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Hi, Just thought that I would give this a go, just joined the owners club on the advice of a good mate of mine who said that someone could help on here. I'm currently referbing my XVS 650 and working on the back end. I've removed the rear mudguard ok and am trying to take the rear wheel assembly off. Undone all the relevant nuts and bolts as per the haynes bible but then I hit the problem.... the back wheel does not slide out. It is though the splined drive shaft is stuck in the engine end (there is a bit of backlash, between a quarter and half an inch) Please can anybody help?

Hi there, I have just bought a Yamaha DT 80 LC for my 12 year old. I want to rebuild the engine and was wondering if there are any big bore kits on the market? How much extra power is available if you fettle the motor?

evenin all, ok started working on bike today properly stated with front brake n now master cylinder gone gutted . been to shop n can get a kit to fix which aint bad , bike wont start but think may be battery as charging all time may try bump start tomoz . any way fitted k+n other day n noticed another pipe from carb going to air filter maybe breather shall i put a filter on this or just leave?

Just for the craic ! What made you become a biker ? And why after all the years do you still love it ?

Hey, I replaced the clutch disks on my 1978 DT125E today and now the clutch doesnt seem to work at all. I can put the bike in any gear when not running with the clutch in but when I release the clutch lever I can still roll the bike around as if the clutch is constantly engaged. I have yet to add oil to the crank case just in case the cover has to come off again. what could be wrong with my bike? I have been restoring this bike to working condition for months as my high school senior project and this is just puzzling, at first the clutch was constantly engaged and now its just the opposite What The Hell! Any help would be fantastic, names Mike by the way.

Hi, i own a 2002 tzr 50 (pre foxeye) and it is a grey import so i struggle to source parts at a reasonable price, and recently a bucket full of decorating bits and bobs fell from the loft of my garage onto my tank and left a very large dint in the petrol tank, i was just wondering if anybody had any clues as to where i can find a new tank or repair the current tank at a reasonable price as i have searched and found nothing under £300, also i was wondering if anybody had any tips as to running it, whether i should leave it standard or source some aftermarket performance parts and any suggestions on oil, im currently running it on silkolene scoot sport but i dont believe th…

in the winter. I don't have a heated garage and it was -8F here last night. That would be -22C to most of you. It doesn't get that much warmer during the day here either. Such lovely weather here in Minnesota.

My daughter has been looking for a new bike. She has been considering a Ninja 250 and we finally tracked one down. The problem was it was in southern Alberta....1160k's away. We left Prince George, in northern BC at 6:30 pm after she got out of university and drove 650k's to Edson Alberta where we got a motel room at 2 am. We slept for 4 hours and then drove 500 k's to Clarehome, Alberta to pick the bike up. The bike is a 2008 ZZR250. She bought it from the dealer who had originally sold it new to an older local lady in 2009. Apparently she has two other bikes and never rode the 250 so she took it back to the dealer and asked him to sell it on consignment. …

Well... I thought my bikes Idol was a bit high... sounds around 2-2.3kRPM and from what I understand it should be at 1.2k-1.3k So I began to hunt for my idol screw on the carb... could I find it? Noooooo I even looked to the manual to check I wasn't being a tit... turns out that there is NO idol screw!!! now I have been able to source near enough EVERY part for this bike and I have no friggin idea where to start with this thing... I've googled it but then it struck me that the bike has been heavily modified for off-road / mountain riding in wales! So what if this is a different carb? but on that same note are the idol screws not generally universal? Besid…

Hello fellow yammie fans. Although I'm not really a newbie, its my first time posting, a few years ago, i bought a DT175, I thought there was somthing special about it when i first saw it,and the seller told me that he believed it to be an ex-works bike, I took it with a pinch of salt but bought it anyway (too cheap to walk away from !!), however when i stripped the engine, all internal webbing was different to all the other DT's I've stripped, con rod was thicker than standard and the crank was lightend and balanced. What i need to know is how do i get a log book for it to get it back on the road when the engine and frame no.s (2K4-0031**) aren't even listed for DT's…

Just wondering if anyone here has had any experiences with going long distance on a 250cc bike? I'm thinking of planning a 600 mile round trip for the first few warmer/drier days we have around here. My bike is an 07 Virago 250 with about 4250 miles on it. Its in real good shape. Planning on doing each 300 miles in 2 days with a little overnight camp inbetween. Think my bike will hold up or my butt will go first? lol. I have gone over 100 miles round trip, but thats 1/6th of what im planning, so any tips, warnings, or tricks to keep my butt from going to sleep would be appreciated!

http://stores.ebay.co.uk/The-Yamaha-Parts-Shop Just found this on ebay, Looks well priced to me, Check it out Jordan

Hello, Just wondering if anyone has seen this problem before. I changed the battery on my XT 125 X 2008 the other day , Correct battery , correct installation. When I started the bike the whole digital dash went up in smoke , nice black cloud. Now I am left with a bike and no dash. I see I can buy another one for £100. A bit worried that I attach another one and get the same problem. Any help appreciated. Thank you

I am stunned, proper gob smacked. I seriously reccomend you check your tanks, i am serious anybody that has an older bike. I have just been all over the TDR tank and you will not believe this its like a sieve. 8 holes at or near 2mm across a couple of 1mm jobies and a fking great one that is about a mm wide and 10mm long. I found all these by going over the bottom of the tank carefully and picking at any blemishes. I'm not talking massive blisters etc just tiny imperfections i mean tiny, the bottom of the tank is as clean as the top . I've spent the best part of 2 hours doing it. TDR tanks are rare, crikey the bikes are rare enough. If i hadn't checked thi…

Hi All, Just wondered if anybody would know what REAR RACK would fit my old XJ750,(the originals are as rare as rocking horse s**t) for instance would the rack from a Diversion model fit the pre diversion frame, I was offered a pair of panniers and rear rack from a diversion model but not to sure if they would even be a close enough fit to adapt to my bike. If you happen to know or just want to throw out a wild guess then please feel free to get in touch. I'm not to sure what the difference between the pre diversion and diversion models are so if you happen to know of anything else that will fit let me know. Thanks. Martin.

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Hey peeps after leaving the XJ for many months sat in the car park on itsforks with no front wheel, i have finally bought a new tyre for it, its a Continental. and after many cups of tea, lots of shouting and swearing and a few tyre levers me and my dad managed to get the old michelin pilot sporty off and this new continental on, but what a fight it put up! the michelin was soft and squishy, and putting that on didnt take half as long as this new tyre did, the continental is much stiffer and appears to be made of a harder compound. my question is this, how would this new harder tyre affect handling, tyre life e.t.c HERE is the tyre i got, TK11

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Whats wrong with this moped? http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=320642443277&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT#ht_3632wt_905 Epic fail

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