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Greetings, I have an issue with cylinders one and four not firing on my 1886 FZX700 Fazer w/ Brand new NGK DP8EA-9 plugs. I suspected the Left Coil was bad since it is responsible for both one and four. In order to eliminate the left as a variable I swapped the Left Coil w/ the Right Coil (at the same time pulled all the plug wire caps) and connected them to their respective original sequence. (Left Bank Outside to #4 - Inside to #1) (Right Bank Inside to #3Outside to #2) The results were cylinders one and four still not firing. So I have eliminated the coil as the culprit. I am going to go change everything back to its respective place but thought I would see if anyon…

Hi All not been on for a considerable time, mainly as I flogged me Fazer 600 a while back. I currently ride a Honda CBF1000 GT. Nice bike but feel I want a change. There a few toys I am thinking about getting. If anyone on the Forum has any of the bikes I am thinking about would appreciate some feed back please. One of the reasons I am coming back to a Yamaha is the CBF 1000 seems to have an alternator problem as did the early Blade. I do a good bit of touring and have been down to the South of Frnca a few times. I am looking at Either an FZ1 or the FZ800 I assume it is called the FZ800? Another good candidate is the TM 900, now I know the TM is getting long in th…

Hi I am interested in getting feedback on how good the later model TDM's are. Any owners on here not happy with the bike or if you can sing it's praises would be grateful as toying with replacing my CBF Honda with a new TDM . Lew

I need specs and any info to set cam valve timing on a Yamaha tx500. The entire top end has been rebuilt. There is good spark stator points plugs all good. Anyone with any info would be appreciated. Thanks

Hey Everyone - I'm new so be gentle. I have a 1981 Exciter 250 with only 2,700 miles. It sat in a garage for almost 10 years but started right up after I put oil in it, a new spark plug, and creamed the tank. It runs great through all the gears. But it has a loud tapping sound that's hard to locate. I adjusted the cam chain tensioner and valves according to repair manual specs. Does anyone know if this is typical of this bike? Any ideas or remedies? Thanks. DMoney

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hi just looking for a fuel tank for a 1986 yamaha tt350 white in color and does anyone know where i can get jets for the carb i know the yamaha part number 1ln 1490j-100 needle set thanks for anybody's help

Good afternoon everyone. My dad owns a barely used, but soundly running, 1977 R-reg Yamaha DT100 in good nick, which he is thinking of selling via my Flea-bay account. Would anyone have any experience on what sort of prices it could possibly go for, or a reserve price I should consider? I appreciate that's quite an open question so I don't expect any exact answers, but I have looked on ebay and autotrader finding that most DTs are the latter 175 or 250's. Mods/Admin - this is not a 'for sale' topic, I'm just trying to get an idea if it's worth selling or not thats all. Cheers John

alot of people dont like the top speed of the yamaha dt125r im on my 2nd dt125 the 1st was an 89 bt ive got a 92 nw and tbh the power is less the newer the bike i found out if you strip the engine right down and put a tzr 125 2rk gearbox in its got a nice tasty pick up aswell as top speed would like to know if any1 has any other idears for tuning the good old dt125r as im really keen on the dt125s bt im waiting to strip my spare engine to bits to get my tzr gear box in hehe if any1 knows any other way of tuning please please let me know

hi i need help in locating a cdi unit for my fzr 750 (digital ignitor tid14-60 made but hitachi) can any one help me i thinks this is what i need as i have no spark and i have changed the coil packs already cheers steve

DEA officer stops at a ranch in Texas, and talks with an old rancher. He tells the rancher, "I need to inspect your ranch for illegally grown drugs." The rancher says, "Okay , but don't go in that field over there," as he points out the location. The DEA officer verbally explodes saying, " Mister, I have the authority of the Federal Government with me." Reaching into his rear pants pocket, he removes his badge and proudly displays it to the rancher. "See this badge? This badge means I am allowed to go wherever I wish.... On any land. No questions asked or answers given. Have I made myself clear? Do you understand? " The rancher nods politely, apologiz…

Hi Guys. Wonder if you can help me out? Bought an XV750, as mentioned in previous posts, and it conked out on the way home after 30 miles. Green flag obliged and I cleaned out the concrete-like blockages from all of the jets, bowl etc and managed to run it intermittently sometimes on one cylinder. Forked out £160 to have the carbs rejetted, cleaned etc and it ran fine for a few miles then started chugging. Checked the plugs and they were choked up with carbon preventing sparking. Cleaned and started resetting pilot jets and running in between until I had them turned out 3 and a half turns. Still fouling! Did that paper test thingy on the remote Mixture Control Valve. No v…

Hey guys, I recently purchased a 1984 XS400 maxim. I am a new rider, so I am still unfamiliar with the brands and anything motorcycle related. I wanted to change a couple of things on my XS400, the exhaust and the seat. If anybody can please suggest any brands/parts, it will be appreciated. Thanks.

Hi, new member here. Also posted this in the workshop section, but maybe more appropriate here. Anyhooo... My current project is very much Yamaha related, although it's a special. It all started with a YPVS350LC engine that has been slightly tuned. Had it sitting around for a while and finally decided to find a new home for it. To make a long story short, I decided to put it into a TZR-250 3MA frame, which it went into without too much fuss. The search for more modern bodywork lead me to the YZF-R125 as it it both modern and slim. Again, with a bit of fitting work it went on pretty easily. There is still loads to do and you can see the progress here: Build blog …

This morning on the M6, I looked over to my left and there was a woman, in a brand new Porsche 911, doing 70 miles per hour with her face up next to her rear view mirror, putting on her eyeliner I tell ya!! I looked away just for a couple of seconds... and when I looked back she was halfway over in my lane, still working on that makeup... As a man, I don't scare easily, but she scared me so much, I dropped my electric shaver, which knocked the meat pie out of my other hand. In all the confusion of trying to straighten out the car using my knees against t…

drag this to your tool bar and get up-yours picture and rants and shoot the barsteward off the forum!!

drag this to your tool bar and get up-yours picture and rants and shoot the barsteward off the forum!!

I have a 2007 YBR 125,,,20,000 km The bike bent the intake valve on cold start,,,,changed the valve guides 2 weeks later same problem,,bent intake valve,,,took the cyl off and checked the play on the crank and piston,,,they were ok. Found inscribed markes on the bottom of the cyl jug and inscribed marks on the crank shaft counter weights,,apears there was a problem at the factory,,,anyone herd of this problem,,,I would like to get advise before i open the bottom end?????????????????? Terry

Does anyone use the LeoVince exhaust on his bike?

special clip of our norman on "acid"