Recent content by Ringo_60013

Pretty sure i'm upwards of £3000.... i don't have all the receipts for stuff but i've spent at least that. Only cost me £300 when i bought her....

Had a similar thing happen to me, a couple of years ago. Went to Uni in the morning, left the bike outside the house as the uni was only a couple of minutes walk. Came back 6 hours later to find it still under its cover lying on the ground. It fell on the right side, sidestand was still down...

Cheers guys, I'm doing performance upgrades this summer concentrating on the brakes and handling whilst there's money in the budget. The fairing is from Mead Speed (www.meadspeed.com) in Buckinghamshire, England. Its a 1973 -1975 TZ250/350 Race fairing replica with the holes for headlight and...

Hello all, thought it was about time i posted something about me and my XS250. I'm from Newcastle, UK, I'm 21 and my bike is 36 this year, a 1977 model XS250 with less than 13000 miles on the clock. Bought her 2 and a half years ago for the princely sum of £300. She wasn't in bad condition when...

Ah sorry forgot to point out that the O-ring is fine (probably). It's the actual plastic plug which is smashed at the top, allowing the oil to leak up through the threads; and past the O-ring because it can't seat properly.

I've had the hell of a job trying to find an Oil dipstick for my 1977 XS250. The one i have works but the plug leaks a little and there is a constant stream of black oily muck on the crank case, if anyone has a decent replacement (even one without the stick attached) it would be much...

They also mentioned the XS250 in a less scathing manner than last time they mentioned it in the 'sportsbike A-Z'... They said to get the best from it you need to mercilessly thrash it, 'making it rather like an RD250 with cams and valves'. I completely agree...