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Hi all , i'm Rob , just joined up a moment ago as i've just bought a old 1987 fz600 off of ebay (i mean literally just bought it , not even picked it up yet) , so thought i would have a gander and see what its like on here , and if any one has a bit of knowledge of the fz600 i.e. common faults and problems to watch for , any advice would be very much appreciated .

Hi people! On a whim I bought an FZ400RL from a friend a few(!) years back. At the time it was a bit silly coz I didn't even have my full bike licence. Anyhoo, got that in 2002, but due to life's unexpected twists and turns it never got on the road. Though out of boredom I did strip it down, spray and rebuild it, replacing a fork as necessary in the meantime. Now I've managed to dig it out of it's corner in the garage and spend some time on it. It's fully ready for it's MOT and looking less shabby than it did. But it keeps cutting out. Starts - no problem, sounds good. Ticks over quite happily. Goes out riding nicely. BUT after about ½-¾ mile, just when s…

Hi all and thanks for taking the time reading this plea of help, I have a 1997/8 xvs 650 dragstar, the ignition is sending me slowly crazy! turn the ignition on, engine management stays on for around 5 seconds? turn over the engine no spark! now if I turn over the engine with the engine management light on she will start? but for 5 seconds only, the light turns off and yep no spark turn off the ignition and turn it back on and same, have a good ohm reading from the pulsar coil,ht and LT side of coil ok, I have changed the CDi and still exactly the same! slowly cracking and have ordered up various relays to see if this is the problem.... has anyone had this problem or ca…

hello everybody just the other day my DT125R developed a rather nasty habbit... it splutters, back fires and pops somin terrible through all gears, reaching a top speed of 45 compared to its origional 85! :'( the power valve still workes but its only amplifies the issue, to me this sounded like a delivery issue so here is what i have tried so far, carb float bowl and jets cleaned powervalve cleaned air filter cleaned fuel lines examined yet the bike remains to run like a complete bag of shite, iv had the bike for 4 months and have had endless problems but iv always managed to fix them but this one really has me stumped... it starts and runs fine…

I have an '85 yfm 80. somethings wrong with the steering somewhere and it wont turn sharp at all. i mean, i have a bayou that turns sharper than this thing. i know that it should make tighter turns than it does because ive ridden one very similar to it (same make and model) and it was the tightest turning quad iv ever ridden. if anyone has any suggestions please let me know.

hi, does anyone in the south lincs area have a yics tool i can hire

Well the lovely man at EBC, has changed the carriers on my disks, so they are all nice and straight now. So bike can be MOTd at the weekend and all made road legal!

A quick question for you all.... Just how private are PM's ?? i.e. can admin and moderators, if they have need to and just cause, view (undetected to the adressee) the contents of a PM ? It's nothing to do with this board but another one powered by the same software. Cyber - evesdropping - what's next ? Thanks - J

Your advice on the best choice of sticky tryes please..... stock rims but need the stickiest dry road tyres regardless of cost or durability. Thanks - J

I hope you GT-R boys are happy ! I found out today I know of the offender. I think he's going to do time. The car was a chipped GT-R, smokin' !!!!! :shock:

Hi ya all, wondering if there are other riders in brisbane who go out on the highways, mountains or just cruising lets get some sort of club or group going there to enjoy the power and poise of yamaha

Peeps this is the artwork thread for April 2014 in the YOC calender Will be closing this sometime before the end of the month. So far Blackhat250 has offered this: Lets get some more in and start a poll

Well peeps, Drewps flatracker got the most votes for the jan 2014 page, now lets get voting for februaries, anyone have any artwork they want to submit? 2-wheels offering below Airheads offering below Drewpys offering below DirtyDTs offering below Mervins' offering below

Well peeps, im starting this thread early as i will be working over xmas and away shortly in the new year. at the moment it looks like the calenders are coming from vistaprint and will cost around £10 for a wall calender or £6 for a desk calender, if you order any other YOC merchandise at the same time you will get a postage discount (please pm with your requirements and i can get you a quote). postage overseas or to islands will cost more. i may be able to find a local company who is able to do it cheaper although i cant tell for sure probably until the new year VOTING: now, here's how it works, at the top of the page you will see a poll (once artwork has bee…

Sorry its late peeps, prevailing circumstances and lack of time management. anyhoo, who wants to offer up a juicy offering for the March page of the 2014 calender?

A little birdie tell me the YOC gets a mention in 'Bike' magazine...can anyone here give us a report on it

Thinking of having cloth patches made of the YOC. The patch would be something like my current avatar @ 75mm diameter. Min order is 50 and would only be solid colours as the way the embroidery goes. if enough interested i would go ahead. for usa I would prefer a single contact to send a package over (would be cheaper anyways) payment through paypal methinks. cost £3 plus post and packing drewps

my patch is here :) just a big thankyou to Drewpy for doing this great patch will wear it with pride:) thankyou elmmetxxxx

Just a little challenge,,, nothing serious,,,, try to clock up 3000 miles on your bike this year. Take some pics along the way and tell the story of some of your travels. What ye think? Who's Gona start it off !? ??

Went to the Yorky strokers day by the sea " Phoned C.B.D. when passing Rippon [ 7.30.am] met him at Fridaythorpe [ seaways caffe] Where we had breakfast, and met two-strokers from all corners, Rode to Scrarborough, to the Classic Bike Article .