Sir Fallsalot

Him and his mate got section 59's, he lives blackwood way so i presume he was on Manmoel mountain

That would be great but my father never wore any

I'm a stone heavier after reading that

I think he had a bad experience where the normal stuff wasn't strong enough and he got shitty fingers

I know Batty as mad or insane

My father only ever used that stuff, for as long as i can remember there were two bog roll holders in my parents bathroom one for that stuff and one for everyone who wanted their ass hole intact after a couple of wipes. When he couldn't get the stuff anymore he was devastated

Yes i think hydrogen is best for the environment but its too explosive, can you imagine tight arse Dai down the road tuning up his hydrogen powered hot hatch in his garage you'd hear the explosion from your house

I feel the same about electric vehicles Bob their pushing how much better they are for the environment like they did with diesels and 20 years later their worse than petrol engines. so in 20 years i'm expecting there will be something stupid about EV batteries being more difficult to dispose of than plutonium

I had to the forum owner was bulling me and I've had to ignore umpteen imaginary PM's telling me off

Had a gentle trail ride showing one of the new members of the TRF about today, he'd recently been done for riding illegally so wanted to start doing it right so why i was showing him about i haven't a clue . The lanes were really dry which made them a lot easier to ride than normal almost boring in places maybe because I've ridden them so much. Usual photo looking towards my place all new to this guy We are heading over to the wind turbines you can see on the skyline above my bike here We stopped to take this photo when the farmer in the field shouts down to us i thought here we go this lane has a TRO on it prohibiting use after 6pm thought he might be going to tell us about it Turned out him and his farmer buddy were having trouble rounding up his horses and wanted us to help drive them down to the farm with the bikes, Wish i had a Go Pro it was a mad 15 minutes those horses we determined to stay in the field But we got them down once on the track they ran the rest of the way with no encouragement from us at all Good views from the wind farm that's the Bristol channel and Minehead area in the distance We did find a mucky lane i forgot to mention there's a big rock in the middle of it. It's the same place as the photo i put up here last week so i new about it

Come on man you must know which one of your personas done it

Not been into cars like i am with bikes their just tools to do a job for me but i do miss my old range rover, we had some great fun in between the constant repairs

Yes but you have to split the crankcase to change the crank or use the TRX motor but their like rocking horse shit I've been looking out for one for years but i have never seen one for sale, their farm quads here but the farmers wont sell anything. That was the same with the XR's only kit as well This kit from Poland is just change the flywheel and cover and its done

Thanks @Pedro i'm going to find out as much as i can about how reliable the kit is and will spares be available in the future before i make a decision. According to their page they do ship to the UK

I haven't tried that hard @Pedro i'm just thinking of future proofing the bike, there's going to come a time when i cant kick start this could keep me on it

I've been trying to get in touch with a company that make electric start kits for the 400 and 650r located in Poland. the mechanical part can be fitted in 30 minutes just leaving you the wiring to fit I've messaged them but they haven't got back to me. https://www.facebook.com/314380265706363/posts/sweet-option-for-honda-xr-400r-electric-start-kitall-parts-for-engine-and-12-dc-/679746072503112/

Ahh right, they do an electric start xr250L as well not sure how available they are though, the 400 has a knack to starting it once you get it it's easy to kick

Yes your right about that i remember the guys i was riding with saying they thought i was going to stall when going up a steep climb i went down to almost tickover to reduce wheelspin and then pulled away

We are both wrong it surprised me the serow is that heavy my mate was always bleating on at me how light his was the xr250 is lighter at 104kg https://www.motorcyclespecs.co.za/model/Honda/honda_xr250r_01.html

I've just checked and its 106 dry and the 400 is 116 dry and 125 wet so about 10kg difference cant find a wet weight for the 250 though but it carries the same amount of oil and fuel

If your thinking of trail riding, it wont be as manageable as the Serow in the rough stuff but you can kill yourself a lot faster on it

I have one its about 6kg heavier and 10mm taller than the 250 haven't ridden the 250 but i love the 400 its a good do all bike but it is tall there are lowering links available. Biggest issue with buying one is the prices are soaring as with all the XR range

No you are right Pedro their not really challenging but the area their in makes them worthy

@boboneleg I just followed the TET route from Strata Florida to Machynlleth and my own route back. I got to say they got it spot on around that area i'd just take one lane out which had a load of gated paved roads to a very short and uninspiring lane followed by a load of gated paved roads back to the main road it even pains me typing about it This one don't bother with it use the time riding better lanes