Recent content by GlennMcD

I'm not so keen on how high and long that one sits either, there are a few other better ones around like below. My bike weighs 14kg, most of which will be low down in the tyres.

Does anyone know if this or a variation is legal in the UK? Cheers Glenn

Thanks folks, Yeah Paul, a previous owner has, at some point welded the sprocket, I'll replace the shaft when I can, it seems daft to me to replace a perfectly good engine, which is what some have suggested, when it would cost me as much to replace the shaft (doing the work myself), I've heard...

A garage local to me has said it was down to the chain tension not being right? I suppose there can be a few causes... Yeah, it's a full stripdown I've just priced all the genuine parts I'd need, I.e full seals and gaskets and the shaft, which comes to £340 :-0 I know I could get away with just...

My alp has a welded drive sprocket, I'm told that's quite common, they made a decent job of it but in doing so made it a pain to do anything with...

Hi all, I've had an '89 transalp for the past few months, mostly sorting out previous owners neglect.. but aside from a sticky choke and a welded drive sprocket it's running well. I'm originally from near Newcastle upon Tyne, but moved to Stafford last year for an apprenticeship. I'm looking...

I'm looking for budget panniers and a rack as well, the cheapest panniers I've found, aside from making them yourself are £375 In contacting the bloke who makes them, I found that touratech do just the hoops for the rack mounting points for around £40 or so. Apparently, these hoops are the...