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.

More problems.

Dropped the back wheel off at the tyre fitters yesterday to get the new tyre fitted.  When I got back they told me it needs a new tube as well! I was told by the old owner that it was tubeless hence I got a new tyre!

They have ordered a new tube which will be here tomorrow.

The rubber cover for the gear shift arrived yesterday as well and was fitted easily so the gear shift is not like new.

The only problem now is that the actual gear shift looks really worn compared to the rubber 😂

The more I look at the bike the more I see that needs doing to it.

At some point I am going to have to strip the bike down and restore it but that can wait a bit.

I am thinking that once I have my licence and have a bigger bike I can then use the TSR as a project bike and tear it down and restore it. For now it will be my daily driver so can stay as it is.

Also my Dad couldn't find any mole grips so I have had to order some from Amazon which will arrive today. I decided to buy a bolt removal kit too just in case the mole grips don't work. I am going to get some loosening spray today too to help the bolt come out.

Finally made time to start work on the TSR!

Woke up this afternoon after my night shift and decided that I needed to get the TSR on the road as I have had it for 2 months and I have only ridden it home from the sellers house.

I have all the parts to fix the side stand and also a spare wheel with a tyre to swap for the wheel with the flat tyre.

I cleared out my dining room and moved the bike indoors to make it easier and more comfortable to work on tonight.

Now the bike is in a well lit area I took a look at the snapped bolt and it looks like there is enough bolt sticking out of the frame to make removing it more straightforward (famous last words 😂).

The plan for today is to take the back wheel off again and remove the bent disk and smaller sprocket and replace them with the ones on the wheel that came with the bike and out the wheel back on.

I will then try and remove the snapped bolt and install the stand and the new hardware on the bike.

I have also noticed that the gear shifter is missing the rubber end so I have bought a new one that will be here tomorrow thanks to the great Fowler's parts department. 

I will most likely need a set of mole grips to remove the snapped bolts so a trip to homebase may well be needed later.

I have taken the spare wheel off and it is not going to work so I am abandoning that idea and I am going to take the original wheel to a tyre place tomorrow to get a new tyre put on it and then putting the wheel back on the bike for now.

Had a change of plans. The disk and sprocket bolts on the spare wheel were all threaded and rounded off so would not  come off. I also noticed that the rim was dented and also the tyre was off road only!!! so I have made the executive decision to not use the wheel and I have been on the Melksham tyres website and bought a Bridgestone Trail Wing TW301/TW302 in the same size as the tyre currently on the wheel (410x18) and I have a fitting window of 12-17:30 tomorrow. Luckily my parents are visiting tomorrow as their car is going in for a service and MOT so my Dad can drive me to the tyre fitters and my Mum can wait in for my delivery's :-) 

My Dad is also bringing me a few sets of mole grips so I am leaving the work until tomorrow and tidying the house instead today. I am leaving the bike in bits for the night so that I don't have to put it back together twice. 

This means that by tomorrow night I will hopefully have a working motorbike :-)

I have decided to leave the bike as it is for the moment and hold off on the super motard conversion as I need the bike working more than I need it as a super motard. I also want to test out the bike as it is before I mess with the wheels. At the moment my brother is using my car so the bike is my only means of transport for now so I just need it working. The rubber for the gear shift will be delivered tomorrow so that will be fixed pretty easily and hopefully the stand can be fixed tomorrow too so the bike will at least be useable for now. 

I will also fill up my petrol can so that I can mix up some fuel to leave in the shed for when I need to fill up.

I have also bought a new clutch cable as the current cable is catching and really hard to pull the lever at the moment and the old owner was spraying it with wd40 every time he rode the bike which has probably made it worse. The part number for the cable is 58210-03D01-000.

I have been using THIS page for part numbers are pretty much the same.

More parts arrived

Have had a few more parts arrive for the TSR 200 this week. I now how 2 spare off-road wheels with tyres and also 2 super Moto wheels off of abDR 125 SM. Also a spare tank arrived today which I plan to store for now as a spare in case I need it in the future.

I plan to start doing stuff to the TSR 200 next week. Initially I will out the dirt bike wheel on so that I can ride the bike to my parents house so that it can be kept in their garage out of the elements while I get a lockup near my house. Once the bike is at my parents I will be able to work on it better as the garage is dry and has a light so I can work whenever.

I will then try the super Moto wheels to see if they will fit or not and then see what can be done.

Super Motard wheels arrived

I have just had a call message from work that my supermoto wheels have arrived :-)

I will pick them up later today once my IKEA delivery has arrived.

At least I think that it is my supermoto wheels as they were out for delivery :-)

Bike is going to be a super motard

I have decided that I am going to convert the TSR 200 into a super motard as I don't have time to ride trails at the moment or anyone to ride with so I am going to make it a supermoto to razz around town on as that is mostly what I plan to use the bike for.

Adding the supermoto wheels will also make the bike a bit lower so it will be easier for my short arse to get on :-) The super moto also made sense as I will have to shell out for new tyres anyway so might as well convert it now instead of later as I had always planned to get it converted at some point.

I have been on the internet and found that the hubs from a TSR 125 are the exact same part numbers so I bought 2 used wheels with tyres from Ebay that will server 2 purposes, the first is to get the bike to my parents house so that it can be locked in their garage until I can get a garage near my house, the other purpose is to act as donor hub if need be.

I also found a set of supermoto wheels and tyres on ebay for a dr125 which I also bought as I can try and see  if they will fit directly to the TSR 200  if they don't then the rims and tyres can be laced to the hubs from the TSR 125 wheels to make a set of supermoto wheels so that I can keep the original wheels if I want to use the bike as an enduro bike at a later date.

The wheels will arrive on Wednesday or Thursday so I should be able to get the bike back on the road soon.

I will also need to get a scaffold plank to get the bike back up the steps in my garden as they are really steep and I didn't think about this before I took the bike down the stairs to store it!! Not my best idea ever I can see that already and I havent tried to move the bike yet!

I'm hoping that once the trye is fixed (different wheel) I will be able to push the bike back up the scaffold plank or maybe if that is too hard ride the bike up the plank which will definitely be more fun :-)

I have also sent an email to a breakers yard that is breaking a TSR 125 to see if they have any of the parts that I need or the rear rack off of the TSR 125 as a new on is about £150 and I will need one to weld a bike rack to to carry my bmx on the TSR.

Bought my 1995 TSR 200

I bought and picked up a locally based Suzuki TSR 200 on Friday. I had seen it on line for a week or so and went and looked at it on Thursday and picked it up Friday morning :-)

I paid online Thurday night and got the bike taxed and insured so that it could be ridden home Friday morning which I did :-)

It needs a bit of work but the engine starts first kick and idles and runs great. I managed to get a puncture on the way home and messed up the tyre pretty badly so the bike is currently off the road as the tyre will need replacing.

Not sure that it can be seen from the picture but the bike has been well used and is in need of some tlc for sure. It doesn't have the stand on it at the moment as the bolt is sheered off in the frame! luckily it looks like there is enough bolt sticking out to get it out of the frame pretty easily. The clutch cable is really stiff and sticks so will need to be replaced and the clutch lever is after market and not great so will have to be swapped out. 

The front mudguard is a universal after market one and could do with being replaced at some point too. Apart from these things and the tyre the bike seems OK. It was certainly quick enough on the way back even with a soft/flat tyre and the powerband is amazing fun :-)

I was having trouble finding somewhere to get the tyre fixed on Friday so the bike has been covered in my garden until I can do something with it on Wednesday.