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Someone please help in a rush this morning i filled my bike with £4 worth of diesel so to be acurate i can fill my bike with nearly £14 so filling up £4 of diesel then £6 of unleaded meanin there was approx £3 of unleaded in the tank already... I feel its right to drain the tank now but a guy who knows a thing or two about bikes has said it should be ok. Help is much required and appreciated... When i smell the tank i cant smell diesel just petrol.
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Well guys after taking and passing my CBT I have had a couple of lessons on the 500cc machine now and found it easier than I had expected. Being a bit of a lightweight myself (7 1/2 stone wet through) i was a bit worried about man handling the machine but it was surprisingly light and the seat was low enough for me to touch the floor with both feet. I was also a little concerned about how sensitive the throttle would be with being a more powerful machine but needn't have worried as it was pretty docile. The last bikes I rode were British ones back in the seventies which were mostly gutless and I was fearing the worst. Did a few slow manoeuvres and practice stopping and se…
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hi guys. I'm looking for a bit of info i'm looking to buy a second hand diversion xj900 so brings me to my questions what to pay and how many km's is to much
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hi all i work next to a T-shirt printing factory and was wondering if anyone wanted a t-shirt with the YOC logo and there screen name ? im open to ideas on T-shirt design but i was thinking something like the YOC logo on the back and sleeves (like the patch) with peoples screen names across the shoulder blades? not sure on price il have to get a quote
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Hey everyone. As I am sure you are aware you can already order YOC the-shirts customised with your name and slogan, well brace yourselves... We can now order mugs, pens, post-it notes, memo-pads, hoodies, hats, mousemats, coasters and soon possibly lingerie. Enquire within, stick your BIC pens where the monkey sticks his peanuts and order yourself a YOC pen instead, you'd look badass rocking up to the office with a YOC pen wedged behind your ear, your female coworkers will be drooling with desire and your male coworkers will feel inferior as you take a windswept slow-motion walk up to your desk. Want to look like a badass biker in your car aswell? Why not orde…
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Hi. This is my first post, I tried to put this in WANTED but I cannot start a thread in that section? Im looking for a workshop[ manual for my XT200 (1982) which i have just bought to fix up. Can any point in the right direction to get started.. Thanks Bryan Adelaide South Australia
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The teacher was telling the kids about the birds and the bees and she explained that when a man and a woman meet and fall in love, nine months later the stork usually brings them a little baby from its nest. Little Gemma at the back of the class put her hand up and asks the teacher, are you sure about the stork, miss? I think you're getting your birds mixed up 'cos my big sister just got a little baby and she said it was from a shag at the beach..!!!
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some cool ideas http://siriuslymeg.tumblr.com/post/33738057928/99-life-hacks-to-make-your-life-easier
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hey guys, I got some used carbs and they worked fine for a while than I discovered the Ethanol based fuels is destroyed the brass jets and needles in less than a year Any idea of any up to date carbs or after market carbs that I could buy to replace these with? 43mm outside measurement to connect to the manifold bushings. Ethanol is a bane to older bike carbs, fuel tanks lines and petcocks. It also causing water inmy fuel tank and rust. Is there any type of fuel conditoner I could buy to solve this problem? Still stationed in the Philippines so limited on what is available.
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I just got an email from Dave, Free shipping until 5 pm tomorrow evening( friday 19th oct ) so get in there with your orders quick lads
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Hi you, Im going to Holland from Hull, (P&O ferry) any info on bike tie-down on board, do I need my own ratchet straps ? ease of boarding ? any info Id be grateful, thanks
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Haha.. http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=e43_1348280333
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is there some sort of method to allow me to post a wanted advert in the wanted section? i just cant make a new topic there..
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2 nights running i have had to restore P.C. after clicking a banner on here, Its a banner saying " join the y.o.c,dont leave, any body seen this ? it closes all web pages, then a page with warning files need attention, asking a fee, $ to run system,
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Hi everyone Dusted the cobwebs off my 893 Fireblade yesterday for the first time in months, started it up and noticed the cooling fan wasnt kicking in and the temperature gauge would go right into the red, i have checked the fuse and that is fine but is there anything else likely to be causing this? next logical step would be to manually short out the thermostat and see if the fan will run, then maybe change the thermostat assuming all is ok with the fan any other ideas? its a bit different to the trusty thrusty DT... most things on that could be fixed with bodge tap and bootlaces...
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Salutary tale for FZ6S2 owners- my bike failed to start on its third birthday while it was in the garage having the radiator fan checked, The mechanic was attempting to use the engineers codes to get the radaitor fan to run but the bike wouldnt even start let alone let him into the back door. He unplugged the ECU from the loom and found that at least four of the ECU pins stayed in the loom plug and there was obvious signs of corrosion inside the plug. Dont know if you are familiar with the ECU position- I wasnt - Under the tank behind the air box but exposed to a hole to the back mudguard area where the top end of the rear suspension unit is- should be fair…
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Hi peeps having hell of a job finding some insurance quotes, looking to buy a Dodge ram B250, its a van body but listed on the V5 as a motor camper, have tried go compare and all that pish but they dont list a ram and wont recognize the number plate (its a us import btw), so where is the best place to find insurance for this vehicle?
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I found these Photo's interesting ,So thought i'd share them..NJoy http://www.theatlantic.com/infocus/pages/ww2/
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