Battery arrived today

 The battery arrived today so I will fit it later this week. 

I have only been able to get the reflector part way off do far so I will keep trying.

Number Plate arrived

The new number plate arrived today so I will drill it and get it fitted on the bike today. 

Once the battery arrives later in the week I will call the mechanic to book it in for a service and MOT.

The reflector on the number plate is rusted on at the moment so I have sprayed it with wd40 and will try again later.

More issues

 I checked the bike over a bit more today and it looks like both brakes have lost all four in them and don't work and the radiator has not fluid left either so I have decided that it may be better to get a professional to look it over and get it ready for the MOT.

I bought a new battery today which I am able to change so I will fit it when it arrives later this week and the new number plate should arrive tomorrow.

I will give the mechanic a call tomorrow too and see what he thinks is the best option.

Update

Basically since the bike broke down it has been in my Brothers garden covered up and out of the way. With all the corona virus stuff and lack of money I haven't had a chance to get it back or look at it until this week.

I bought new Jets for the carb and have booked a van to pick it up and bring it home which means I should have the bike back today :-)

When I get it back I will drain the fuel tanks and take the carb off and clean it and then hopefully with some new fuel and new Jets the bike should run again.

Its MOT has also run out while the bike was off the road so I need to get that sorted as well and then I can start using the bike just in time for winter!

I'm going to take the battery off when the bike gets here and take it to my parent's house to charge it up to see if it still holds a charge. If it doesn't then I will have to buy a new one before the MOT. I have also had to buy a new number plate as it would not pass the MOT with the current one as it has a chunk out of it. That should be here tomorrow or Wednesday.

The bike is now back and in my lounge ready to start working on it. The front break is now not working just to add to the list of things to look at :-(

Other than the break and the front tyre feeling a bit soft the bike seems OK.

I am just taking the battery out to get it charged and taking the plate off ready for the new one to go on and then I have to go out and run some errands before I will try and get the carb off to take a look at it.

So basically the bike has been off the road and at my brother's house for 198 days!!! or 6 months and 14 days! 

As it stands I have had the bike for 1 year on the 9th of January and I have ridden it twice and it has broken down twice. Hopefully once it is fixed and MOT'ed I will be able to get some use out of it without any more issues :-( 

First ride on the TSR200

My brother brought 5L of petrol over for me on Wednesday (06/05/2020) which filled up the tank once the 100ml of 2 stroke oil was added (20ml per litre mix ratio. 

Yesterday (08/05/2020) I got up early and went out for my first ride on my TSR200 since I rode it home in January. The bike started 5th kick which was expected as it hadn't been started for almost a month again and it was running really nicely and I was having an amazing time until it died 10 miles into the ride. 

Luckily for me, I was over the road from my brother's house so I was able to push the bike to his house and leave it there and get a lift home :-)

I think that the issue may be fuel related as the fuel dial doesn't line up properly so I may have it in the incorrect position and may have had it on reserve, not the full tank as I definitely didn't ride far enough to use all of the petrol. The tank is also still really full so it can not be the fuel ran out. Another option is that the carb has some dirt in it from sitting for so long. Another worrying thing is that the electrics were not working. I noticed that the speedometer was dead for most of the ride so I think the battery may also have issues from sitting for the best part of 5 months!

I am going to try and get over there tomorrow and take a look as I have a spare fuel cock that is much better than the one on the bike so I will try swapping that first and it that doesn't work I will have to call breakdown and get them to take me home. 

Once the bike is home I can take the carb off and check it for first and give it a clean as its probably a good idea to do this anyway as the bike has sat so much.

I will also buy a new battery once I know which type of battery it is.

Apart from the bike breaking down it was running really well and it is much more fun than an equivalent sized 4 stroke bike. I was also happy that the cable lube that I used on the clutch cable has made it really smooth and easy to use now so I will not need to change it just yet.

I have now taken the fuel cock from the spare tank that I bought so I can fit it to the bike tomorrow to see if it will fix the issue.

Wheel back on

Finally got around to putting the back wheel back on the TSR200. I also adjusted the mirrors so the bike is ready for a test ride tomorrow I think.

Can't wait to ride it as I haven't ridden it since I bought it at the beginning of January.

Tools arrived

The tools arrived today and to my surprise all it took to remove the bolt was some wd40 sprayed on it at about 7am this morning and left until 3pm and then a set of mole grips.

Here is a photo of the offending bolt in the mole grips:

The stand is now fitted and is rock solid 

I have also fitted the mirrors that I bought yesterday and I also picked up the back wheel so once the clutch cable arrived the bike will be 100% rideable.