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Hiya peeps. in relation to my previous thread where i asked about the reliability/rideability of the FJ1200, i have started looking elsewhere, my only apprehension about the FJ is that its only got a 5 speed box, last thing i rode that had a 5 speed box was the DT and that felt like it really needed a 6th gear. so, i have set myself a criteria, and am now looking for a bike which can meet it for when its time to let the XJ go. 1: Must be able to buy one for under £1000 2: Must be able to do 300+ miles in comfort 3: Must be capable of cruising at 90-100mph 4: must have a 6 speed box would be nice if i could find a yamaha aswell, all my bikes so far have been…

I joined the Triumph forum back in July, but there is no sense of community there, just a bunch of one timers posting and not contributing to anything. You guys need to buy Triumphs and help me out. Get on it!

Name is Ross. I like steel... machining, forging, welding, shaping, etc. 1st bike: ’79 Yam 650 twin (30 years ago) Current bike: ’07 Yam V*1300 Raven (with a mod or two) Father of 4. My youngest daughter (17y/o) is into Steam Punk Bobbers (google ‘em) and keeps me busy fabricating add-ons & modifying small cc metric cruisers… makes for a lot of quality father/daughter time, except she’s learning words she shouldn’t and scaring the boys away. We’ve got six inches of snow and it’s damn cold, which probably explains why I’m here half way through my second pint texting strangers. Everyone have a good day… solute.

Met these character"s at Squires 2010 , any one kno them

Hi all, past my test on Saturday 29th-May-10 (that's another post & 1 hell of a horror story with a happy ending)& I've been a bit forgetfull/lazy about getting a cover, I did start out by looking on the internet a lot & phoning companies but I nerver received a straight answer! It seemed they were only interested if I was buying something rather than pointing me in the right direction, I even asked one company if a certain cover would fit my XVS 250cc Yamaha Dragster & all I got was "I don't know", even when I told him how long & high the bike is!!! I seem to coma across Oxford a lot & two types 'Rainex' & 'Stormex', it seems to me that…

Hi everyone. Im new to the forum and to riding. Passed my test at the end of August and have an XJ600 Divvy, which I ride everywhere and love. It has a couple of little niggles, one of which being it does not idle very well, and another being it looses power at low revs. Can anyone shed any light on possible causes please? Thank you.

I think theres a few hgv drivers on here so i figured i would post this. Hgv drivers are to be given an extra hour for the next 4 days starting Sunday. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-11917444

I'm on a YBR125 at the moment, probably going to do my test around february time... soon as that's done i'd like to get a bike that actually goes! don't get me wrong, the YBR is pretty awesome as a learner, but as soon as you get on anything fast... not a chance. So what do you guys reckon I should look at? I'm 19 now so I'll be restricted to 33bhp - not much but 3x the power I'm running at the moment! So I'm thinking a 500 twin or something that'll restrict well but still have plenty of grunt ive been looking at the kawasaki gpz500 and honda cb500s (sacrilege! not a yamaha )... and im 6'2" and around 80kg, so I don't reall wanna be too cramped! Cheers …

hey peeps has anyone ever been from the UK to NI?, im wanting to go over there for a weekend next year but what is the cheapest way to get over to Belfast on a motorcycle? cheers peeps -Steve

If like myself you view the forums on a "i" device then you will know most forums aren't native to iPhone unlike the YOC so I'm sure many of you would want to avoid using the IPboard app (advertised on the YOC) so what may help you is to create your own "app" so first what you should do is: 1.open safari 2.load YOC (if you just type in yamahaclub into the navigation bar it will add in the www. And the .com for you) 3.in the bottom navigation bar there will be 5 icons tap the middle and a menu should appear then click add to homescreen. 4.now to check the if the link works just tap the icon and presto your away If your unaware this also saves Internet usag…

Question for you electrical Dudes ! I have a "Tricklemate" battery charger for one of me bikes. The wife's cage battery could do with a charge. Will i wreck my bike charger if i try to charge her car battery with it ? ? ? Its an old charger so i dont really mind but would rather not damage it.

hi new on here ,just wondered if anyone had any idea if the above bike has the same carb as the xv/virago or any info on jets etc.the bike uses the same engine v2 as the xv and i believe the carb is a mikuni any help appreciated.thanks

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Hello. This bike has had a slide at some point and had it's fairings removed and a headlight conversion. As you can see, the instrument cluster still looks like it needs to be inside a fairing, but (I think) the naked look is great otherwise. I need help: Can the cluster be swapped out for one more befitting a naked bike? What other options are there without adding any screens? Help!

As some of you may know I tried fruitlessly to send a large tent to Haiti after watching some harrowing footage on the tv news, it turns out the tent cant be sent there, so instead I'd like to raise some money for an organisation called http://www.shelterbox.org/, they are based in Cornwall England and are involved in the relief effort in Haiti as well as many other areas of major disaster around the world. At the end of the fundraiser one person will be drawn out of the hat and I will send the tent to them, or I can send it on to 'a group' of their choosing (please visit the link below), so for every £2 you donate you have a better chance of becoming the 'patron…

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Haha mental note to self, dont ride bikes in Scotland. The back wheel only wants to do tricks haha

Yes I know its not a yamaha but i have just had my Kh400 triple re-painted , has the previous set started to get under the tank neck and lift the paint well pleased. My link

Hi all, Bit of a random little question really. I have recently completed my CBT and (when funds allow) am going going to take my theory test. Now I dont particularly want to spend £600 on a 4 day course to complete my bike liscence. With the Module 1, there are plenty of videos posted on YouTube including ones from the DSA, would you think (with a bit of background research) it would be possible to practice these by yourself and take the Module with no training on my Yamaha SR 125? Also, its the same question for Module 2. What manouvres are involved like the car test? I know of the U-turn (although isnt this in Module 1?). I have been riding for 3 years (albeit…

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