Hi Useless, I'm in Wigan myself and have NEVER found a legal piece of land within the Wigan borough. Been writing to land owners for about 3 years now and just never get replys.
I ride in the lakes mostly now as I have a caravan up there.
I'd LOVE to find a local place for those couple of spare hours every now and then.
Dave.
I ride a 2001 TXT 249. I've had my rear caliper pistons seize twice now in 18 months.
I've still not managed to sort it out and get a half decent pedal.
Just drop it into Birketts and leave em to it!
Is there an easy way of lubricating the pistons in the caliper without getting anything on the disk?
May save it happening in the future.
Cheers.
I asked the following question to the MOT site.........
> I have a 2001 GasGas TXT Trials bike. It is for daylight use
> only but can you tell me if it needs a speedo for the MOT?
> It is only used on a couple of short sections of public road.
And the reply..........
> speedo is not part of the test.
So there you have it.
Don't need to bother with a speedo for my MOT even though I've bought one.
I was going to go to Preston DVLA office but Jude at GasGas told me to use Sheffield as they always use that office and rarely get a problem.
Time will tell eh!
I've stripped the wiring out of my 2001 TXT today, but I have a slight problem in that I now only have one wire to the thermostat that I presume switches the fan on!
The blue wire is still there but the yellow wire ran into the loom to the handlebars!
Where should I connect the other terminal of the thermostat? Should I just find a live feed?
The machine starts and runs fine but it's just this one problem.....
Any help greatly appreciated.
I'm gonna end up going the whole hog here!
I'm booking a CBT course & a theory test soon and then taking a Direct access course.
Then all I have to do is get the bike licenced, taxed, insured & MOT'd.
This is starting to get expensive!!
I've got a Kangoo and my 2001 GasGas 249 fits diagonally across the back with a couple of inchest to spare!!!
Mine also has the option to lower the passenger seat and open the cage thing and then the bike will fit down one side.
I've had mine dince 1998 and it has been totally reliable.
OK, So Third party liability insurance may be the way to go.....
Anyone know where to get it????
The bike isn't registered, is a 250, and I don't have a road bike licence!
I've been riding on some land in Cumbria for 4 years now with permission from the landowner, who I have riden with a number of times.
The land however is a public right of way and I got pulled by a Police officer the other day whilst riding and he "Strongly" advised me to get the bike insured. He said that if I had been riding irresponsibly or where there were a number of people he would have nicked me!!!!!!!!!
I have seen Police officers on the land before and they have not botherd one bit.
So the question..... Do I need to be insured on this private land?????
I was told that I didn't need it but now I have my doubts and will register the bike and get it insured if necessary.
Cheers.
Just take your bike down to your local, friendly Land Rover dealer and tell them you want to see if a 110 will fit you bike in the back.
Easy.
Might want to make sure it's clean first!
