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for some reason my haynes manual seems to ignore the fuel tap, leastways i really can't find anything on it - this picture shows the fuel on apparently, thin part of indicator pointing up is reserve but what's prime exactly, something to do with being able to drain the tank please?

Just purchased my first motorbike (17 years old, UK, Scotland, Highland) , it's a Yamaha YBR 125CC, I'm desperately needing motorbike gear asap. I can't seem to find much relevant information on how much i should be spending. I can find boots for £500 and for £30, Jackets for £5000 and £50. Pretty much what i need opinions and facts on is: What price range would you be looking at if you are riding a bike all year round and as much protection as possible. It's inevitable I'll have an accident within the next 2 years on some kind of scale, I'm not scared of blood, grazing and bashing. As long as my gear can keep my bones from my breaking and my brain from smashing!! …

Well its here, a rather dubious trip in a borrowed trailer that was 'legal honest officer' and its home. Not quite as I remember it, still the odd colour that appertains to be I don't know exactly what colour, Honestly I would prefer it back in the blue its supposed to be or a proper shade of the original 2 tone gold/white, clutch is stuck and the brakes do little if anything. Tyres are 30 years old. She runs, badly, thanks to a worn ig advancer plate. and some epically gunged up carbs I think. Still its all there. I was thinking of running it up to squires but it needs too much work at the minute and it would be an epic rush with shortcuts. My plan, tap Dr…

Hi There, I'm restoring a DT 125B and am trying to find the original paint colour. I've just posted this queation in the new members area by mistake, so apologies for my gaff. The bike looks almost a signal red, I will post a picture although the colour is a lot more vivid in reality, Thanks in anticipation Joe

Going to pick this up Saturday, 775mile round trip, anyone guess whats so special about it lts a 1987 ...............................................750

My 2012 xmax sport 125 needs a full service , I'm at 10,000 on the clock. I have been told by local bike company that a full service is £100 but for that all he does is oil & all other fluids, air filter, brake check & pegs etc greasing. I don't know much about scooters but this cant be a full service can it ? If it's just a case of doing the above could I not just do it myself ? never worked on scooter or bike before. can I do this myself ?

Thought I would post some pics of some additions. All basic, unlike some of the work people are doing on here.. Added screen (tiny and pointless one!) Engine sliders, and some new levers. Had new tyes fitted today and the guy said my clutch was too tight and needed some slack (something about damage when it heats up?) Is this true? He loosened it a bit but I prefered it the way I had it.. sure I will adapt though. Another thing mentioned was that the head bearings seem to be "notched" as in front wheel kind of tries to stay in the centre. I didn't really notice till he mentioned it. Not sure if I am (or should be) bothered. Next up I think frame sliders and knu…

How hard or easy is it please to adjust the headstock bearing on ybr125,the steering feels a tad notchy, Thanks in advance,Alan.

Hi wondered if any one can help please i have just required the above bike, and the starter motor is FUBAR a new one at main agents is £256, ouch, wondered if any one knows of a cheaper alternative, new/secondhand, or evan a faulty one i can disassemble to get the armature out of, had a look on ebay at other yamaha starters and all the bodys look too fat this is the smallest starter i,ve ever came across, all so wondered if there was any maintenance info on the web site please ie oil grade, tyre pressures general when to change this and at what milege, well thanks for taking the time to have a read through cheers

This may have been brought up before but what do people wear or recommend to wear instead of a leather jacket on those scorching summer days we are promised, I do only mean for getting around town and not long trips,

Hello folks, I've had my 1300 midnight star for a year now, battery went flat over the winter, charging didn't help so I bought another one from e bay, that went flat too!!! I have not used the bike so charging is not an issue and there's no parasitic drop, any ideas please? Can I turn off the immobiliser/alarm (flashing red light on speedo head). Thanks, Andy

Please can someone advise me on how to advertise my bike for sale? I'm not a paid member, but I've seen a post in the old For Sale forum saying that you can advertise for a fee in a new classifieds section. However, I can neither follow the supplied link nor find this section elsewhere on the site... Thanks.

Hi guys. So I live in the UK and I have fitted an exhaust system. I'm concerned its too loud and might get pulled. can someone shed some light on how police deal with this sort of scenario?

Hello guys.. am new here so hopefully you will have some good knowledge.. I have bought a bit of a project 50cc aerox have been putting it together and when I tighten up the bolt on the end of the crank variator side, it all locks up?.. if I loosen the bolt it all frees up and spins any ideas?.. crank all moved freely before rebuilding head and fitting water pump side everything went smoothly until variator.. please help

On the 3rd some dopey sod managed to rear end me at a roundabout and royally fucked up the rear of my bike, but my main issue here is that to repair it I need a new tail lamp (along with other parts) and since the YBR custom is a rather hard bike to find parts for I can't find a rear tail lamp, or even a rear tail lamp cover. Does anybody have one going? (would have put this in the wanted section, but I was re-directed to a dead page)

I think I'm having issues with my Regulator/Rectifier, my bike keeps blowing up headlight bulbs, I took my Regulator/Rectifier out and the pins where covered in green corrosion, after sanding that off and cleaning them I don't wanna put it back in yet before I make sure it's functional. Does anyone know how I should test it? My user manual just says to check the batery voltage whilst it charged from the running engine.

I'm getting ready to buy one and can't find the vin never felt with bikes any help out there

Hi! I am thinking of buying an XJ900F and while searching for info I found this forum. I'm not an expert in mechanics nor in the XJ900 itself so, forgive me. While examining an XJ900 for sale in Portugal some doubts arised. (images attached) The bike is supposed to have been imported to Portugal from italy in 2011. I don't know if that is relevant for the spec. In my small research I noticed that all the engines from XJ900F's usually have an engraving on a black background saying "DOHC". In this bike the engraving is red, although I can't read it. The thing is, all XJ900 with the red engraving (supposedly) are earlier models that have a different fairing a…

Hey there! My name is Jay and I have a 2004 tt600re. I live in Uganda but travel to the usa for the summer months. The US never imported the tt600re so finding parts seems to be next to impossible. Do you know of a shop in the states that carries parts for this model or of a similar model that uses the same parts?

anyway , after a long time in my brother in laws garage the tank and panels have finally come home , It started with the seat holding water in the dimples, wet arse , so had to be re covered, here's the old one. so I started to remove the staples with a selection of tools , screw driver pin nose pliers pretty easy job, if you have pets keep your staples in one place or your pet will find them then get yourself one of these for £30, put the front on first then pull it over the back and make sure it's kinda lined up, put three staples in the front once you have the piped edge in place then repeat at the back, then start to staple …