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  1. Started by mailee,

    Well I passed the MOD 2 today! I ended up with 7 minors mainly for being slow on the country roads and hesitation but it is still a pass and my freedom, whoo hoo! Now to get the bike insured and taxed and get on with it.

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  2. Started by Taffman92,

    not sure why but I cant seem to upload any pics, I get , step 1 upload media, and thats it. any ideas??

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  3. Started by iandouglas,

    great day doing very little, well ticked a couple of items off the to do list, wife away on a day out with her college mates,neighbours all seem to be awol - me and the dog just them buzzy little planes....

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  4. Started by mark 88,

    hi all not so long ago i rebuilt an xt 550 with the hope of passing my test and hitting the road with it. the snag was me and my lass got our first place together, and by god you learn the true meaning of money. and as i cant afford the lessons i already have a cbt i was thinking of restricting the bike down to 33 bhp. can any one give me any advice as how to go about this particularly how much the insurance would be i can imagine it would be pretty steep. thanks very much

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  5. Started by Stressed myke,

    Hi all, I'm trying to locate a clutch basket for what I believe to be a 1974 DT 175 trail. I'm restoring this bike and on stripping the engine down I found the basket seriously damaged. I know I can get a complete unit from the States as a last resort. But are there any other years that will fit?? If they need machining etc that will be fine as my sons are engineers and welder fabricators. Hope someone can help. Myke.

  6. Started by Cynic,

    Rebuilding the dt has been frustrating in many ways this time but the engine is sweet now. I have never felt it stronger. So strong in fact that the kin kick start bust this morning. Not fair. Compression too to bump it as well. Needed 4th to turn over and i cant run that fast ha ha. Bugger!

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  7. Started by iandouglas,

    This is a bit vague but in the last few years and increasingly so I've noticed more of an aggressive attitude from punters/customer if they don't get what they want OK I'm possibly a special case to some extent because I work in a planning department and cut backs have meant charging for all sorts of stuff that was previously fee but that aside I can't recall developers, designers, individuals ever being so disagreeable and refusing to take 'no' for an answer, quickly resorting to complaining do you think things are changing for the worse in this recession type climate or is it just me? even think more stress, frustration and irritability now evident on the ro…

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  8. Started by mike1949,

    This is where I would normally say "Good night all" But I won't, because MOD Steve "Foamy" will only say, "You've already done this before" So to Steve, Golf, Oscar, Oscar, Delta, November, India, Golf, Hotel, Tango.

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  9. Started by DirtyDT,

    Well. A few years have past since the historic D day landings on 6th June 1944. I just wanted to say "Lest we forget". I have been to the landing beaches in Normandy and it is hard to imagine the horror these guys went through to keep us free. Bless them all.

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  10. Started by woodburnyq50,

    Well am just a tyre away from been road legal and my question is would it be illegal or legal to listen to music via earphones while riding? Both by law and in the way of been distracted not been able to hear surroundings

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  11. Started by Cynic,

    Just a quick question. Trying to narrow my search down a little. Looking for a clutch master cyl that will match the fr brake on the Tdr. Something 88 to 90. Google is too vague just gives more search engines and options. So thought id try old fasioned experience. You all know the look. Black with built in square resivoir and black lever. Any ideas welcome...

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  12. Started by iandouglas,

    :icon_sad: took the dog out this evening, just had overalls on as i'd been doing some house repairs dog sees cat, violently flies off, lead caught in my hand drags me with her, i lose balance on crashing into an open wheelie bin would have been ok i suppose but all sorts of sharp stuff sticking out of the top of the bin with the lid folded back, got this knife like would, wife says get it stitched but that means hours in a & e so i'll just take pain killers and get sleepy that's why i'm bothering you lot so late so loads of bike riding this week end - no problems, take the dog out and get a nasty deep cut... ...

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  13. Started by Alexengongong,

    Just thought i'd let you chaps (and of course ladies) know yesterday i bought a rather splendid SV650 k5 oh my god it is brilliant!

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  14. Started by Garth Ellis,

    Got the mod 2 on Monday, anyone got some good advice? :-)

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  15. Started by jimmy,

    Just sitting watching it on ITV4. Camera on Michael Dunlop and the commentator says 'Using all of the road and then some'. Yea that was my problem the last time I ended up in a ditch

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  16. Started by mike1949,

    When I finished work this morning I went for a ride and ended up in a village only five miles from where I live, called in the village shop which I'd never been to in my life. I might be wrong but it looks like a local village shop run by the locals, it's in an old church. Although I have never been there before the lady couldn't have been more helpful, when I asked if she sold sandwiches she said no, but I will make you one, and when I asked if she sold hot coffee she said no, but I will make you one. How nice is that? The amazing thing though is that it is so quiet and serene there, but only half a mile away is the M4 Motorway.

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  17. Started by slice,

    Ok I just got back from the MOT shop after my second attempt at getting the Maxim road legal, it PASSED thank God so now it is off with it's new owner, that left me with a bit of a gap in the garage which was just calling out for another winter 2013 project, got talking to the owner of the shop and he said he had a Suzuki 400 bandit in the back that had been abandoned by it's owner 2 years ago, been sat there waiting for him to come back and pay what it owes for work done, long story short I now have 2 of them for £110 inc delivery , seems that the original owner had bought a second one for spare parts that the shop could use to get the original one running. Not in the b…

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  18. Started by Tommy xs,

    Happy Birthday Bippo hope you got something nice! big one next year isn't it ?

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  19. Started by jimmy,

    Happy Birfday Mervin, 54 today

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  20. Started by mucker1983,

    Well today i fitted some original rear indicators as one was broken by the previous owner. Not a bad job although had to rewire them as the ones fitted were wired up badly. Also bought the bike some pressies some two stroke, some chain lube and bike cleaner.

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