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Evening, chaps. Sorry it's been a while...I have been popping in and reading what you've all been up to. Couldn't make The Squires for reasons I'll go into in a minute, but the video and the pics look brilliant. A good time seems to have been had by all... Anyways...couldn't get to my MOT on the Friday evening as I had to work, so booked it in for 9am on Saturday. Got up really early and was going to take it for a long ride first. Obviously I really WAS on my way to the testing station, officer...but the fecker wouldn't start. It was turning over nicely but just wouldn't catch or fire up at all. Got my crosser/mechanic neighbour to have a look and we decided to chan…

I've only gone and passed my fookin degree!!! Im now a fully qualified, fully certified Prosthetist/Orthotist! And i have a job too! Drinks are on me for the next month!!

iv got an yamaha 1000 exup will it make much diference if i take exup valve out as it rattles like a chain is loose and driving me up the wall or is there any way of stoping it rattle

Hi Everyone On Sunday I was privileged to go on my first Ryans Ryde what an amazing Day and a great cause last year they reckon 2500 bikers were on the run this year they say there were more it was a day I will never forget it started on Hopwood Services Junction2 of M42 and ended in the Beams Pub in Stourport Which incidentally is my local (how lucky is that) it was a marshaled event so no stopping at traffic lights, roundabouts or Junctions. There were some awesome Bikes and Scooters there and although I was only on my little 125 I never at any stage felt out of place If it runs again next year its a run not to miss. Thanks to all the Marshals and o…

I have an xs 400 bobber in a gpz550 frame . having major problems trying to get the xs400 motor to idle properly. It either wont idle at all or revs it nuts off . I have cleaned the carbs but no change . anyone come across this before and has anyone any ideas ?

Alright lads! My names is Kevin, nicknamed as Bunney as its my surname. I live in Cork City, Ireland. I'm 16.. I drive a Yamaha Aerox YQ50 not many of them where I live. It's white in colour, Since I bought it I had nothing but trouble. Heres a list of what I replaced since I bought it, Top end (Pistons,Rings,Head,Barrel and all gaaskets) Water pump and Flywheel. Brakes twice (Driving it a bit hard I think) Front Disc Drive Belt Clutch springs. I'm looking for a bit of information on my aerox, I want to tune it up for as cheap as possible, I heard something about taking out every second Roller? Also heard tighter springs for the clutch. I would c…

When checking the oil using the window in the crank case, should the bike be up or on the kickstand?

hi i am new on here and also a new bike owner,i have a tdm 850 twin 1996, she was running but fail to start one morning i have checked all the obvious and come to the conclusion that there is no spark,so i would like to know if there is a common fault on there before i go buying a new coil or is there something i can check that i havent yet checked, any advise would be greatfully recived thank you.

Most of us ride as long as we can and then put our bikes away once the temperature starts to drop, but some die hards ride even when the temperature drops below freezing. The attached link takes you to a wind chill table that shows the wind chill (riding temperature) at various speeds and various temperatures. A bit of advice for all you riders from Scotland...wear long johns under yer kilt, eh! Rocky www.eol.ucar.edu/homes/rilling/wc_table.html

Greetings, I have an issue with cylinders one and four not firing on my 1886 FZX700 Fazer w/ Brand new NGK DP8EA-9 plugs. I suspected the Left Coil was bad since it is responsible for both one and four. In order to eliminate the left as a variable I swapped the Left Coil w/ the Right Coil (at the same time pulled all the plug wire caps) and connected them to their respective original sequence. (Left Bank Outside to #4 - Inside to #1) (Right Bank Inside to #3Outside to #2) The results were cylinders one and four still not firing. So I have eliminated the coil as the culprit. I am going to go change everything back to its respective place but thought I would see if anyon…

Ello all... Now I probably know the answer to this question but wanted to pick the massive brains on here anyway. Well I purchased a 1999 Thundercat last week, all was fine until Friday on the way to work. Whilst going round a roundabout it popped out of second and made an awul mechanical noise - sort of noise that a chain rattling against something would make. Immediately thought - un oh its the infamous 2nd gear problem! On my test ride before purchase I checked as well as I could for this, accelerated hard in 2nd and no problems. Well it hasnt fallen out of gear again since but has been a bit "clunky" changing into 2nd from 1st (no problems going down from 3rd tho…

advice needed got a 1ooo exup on a j plate had no problems with it till monday oil light came on around 80-90 then went off when went slower does any one know if there is any problems with these engines only done it twice

Hi everyone Been a while since I was last on here and I wish this post could be of a more upbeat nature but unfortunately not I rode my bike up to my house in Newcastle on Sunday from Northants (which was a mighty fun trip of A and B roads, being still on L plates and all that so no motorways ) Anyway I was woken up on Monday morning by my housemate telling me some scrote had broken in and stolen it from our backyard in the Heaton district (it had been there less than 12 hours...) The Police came round but didnt seem to hopeful about recovering it. Just wanted to advertise it on here incase anyone in the Newcastle area sees it around (I've already posted it…

New member just saying hello. Been browsing the forums and you all seem like a friendly bunch! Coming to biking pretty late in life but better tat than never, I suppose. Got my first bike on Monday at the tender age of 38...that's me, not the bike. Looking forward to getting out and about once MOT is sorted. Maybe I'll catch some of you on a ride out soon. Cheers!

thinkin about selliin my fzr1000 exup genuine vance and hines model in the last six months it has had... new chain and sprocket stainless steel exhaust ri carbon fibre can new fork seals and dust covers new tyres new brakes oil and filter change new spark plugs alarm fitted i also have a set of genuine yamaha front discs(200 quid each)that i will be sellin with the bike. it's goin on ebay and i'm thinkin of puttin a buy it now on it so my question is this whats it worth ?? btw it's the bike on my profile pic and it is taxed and mot'd cheers si.

Hi, folks! I've been lurking here on and off for a while and thought I'd better say hello before posting anything else. My name is Duggy and I ride a blue 1990 RXS100. I have a car licence and CBT to allow me to ride it. I originally got it to save money on the daily commute (15 miles each way) but am loving it so much I ride whenever I can now! I bought it at the end of last year for a tenner off a work colleague. His wife thought he'd most likely kill himself and wanted him to get rid of it. It was a bit of a wreck but just about ran and stopped with a bit of luck so I started about getting it fixed up. I'm not bad with car stuff but not having a bi…

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just bought an r6 2001 with a damaged frame, does anyone know where i can get or have a good clean straight frame for a 2001 r6 with v5 and no accident history, any help would be great

Can a Yamaha chappy 50cc 2stroke go faster than 25 miles per hour I recently had everything restored or replaced. Are they just made to go that slow? Is there any restrictions i should know about or changing the exhaust? I am short on cash and need to save on the commute to work but i am willing to pay the extra to save. Please drop of any advice

Yesterday while heading to town a bird flew across the road and hit my my handle bars just below the right mirror. I can only imagine what the result would have been if it had hit me. It's tough enough having to watch out for cars...now the birds are after us too!