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Benly 125
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Picked it up today. Slightly rough area of Ramsgate, slightly rough
seller.
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Let me guess - either Dumpton Park or Newington...
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First surprise - no chainguard or chaincase. The pix were angled so they
didn't show this.
No chainguard is a nicking offence, and htf did it get a brand new MoT?
Brake light doesn't work either.
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Not having a chain guard. ie an 'unroadworthy' vehicle. The same as if
you had bald tyres or any other major MOT failure.
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don't suppose a CG125 (MSoHP) one is the same?
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Which fine emporium issued this, then?
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Not to worry, because the engine's sweet enough, and the engine and
chassis numbers tally with the logbook, although the name and address on
the V5 are not the seller and his address.
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So probably nicked somewhere along the way...
I bought a CX500 about twenty years ago with the same in the V5. Took
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It takes a brave man to admit that, even twenty years later.
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the original insurance company and the police about a year to get in
touch with me. I gave them info about the seller, but plod couldn't
find him, so I looked him up in the phone book for them!
I eventually bought the machine from the insurance co. as I'd become
rather attached to it by then. Got the seller to cough up 50% after I
threatened him with legal action.
Gave the bike away (having not ridden it for a while) three years ago.
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Did you ask why ? For the humour at least
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"It's just been fully serviced..." quoth he. Actually, there is a new
chain and sprocket set on it, but tthe adjustment is all to hell. The
oil is like treacle and the tyre pressures close to atmospheric.
So the grand sum of £205 changes hands and I ride it the 80 miles back
to the Chateau.
t hums along happily at 55mph, with the odd burst up to 60, but it's
fractionally too slow for motorways: artics do overtake it, albeit the
manoeuvre takes about five minutes to complete. Holding it at 60 allows
you to turn the tables, but again, it takes an age to get past them. But
then it's a commuter 125, innit?
The garage yields an old chainguard that once adorned a CD250 I broke
for parts. Three inches hacksawed off the leading end, and the rear
mounting hole ovalled out 3mm with a file, and it bolts straight on,
looking as if it were made for it. It would be nice to have the fully
enclosed chaincase, and I'll keep an eye out on Fleabay.
Oil changed, fork oil changed, new bulb in the tail light, chain lubed
and adjusted properly. I'll check the tappets next weekend.
Blimey. A fully working taxed and MoT'd learner bike for a couple of
hundred quid. Jamie is chuffed to bits and counting off the days until
he hits 17.
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He's obviously inherited his fathers 'good taste'...
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