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Hi guys sorry i'm new here and in need of help i'll try and give you as much info as i know. I have managed to purchase the only R1 Carbon Checa ever built buy Q8 Carbon in Day Glow orange marlboro colours. its a 2000 w with only 300 genuine miles on the clock. the person who sold the bike is innocent i believe but after doing only 117 miles the back wheel locked up and nearly threw me off. i've had a yamaha mechanic strip the engine to find that someone had put sand into the engine threw the oil filler meaning that the engine is now scrap. i spoke to yamaha this morning who have advised me that it will cost in the region of 4.5k to repair as they dont sell new engines. …

Hi, Could anyone tell me if I can get a tail tidy for a Yamaha TZR 50? I can't see any, would one off a R1 or an R6 fit? If it has indicators built in, do I need to change some wiring? How easy is it? Just asking because I haven't really got much experience. Any help would be appreciated.

Just a quick line to say thanks to "oldgitonabike" and "R4v" for their sound advice re adjusting splines - I'm so new to this I at first thought it was a typo should be "spines"!!! Had them adjusted as recommended - it has made a great improvement - can get my foot under the gear lever properly now!! It is fantastic that newbe's such as myself can get good, sound advice from forum members without feeling like a muppet of the highest order. Any how many thanks and I look forward to more help when I ask what are probably very basic questions without the feeling of total inadequacy. We've all got to start somewhere!! Regards, Matt

Hi everyone I was hoping today was going to be a happy day for me but not to be. I had my test this morning at 9.40 and all week doing my das course I was getting on great but yesterday for some reason I couldn't get my u-turns, today however I was at the training school at 7 am and I practiced until it fell into place. Then when I started my test I couldn't beleive how smoothly it went, all my manouvers were perfect until 10 minutes to go I stalled the bike at a junction, the bike was in second I was sure I had it in first and I ran over the give way and he failed me boohoo. Apart from theat I got one other minor fault.......Gutted absolutely gutted.

Hello everyone I'm Parsley,(yep that is my name)!!named after the lion for those of you old enough to remember! Well up untill recently i've been married to suzuki but this FZR came my way for a small amount of money so I thought i'd give it a go,fixed it up a bit ,rode it a bit & loved it loads!!!! so gonna keep it, i'm now sueing suzuki for divorce! I'm not entirely new to Yamaha,my real wife Donna has a Radian,she doesnt like it being called a Radian ,she thinks it sounds like washing powder! so we call it the fairy bike because its been airbrushed with fairys on it!i'll put some pics on the gallery of our bikes,my oldest lad has a FZR600 in standard guise,mine how…

Is there anything I can do to improve my balance when stopping and taking off? It always seems as though I need to go back and fourth when slowing down and taking off to keep secure balance on the bike. I was using one foot to balance but now am starting to use both feet when coming into a stop for better balance. I guess I am asking what most people are using for the best combination of braking and balancing when stoping and taking off. I have been riding for a couple months now and am trying to refine the smoothness in this process; it's a lot harder then what most non-bikers think! I have a 77 500 xs with vertical controls. Thanks guys.

OK folks; I've enrolled on an evening motorcycle maintenance course in order to exorcise my mechanical klutz demons. We start getting our hands dirty as of tonight. Coincidentally, I saw a 1981 RD250LC up for sale this weekend. It's an ex-proddie racer being sold as a runner in need of work. The shop owner said that he is assured that it runs and he's turned it over but not fired it up. bodywork is good and the bike looks OK on first cursory glance. I know that the exhausts have been opened up and gutted but not of anything else that's been done to it as yet. I was wondering whether it would be a relatively easy project and whether it would be worth starting on. I d…

Hi, Just got back on a bike after 3 yrs after had to part with my last one to make the then wife an ex-wife. Now got a FZ6-S2 and I'm after a set of soft luggage for weekends away. Anybody got any advise, tips and recommendations. Looked at some throw over panniers and concerned regarding the high exhaust’s. Any help and advice welcomed.

help! just brought some LED indercators but they have changed the flash rate so they flash really quickly! i've been told that if you put resister in circuit they slow the flash rate so the question is what value resister do i need to put in circuit?

I went out for my first long ride since passing my CBT and getting my bike today and all was going well Till a chuffing white van driver was up my bum so being on a 125 i couldnt leave him so i let him go past and about 300 yards down the road I got skimmed by a empty bottel of coke a cola i think it was the frigin idiot. I saw his arm out the window and the Barsteward threw it out. I couldnt belive it as he knew i was there as he had only just overtaken me. I dread to think what could of happened if it would of hit me. I was doing 50 mph when that bottel whisked by my head. I just wish I had taken his licence number down but guess the police would do nothing anyway. H…

just purchased a 08 fazer 1000, yamaha only do a top box and rack for the 600 i do a bit of touring with the wife on the back she is happier on the back with a box need it for two lids any ideas which is the best make and most tidy looking when the top box is not on it ???

The Mods have been discussing the situation with JMW and have voted unanimously to ban him. I have carried out their instruction. So.....Ladies and Gentleman....Boys and Girls..... JMW aka Jackanory Jiro has left the Building! Any tearful farewell messages should be posted in this thread! I'll begin by making an award that is most deserved!

I've really started hitting the weights down the gym and I'm gonna start using creatine again. But I can't remember- how much I should take to load up with at first - how much to take once the loading up period is finished - how long to use it for. Anyone got more of a clue on this than me?

how do i open my powervalve fully?

well today i got my first parking ticket not to bad as i am 61 years of age and been a biker since i was 16, but as i am now disabled and am lucky to get my road tax free under the disability scheme the traffic warden was a prat he said i should have displayed my blue badge even though my council dont issue them to motorcycles as they would get stolen and used by other motorists, as he is employed by the council i went to them to ask the score and got the replie well you didnt display your badge to which i replied well where would you suggest i display it she said you should display it on your dashboard well i cant find my dash board anywhere so it cost me £35 even tho…

hi, anybody have a decent pair of supermoto wheels for a 1998 dtr or a place where to get em from ?

Was up in the Lake District today, 3 up (My other half and Georgie the dog and me), saw loads of bikes around, if you did see us and gave a wave or nod, excellent!!! Anyway we had fun, weather held out for us too, maybe see you up there sometime. Usually park at the marina next to the Pump House when up that way. P

Hello can any one help me with some advive with my yam r6 and the changing of the front forks, mine is on a T reg and i want to fit some Upside Down Forks to it, can i just change them with the yokes on the bike or will i have to change the yokes aswell, if so will the new yokes fit aswell, please advise me thanks karl

Hi all am a new rider... just passed my test in march recently bought a 08 R6 and loving it... i already fitted a tail tidy to it am thinking of getting exhaust and screen... im from middlesex... and im 21

Just thought you may like to see the latest addition to my "stable". 1988 SRX-4 Ian