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Hi all, just joined here, and just bought a 2008 ybr 125, having done cbt at age 46 (fellow trainees aged 17-24, and all much more competent). Scary ride home from the shop, several stalls, two involuntary wheelies. Since then (last thu) have just practised throttle and clutch control round local streets. I'm probably a bit unusual having never owned a petrol vehicle before, but have cycled since age five. Plan to get out into the countryside around Newcastle soon, and swotting up for theory test.

HI there this is just out of curiosity but i think I have the oldest SR125 in the UK still running. Mine is a 1985 version i know a lot of the peeps on here is from the 90's and the 2k era so is mine the oldest. Tell me how old is yours.

hi every one ,did anyone miss me"thought not" well i gave a more local forum a shot to see how it compares,well it didnt ,what a shower of shit they are,you dont get no help with nothing , ,they dont like newbies ,they snub you at the meet ups,there bike is better than your bike,and all that bollocks,anyway im back and here to stay ,this is the one and only forum that has it all,so cheers lads n lasses keep it up.the forum to avoid is RBB,dont bother trying to work it out it realy aint worth it..........

Well after being away from the forum for around 6 years I have ventured back to say hello to you all, Scott, Keef, Andy, Mark and Nacho (pebbles) he'll understand. I'm back on two wheel in the form of a XJ900, all ready to use around France and Belgium looking forward to reading through a few of the posts on the forum. It's good to be back P.S forgot to say Hi to the boss Alex, I take it he's still in charge

I am stunned, proper gob smacked. I seriously reccomend you check your tanks, i am serious anybody that has an older bike. I have just been all over the TDR tank and you will not believe this its like a sieve. 8 holes at or near 2mm across a couple of 1mm jobies and a fking great one that is about a mm wide and 10mm long. I found all these by going over the bottom of the tank carefully and picking at any blemishes. I'm not talking massive blisters etc just tiny imperfections i mean tiny, the bottom of the tank is as clean as the top . I've spent the best part of 2 hours doing it. TDR tanks are rare, crikey the bikes are rare enough. If i hadn't checked thi…

Just got news and appointments though post from the RCM (royal college of midwives), there is a national shortage of midwives so i am in demand there is a job advertised in the IOM wahay!! £4000 more than paid now £6000-10000 relocation package 2 years assistance with housing what should i do? i have asked for an application from and i will deffo go for an interview down side housing costs more cant think of anything else do i stay or do i go? then there is the obvious IOM TT

I am TRULY lost for words!

sorry had to much gin and tonic PP fault he got me thinkin about it with his virtual bar anyway ttfn

A few photos of the bike on the way to it's mot in the Wiltshire countryside. When I started out it was dry, but when I got there I was soaked to the skin. I take my hat off to the MOT ers, they were brilliant.

Hi All, was searching for info on my latest ride, 87 FZR 1000RR, (Re-Named "The BEAST") and came across this site, So here I am, Have not had such a Ride, (or SCARE) since I first got on a bike, It goes like a Rocket Sled on Rails ... Have not been on a bike for a while, but i went down to Sydney and road back to Townsville on it.. 2065 k's of PURE PLEASURE, although it took me a couple of hundred k's to get used to it ..(Read: TAME the Bloody thing Will probably harrass some of you if I need help sorting anything out. Regards Jody

Hi guys and girls, After 6 weeks of waiting for the cogs to turn far enough for the DVLA to spit out a new provisional licence and send it via second-class post to me, I was finally able to take my CBT, insure and tax my bike and get it on the road yesterday! I've done close to 100 miles on it today, drove into London went for a little toot around and then blatted back down the A316 to Weybridge... found out that my beast of a 125 Drag refuses to go faster than 55mph, but then at 6'3 and 17st I'm not the lightest or most aerodynamic of lumps for it to shift. Been great so far, just wanted to let everyone know that I'm very happy I chose to free myself from publi…

.....from my StrokerBoat last weekend this one's of my 1st mate who's coming to ask me if He can drive! ...... This was a great view @ night when the stars are all out...... & Here's a couple looking upstream on the Clackamas River which feeds this Reservoir where we stayed ....... Got 1 more weekend booked in 2 weeks time......have to see if I can get a few more shots when the Boat's On The Wick

Hello everyone, If I am placing this wrongly please forgive me. I have just added a 2001 Yamaha 1600 Midnight Star to my bikes. This bike had been sitting for over a year and obviously needed carburetor cleaned. This bike had RineHart Exhaust put on it and an aftermarket air filter. The exhaust has started to brown so I assume the jets needed changed also. I carried the bike to local shop and they cleaned Tank, Carburetor, re jetted it, new plugs and put it all back together. It ran Perfect for the first 30 miles and then it started backfiring through the rear cylinder pipe while idling and also while riding when you are not accelerating, Just at a level speed. …

Well anyone thats looked at my garage pics will have seen my sad looking black XJ How she started out This is her now A few small jobs to do, clean and petseal the tank, one overall and final polish of the brightwork. Then hopefully find her a new home, What ye think?

Now thats lazy

How about this young Steve http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/YAMAHA-DT50-DT-50-SALVAGE-PROJECT-SPARES-REPAIR-TS-/110715030301?pt=UK_Motorcycles&hash=item19c7214b1d

I saw this and immediatly thought of you!! think of it a a valentines gift

Before Boto fucket take it down and keep it all to themselves-postered up in their 'milking shed' Sorry...for the next 2 days I won't be able to take my e-mails... A friend is painting the ceilings in my house. * * * I was asked to hold the ladder You know me. I'm always there to help

2 years ago, I hadnt passed my big test and I wanted to go on hols. I was on 125s...no bother...After a joke at a bike shop I use, I decided to go to John O`Groats. The day I was setting off, my bike got run over... Insurance man gave me a YBR125, lovely red thing, had less than a 1000 miles on the clock and obviosly been dropped a dozen times....I serviced it before I set off. Pic of us somewhere near Carlisle. Pic of some of the roads (Ahem....) we went on Beach at Durness JOG 10 days around Scotland, 2000 miles, best holiday Id ever had. Yam 125..never let me down, I even put a phone c…

Hey. Not quite a square peg in a round hole but I need to get a 17mm spindle to bolt up into a hole designed for a 19mm thread. Is for a set of forks, they use a 19mm spindle and my dymags use a 17mm. Turning down a spindle to fit the wheel is the easy bit. What are the typical routes to sort it, some sort of helicoil, weld it and machine a new hole? Not sure what is typical.