front dropped in, but 'ears' on hub for brake disc bolts clonked on caliper. rim +tyre only had a few mm clearance with fork uppers on fork compression. didn't fancy that considering at speed and hard cornering the wheel will move slightly in relation to the hub.

Didn't work! rear hub was too wide even with milling of cush drive to bare minimum... tried bidding on pukka sets of wheels on ebay but they are fetching 400quid+ took drastic action and won auction for a tidy (i hope!) XR250 with pukka SM wheels for 695. plan to strip the wheels off, stick knobblie...

honda nx650, could be the same? is there trouble ahead!?

Given up waiting for a set of CRM/XR hub rims, so i took a gamble and won a set of dommie 17's on ebay, £230 all in. pretty pleased. Mich Hisports look unworn (if a little hard) they will do for the moment. spangly gold akront rims are class! Cast iron disc is 256mm, so that will be turned down to 2...

what a wonderful design, feels nasty doesn't it! not what i would expect from Honda...

thanks for putting my mind at rest

..is this normal? the kickstart looks original as do the foot pegs.

thanks mate!

cleaning my bike i noticed there is quite a lot of play in the front sprocket. the shaft doesn't move but the sprocket can be rocked from side to side. is this normal? the 2 securing bolts are both tight. the sides of the teeth have been worn to a polished finish.

The CRM has an annoying irregular knocking noise (metallic thud) from near the front. It is more noticeable at low revs (seems louder as the bike tick over is dropped to almost stalling) i dont think it is piston slap as that happens on every stroke(??), and the CRM isn't using excessive oil /petrol...

thanks for that people, panic over! lets hope that led works...knowing me i will wimp out and keep filling it up when i cant see any oil in the tube!

clear pipe mounted on the side of the headstock, does this measure total oil in tank? mine took 200ml to fill from empty or is that how small the 2stroke oil tank is?

thanks!