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Hello all, First of all I wanted to say hi and introduce myself. Mario is the name and I am a proud owner of an 2008 MT-03. This is my first "large" bike and my bike before that was an Yamaha XT125 which got stolen unfortunately. I love riding but with lovely weather lately I was unable to take the bike for a spin for long time. Of course my battery died and after hours of frustration as the battery is under the petrol tank I got the bike working last night. I had a big smile on my face riding it for 30 minutes although some issues did appear: 1. Burning smell (I presume is safe but you never know) 2. My Oxford heated grips switched on and then died and t…

i have an 85 yamie fj600, i saw one on ebay forsale, the ad said rare bike, what does that mean? there is only few made, or only few left on the road?

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thought that would grab your attention, i mean tips, do you know any good ideas as to how i can spruce up the clocks and rev counter dials and plastics on my rdlc.the plastic is scratched and the dials have badly faded,

Hi this is my first post here i was wondering if anyone could point me in the right direction i'm looking for a front fairing for my newly purchased Yamaha ybr 125cc 06 plate i have seen them on a few online and was looking to get one but can seem to find anywhere that does them for the 125 ybr. my local yamaha dealer does sell a couple but he's is looking for £130 and upwards for one while i have seen universal ones for about £30-£60 This is prob a silly question but would universal ones would these fit or would these be for larger bikes . don't really want to waste money if they won't. thanks danny

hi anybody no of any good bike paint shops in the uk that doesnt cost a fortune. i just need my r1 painted back to blue .but either get quoted over a grand or they dont realise bike paint isnt the same as car paint , HELP

Two usual causes Warren 1 is the bike fitted with a regulator? check connections to this and that it has a clean earth fixing 2 is the battery fitted, topped up and in good condition? Thats about it ...Paul

I've just got back from 2 weeks in Eygpt and apart from the Choggie 125's/250's the most popular bike was the Jawa 350 twin so I guess if we lived there we would be taking the pee out of Jap bikes

Hi all just got my first bike and was looking forward to a days riding. Only one probelem, got to dealers this morning only to find the tax disc hadn't arrive from their other place. They told me its will be OK to ride as if you get stopped the Police can see on their ANPR syetem that the bike's insured and taxed and tell them it's in the post to my house. Just got home to find its not here either, so question is can I ride without the disc on display? Thanks Colin

I have a new R1 (2009) with crossplane - love it - what a machine. However when I start her up she has developed a rattle or series of knocks (guess between 2 and 5 rattles before she settles down)and it is getting worse (slightly). Looks to me like there might be problem in the design/lubrication system. The noise is a dry running 'tappety' sound - like a marble rattling at extreme speed. Anyone know anything about this. We've all been looking for it - a new release normally means the first owners are the trial guinea pigs - anyone else got the same problem? I have found one other mention on a US site: http://forum.motorcycle-usa.com/default.aspx?f=18&m=…

Happy birthday ye olde Cynic , etc, etc,

Driving into town today, i saw a 'AA' man sitting in his van, crying, wailing and bangin his head on the steering wheel. I thought to myself, He's heading for a breakdown. -------------------------------------------------- Bought a Sony Bravia 42 inch LCD TV. Yesterday only £100. Salesman says the volume control is broken. I bought it "Can't really turn it down at that price"

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Happy Birthday dear Pilningas, many happy returns auld yin,

A SENIOR MOMENT - An elderly lady actually wrote this letter to her bank. The bank manager thought it amusing enough to have it published in The Times. Dear Sir am writing to thank you for bouncing my cheque with which I endeavoured to pay my plumber last month. By my calculations three 'nanoseconds' must have elapsed between his presenting the cheque and the arrival in my account of the funds needed to honour it. I refer of course to the automatic monthly deposit of my Pension arrangement which admittedly has been in place for only thirty eight years. You are to be commended for seizing that brief window of opportunity and also for debiting my account £30 by way …

Evening folks, Some of you will remember me. Since i got my Honda Hornet i have not posted alot well i am happy to say that it looks like i will be getting a thundercat very soon! so back to the yammys I loved my Ybr so i hope the joys of yamaha can come back to me after i betrayed it and went to honda So how you all doing? Goff you still there? oldgit? drewpy? foamy? blackhat? hiii everyone

Mods if you feel the need to remove this, please accept my applogies.. I have just been on the Bike Chat Forum and it appears to have been got at by some twat with a virus is there anyone else on this forum who also visits that site?? and are they having the same problems???? regards PEP

Just wondering what this little beauty will top out at, its at nearly 1500 as i write this. http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=150411444679