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Hi I work at Waltham Forest College E17(Motorcycle Engineering dept.) I've just bought a brand new Yamaha XJs600 Diversion from Poole Yamaha. Fitted rack,digi gear indicator and Huger. Using for work (comute into East London from St Albans)and touring next year. Getting 55mpg at the moment. So far very pleased . We start our Motorcycle evening class tomoro 14th sept.2010 at 7.00pm. We run a full range of 1st 2nd and 3rd year classes as well. If you are ever in ther area and need the loo or a cupa (we have a cafe)or just want to talk bikes pop in and say hello . Cheers for now john Unit 10 Lockwood way London E17 4JB

Hi all, just bought myself a black / silver 2006 DT125R SM. Less than 3000 miles on the clock. This is my first ever bike. Still not rode it as it's on the reserve and I need to get a wee petrol can to put some juice into it. It's got a DEP exhaust and a front brembo brake. Will get some pictures up tomorrow and hopefully be taking my first ride!

This was something that poped into my head whilst on the road. Its primarily aimed at the 'Squires Crew' but its just a thought at the minute open to comment. I was thinking that we are all over the country, which can be a bit of an issue, like Blackhat and BWJ in that wet cold bit on the top and Merv getting drunk on cheap cider down south. What if, a big if at the moment the YOC did a top to bottom run. The old end to end jobbie. Maybe call it the smokey way down or something. And sorry i don't mean with the big old FJ's etc that could blast it in a day probably. I mean the old smokeys 250's 400's etc like we had at Squires to give it a bit of a spin. Maybe h…

Hey Everyone - I'm new so be gentle. I have a 1981 Exciter 250 with only 2,700 miles. It sat in a garage for almost 10 years but started right up after I put oil in it, a new spark plug, and creamed the tank. It runs great through all the gears. But it has a loud tapping sound that's hard to locate. I adjusted the cam chain tensioner and valves according to repair manual specs. Does anyone know if this is typical of this bike? Any ideas or remedies? Thanks. DMoney

I need specs and any info to set cam valve timing on a Yamaha tx500. The entire top end has been rebuilt. There is good spark stator points plugs all good. Anyone with any info would be appreciated. Thanks

wud like to nah if anyone cud tell me the proper name for the tube that feeds me 2 stroke into the engine

Can any give advise on my carbs overflowing fuel out of overflow pipes, the bike is a fz600 1987 i am useing a small make shift tank with no breather pipe fitted to it i have balanced the carbs but when i turn fuel on it pours out of overflow pipe, if i start the bike it stops and runs lumpy and back fires on over run and starts to run on 3 cylinders,i removed carbs checked for any crap in float bowls but was clean, i have a diffrent set of carbs and tried them the engine run realy good but this set of carbs started to over flow as well even with engine running then the engine run on 3cylinders but a different one this time, i replaced the original carbs it run lu…

cool engineering, and it does sound good http://thekneeslider.com/archives/2008/05/30/honda-125cc-inline-4-cylinder-monkey-bike/

Hi all. Newbie here. I am restoring my 1974 TY250 (I bought it new) I would like to swap out the standard 428H chain and sprockets for a 520 size. Is this a common modification? How do I go about this? If I don't do this mod is there a source for standard sprockets? I am thinking of close to original gearing of 14/52. Thanks for any advice. I am located in Melbourne Australia.

how can i make my tdr125 go faster

Hi I am interested in getting feedback on how good the later model TDM's are. Any owners on here not happy with the bike or if you can sing it's praises would be grateful as toying with replacing my CBF Honda with a new TDM . Lew

Hi all, Arron here, I'm a DTR fanatic, had a couple in my short life, fully healed from a recent accident, so, yey for being on the road in a couple days again, cant wait to be riding!

Hi Does anyone know whats happened to the TRX850 forum that was on Motomaniac?

Hi my dt50mx keeps slipping back out of 2nd gear any one know how to solve this problem thanks Dan

Hi All not been on for a considerable time, mainly as I flogged me Fazer 600 a while back. I currently ride a Honda CBF1000 GT. Nice bike but feel I want a change. There a few toys I am thinking about getting. If anyone on the Forum has any of the bikes I am thinking about would appreciate some feed back please. One of the reasons I am coming back to a Yamaha is the CBF 1000 seems to have an alternator problem as did the early Blade. I do a good bit of touring and have been down to the South of Frnca a few times. I am looking at Either an FZ1 or the FZ800 I assume it is called the FZ800? Another good candidate is the TM 900, now I know the TM is getting long in th…

my yb100 just wont seem to go anywhere in 4th it either stays the same speed or like most of the time drop i change from 3rd to 4th at about 40-45mph bought 1 smaller sprocket no difference

Hey Just got this up and running, after a carb rebuild and a new (used) fuel tank, fun little bike lots of go because its a 2 cycle. I was told by a dealer years ago that a points eliminator kit was avalable for these bikes, any info on this? has anyone used these with any sucsess, or should I stick with the points?

Hi iv posted a few times on here requesting help on my TZR 50 , after finally getting to the route of the problem Im let down by AJ Sutton Thought id share this with you guys to avoid it happening to you ! I recently bought an exhaust from this company , and after 2 days they contacted me and 10pm informing me it would be with me by the end of September ?!?! I was wondering if any of you guys have had similar problems ?

Hi All, New kid on the block, well maybe nae a kid, but def young at heart. Joined the club as met a few of the guy's through Blackhat250 (John) and liked the crack. Cheers.

wots the difference between "no!, no!, not up my arse!" and "mmm, mmm,mmm, mmm, mm"? Duck tape!!!