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Hey lads , now that I ve the bike bought need to start looking at gear ,preferable summer gear , need advice tho ,bought a dragstar 1100 ,which is better leather or textile ,and looking for a flip face or modular helmet all advice will be heeded

Hello all, might sound stupid to a lot you out there, but i'm having trouble knowing what gear i'm in. I drive a dragstar 650 '89 (my first bike, never driven one before!), and i'm constantly trying to remember what gear i'm in. don't seem to hear it... so lots of time, i just go up to 5th, then come down to whatever i need to be in. I saw these gear indicators on the web, but that seems to be only for bikes with electronic speed indicator. Any advice? thanks

Hi Everyone my Son has just bought his first bike at the age of 20 yrs old. Me being his Dad at 45yrs old. We both did our CBT last Sunday and both have no experience. What we have both noticed that when changing up a gear we are both finding it hard to get our boots under the gear lever. So I removed the lever and moved up as little as I could, but now the lever is marking the engine. Can we buy a new lever that sticks out a little more than the original to stop it marking the engine ? Hope this makes sense to somebody. Cheers new rider Steve

Hi All Just got a YZF which i love but on the motorway the gear lever pivot bolt fell out! Not impressed had to ride back in sixth. Which is the correct bolt and how do i stop this happenning again?

hi can anyone help i have an rd 125 twin and the gear selector drum is broke does anyone know where i can get one from thanks

Im About To Buy New Sprockets Would It Be Worth Going Up From 14 Teeth To 16 On The Engine?

got 2000 R6 with 21 k on it. ive notice a few times that changing from 1 to 2nd when im just chillin it wont go in. dont get it when im givin it some,so is it me or is something startin to go on bike?

I'm new here but I just rebuilt my 77 DT400. New wiseco piston, boyeson reeds, new mikuni 34mm carb, penton ignition. my shop tells me there are a couple 'tricks' to assembling the crank case so it works properly. I have three manuals to work from...didn't see anything out of the ordinary. this is my first bike rebuild. I assembled it in neutral and now it is 'stuck' in neutral...it runs but won't go in gear. should it have been assembled with the 1st gear cogs engaged? the shift cam slid the forks okay in halves. what did I miss???? mrcbody

I'm not very good at changing all these oils, I'm just making sure that under the kick start (ON A 2 STROKE) there is a little plug sorta thing, do I put gearbox oil in there?

Hi ppl, just new on here, couple of friends said your all very helpful so i thought i would look you all up, ive got a gearbox problem " i think " on my 2002 r1 5pw, am having trouble finding gears the higher the gear and the faster i go the problem gets weirs could some one help me please . thanks ..

Hi Again Had my YBR 125 a couple of weeks now.When its warmed up changing down the gears is very tight and sometimes goes solid. Is this because its new. have done abour 300 miles. Any suggestions happily revieved. Alan

Hi guys & gals (if there are any) Wonder if any one can shed any light on this I bought my bike a month or to ago but Over the last few weeks my gears have become very stiff and hard to change, clutch is fine, chain oiled and adjusted correctly, could this be bad oil or possibly something worse? Any help greatly appreciated

I was just given a 1979 Yamaha sx 750 special and I am wanting to know how many gears and how many up and how many down. I need to check to see if it is in neutral since the back tire will not roll

Hi All, the WET battery on my 1995 Virago xv1100 has given up the ghost. Has anyone used or is using a GEL battery on the same age bike as mine? Does any body know if a GEL battery is suitable for my age bike (something about the charging rate). Regards Tony.

Having spent 4 1/2 hours riding this afternoon with only a 5 minute petrol stop my buttocks are complaining vociferously. Do any of you lot use a gel seat and if so did it make an appreciable difference to your comfort. I had to practically unfold myself to get off the bike at Race Leathers in Darwen and as I was just about to hobble into the shop for a pair of braces (waistline has expanded past the point where the pop fastener on my HG trousers can remain shut) a guy in a parked AMG Merc decided that I was the anti-Christ due to being a biker. Apparently we ALL ride like lunatics but the grey haired ones are the worst ! I had to laugh as his chosen target had taken a …

Hi All I have a Fazer 1000 and I have been looking to put white dials on it but after searching I haven`t managed to find any untill now. I am a member of a fazer site ( http://fazerowners.yuku.com/topic/29682 ) and go under the name of MDCLSC as I was saying I have found a company who will make the sets up but I need to have 20 orders so that there will be at good cheap price if you follow the link below you will see what there look like on I have asked the company if there could put the word Fazer instead of the FZ as the logo and yes will do that if thats what people want also there will put KPH in large on the outer in blue and …

So, as I've mentioned in my intro I'm looking to grab me a 125 Dragstar soon as I have enough money for it, insurance and a helmet and the CBT. Just wandered if there is any advice people might give on this? I'll give a little explanation. I've a good idea of the basics of how to ride a bike but I guess experience is always the way forward. I'm looking for anyone/everyone's two cents on how to go about getting my CBT, is my choice of bike appropriate, how easy it is to go through the tests etc (in terms of best time frame to do it in) Been driving a car 4 years, no problems, quite comfortable. Kart racing since I was 9 and had a 50cc rev and go Italjet dirt bike…

Im in need of a needle valve seat for my carb but a few places want 50 for it how ever i ve found a float valve kit on yambits g For a lot cheaper id get the needle that conecta yhe to the float and the thing the needle goes into also a o ring my question is are theaae the same thing Sent from my GT-S5360 using Tapatalk 2

Hi Im Jordan , been on here a few months now ! but still fairly new to biking ..... and sad to say it had my fair share of problems ! I've done allot of work myself and after a whole lot of time , money and graft its finally running ( and road legal ) ! However, I think its firing too early , there's a weird noise coming from the engine ( almost like a rattling noise ) this happens stationary and in neutral so im sure its not chain or gear box etc .... also the performance is piss poor ! Its struggles on the slightest of hills ! Iv finally made the decision to give her over to a mechanic to do a service/tune and to try and sort out the "pre-firing". I am new to th…

I wondered if anyone else had been having problems with the generator cover on the XV950. I have two problems: 1. It is plastic and the slightest touch by my boot rubs off the paint! 2. It is plastic and the heat / cold has warped it out of shape! Anyone else had similar trouble? I have bought a new one for £28 and will put some clear plastic on it to protect the paint - but that won't stop the warping! Is there an after market aluminium one out there? Thanks Mike