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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"

True Reports from British life.......!!! > > BRITISH NEWSPAPERS > > Commenting on a complaint from a Mr. Arthur Purdey about a large gas bill, > a spokesman for North West Gas said, > 'We agree it was rather high for the time of year. It's possible Mr. Purdey > has been charged for the gas used up during the explosion that destroyed > his house.' > (The Daily Telegraph) > > Police reveal that a woman arrested for shoplifting had a whole salami in > her underwear. > When asked why, she said it was because she was missing her Italian > boyfriend. > (The Manchester Evening News) > > Irish police are being ha…

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

Hi, first of all, I'm not trying to sell here. I own a TTR-125LW and I'm thinking of selling, although I have no idea how much it is worth. It is an 06 model, so that makes it 4 years old, it is kick start, been ridden approximately 10 times in this time. it has a couple of scratches on it but nothing big , has been well looked after (cleaned after every use and serviced several times) It was also purchased brand new. If anyone has a clue of an approximate price that i could sell this bike for in Australia (Perth to be exact) Thank you in advance Oh and hope this is in right section didn't know where else to ask, sorry!

Hi, ive seen some ASV shorty levers on ebay from a 2007 R1, would they fit a 2008 R6? Cheers Dave

after reading the story of peter rabbit, i was remembering something i found online when i first had internet back in '98. i looked for it and found it. here it is for your enjoyment. http://www.turoks.net/Cabana/PoohGoesApeshit.htm

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Hello everyone!! I am new here and cant wiat to hear what everyone has as far as advice. I purchased a 73 yamaha RD250 about an hour ago lol. I need some part and most importantly a carb. I am trying to restore this rust bucket to its original glory. Does anyone have any advice on where to get one or just parts in general. Thanks in advance!

I've had my new xvs 1300 for 6 months now and have found I need more pull back on the the bars. I get a very sore neck from leaning forward to far on long rides. Apparantly the wheel base is nearly 2 inches longer than the 1100. Has anybody found this problem or can anybody recomend a set of bars. Risers are out of the question because of the position of the taco.