thanks for the welcome people, just bought a 03 ttr250 which was a bit tatty as its been used for its purpose and not for posing on but it only had 2300m on it so beyond the cosmetics it was sound and was already uncorked i had my first outing in the peak district and must admit after coming from a wr450f i was a little unsure how it will cope with my hunky chunky 20st but it pulled me up hill no probs even the horrible monsal dale so i'm quite impressed with it. ey up cubber am from oop north sheff tha noz i can just abart spit inta baarrrnsly and often have lol i'll get some pic's on soon fellas