luckily, previous owner had left another new front sprocket in the panniers that came with the bike

Seen better days

Bad decisions make great stories

Check the towing capacity of the Fabia, it might not be enough for a trailer and a big bike.

Seat Ibiza will be similar price and size with same engines so you can widen your search

(VW polo's too but they will usually be more expensive cos of badge snobbery)

Given the weather forecast I think more spannering will be on the cards; Oil change and valve clearances on the Himalayan. Need to sort a leaky towel rail, luckily it's on isolators if it's more than a nut that needs nipping up and logs arriving tomorrow so a couple of hours of shifting them is on t...

loads of car hire places in Blackburn. My mate is from that neck of the woods and has a T4 - i could ask him about the guys you're taking it too if you'd like?

#edit - I see they are a diesel specialist not a T4 specialist

The ByBre brakes on the duke 390 I had were so much better than this. It's got braided hoses on already and at 25k miles will probably be on better than original pads by now. It feels like it's not pulling all the air out when bleeding (using one of those vac bleeder kits)- maybe the ABS pump is a b...

KungFooBob wrote: ↑Mon Nov 18, 2024 10:45 am You have to use the rear if you really need to stop, which is a slightly oval drum

Poor man's ABS?

Took the suspension linkage and drop links off the bike to clean them up and give them a regrease - the drop links were the worst and were pretty dry with quite a bit of scoring to the faces of the needle bearing innners. Gave them a gentle whizz to remove the worst ridges and repacked. Should get a...

I'm just less than 5'7" and so don't expect to get both feet flat on the ground on anything but it would be nice when coming to an unexpected stop to be able to pick a side and get 1 foot down before the weight is too far over to stop the momentum. I guess a lot of it is a lack of skill on my p...

Can't see them selling at 5k, seat height is still ridiculous for most beginner off roaders who are sub 5'9 too.

Improvements look to be graphics and TFT dash, exhaust is lower than the voge too

Trans x made the Brand x posts for crc - have a Google

Picture of updates - it was too dark to take onme by the time I had finished on Saturday

Right then, watching with interest, we need video content

Nah he's under doctors orders to go out more often but he finds it hard to be motivated to go out on his own