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Just been checking over the latest purchase Came across this label attached to the frame adjacent to the headstock, anyone know what it means? No mention of it in the owners manual.

anyone seen this? http://www.motorcyclenews.com/news/2010/june/jun1010-mirror-columnist-is-a-knob/ I think maybe he has a point but it ignores the fun/adiction of motorcycling

I'm not usually accident prone but earlier in the week while helping my eldest with some diy I did two things that have kept me off my bike during the really nice riding weather we have had. First while collecting some aqua panel from our local diy store one of the sheets slipped and landed on my foot, nothing broken but some very bad bruising that had me hobiling along like cripple and there was no way I could get my bike boots on, then that evening while shutting the tail gate on my van I got distracted by someone just at the wrong moment and managed to smash my head with the door again nothing broken by a nasty gash and some more bruising, by the time I can put my hel…

Hello all, can anyone confirm exactly how many clutch friction plates should be present in a euro spec 1982 DT80MX.... 3 or 4

Hi All I would love to put springer style seating on my Midnight star (XVS950a) but need to keep two seats as I regularly carry passengers. Does anyone know if you can put a springer style seat on the rear? If so, how? Cheers Marc

Does anybody have any tips on how to stop the bike cutting out on tickover. The carbs have been rebuilt,fueling checked and the tickover speed altered, now at 1600rpm. It still cuts out after riding and then stopping at lights and is difficult to start again.

Just a wondering where you folk get your fastners from these days. Bought some for the DT off the interweb but they have disappeared now. It was a generic 'dip' box of mixed stuff for 30 odd quid. Now run out. Some of the stuff on the top end of the tdr, esp the stuff between the cyl has got a bit 'rural' looking. Couple took the usual 'imagination' to remove. So any pointers for some allen headed stainless stuff. ta

I got this app probably a year ago, I never use it because it is so badly designed and a nightmare to navigate. It doesn't let you access the forum or area you want. It just displays random posts from random sub forums. It also has other sites which I have no interest in at all and won't let me delete them. What a load of crap.

Hello all. I'm after a 'cheap' (sub £50) Summer jacket. I have Armour with my current jacket so just looking for something lightweight and breezy, with fairly decent protection for my commute to work. Maybe I'm asking for the impossible with this budget, but after my CBT in March, I went out and bought a load of winter kit, so now I'm bloody roasting Not sure if I can link (think I can!) but something like "Gearx Aircon Summer Motorcycle Jacket Waterproof CE Protection All sizes" for around £50 seems a good deal, but is it to good to be true? Any ideas would be most welcome!

This just came up for sale around here. Would look good in the collection.

Sorry but I'm really pis**d off, with Yamaha's, I bought this Thundercat (1999 model) in what appeared to be in very good all round condition, 13,300 miles from an N. Ireland dealer, it's the only 2nd Yamaha I've owned in 50+ years of biking, went out on the second ride and the nearside oil seal blew, and it has never happend with the Honda's or Kawasaki's I've had. I stripped it down and the garage fitted new original Yamaha oil seals both sides, great, went out again for a run and on the second time, it blew again. So not best pleased especially as the mechanic said it could be the fork bushes this time, and those could have been done first time.. methinks al…

Hello everyone, new to posting this forum thing, so if I'm posting in a wrong section or whatever let me know but I've been reading stuff on here to help with my bike for a while now so thought I'd get involved! My 99 dtr recently had a top end done (like 220 miles ago) got it back did about 50 miles, and sent it straight back to the garage, as it was like as if it was running on choke, flooding itself and dying etc -,- anyway got it back and it's been fine since. Done like another 150 miles, and noticed this past week or so it's been overheating like hell, doesn't go into the red, but scarily close. And my little tank at the back has bubbled and sucked all my coolant …

So this is why compression is Low 90 psi, interesting how wear is on exhaust port side, Piston has welded to the rings anybody else had this happen, Obviosly going for rebore and piston kit etc.6500miles apparently that is about the time for first rebore according to Local Yam centre

My 1991 Pre diversion XJ600 now runs well, after sorting out the carbs, ignition and exhaust problems - see elsewhere for details - and as I was starting to use it, the one remaining bugbear was that gear selection was very clonky into first, tended to drag with the clutch pulled in and the bike in gear, and last but not least - when the bike was fully warmed up it was next to impossible to select Neutral from either first or second when at a standstill - eg in a traffic queue or waiting at the lights. As I said at the time - "The clutch works OK, but drags enough to make selecting neutral on a hot engine very difficult. I should probably just change the oil, bu…

My YBR Custom 125 is just under 19k old, and over the last 800 miles or so I've noticed the gearbox go from relatively smooth to a clunk that radiates through the entire bike. I know older bikes get clunky and rattle a bit more, but this clunk is almost violent in comparison to how it used to be. Should I be worried? I'm going to try adjusting my clutch cable since the bite zone is almost at the end of the throw. The engine is relatively well looked after, serviced regularly and not really ragged more than any other bike.

When my auldest boy turned 16 we got him a reiju 50 (minarelli engine same as Yam use, so on topic) and at 22 he is still riding. Unfortunately he cannot put a nut in a monkeys mouth because I have done all the maintenance / repairs on the 3 bikes he has owned. My youngest will turn 14 in the summer and I'm thinking of picking up an auld DT 50 (or similar). That way he can help me restore it in time for his 16th and in doing so, pick up a bit of tinkering knowledge. I assume parts are easy to come by, and there would be no rush. Thoughts anyone???

Afternoon chaps and chapettes, quick query. Went to get fork seals replaced at the weekend and came across a 2005 1100 Dragstar with under 15,000 on the clock. Bloke has it up for four and a half grand, but may take 3 if I p/x the xvs125. What do you think, worth investigating further?

Anyone know of a good place to buy tyres online? The place I usually go seems content to sell me shite tyres for the same cost as anything else you can fine. Front tyre is looking a bit sorry for itself and down to only 2mm

Hi guys I've got myself 125 2002 virago and been advised to get it in for a full service , anyone know how much this would cost, assuming its a good idea to use a main Yamaha dealer ,

Hello dear members, I'm busy with the restoration of a Yamaha YA6 125cc 2 stroke autolube from '64. After changing some bearing, o-rings, gaskets and seals the engine is almost done now. Only thing left to do is putting new transmission oil in and start her up. The problem is, I can't find the right amount of oil and wich is best to use. Greetings, Lars