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Easy one this..

You win lol.

Mine was a couple of Ducatis but nothing major just the odd reg rec

Any le until 50 years of neglect are replaced by neglect by a current owner.

Dodgy knees wrote: Tue Mar 17, 2020 7:58 pm Easy one this..

That be the elan valley that do.....

Dodgy knees wrote: Tue Mar 17, 2020 7:58 pm Easy one this..

That be the elan valley that do.

Where did you stay while they recovered the bike?

K100RT. My tame, but surprisingly affluent, mechanic said that every one suffered from one of range of problems, but mine had all of them.

BMWs and KTMs for me. Had problems of all kinds with all of them except my current F800R, but I've probably put the bok on that now!

Peugeot Elysio. But it only cost £300...

Lake Vrynwy... Let me down many times, electrics. Far too much character.

The one that required the most maintenance was an ex Yamaha UK 1980 YZ125 that required a new piston ring after every 20 minute race, went like feck though.
Most unreliable - probably a poorly maintained Suzuki GT185 that used to hole pistons regularly due to incorrect float heights, you'd set the float heights, but they'd be done so many times the tangs were weak and would change back to where it would hole a piston.

my first road bike: Suzuki GP100 of uncertain age. Damn thing wouldn't run under 6000 revs and stalled on my first test (instant fail).

Mines got got to be a '91 Kawasaki ZXR400 in blue.. i loved that bike, my first sports bike.. just broke down a lot.

Yamaha XS400SE i used as a despatch hack about 30 or so years ago. It was my spare bike as the main one was either a BMW R65, R80 or R100 so it didnt get monster mileage but was the only bike i have ever had the engine blow up ...... twice ...... in 2 weeks

inewham wrote: Tue Mar 17, 2020 8:25 pm BSA Starfire - engine blew up every 5 mins

Mine never blew up but did seem to break the gearbox leaf spring every other month....

Way back in the day I bought a Suzuki GT250 Ram air model.I was 18 & naive,it had a chrome swing arm,been resprayed black & the spokes had been painted gold.Despite the bike only being 4 or 5 years old it had also been rewired by it's owner,a farmer.
The fact he delivered it on the back of one of their agricultural trailers should have set the alarm bells ringing...

inewham wrote: Tue Mar 17, 2020 8:25 pm BSA Starfire - engine blew up every 5 mins

I had the b25ss goldstar. Just as bad. I did love it though. Cant imagine why.

BMW R80RS, bought at 16,000 miles gone by 25,000 miles. Ignition, clutch, clutch bearing seal. The saddle was so soft the first aid kit box in the front of the saddle was just in the right place to to bear on the perineum, explains why so many bike cops were such numb nuts at the time.

Quite literally never touched a BMW since. German reliability my arse.

Bloody ell....its disappeared now. Best thing to happen to it. Lol.

Tough one this.
Either the CB500T, which i bought with no 2nd gear.
Stripped it down, fitted new gear then got 10 miles down the road and ......only 4 gears again. Then it ate a cam follower, so fitted another.......and another until i gave up and slotted another motor in..........which then ate a follower etc.
Or there was the husky 610sm.
Cam chain tensioner
Primary drive woodruff key
Clutch adjuster lock nut
Snapped water pump impeller (end of cam)
Rotor magnets detached and exploded filling the bottom end with a lovely magnetic sharding.
Numerous backfires which would take the carb of the inlet manifold.
Or it's piece de resistance, the knack of cold starting it.
Until i fitted a mikuni i could flatten a battery churning it over. Even with the mikuni it was 3 pumps, turn it over until it starts to hunt then a mill of throttle just to catch it.

Taipan wrote: Tue Mar 17, 2020 8:45 pm BMWs and KTMs for me. Had problems of all kinds with all of them except my current F800R, but I've probably put the bok on that now!

I hope not, don't want it spreading to my 800 r