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Oct27

Lexmoto XTR S 125 (KS125-24)

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The Lexmoto XTR S 125 (KS125-24) Review, first thing we notice it’s kept the looks from The KS125-23 Model but engine is now colour coded to same as bike The demonstration model I  obtained was black and engine was also an exact match of colour which made it look sweet Still the same CG-125 Push Rod engine which has quite a bit of vibrating of the bike when at high revs but if bought purely from transport to work and kept at low RPM’s the vibrations are not as noticeable but soon as you try open it up although it’s not really fast it pulls very slightly but vibrates so much you really don’t want to REV it highly anyway.

Good learner legal Motorbike for riders ages 18 and above for commuting to work but not something you would want to go out on ride with as the vibrations after a bit get beyond bearable vibrations and starts making your thighs numb, The engine is a reliable 4 Stroke if maintained well and serviced yearly,  New bikes do not need MOT for three years but with this you will want to service it yearly and Put it through an MOT test to be on the safe side as this bike has a habit of vibrating screws loose over a period of about 5000 miles and things start to fall off such as plastics and other cosmetic things.

The bikes style is a replica of the Honda CBR 125 which looks great from all angles and the chrome style exhaust gives the image of a nice performance exhaust very appealing to the eye but the tyres can be viewed as slightly too narrow for the bike as its very easy to slide on even just slightly damp weather the back tyre if revved hard while on wet surface it will spin out and its very hard if inexperienced to keep it from flipping out and crashing but suppose that totally depends on your riding habits and ability’s.

The Lexmoto XTR S 125 (KS125-24) has many plus and negative points about it but can only give you honest review and let you judge it by your own standards and expectations in a motorbike and what kind of things you will be using the Lexmoto XTR S 125 (KS125-24) for.

All around good bike if maintained well but Do not expect it to last over 5 years as it’s just too prone to breaking and falling to pieces.

tags: Chinese import, Honda CBR 125, KS125-23, Lexmoto, Lexmoto XTR, Lexmoto XTR S, Lexmoto XTR S 125, Lexmoto XTR S 125 KS125-24
Oct16

Theme changed for car advise blog

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Car Advise theme has been changed today, This is to enable more usability for website visitors and keeping things clear and readable.
while maintaining the SEO scoring of our old template new plain text template with very little images has been applied to the blog, which in theory will provide better loading speeds for all visitors and make things a lot more clear and understanding.

Old theme is still installed but is not active but if enough people use contact page requesting the blue theme back, Then it will be re-enabled and new plain text theme scrapped or theme selection could be placed to allow user to choose which theme they prefer to view the website with.

Theme although took ages to prepare it should have no bugs or problems but as always if you encounter any problems viewing Car Reviews blog then use contact page and voice your problems/comments/feedback, Email reply may take around 24-48 hours normally, It’s advised that you only email once and not to email again with same issue if you haven’t currently received a reply ALL emails do get reply’s normally as soon as they are received and read.

Contact page also now has new Captcha which should work correctly should it fail press submit your message will remain in the text boxes and it will generate a new image, All images though are generated with specific rules so they are always made as visible as possible concerning the colours of the foreground and background of image.

I have also changed contact page Ajax loading image to have image height and width attributes as was missing for some reason also worked on Tweet-This plug-in changed a lot about fixing problems that was creating with regards to SEO Ranking nothing visually changed only back-end coding of blog has changed but everything should work as normal.

tags: blog, blog theme, Car Advise, Changed, Contact page, Theme, Theme changed, website
Oct12

Find cheap car/motorbike parts

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I Thought would talk to users about locating cheap car parts with very little effort, Many people want to buy cheap replacement parts for there cars or motorbikes but don’t know where to start or go direct to there local manufacture for there car or motorbike parts and end up paying stupid prices.

There are many places to start looking for cheap car parts from part gateways which control many suppliers giving you option to view many quotes in a single window and accepting quote you feel is best priced, Such as http://www.partsgateway.co.uk which is a website which allows many suppliers for specific makes of cars to provide part quotes direct with little hassle.

However i Don’t seem to have found one for motorbike parts but for motorbike parts will require a-bit more time finding an supplier either using sites such as ebay, Or even phoning around local motorbike breakers yards who may have the exact part you need in good condition for a cheap price.

Just be aware though don’t settle for first price shop around otherwise you will end up paying through the roof prices for parts which should be cheap to get hold of.

There are also the problems of if you buy parts yourself who will fit them, Easy if you can’t do it or are unsure take it to you local car or motorbike repair garage NOT a commercial company’s as they will try force you to let them buy the parts but a private garages will get the part you bought fitted cheap and with little fuss.

Write your comments below on any bad experiences you have had with buying parts from your local main manufacture(Dealer) we have all been ripped off by them from time to time.

tags: Car parts, Find cheap parts, Find Parts, Finding cheap parts, Motorbike parts, parts suppliers, partsgateway
Oct12

DVLA V5 Log book August changes

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From August 2010 DVLA will no longer be issuing the old Green/Blue V5 Documents a.k.a Log Book  for Car/Motorbike registrations, Like myself I Recently got new log book for a car I bought to sell afterwards and DVLA now are issuing new Red/Pink documents.

One of main reasons we think this has happened is due to other year a-lot of V5 Documents was stolen and cars are being sold with dodgy V5 documents so new document means it’s harder to forge, Although old documents are still valid but once sent back to DVLA for detail or owner changes you will get the new style back..

Also to let some owners know now it’s printed on front of V5, This is not proof of ownership, I had to use this law many times which people don’t know just because log book is in your name doesn’t mean car is yours, My experience was with dad trying to claim the car as his because I signed log book into his name other year but legally I still own the car totally.

Removal of the return slip to use if you scrap a vehicle has also been removed as now you can only take your car to authorised scrap places and you must get a certificate of destruction for your car/motorbike otherwise it’s not legally destroyed and someone could steal its identity and you could rack up a lot of points on your licence plus fines in courts if stolen identity is used to go through speed camera’s or to commit crime.

Don’t rush out thinking you need to change your document from old to new all are still valid unless DVLA say otherwise at moment there is no sign that DVLA will stop old V5 Documents otherwise too many people would send in documents creating a Massive back lag in applications being Processed at DVLA due to backlog.

tags: D.V.L.A changed, D.V.L.A LogBook, DVLA, DVLA LogBook, Log Book changed, Pink/Red, V5 Changed