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well if you want cheap oil. In the Carpe TDM site someone found 5 L motorcycle oil at a very good price, no marketing budget keeps the prices down eh? http://www.smithandallan.com/products/transport-motorcycle/1868-smith-and-allan-motorcycle-oil-10w-40-semi-synthetic/

ok drewpy done linky in the sig bit. found the paypal bit. but when i sign in the link all i get is a error message. wot am i doing wrong regards johnthebodge

Look at the pipes !!!!! A 750 stroker with spannies - probably tuned.... must be on the 'wanna ride it' list ? Drool !

ok which wise guy/gurl changed my signature to mozzys big sis is on the lookout for a man or wotever it says ,, rofl,,,, it aint tru,, i dont want a new man,, but who said i cant window shop by the way,,, if u want some gossip about tom scroll down his willy is 2 inches wen fully erect

hows the yams doing? Took a ride to the Tail of the dragon last weekend, left at 1500hrs Sat, got back 1930hrs last night, trip ran 2038 miles. Bike ran well, wish i mounted my big windsheild and handguards, it was cold and wet in dem dar hills That pic is from the NC side of the dragon, on the 10se side i scuffed my right boot in a turn, first time i have ever touched down any parts in a turn riding my KLR :!: see better pics and info at http://www.tailofthedragon.com This is a motard friendly road fir sure This pic is from the blue ridge parkway, over 500 miles of stuff like this: Old church in Tennesse

Hi there Hello my name is Ana, I am from the capital Lisbon in Portugal ( Europe ) and I love my bike , yamaha Gts1000A, is a wonderful bike. I have bike a few years and I am a biker addicted . I have 25 years , I am quality engineer . I found this forum by chance and found this interesting . Excuse my bad English because I am more accustomed to reading than writing As we say in Portugal, good curves

Hi All, I'm afraid my first post is a call for help. I've just passed my test and treated myself to a 2009 XJ-6N. The bike seemed immaculate and was purchased from a dealer. The issue occurred around 200 miles into riding the bike I noticed that the o-rings on the chain were popping out and ridding round with the chain (which were then cut on the sprocket). The bike has only done 6000 miles. So I went back the dealer and said look (even with my limited knowledge) this isn't right, he agreed to have the chain changed for me and was really good about getting it done. ...and now the issue, I've done around 600 miles on the new chain. I've just got back from a bit …

Hi, I’ve always fancied an old classic bike. I’ve always liked the look of the old Triumphs, Nortons or the Francis Barnett as rode by Nick in Heartbeat! This is probably what attracted me in part to the Yamaha SR 125 as my first bike. I also notice that many people on here have bikes from ‘73 and so forth. Anyway, I was wondering are these bikes still practical as a main bike, day-to-day ride around, or only really workable as a weekend pleasure bike? Take for example the following bike: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/FRANCIS-BARNETT-FALCON-199CC-CRACKING-RIDE-PLEASE-WATCH-THE-VIDEO-/321068073640?pt=UK_Motorcycles&hash=item4ac12602a8 Is this something you co…

Hi everyone, silly question time, I have been trying to remove rust and polish The old stock exhaust on my Yamaha dragster 1100. This is a test as I have new exhaust on the bike, I have noticed that the rear of the old exhaust is not mirror finish chrome not sure if it was like that normally or excessive polishing has dulled it. tried to take a photo as below. or maybe not as cannot upload photos for some reason. not a bad result looks much better

An elderly man walked into a jewellery store one Friday evening with a beautiful young blonde at his side. He told the jeweller he was looking for a special ring for his girlfriend. The jeweller looked through his stock and brought out a £5,000 ring. The old man said, "Oh no, surely that's not the best that you have?" Hearing that, the jeweller went to his special stock and brought another ring over. "Here's a stunning ring at only £40,000," he said. The young lady's eyes sparkled and her whole body trembled with excitement. The old man seeing this said, "We'll take it." The jeweller asked how payment would be made and the old man said, "By cheque. I know…

Two old bikers are in a bar. They both have had a successful life and have done well with there businesses. They start arguing about who has the biggest house and property. Finally after a couple of hours there is no real end to who has what. One of them says.......I'll tell you what, I can get on my old Harley at sunrise and ride till sunset and I still wont have reached the end of my property. The other old biker puts his beer down, looks at his friend, and says.........I know just what you mean, I had an old Harley like that once. __________________

Fancy a drink darlin No thank you i tried it once and didn't like it. Oh, ows about a twirl on the dance floor No thank you i tried it once and didn't like it. My daughter is a very good dancer though. Only the one kid then? I know its old but i have been hearing it on the radio this week on one of Alex Licester's radio trail's and it makes me chuckle every time. Big up the Carry on films.

Back in the seventies and 80,s there was a bloke riding a bike (possibly BSA Bantam) around north devon taking loads of black and white pics, a few of the pics have been digitally archived (about 17000 ) I think and are seachable I found them this morning when looking for a picture of Les Smales bike shop the first of the pics i think is James Raviliouses Bantam with a yoof looking at it in les,s shop 250/400c in it taken at little america bideford in 1978 and someones lovely new suzooki GT250 Ramair ? in Chumleigh 1975 Both of the bikes are no longer around according to the DVLA

Hi there, Im tom, i was a regular back in 2003/4 but soon got bored of biking, im here today hopefully for some advice, I have a 1976 land rover 109 pick up, which im selling for £550 as a resto project, I have just been offered to swap it for a motorcross bike, something im told is rare and bloody quick, a VOR EN530, its a 2003 model, had no more than 10 hours use since new, garaged since 2006) it does run and ride etc, is it worth the hassle, anyone know anything about these bikes, any info greatfully recieved tom

Hi all, I have just joined the community and I would like to say 'hello' to you all. I have just bought a second-hand XVS125 with which to pass my test and then graduate to a 650 in due course. I rode bikes for over ten years, but gave it all up after having two bikes nicked within six months of each other and then starting a family (incidents not linked!). I love my car (a Rover 220 Tomcat) but the state of the roads, the price of fuel and 'traffic-calming' generated congestion are killing it rather quickly, hence my return to two wheels. I am no 'spring chicken' (51 in February) and so have chosen the cruiser format in place of the enduros and cafe racers I used to …

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Hi, Currently restoring my dad's old fz600 1988. But coming up short for a few parts. Online Yamaha NOS suppliers don't always have everything for this model. Are their any hidden away gems of parts suppliers and collectors out there? Craig

hi guys I,m back after a bit of an absence , not absinth ! had to do my test again due to the dvla having lost some of my licence details , ah well , all done and 600 spondulies lighter. any how , my old yam pre divvy xj600 1989 , is playing up , and I,m great at pulling things to bits and stickin em back together but when it comes to intermitant stuff ?????? so can you please help......bike fires up great , 1st time every time I get her out , she rattles a bit from the clutch but basically runs great. pulls like a train and no smoke. shes done 30000 mile but ive restored her to a certain extent. now , heres the difficult bit...if I do roughly 15 mile or so or slightly …

it`s a funny old thing to look back at the bikes you once owned.. when i was a spotty youth, i owned bikes such as suzuki A100`s, FS1E`s, Honda CB125 twin, LC250 ,Suzuki GT250`s = many, suzuki DR, plus a bucketful of off road stuff, ect ect and i remember them all with a big smile and thought they were the mutts nuts???? oh except for the CZ!! just recently i had the chance to ride both a CB125 twin and a A100 and it`s surprising how small they are. how i ever managed to go fast on any of those is beyond me thier handling and brakes scared the life out of me i think being 6 stone heavier and 4" taller might have some effect on the aero-dynamics me-t…

I was in town buying a can of engine gunk and I got thinking about how one would degrease a bike in ye old days. Say in the 40's-50's or such when such products where difficult to find, how would you clean grease and oil from an engine? Some household method or would you just use a rag and deal with it? Anyone have any ideas?