Italjet 350 enduro

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Italjet 350 enduro

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I'm curiously interested in this:

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Italjet-H-H- ... ondition=4

Close to family who could look at it too. I wonder if they'll take the R1z in PX?
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Re: Italjet 350 enduro

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That's lovely. 👍
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I'd buy it.

Then blow it up.

Only to find all the parts are made of unobtanium.
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Re: Italjet 350 enduro

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First question: How do you insure a bike that not on any database that I could find?
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That is truly feckin horrible, all that's worst about Italian motorcycles, avoid like the plague.
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How dare you say that about my new bike :o
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Re: Italjet 350 enduro

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Whats it like for getting spares?
Also how easy is it to register in the UK?

Not sure how it a works nowadays, my KX was already registered when I bought it. Then I changed its resistration via the DVLA (after getting an age of manufacture letter from Kawasaki) to get rid of its Q plate.
Wouldn't have bothered but I couldn't get theft insurance on a Q plate bike and also they are a bit of a police magnet.
All things considered I figured a 500 motocrosser on the road didn't need to be even more of a magnet than it was already.

After I did all that^ they brought in some rather more draconian rules about registering bikes and I just can't remember them. Might be worth checking.
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Re: Italjet 350 enduro

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cheb wrote: Tue May 26, 2020 6:23 pm How dare you say that about my new bike :o
Oh God, you haven't bought the dreadful piece of crap have you?

A DR350 would seriously kick it's arse and be a lot more reliable.
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I might have done. :crazy:


Actually I haven't. Not being able to find any info about it on the web, nor get much success with insurance quotes, has put me off. Even I can take a hint.
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It's a shame all those old XT250's have started to appreciate, a couple of years back you'd have got one for that money. They're a lot more now.

Yeah they're four poke, but still have that retro enduro coolness.
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I'm idling casting about for another bike to use when spawn junior comes up and uses the XR.

Enduro styled for the size and a 2T for the smell. Not too highly tuned nor powerful. Price? Don't know, but not HOW MUCH? And I don't know how much how much is. I'd like to shift the R1z on at the same time.

I could get my finger out with the TDR I suppose.
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You want a jdm Honda CRM250 or a Kdx200/220.
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I've had a CRM250, it was aces. AR model so all the sensors you could want, proper Honda overcomplicating.

A KDX could be interesting, as could a KMX200 or similar.

Failing that high mileage Pan Europeans are cheap.
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I had a pukka UK KDX220R, 2001 ish, loved it, was overkill for the trails I did.

The JDM KDX200SR's were road based rather than full on Enduro spec like the 220R, probably a bit more sensible with steel tanks and autolube pumps.
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Re: Italjet 350 enduro

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That's useful to know, premix is right out. There's an MTX200 down in Minehead, c£2K and needs works, and an ignition box.
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Re: Italjet 350 enduro

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DT200WR is the answer
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Re: Italjet 350 enduro

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Here's the voice of reason.
Id like a new clutch cable please
Or
Clutch cover as I've just dropped it on rock
Or
Cdi
Or
Or
Or
Until it knocks some sense into you.
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Dt200
Serow
Or a tweaked dtr125
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Re: Italjet 350 enduro

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Or a DT200R that's on the NOVA system and sounds really crisp.

More on that after the break.
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DT200s are nice,I hired one in Crete in the mid 90s, fab little trail bike.
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Re: Italjet 350 enduro

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I'm now sanitised and teaed up.

I swapped the R1z for an unregistered DT200R. It's on the NOVA* system and was supplied with the dated certificate, photographs, the DVLA form and instruction on how to fill in the form. Everything I need but the cash and the MOT test certificate. The latter I'll get ASAP. The seller also included a workshop manual, in French.

It's a French import and is in OK condition considering it's age and the type of bike. I post a photo when I've downloaded/uploaded/linked one.

Finance: R1z's seem to cost about £3K in reasonable nick from a dealer so I'd guess at £2.5K on a private sale. The DT was up for £2.2K. We settled for a straight swap. As ever I've probably not got the best monetary bargain but it was very convenient and the DT is much more sellable locally than the R1z.

It started OK, sounds crisp, and the gears and brakes work.