Introducing!
Verfasst: Mo Jun 21, 2021 6:31 am
Well hello my fellow riders,
how nice to meet you.
There's a world of roads and trials to conquer and what do you know.. the NX250 is my chosen one to do so.
Am older BMW GS is my dream but since there's first lots of experience to be gained I wondered and explored the options and come to fall in love with the Nixxers..
When I was 12 years old my back then still free man father bought me a NSR50 to learn some of the ropes. One of the good things he did.. not that I could enjoy it for that long but it made me fall in love with riding.
I must admit when I saw the NX250 for the first time, nostalgia fluids started flowing right away and wow.. what a capable bike it seems.
Looking into the story's and experiences of others it presented itself as the perfect choice to travel with.
We, my wife and I have dreams of traveling where the road and trials lead us.
Must admit, we don't have our license yet but we are at 75% of getting it. I am an international truck driver driving Benelux-scandinavia., live in the Netherlands and as they may be, my 'doing' update posts come in a little less regularly then the 'talking and discussing' posts since I drive 5-6 days a week for my work. But hey, time is on our side and we can prepare ourselves for the big trip..
But I am not here without reason.. since two days I am now the proud owner of a NX250. To make it perfect and learn the ropes.. since I will have to buy another one and to gain experience in maintaining and upgrading it.
Aaannndd.. this one catched my eye especially because it has already an 17" rear wheel with even a disc break at the rear, 5cm longer spring at the rear. It's not the most mint conditioned of the lot but that'll be arranged in the future.
So, well... f**k.. the seller was a kind of honda collector, who has his own trial bike shop. Bladiebladiebla a lot. Had it from a lover and was honest about the state. It had a life before me and that's to be seen. The rear wheel upgrade made me feel good about it since I already feel that's quite the challenge to get by and my knowledge by now says that it's a good bike to invest time in, to get a trustworthy bike back.
Oh yeah, the f**k I was talking about.. the bike started quite nice at the seller, drove a little bit with it and it felt responsive. It had a little effort with warming up and while driving when I released the throttle it didn't really drop in immediately. I thought, that can't be something big.
So I've bought it, for €1450.
Drove it back home and yesterday wanted to start it, show to my wife our newest addition to the family and it didn't start..
There was a gasoline smell coming from the bike.
The seller explained fuel on, pump the throttle 5 times.. choke full on and let it start. But it didn't catch it's vibe..rather soon the battery was dead and I was grumpy. Sigh..
Well, I like to get to know this little vessel and that comes rushing to me haha.. so, battery om the charger and onwards.
My tools weren't at hand at the moment so I will be checking further in next weekend.
Like I said, a thing that I noticed was the gasoline smell.. looking at the carb I saw some sweat and wetness and even a drop of gasoline hanging under the carb.
I will let this be for now, time for pictures and a cup of coffee.
Looking forward to speaking you guys and widen the horizon of this forum.
-Mathias
how nice to meet you.
There's a world of roads and trials to conquer and what do you know.. the NX250 is my chosen one to do so.
Am older BMW GS is my dream but since there's first lots of experience to be gained I wondered and explored the options and come to fall in love with the Nixxers..
When I was 12 years old my back then still free man father bought me a NSR50 to learn some of the ropes. One of the good things he did.. not that I could enjoy it for that long but it made me fall in love with riding.
I must admit when I saw the NX250 for the first time, nostalgia fluids started flowing right away and wow.. what a capable bike it seems.
Looking into the story's and experiences of others it presented itself as the perfect choice to travel with.
We, my wife and I have dreams of traveling where the road and trials lead us.
Must admit, we don't have our license yet but we are at 75% of getting it. I am an international truck driver driving Benelux-scandinavia., live in the Netherlands and as they may be, my 'doing' update posts come in a little less regularly then the 'talking and discussing' posts since I drive 5-6 days a week for my work. But hey, time is on our side and we can prepare ourselves for the big trip..
But I am not here without reason.. since two days I am now the proud owner of a NX250. To make it perfect and learn the ropes.. since I will have to buy another one and to gain experience in maintaining and upgrading it.
Aaannndd.. this one catched my eye especially because it has already an 17" rear wheel with even a disc break at the rear, 5cm longer spring at the rear. It's not the most mint conditioned of the lot but that'll be arranged in the future.
So, well... f**k.. the seller was a kind of honda collector, who has his own trial bike shop. Bladiebladiebla a lot. Had it from a lover and was honest about the state. It had a life before me and that's to be seen. The rear wheel upgrade made me feel good about it since I already feel that's quite the challenge to get by and my knowledge by now says that it's a good bike to invest time in, to get a trustworthy bike back.
Oh yeah, the f**k I was talking about.. the bike started quite nice at the seller, drove a little bit with it and it felt responsive. It had a little effort with warming up and while driving when I released the throttle it didn't really drop in immediately. I thought, that can't be something big.
So I've bought it, for €1450.
Drove it back home and yesterday wanted to start it, show to my wife our newest addition to the family and it didn't start..
There was a gasoline smell coming from the bike.
The seller explained fuel on, pump the throttle 5 times.. choke full on and let it start. But it didn't catch it's vibe..rather soon the battery was dead and I was grumpy. Sigh..
Well, I like to get to know this little vessel and that comes rushing to me haha.. so, battery om the charger and onwards.
My tools weren't at hand at the moment so I will be checking further in next weekend.
Like I said, a thing that I noticed was the gasoline smell.. looking at the carb I saw some sweat and wetness and even a drop of gasoline hanging under the carb.
I will let this be for now, time for pictures and a cup of coffee.
Looking forward to speaking you guys and widen the horizon of this forum.
-Mathias