They shipped ours to New Zealand no problems so I expect Poland will be fine!

Hi Luke - ordered it direct from Black Widow in the UK via their website!

@@LukeSmalley-di9gd www.blackwidowexhausts.co.uk/

@@stumpy200vetmx thank you mate

@@kyle4646 Hi Kyle - this is a 300mm unit!

Couldn't agree more! I love my 500. In Europe I use it for anything from going to the gym to a week in Spain...! But the 125 was fun in Dunedin. My new bike down south is likely to be an MT450 or the new Himalayan (for back roads Southern Alps)... Watch this space :)!

@@stumpy200vetmx Nice. :)

Yeah that poor bloke going into the bush was great for the vid 😂😂

@@stumpy200vetmx his legs up in the air 🙈 bike seems to be running great

😂😂 yes the bike is happy as! Just wish it would warm up a bit 🥶

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😂😂😂... You might well be right!

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And it'll be running again by Sunday 😂!

Cheers Paul - really nice to talk to you too! Hopefully we'll meet again at future meetings :)

@@stumpy200vetmx hopefully be at Smx soon I might even bring my little 200 sometime this year hopefully get to talk more another time Hope you had a good day Sunday too m8

Yep tried a new plug ... nothing. Got the multimeter out: kill switch was good. Stator - dead as a dodo. Interesting thing is bike was running sweet right up until it stopped! Anyway, parts on the way from Austria. Should be back in business in about a week 🤞🤞!

No kidding! I know they drop the gate quickly but I was nowhere near ready, DOH! 😂😂😂

Hi Edy - with the usual caveat that I'm not able to provide legal advice 😂😂 - what I can say is that there's no catalytic converter on the stock system. So in terms of emissions, there's no change from swapping exhausts.

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Thanks for the support, comments are really appreciated! Next weekend I'll release a short vlog from the peninsula on the Black Widow exhaust, stay tuned! ;)

Thanks for the support and wildo! Hoping for a better spring this year (compared with last year)🤞🤞🤞... :)

Hi Dave... Not been busy riding - the weather has been absolutely abysmal, so gave up and decided to do my first four stroke rebuild! I'd been unsure whether to do it myself or take it to a local mechanic who knows what he's doing, but ultimately decided to take the plunge and do it myself. Had a couple of issues (another short vid to come) but got the job done, learned a lot and will certainly be easier next time. Still, as a slow and careful home mechanic I reckon it'll take a full day next time, vs half that on my two strokes. That said she was all in good nick internally and was no where near desperately needing a new piston despite 85 hours running. I guess that's the benefit of 5 hour oil changes and being a vet and not being on the rev limiter all the time ;)!!

The joke is, if you are worried about top speed, and you're riding a CB500, you are on the wrong bike ;)!

Amazing video

RMZ 250 (2016).... Thanks for your support!

Thanks for your support! It's just good fun for those of us at the back of the pack - particularly us old and slow types... and there's absolutely nothing wrong with just riding the practice tracks. If you do see a short fat and old rider with a 200 on their bike, defo come and say hello!

@stumpy200vetmx cheers fella, I'm a tall 55yo so will probably be behind you 😀

Thanks for your support. Definitely come and say hello if you see me at the track!

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Yes never had this before at an organised event... Lads just mis read the entrance arrows. Could have been a LOT worse 😜!

I guess there's 'those who have and those who will' and I've just moved groups! I know what you mean re the grading - looks like a track like Elvetham that is more sand in the mix but the base is hard. I'd imagine it'd be tough in the wet! Anyway Sunday was pretty much perfect. Old style track and I love it 😍!

@stumpy200vetmx Yeah, I've rode a few places that once it's graded and wet down, it's great, but as soon as the lines get down to the hard pack, it's really slick and if it rains you're in for a treat. Glad you've rekindled your love for mx and the old 200, which isn't really that old, but let's see what this weekend brings and hope for cool nice weather and not baking sun 👍

@@DavesInHisGarage yes it's true: it's been a really shitty few years lately with few redeeming features... Except it has, totally unexpectedly, brought me back to Motocross. And I've recaught the bug :)!!!

Thanks Dave! I think I'll step up a level quite quickly now on the 200... At the moment I know as matter of logic that the front is as good as my 250F, it'll take my brain a few more hours on the track to reprogram to that fact! :)

On Thursday they ran three groups (fast and then slow adult plus kids) of 20 minutes each, and the 'on track' footage is from my third session, so I was running out of my own gas at about an hour on the track 😜

Exactly! Time will tell. Test ride tomorrow... fingers crossed 🤞:)

@stumpy200vetmx good weather to I hope, rained all bloody day here in Leeds

Hope you're having a good day buddy 👍

SUCCESS!!! Cracking day, new bike for £400 🤣... vid later this week!

@stumpy200vetmx great news! Well worth the money plus they look great, hope the weather held off for you 👍

Defo say hello if you see me... that's why I've rebranded around my race number... easy to see in the paddock :)

Yeah agreed, that's an issue too. The suspension isn't great.

Cheers Dave! It's odd finding this out after 20 years... but there it is! It will be fascinating to fit the new clamps and see what difference if any it makes. I need to change the front mudguard and number plate to 2013 fit to work with the clamps. Those parts should arrive very soon. As soon as the plastics arrive I'll get the job done and get her out for a test ride. Fingers crossed 🤞!

@pfam_vids you knew it wasn't you, but 20 years later, now you know. I rode my mates 2014 ktm 250xc and I was having trouble with it busting berms or tucking as they said, I just put that down to me riding an old yam for all these years but other then that it was a great bike for everything, just every now and again it would try face plant you into a corner lol

Were you the bike down just ahead? And yes, the wet patches were lethal!

Yeah 😂😂😂

Must be a decade since I last did a stubble field ... great fun for a change and good for speed on the flat corners!

Thanks mate ... Yes it certainly fired me up and focused my mind that's for sure ;)!

Sorry about the nipple hit mate 😂😂

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😂 ... If only!!!

Thanks Roger: I figure I'll only get better by doing it. As true for vlogging as riding the bike! 😂

Thanks Stefan... It's all about getting out there and enjoying the ride at this stage ;)!

Interesting you should say that - the engine is great but despite correct springs for weight, professional revalving and lots of fine tuning with clickers and preload I've never got on with the fork either. My stock air forks on my RMZ 250 aren't perfect but they are better out of the box than the WPs are now.

@@stumpy200vetmx if i bought a 200sx again i would put the 06 forks & shock on it... watched the vid from vip on ur Rmz you looked a lot more comfortable on the 4 Banger.... :)

Excellent - you'll be in good company. Lots of us oldies out there these days!

If you do get back into it be sure and say hello if you see me at the track. Both my bikes run #200...

So presumably no 'hill' as it's pretty flat around there, but nonetheless it was a pig of a track ;)!

@@stumpy200vetmx all im going to say is i found one u tube clip from pig hill by mxoldy29 and you decide for yourself mate lol.

I met him summer'79 at the Chalk pits just outside Brighton (where the north bound A23 now runs opposite the transport cafe). I was new and hopeless and completely overwhelmed by my RM250. He encouraged me, showed me some better lines and also let me ride his SWM for a lap (much better for a beginner than the Suzuki). Totally decent guy who went too early.

Great memories with Fordie and SMX. Loved that guy

Hi Luis - yes that's correct - it's a 2016, and yes if you look after them they are cheap to run and will run forever. I've got a vid on my channel about whether to upgrade to a later model. The 19" front and lighter clutch would be nice. But in short I'm very short and even the 2016 I have I have lowered, so I've decided against for now. A 2016 with 12000 km will be great value and a great bike!

Awesome - no doubt you'll miss the top gear rollon of a big motor, but against that the 500 is manageable, economic, and a hoot to ride. Perfect for the likes of Scotland!