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My son decided to get himself an offroader..450 with FMF pipe..sounds the business. Thought my XT had power until I rode this thing.

Hey everyone, Just bought a new to me 1980 Yamaha DT175. The bike is in mint condition and only has 600 original miles on it. The tac and speedo are in miles not sure if this is originally an American bike or if they all came that way, I live in Canada. Anyway, it runs really well and I have already taken it deep into the mountains, put about 50 miles on it and have no worries about the reliability of this thing. I am having an issue with the top speed. Guys on the internet are saying it should run at 120kph and mine tops out at around 50mph, roughly 80kph? It pulls pretty hard and idles well, but always struggles to get past 7000RPM. It will rev up 10,000rpm in …

hi guys recently brought Yamaha mt 03 2 months ago, going sweet until I change the engine oil and oil filter, I follow YouTube vids right and I over filled it, then immediately drained some back out, was good til I checked next day was below so topped it up and was spot on, then the engine was cutting out occasionally when I give it a little bit of Rev only in neutral and first, then the engine management light kept coming on and going off, it got worse gradually after 2 weeks after changed oil, i thought might be carb dirty, so put some red ex carb adhesive cleaner in, during my ride today I had to stop because engine management light was on too frequent so I checked the…

well thats it the virago has gone and a triumph trident (1994) has replaced it. please forgive me fellow forum members hope you still allow me to frequent this awesome(grovel) site Dave

Peeps, the sh*t has hit the proverbial fan... ive been looking everywhere for the title and paperwork i had for project FUCR (Yamaha LB80 chappy) when i bought it over in 'murica... Its due to arrive on our shores mid December, and i will have to register it within 2 weeks to avoid being fined, but without the title i am well and truly up sh*t creek, will i still be able to register it without the title? im assuming i will need a dating certificate or something.

Hi all I am still having trouble with my 1977 XS250 starting. The bike is a standard 250 with matching engine and frame numbers but has 400 barrels and head, the carbs are standard 250. First of all I was convinced it was the carbs but after exhaustive work on them and speaking to other people I am now not so sure. My last efforts were to remove the starter motor and have it checked, that was ok. Then someone who used to own one and had done the same 400 top end swap suggested changing the condenser(s). I done this Saturday and still no joy. Any theories would be welcome as I am running out of ideas.

HI y'all, I have enjoyed 500 miles on my xj600 this year but decided that I want to make a few mods, so it is time to pull her apart and make some changes over winter.... I have looked on xjrider.com and a lot of the diversion owners are swapping for fzr front ends and swing arms, so I am looking to do the same to the earlier model... was wondering whether anyone with a 3HE would mind taking a few measurements and letting me know. Prior to having an ebay buying session, I would like to get an idea of what I am likely to have to chop and change..... I really only wanted distance between centres of the forks at the top, overall open length of forks, distance between fork…

Anyone know of anyone making fibreglass fuel tanks in the UK ??

I've got the cylinder if and was very pleased by it's condition, you can still see the factory hone lines, however, one area at the read (intake side) of the cylinder has some very lite score lines, you can't feel them when you run your nail over them, so as far as I can tell I could get away with a cylinder hone, but I want to be 100% sure so I thought I'd ask others, below are two links to pictures of the cylinder.

Hello. I'm Will, just bought my first bike . DT 125LC. It's a French import 1987. I'm a complete beginner!! Everything seems ok with the bike so far I haven't got a helmet yet so have only been able to spin in round the block. Any advise in getting started would be greatly appreciated.

Spotted this today , http://www.gumtree.ie/a-motorbikes-scooters/dublin/96-yamaha-fzr-250/1001594074120910319292009 ,. I sent the dude an email asking was it the original Yamaha powerband . If he replies I'll post it up , LOL

Hi everyone hope your all well. I am working on an old Yamaha and will need some parts, and was hoping I could get some links from anyone looking at this forum. Thanks.

I have an XVS 125 Dragstar which blew it's piston and rings at the beginning of December, replaced the piston and rings with brand new ones, but I have no compression on the front cylinder (this is the one that blew). Help!!!!!! I'm one step away from torching the sodding thing!

On my 2013 xvs1300 tonight, at traffic lights and bike just stopped. Tried to start but won't turn over or bump start. checked the following:- fuel, OK. Kill switch, run. Neutral, yes. Side stand, up. Battery, fully charged. and it's a bloody heavy thing to push. any ideas why it won't turn over or start? regards Alan Update any ideas. went out to bike after about 3hrs and it started on problem, as if nothing was wrong. Totally confused. has anybody got any ideas as to why the bike stopped, electrics all OK. Then started after about 3hrs?

Took the FZ to the dyno today to see if any mods i have done were any good. best run was 60.09hp which is 5hp over stock. Without changing the carbs thats as much as the racers get, so i'm well chuffed interesting that the operator said I could go down a jet size or try and weaken the lower end. the bottom graph is the fuelling and the median line is what we're aiming for. theres a couple of flat lines there where it so rich the dyno can't measure it. I also have a dip in the 5.5k rpm which is about 10 hp worth there. which is where it is rich. the rev counter reads 500 rpm under but as the main gains are around 9 - 9.5 I suppose its not much poin…

On the 3rd some dopey sod managed to rear end me at a roundabout and royally fucked up the rear of my bike, but my main issue here is that to repair it I need a new tail lamp (along with other parts) and since the YBR custom is a rather hard bike to find parts for I can't find a rear tail lamp, or even a rear tail lamp cover. Does anybody have one going? (would have put this in the wanted section, but I was re-directed to a dead page)

Right, my engine has had low compression (AGAIN). Took it apart expecting to see another scored cylinder, but the cylinder is perfectly fine. I'm very confused at this point. So I decided to have a close look at the valves, visually they seem to be ok, but I've noticed on the valve seat where it meets the valve is covered in soot and general muck, shouldn't the mating surface be clean? I'm utterly stumped, the bore looks good, the valves look good, no signs of compression leaking past the head gasket. I'm utterly lost.

I'm sure its been discussed a million times on here but it looks like today's blast around West Kernow was my last for 2016. Work is taking me further away from home and the boss has kindly given me a car on loan for the winter. Road tax is running out as well so may as well call it a day. Tank full/Empty? Battery on trickle charge ? Others?

So I'm looking at replacing my headlight for a matt black after market one and really like the look for the grilled ones, can anyone shed any light ( sorry couldn't resist) on its legality for use on uk roads

Hic!# Happy new year everyone