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Did that advice help?

A warm welcome from me too.

Alex lives on the other side of the planet so you need to take that into account regards to his replies!

He'll be in contact...

thanks, i have messaged alex under the contacts facility on the home page (bottom) but no reply. Any other way to personal message him please. I'm with peter james insurance and I would like to resign the vjmc membership i have in favour of another club to still benefit from discount. Bikesure are a brokers - i got a quote but assuming the discount is around 15% it won't match what I have already unfortunately. I've had a blue/black 1967 thunderace for just under 3 yrs, in the process of selling my thundercat as I wasn't using it. the ace is actually a less practical bike but I just like it and use it in preference. Ian

Oooh two stroke... the best motorcross. Welcome aboard!

Alex would be able to get you your number, give him a PM. However, if you're getting insurance from Bikesure with the phone number in this site, they probably won't even ask you for your number. They never asked me... Yey Thunderace!!! :D What colour?

alex - please may i have a membership number, ian douglas

can anybody help please, just joined with a £10 subscription but can't find a membership number anywhere. Need it for insurance discount, any idea where to look please?

Is your problem not enough motorbikes? Cos we've all got that..!

Hi Michael, welcome in, with two posts already to your name, you can consider yourself a regular!!! Its a bit quiet here these days!, Nonetheless, the answer to your question is in two parts, firstly on the top right is the search function, typing in NOVA will bring up previous posts from others seeking the same question, then secondly, they tend to point you to this website for your answer. https://www.motorbikeregistrations.co.uk/ hope that helps .

Hi All. Just bought a Yam Yz490L 1984 from a dealer in U.K. I am in Birmingham. The dealer gave me a receipt with a Nova number. Question is how do I go about getting the paperwork please? Thanks Mike.

Hi All. My name is Michael Smith and I have a problem 😋 Thanks for having me and my new to me Yamaha 1984 Yz490. Going to have a few questions 👌

At the moment I am more keen at the voltage difference between red and brown wires in the headlight casing (emerging from main switch). In the ON position, they are connected but the voltage across the two is fluctuating between 4 to 12V.

Hello, I am attaching a wiring diagram of 2007 YBR 125 (fuel injection mode). I wonder if someone can help me annotating it with typical voltage readings in switched off, switched on and bike running conditions, This will not only help me in the electrical troubleshooting of my bike but shall also be helpful to all in finding electrical faults in YBR125EFI. Thanks Wiring

Thanks it was a labour of love for sure! I actually have another XJ900F lurking at the back of the garage which I’m going to restyle. When I did the first one I doubled up on some things like the wire wheel conversion, so some of the expense on project two has already been incurred. I just need to decide how far I want to go with the second one. Cheers, Shaun

Trash battery?

Well done, thats an amazing job!! really nice to see, Having restored my bikes (not recently) they do have a tendancy to becomeing WEB's !! Wallet Emptying Barstewards!! So your rebuild wasn't cheap, but money well spent. Congratulations Shaun

This machine has a very sluggish starter motor, it struggles to turn the engine. I've replaced the brushes, cleaned all the connections. Anyone know what's wrong?

Hi All Hopefully this is the right place to post this subject. I've just joined YOC having just finished a complete restyle of a 1991 XJ900F. Having worked on this, and another one I'm just starting on, it's become apparent that finding a set of low mileage, low wear barrels is almost an impossibility. Pistons too. So I have just spoken to a piston supplier here in the UK. Very helpful. They can make brand new standard bore 58L cylinder liners for around £70 per liner incl VAT. To make it viable at that cost they would need to make a minimum of 10 engine sets. Well, I shall want two. They can also fit the liners, bore and hone - I think the person I spoke to said that bit would be at no extra cost, but I'd have to check. Additionally they can make the pistons in STD and plus .5mm. They would need to make a minimum of 25 engine sets. They gave a figure of £200-250 per complete piston engine set which would include the rings. If anyone is interested please let me know: [email protected] I won't be making anything financially out of this, it's just that if people are interested then it makes manufactruring the liners and pistons more viable and therefore cheaper. Regards, Shaun

Wow that's shocking, obv he doens't need new customers.

My guy already agreed to take the bike in and swap tyres, that I bought and are in his tyre rack, and then do a pressure test. Then I'm sure I can talk him into valve clearances if that needs doing. I just have to be patient. Weather was lovely last few days. Drove it to work, morning is fine, afternoon filtering through traffic on the way back and timing the traffic lights, so I can keep going, things are not too bad. Never knew there was a thing like traffic light idling anxiety 😉

You're not daft at all, this is a super common issue when switching to LED indicators on a bike. The problem happens because your old bulbs used more power, and your bike’s flasher relay was designed for that. LEDs use way less power, so the relay isn’t getting the right load, which makes both sides blink at the same time. Some bikes also have a single dash indicator light for both sides, and with LEDs, power can bleed through and activate both. The easiest fix is to replace your flasher relay with an LED-compatible one. Just swap out the old relay for an LED-specific version, and it should work normally. If that doesn’t fix it, you might need to add load resistors to each indicator, which trick the system into thinking the old bulbs are still there. Resistors take more effort to install, so try the relay first. If your dash light still causes weirdness after that, there’s a simple diode mod that can help, but one step at a time!

Have you tried checking with the https://www.lcclub.co.uk/