Tag: CSC TT250
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Fitting The 'ebay' Exhaust to my TT250
N.B. this post originally appeared in edited form at chinariders.net I bought my stainless ‘ebay exhaust’ – the one everybody uses – months ago but never had the chance to get it fitted. These kits almost fit the TT250, but there’s one definite modification required; you have to widen or cut the flange as it’s…
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All Engines Great and Small
You Always Want What You Don’t Have I spend all of my riding time on small bore bikes, by US standards. My Ninja 300 at 296cc and the CSC TT250 weighing in at 229cc. The Ninja will – realistically – pull to about 75mph easily, above which there’s a tardy roll-on to about a top…
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The CSC TT250: Smiles per Gallon
The CSC TT250 review. The background to my decision to get a TT250 is here. I’d put on around one-thousand miles on the CSC TT250 as the first green spots started to emerge on the the Pennsylvania woodlands. The bike held up well over Winter, and between the endless rain and salt, winter is a…
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Spring has sprung…
The weather did not get the memo, however. Bollocks It’s just for a couple of days, and it’s not actually been too bad. I took the Ninja out yesterday for the commute and the bike felt really good. I’ve been fighting surface rust on the chain for weeks on the Ninja, largely because the expensive…
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Emerging From Winter.
My CSC TT250 wears the typical makeup of my winter commute; the usual mixture of water and mud, baked onto the engine casing just after I arrived home. The TT250 has been an absolute champ, an I’ve done most of my winter commuting on it. Next year I think I’ll store the Ninja 300 in…
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Eastern Promise
Part One As winter got underway, I started to consider whether I should get a second car. My reasoning was it would cut the mileage on the family Toyota (I don’t use the bike on snow or ice days, I might be British, but I’m not that crazy) and would limit inconvenience to the family…