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CrusaderPhil

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  • Birthday 04/08/1947

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    WK-650TR-2 and Royal Enfield Bullet Electra EFI
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    Bangor, Northwales

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    Motorcycling, Skiing and work

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  1. This is a Charity Festival in aid of Blood Bikes Wales
  2. When did that happen, before or after we last met, it looked OK when we met.
  3. Hi Fred, Mine went down like a ton of Bricks and I only got scratches on the Panniers, Mirror cover and the Black bit that sticks out smashed to bits, which I temporarily welded until I could get another which cost £11:00 + VAT, still waiting new Pannier, Mirror cover cost £19:00 + VAT ready painted.
  4. Which models though, WK brand a number of different bikes from a number of Manufactures with their WK brand, the WK650TR is a CFMOTO CF650TK re-branded, my 650TR has done 8000 since last April in all weathers and apart from the RK chain, mechanically it has been fine, I have been on quite a few long ride outs and never worried about it breaking down.
  5. Just as thought O-Ring chains crap for winter riding Seems DJP is suggesting it is the type of lubrication being used not O ring chains specifically. I have ridden bike through winter an have always use a drip oiler, Scott or similar, and chains lasted ok. Oil does not pass an o ring, but water does that is the problem
  6. Just as thought O-Ring chains crap for winter riding
  7. Fred says it all, I am 6ft as well, seating is fine for me but could be better, it is better on the G model which is not available in UK, just replaced the chain at 7500 miles, a bit soon for an O-Ring chain ( Chain is a Japanese RK, so nothing to do with being a Chinese bike ), seized links. The headlights are absolute crap, the main beam shines to the left even when shinning right down the road, the dip beam does shine down the road but is set low, the result is that you cannot see the white line or the right hand side of the road on right hand bends, I have reversed the headlamps and re-adjusted the height, now the main now shines at the right height for a dip and slightly to the left, the main beam now shines right down the road lighting up both sides as it should, I have fitted spot lamps using a bracket made by Tigcraft. I did get caught out with the battery, if the charge drops, it will fail to engage the centrifugal clutch to turn the engine over but will sound as if it is turning it, I did not realize the Display and Computer had power to them all the time and would run down the battery, I now keep a trickle charger plugged in. I do not think the German Continental tyres are as good as the Chinese ones fitted to the original bikes. The power take off is very handy but be warned, ensure a device that is plugged in has a fuse, the take off is on the lighting circuit, if like I did you blow the fuse in the fuse box, you will have no lights, no fun when you are riding over the Derbyshire moors on a freezing cold night. The fairing Aerodynamics are second to none, it keeps the wind and rain off your hands, legs and body, the windscreen could do with being a little longer, it is 60cm, could do with being 70cm ( Available though after market ), it would benefit from an X-creen, if you did not want to buy a 70cm screen. **I think rear crash bars are a must, I have dropped mine and the boxes got scratched, not expensive at £49.99 + Carriage + VAT but I am still waiting for them to come from China, the Red finish of the bike is a Candy finish, almost impossible to match, the black and the white models are much easier to paint match. The left hand handle bar grip and switch gear are to far away from the end of the bar, if you want to fit Oxford heated grips you need to move the switch gear a bit closer to the end of the bar this means drilling a new hole for the positioning pin. I believe that some Pan European parts will fit such as 1" Ball mount bar, Bar risers, that move bars back and higher, and peg lowering kits, available from Motorcycle larry
  8. I am not really bothered what people say, I am having great fun riding a reliable new bike all around the country for a small amount of capital outlay, it is Win Win.
  9. What a load of garbage, the CFMOTO may have copied the ER6N engine and loosely copied the style of rear suspension but that is about it, the aero dynamics of the fairing which is absolutely their own, might have a look of the PAN, it is second to none, it keeps you dry and your hands out of the wind, I have done 7500 since last April on mine trouble free, I see posts for other bikes including BMW's with more problems. It is a lot of Bike for £3559.00 and worth every penny.
  10. An O-Ring chain should not need a lot of lubing, the lub does not get behind the O-Rings, if like on my chains the links are seized then there has to be something wrong with the manufacture of the chain. i.e. water has got behind the o rings but the thickness of Oil stops it from getting behind the O-Rings.
  11. Makes me glad to have discovered Belt drive... 30,000 +/- and zero maintenance aside from the weekly damage check. I think it's a great shame that the orientals have essentially ignored this option for final drive... Especially in recent years. At 69 years old, I no longer justify spending that sort of money on a bike, hence the reason for a Chinese bike, which has surprised me with 7500 on the clock trouble free, except for the Japanese chain.
  12. I think I will have a go at claiming under warranty, claiming faulty manufacturing. If you have a vernier, you can measure the gap on the inside of the seized plates and compare with the gap on a good link - if the bad link is bigger then it could well be the cause. I have not got one but think I will get one, I did not think at my age I would be getting my hands dirty again, I thought I was past all that, oh the joys of motocycling
  13. Precisely what I thought, Mileage has been done since April last year when the bike was bought brand new, although the bike is Chinese the chain is a Japanese RK chain £199.00 ( new ) as fitted to many Honda's, Suzuki's and Kawasaki's. The chain has to have let water in or the links could not have seized, it probably happened on the Ride to The wall when it was in the rain all day long from 7:00AM to 10:00PM, it still of course should not let water in. The cause could be poor chain assembly then! If they don't press the outer plates far enough down then as you know the seal will be broken, but it's still going to be difficult to get some oil back inside. It's not going to be a case of the life of the lubricant in the chain going off in less than 12 months, which I thought might have been a cause - if the chain had been on a long time. I think I will have a go at claiming under warranty, claiming faulty manufacturing.
  14. How many miles has the Kawasaki done, just curious.
  15. Precisely what I thought, Mileage has been done since April last year when the bike was bought brand new, although the bike is Chinese the chain is a Japanese RK chain £199.00 ( new ) as fitted to many Honda's, Suzuki's and Kawasaki's. The chain has to have let water in or the links could not have seized, it probably happened on the Ride to The wall when it was in the rain all day long from 7:00AM to 10:00PM, it still of course should not let water in.
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