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rigth i have a yamaha DT125R 2003 unfortuatally my CDI unit has been stolen and i cannot find a replacement for my bike my year and everything is there any way of working around this or by passing it i have a dirt event in a few days and i need to sort this out ASAP please help please also if any of you has one i am willing to pay a decent price

Does anyone know anbody in the UK(preferably south) who would strip down an xs750 engine to replace the gaskets and look a problem with second gear(it keeps slipping out? I'd condider a new engine also if anyone knows someone who's selling one that's in working order? Thanks, Hoylo

Hi, im being driven mad, i want to identify my bike but cant find the relvant information. Its a 1981 xs 1100 ????

Hi all I'm new to biking and need to buy all the gear. First on the list is a helmet. I'm leaning towards an open-face one as it seems to be the best compromise in terms of protection and look for my XVS125. Unless you know of a full-face that wouldn't look out of place while riding this bike I'd appreciate if you could recommend one with good side protection, that looks cool and doesn't break the bank. Thanks in advance.

as we have lots of polish registered cars on our roads now, i think it is only fair that they pay the proper road tax and have safety checks like mot done on their cars. they don't pay congestion charges, parking fines and get away with almost everything that us brits cannot. so please click on the link and sign the petition to the PM Gordon Brown. please get friends and family to sign too http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/exciseduty/

I have been eyeing this up; LINKY Please talk me out of it. I don't even think it would hold enough petrol to do the odd single days commute of 42 miles.

What does a trumpet player do if he finds a weed in his garden... ...rootittoot!

Has merv [ plinny] got a new moter yet http://www.youtube.c...h?v=T1QXJbU6yTA

Been pretty preoccupied with other stuff lately, so the bikes as a whole have taken a back burner massively, FUCR is still in the garage somewhere and I only recently dug out the DT125LC frame I had started to rebuild, so today was as good a time as any to actually do a few little niff naff jobs on it that were holding me back. Namely the shock absorber bushes, which had to be put under the hydraulic press to separate from the swingarm, the remains of the old ones put up a hell of a fight and ended up being dremmeled and pecked at with a chisel before the new ones went in. Ordered a lump of phosphor bronze and some grease nipples so will be spinning up s…

have just been looking at spark plug caps for a Thunderace. prices are £60+ each, around £250 for 4 plug caps. i was quite shocked to be honest. does anyone know of cheaper alternatives?

Hey everyone Seen a few rear Tyres on eBay at good money, but some have been plugged to repair a nail hole or similar. Has anyone any experience with repairs like this? Are they reliable enough? Thanks Vic

plz could anyone give an email add 4 an engine 4 my 350lc. i have been lucky enough 2 b given one mint 350lc! yes GIVEN. my mate spent over £2000 on it and just lost interest in it. but he gave the engine to a MATE and he somehow naffed the camshaft up so if any1 can help i would be a happy taff. thanks all.

Hiya, Apologies to everyone, I've just been informed by Paul that the PM system is down. I'm currently looking into it now and should have it back up within the next few hours.

"Haul a Yugo. Haul a Yugo." Gearly beloved, we are Blazered here in the name of our Four-door, who art in Half-ton. I'm speaking of our lord and Mazda, Jeep-sus Chrysler. He is the Alfa and the Romeo. He was born in a Ranger, he was Tempo'd by the DeVille, and he Daihatsu'd for your Sentras. He said, "Dodge not, that ye not be Dodged. Thou shalt not Corvette thy neighbor's Whitewall, but turn the other Cherokee. If ye have Fiat, ye can move Montecarlos. He ain't Chevy, he's my Beretta." He ate the Last Supra, and he climbed the mount of Cavalier, where they Cruise-controlled him on the Motocross. But God, in his Infiniti Mercedes, did Rolls a…

Driving home from work this morning (yeah I was in the car) deserted road, 30 mph limit and I'm doing about 40. A car comes hurtling up behind me so I slow down. suddenly there's these blue flashing lights in me mirrors. I pull up at the side of the road and wind the window down. Officer asks me why he pulled me up so I said I didn't know. He informed me that I was doing 50 mph and he had to get a shift on to catch me up! He asked me my name to check ownership of car,asked me if I'd been drinking (I hadn't), told him I was on me way home from work - he asked me where I worked and I told him. He let me go - no ticket or nothing. Same scenario but with a camera 40 m…

Hi, I've got a xj600s divvy and I wanted to try and get some of the blemishes and the odd white mark off the fairing. What would be a good thing to use to do this? I was thinking t-cut would do the trick but I'm unsure because its fairing and not metal so to spk. Any suggestions?

Got some fairly hefty scratches on the tank of the XJ6 (tank bag related). As it's a metallic blue (2009/10 bike), I'm a bit reluctant to use T-cut. Does anyone have any recommendations for polish that will sit over the scratches, rather than taking the paint back?

Well since coming off the bike in Morocco I have been wondering what to do with it. Even considering just sticking it on Ebay as is and letting it go for whatever. Although underneath with a bit of TLC it is a cracking bike and what with the travels I have decided I really need two bike anyway and this would actually seem to be the most cost efficient option. So I have purchased the main parts as needed. These were originally quoted from a dealer in Burton and the approximate cost was: Left Hand Mirror £46 Left Hand indicator £36 Gear Shift Linkage £58 So a bit of Ebaying later Mirrors Pair with carbon effect £31 delivered 4* Mini clear indicator…

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