oldtimer

on the few times i drive i also find myself doing lifesavers but worse still is leaning into bends my sons pointed it out to me and i thought they were tacking the piss but then i noticed that i was, hope i dont do it on public transport lol

well had decided to keep mine but now having taken a run out to dk at stoke i am very tempted to let them have it, i had thought i would sell it for £1300 private sale , spoke to a salesman at dk about a xj600 they had for sale and mentioned putting mine in px he said about £1100 if it was clean with no damage, well arrived there saw the xj600 then he came out to look at my bike and said i thought you said it was clean? f...king hell mate its mint the offer then went to £1400 so i said i will think about and it left him my number. so all i can say is i will sleep on it

sorry mate it might be a yamaha ,but it would have been better to introduce yourself. but in my case i have already voted for this lovely bike even though its not a yammie

looks great fun bit to far for me 280mile round trip from here with no heated grips,they did the same thing at ainsdale beach near southport years ago must see if they still do or brave it to mablethorpe

you cant go wrong with a dragstar , i also ride evey day rain or shine but always clean bike everytime and get of road salt etc its the only way to maintain your bike is ok , the reason i put pictures of my bike up again is that so many people on here keep saying they want one and they are hard to find a good one, bollocks i am with taskmaster on this there are loads out there if you really want one then do it , otherwise i end up reading the same old topics again and again thanks one and all for your comments on my bike

there are plenty of dragstar 125,s for sale through out the country some good some not,if you are looking to buy one and you are looking at dealers then they will always be three or four hundred pounds more than a private sale, and as for trading one in then you wont get your money back from one bought through a dealer! thats how they make there money and survive , i have a 2001 125xvs dragstar with 4600 mile on the clock i was asking £1300 pounds private sale but yesterday and today have had two dealers offer me stupid amounts one who had a dragstar for sale in his showroom with 12thousand mile on the clock and agreed mine was far cleaner but said well we have to make a profit not from me mate. heres mine clean or what so i have now decided to keep it and run two bikes good luck in your looking for the right one

hi mettalicafan, i had a similar problem bike would start up ok run for a few miles and the engine would just die as though you had just switched it off would start straight away but sometimes do it again after half a mile, i read on the virago owners site a guy called tim was giving tips on common problems with dragstars as he had one as well as a few other members he said it was the sidestand switch an after tacking it apart drying it out regreaseing it seemed to cure it well i gave it a try and have had no further problems for two months till this morning, mind you with all this wet weather it might be just a case of drying it out again will let you know

street fighters 20yrs ago this was my street fighter even pannier for personal weapon, pity i was to old to stay in the army any longer

WHO? celebrity sorry never heard of her with that hair do she looks like she came on her motorbike

well its all irrelevant now as i got outbid pity i should have give him the money he wanted instead of being clever and knocking him down. nice bike you got there where was the river you took the picture? i lived over your side of the pond in the early seventies first in st francis and then moved to cedar rapids till i went back in the army,cold winters plenty of snow but got into baseball and followed the brewers.

10 again,hope you get in to the next round

nice clean looking bike ,take it easy with that throttle hand of yours ! see you in primarks window you can always stand on a box then we will both be on the same level

thanks for the advice and the offer jim, as the bike is 240 miles from me i have a old mate who is going to have a look at it for me, held back on the offer till i hear from him, regards paul

a suzuki god no you can,t do that just take oldgitonabikes phone number 24hr help line! lol sorry og

another 10 lotte good luck

you are not having a lot of luck at the moment! i learnt the hard way stuck in the middle of no where dark no mobile phone as i hate the bloody things but have now come to realise they do have some benifits,since that day i always carry my mobile and a small magalite torch in my jacket as its no use trying to repair a bike in the middle of nowhere in the pitch black even the bloody moon was against me , hope your luck improves as its a long way for your dad to go when you are in ireland,lol

i am looking at buying this bike a xj550 1981 with 46k on it mot and tax ,two spare wheels £595 what are your thoughts boys, have put in a bid of £495 but might give him full price as i like the older bikes,

well if this works move over goff there will be two arses in primarks window, tried before to put up photos but never worked fingers crossed

dont drink any more boys but spent most of my life in the army stationed all over the world but based in germany so spent many a weekend in amsterdam, probably drank to much grolsch hence health problems lol

een tien van mij lotte, niet onbeleefd zijn commentaar deze keer succes van Oldtimer

accidently leave them on ! of course i would, half the time i cant find my glasses its only when i pass a mirror that i realise they are on my head lol

thanks jim and og your both right, i think now having looked at it again he did me a favour and as i am thinking of going back to a bigger bike it was a waste of money in the long term

well today i thought i might get a set of heated grips and hein gericke had an offer on , have had them on other bikes but not on this bike, so off i went to get them, as i was buying them the guy looked through the window and asked me what size engine the bike was i replied its a 125 dragstar at which point he put the heated grips back on the shelf with no good for you mate they would drain your battery cant fit them on 125 bikes, as its a 12 volt battery i did not think it would be a problem? but he would not sell me any whos right?

yes thats a dear day out, i sometimes do not realise how lucky i am that being an oap that with free travel and the discounts in entrance fee,s its a cheap day out for me.

this is where being an old bastard comes in handy ! (only £5 for oap,s) so i will be going friday or saturday