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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/

I'm not normally a 'name & shame' person, but that's terrible! And I'm not sure on our rules for that either... So probably better not to. But the point is, it doesn't matter how many people have 'had a go' with it, it's work, and if he can fix it, it just shows his skills. What I'm reading out of that is: "I'm not a proper mechanic, am crap at diagnostics and can only swap out parts hoping the problem will go away." (which is partly what you've been doing, but he's supposed to be the professional!).

F*ck no, it gets worse. So my one-man-band guy in his garage is pretty swamped at the moment so he said try this other shop, a bit further away, and tell them I sent you. They have a bigger shop, more staff, and they are pretty good. Soooooo, I contact them, told them the bike's life story up until now and what we replaced and tried to achieve. Guy says ..... I'm not going to fix someone else's problems only for you not to return ...... so you can F8ck off. (not in those same words but you get the gist 😱) I am seldom lost for words but .......... back to my guy I guess but it won't be quick.

Welcome back for your 2nd post! lol Make? Model? Colour? They will all help in spotting it. With a quick bit of research: Make: Yamaha Model: RD350 Colour: Yellow Is all that correct? It appears to be Taxed, but there's apparently been no MOT on it since 13/07/13...

Hi Everyone, it's been ages since I posted anything. I am looking for my old bike. It was fully refurbished in 2019 or the first year of Covid. I had to sell it, but I would love to own it again. The REG is NME361R. If anyone knows where this bike is or who owns it can you please them to get in touch with me. Cheers, Keith. I have tried to add a photo but can't ?? Any suggestions.

A vain hope, but did you get this sorted in the end Red?

Any news on this issue CWizz? We get a lot of 'one posters' in here, but very few of them actually become members to do this! lol Did you get them working?

Or a not so subtle one... I'm also not loving the delineation between threads in the various topics. I'm not even certain what it is I don't like about it... Maybe that it's just a single line and therefor looks it's a sequence of posts rather than separate threads.

Ahhh yes I see the pin now!!! didn't spot it!! makes sense, that its the first post AFTER the pinned posts....As an alternative possible solution? maybe the pinned posts could have a subtle coloured background panel as a visible indicator. something like that? ...just a suggestion.

Hi @NE0 thanks for pointing out. The issue here is that the pinned posts will always stay on top. However I'm pretty confident those pinned posts were unpinned a long time back. I'm guessing v5 may handle them differently. Will go through and unpin where neccessary.

Well, as some of you may have noticed, there have been one or two slight, minor, hardly noticeable changes to the Forums... Nope hadn't noticed any changes!🤣🤣 Here's one for you Alex, having just posted , if you go to the Bar, and sort into Recently Updated, then this topic should be at the top of the page...but it's not! 😆 ..and its not just restricted to the bar.... I've replied to the topic from Dutch and again its not sorting with the most recent post at the Top.

Thought that was going to be a happy ending!! 🤣

Well good news, applied the latest patch from support and the remaining issues I'm aware of appear fixed. Please let me know if there is anything else you spot. Well this will teach me to upgrade a bit too early. Sorry for all the issues everyone.

Well, as some of you may have noticed, there have been one or two slight, minor, hardly noticeable changes to the Forums... I'm sorry, I'm English, sometimes we don't realise that Sarcasm Mode is engaged! So, long and short of it, I blame Alex, he broke it!!! lol No seriously, there's been an upgrade to Invision v5, and it obviously hasn't gone as smoothly as possible. I got this message from Alex last night: Hi Paul, Hope all is well. I've seen your comments on the board but can't respond! The upgrade to v5 of the forum software has been a disaster. It was fully tested in the same environment, applications etc. I also waited for two revisions after the v5 went live to ensure we didn't have this issue. All testing went perfectly. However on rollout and after migrating the databases, I discovered there's an issue with certain member groups breaking the WYSIWYG editor. I'm in one of those groups. Invision have a ticket on this and they've discovered it's a remnant from v2 of Invision in how the member groups are allocated. They have a fix coming but we just have to wait. They gave me some solutions to try I could do manually but none of them worked. An absolute pain in the ass. Alex So, for those of you wondering, it's being worked on and hopefully things should be fixed soon!

It's always nice when you don't have any spares! :D

Right then, I now know why a bike shop doesn't want to put a 4-barra carb back on a bike. I literally had to stop a few times and walk away to prevent things flying through the garage or breaking something on the carb or bike. I wish I could light a fag or something but gave that up 5 years ago. Enough frustration to start again tho. Putting the throttle cables back on for a start, keeping various vacuum hoses connected and where they are supposed to go, and then the 'piece de resistence' lifting the rear subframe back in place while trying to fit the air box boots on the back of the carbs. My paws are way to big to fit in all those nooks and crannies to make everything go back to where it is supposed to be. BUT, I got there in the end, didn't break anything and haven't got any bolts or nuts left. BUT you wanna know the punch line from this saga ........ took it for a test drive. I does run like a sewing machine and smoother than it did before ...... came back and parked it in the garage and left It running on idle ....... SPLUTTER, PFFFT, SPLUTTER PPPPPFT, SPLUTTER, BANG, PFFFT ... 🤮 Still got the bloody missfire on 2 Valve clearances next I guess. 😪

I used to be older than I looked, but then I got fat and bald! rofl

Where as.....I'm older than I look!!😂

Don't be so sure, I'm older than I sound! 😛 lol

First bike .............. tsk, tsk, tsk 🤣 you were still in diapers when I ....... nevermind. 😂

If you're only just figuring that out, this must be your first bike (not counting anything back in the 70s/80s)... It's not the bike, it's not even the insurance, it's the damn ancillaries! lol Helmet, Jacket, Trousers, Gloves, Boots. Then you need a lock & chain... Then you need a lighter security option... Then you need a different lighter security option because the first one turned out to be crap... Then the Summer comes round and those nice Trousers & Jacket are way too hot, so you need a lighter set... Then you've forgotten your big Gauntlets and need a lighter pair... THEN, you start doing little bits & bobs to your bike and decide you need a paddock stand... Then you realise you need a FRONT paddock stand... Then, if you don't already have them, basic tools... Then more specific tools... Then expensive tools... Then your basic tools are too basic and you want a better set... THEN, your Helmet times out and you need another one... THEN, you get another bike, and your gear is the wrong colour and it all starts again..!!!

update Dr. carburetor said it needed diaphragms, float valves, gaskets, miscellaneous parts & labour. Sooooo it's safe to assume they were pretty fucked. Now all done and ready to collect £270 quid.😱 This is becoming an expensive hobby.