Recent content by oldscholar

I used to own this very bike, sold it in 2018 after fixing the fork and giving it a general tidy up, I can tell by the o-ring I added to the stanchion to measure the travel, don't know why he's turned it round. Fork was completely collapsed when I got it, to the point where the front tyre was...

Concur entirely with comments here, and you see it (yes I put a comma before and) in all categories. Complete turn off for me, like an estate agent collaborated with Barbara Cartland to take forever to say nothing and in such a fanciful way. I'm at the stage where I won't bid if I see it. In...

'91 Sahara

OK many thanks, I'll see if I can get it sorted.

Hi I wonder if anyone on here can tell me whether there are any carriers in Europe who will ship items over 1.5m length to the UK. I'm trying to buy a grill for a VW van from Lithuania but the seller has had to refund me because he says he can't find anyone to accept a parcel this size (about...

yeah the scrapes on the head badge and non drive side orange decal look the same

Re: outstanding description! :D

Re: Re: yes, biogrips

Re: now £450

Re: yeah, even its age is measured in £s :D

Seems like a bot to me, never engages in conversation and only ever posts ebay ads quoted verbatim from the ad title with the addition of "On Ebay" at the end

Re: Result! how did you actually get it out in the end?

Re: whats happened here is the original listing has finished and been replaced with an eBay suggested similar item. Tintin40 is commenting on the replacement rather than the original bike. Its happeneing a lot since eBay brought in this feature

Re: the link goes to inner tubes because the listing has ended, thats what eBay does now, it puts up a listing which it thinks is similar! However if you look at the top left corner and click on the highlighted word "listing" it takes you back to the original (now finished) item

Re: Your flexible friend.... hehe :D yes an Access card would be the retro tool of choice.