A new addition to the family
Posted: Mon Jun 15, 2009 10:04 am
No I haven't replaced the nine already... this is an addition! 
As some of you know, a couple of weeks ago I went up to Sydney and picked up a '95 "white" model TT250R (yes a Yamahaha
but I wanted an electric start and to not pay much money)
Got her home (well to Gos's place, close enough) and Saturday was our first day out though it didn't quite go to plan...
A bunch of us from Canberra Riders went out to Larbert which is a property out near braidwood where you pay $10.00, sign an indemnity and you can go riding pretty much anywhere on their property, including through the sand mines.
Got the bike going (eventually, had a flat battery - cheers to all the boys for the efforts in getting it going!) and took off for my first ride since it was MINE. Had an absolute ball, just some easy trail stuff then going around the gravel bottom of the quarry (while watching the boys do the hill climb stuff). Loved every second of it. Got back, it had sprung a little leak, we thought it was fuel as we'd overfilled it before. So James hops on, promptly nearly loses it
and on his way... come back and it is leaking oil at a reasonably rapid rate. Pull off the sprocket cover and find the culprit... Bodgy Bros. Inc repair job with putty has given out.
When inspecting it I had had a good look for any oil leaks and it was fine so I can only guess that it's had a good run this weekend and just given out (it was certainly not clean when I inspected it so it hadn't just been cleaned up!)
So now the TTR is happily marking it's territory at my place next to the 9, awaiting repair. Put out a request to findapart and have found two replacement crank case covers already (only sent it yesterday) so will probably get that and then figure out how to get the new one on there.
I love my TTR!!!!!
I can't wait to get back out on it, though I have realised, I have no real interest in hill climbs and stuff like that, I think I just wanna ride like I ride now (but maybe not so far) but on dirt so I can see even more places (I reserve the right to change my mind on this of course...)
As some of you know, a couple of weeks ago I went up to Sydney and picked up a '95 "white" model TT250R (yes a Yamahaha
but I wanted an electric start and to not pay much money) Got her home (well to Gos's place, close enough) and Saturday was our first day out
though it didn't quite go to plan...A bunch of us from Canberra Riders went out to Larbert which is a property out near braidwood where you pay $10.00, sign an indemnity and you can go riding pretty much anywhere on their property, including through the sand mines.
Got the bike going (eventually, had a flat battery - cheers to all the boys for the efforts in getting it going!) and took off for my first ride since it was MINE. Had an absolute ball, just some easy trail stuff then going around the gravel bottom of the quarry (while watching the boys do the hill climb stuff). Loved every second of it. Got back, it had sprung a little leak, we thought it was fuel as we'd overfilled it before. So James hops on, promptly nearly loses it
and on his way... come back and it is leaking oil at a reasonably rapid rate. Pull off the sprocket cover and find the culprit... Bodgy Bros. Inc repair job with putty has given out. When inspecting it I had had a good look for any oil leaks and it was fine so I can only guess that it's had a good run this weekend and just given out (it was certainly not clean when I inspected it so it hadn't just been cleaned up!)
So now the TTR is happily marking it's territory at my place next to the 9, awaiting repair. Put out a request to findapart and have found two replacement crank case covers already (only sent it yesterday) so will probably get that and then figure out how to get the new one on there
.I love my TTR!!!!!
I can't wait to get back out on it, though I have realised, I have no real interest in hill climbs and stuff like that, I think I just wanna ride like I ride now (but maybe not so far) but on dirt so I can see even more places (I reserve the right to change my mind on this of course...)
