fontyyy wrote:If you can break a CBR600 don't touch a two stroke!

Haha yeah, I know how this must sound! But seriously, my CBR600 is just a lemon. It's not that I've tried to fit a home turbo kit or poured sugar down the gas tank or anything.. the damn thing has had EVERY elctrical problem that could happen to a bike happen to it. When it got stripped down, turned out it looked as if the thing had been rewired by a 2 year old. turns out that the regulator is faulty, (which previously caused the fuel pump to fail and fried the battery - both times on a freeway in the middle of nowhere, as you've gotta phone a mate to come and haul the heavy thing back to town ("yep, me again, yep, cbr600 has died in the middle of nowhere, again") a new one has been ordered but seems to be taking forever to get here.

My TZR250, ok, it's not as bad as my first post made it out to be. I discovered it had also been worked on by a backyard mechanic who fudged a good few things up, which I've since sorted out- but then I got it reaaallly cheap so i knew a few things were wrong with it when I bought it, did so with the intent of fixing it up and reselling, which I've done and am ready to do (before random electrical problems strike again, which was the last problem). It's actually running really well at the moment and is a lot of fun. I love two strokes, so i have no doubt a MC18 would be a sweet ride. The only problems with my TZR are now cosmetic (missing rear pegs and a front mudguard, and has a disgusting paintjob, and I'd rather flog it than fork over more cash to get it resprayed proper colours).



So, back to the topic, any MC18 owners, how reliable are your bikes? Anyone?