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A consolutation paper regarding modernisation of the CBT I'll post highlights once I get a chance to read it

Hi can anyone please help with some dating evidence for my imported 1977 tt500. Imported from USA and trying to road register here? Thought we had enough supporting paperwork mot etc but dvla have rejected application but will accept dating evidence from an owners club if anyone can help please? thanks

Got home last night and the wife presented me with a long list of paypal and credit card transactions. she's been digging around for the first time and now I can't buy any more bike stuff for awhile At least I managed to get most stuff done,just need engine to sort. The only issue is I need to wake the xs from her slumber and get her taxed, mot and insured

Right, I'm on L plates, I HATE them, people see them as big signs that say "I'm a virgin with no life, run me off the road at every chance". I did a (naughty) experiment when they "accidently" fell off, and found people are much more respectfull and reasonable when they don't see a big loser plate hanging off me like a tumor on my machine. People pulled out on me less, gave me more room and actually treated me with respect instead of randomply shouting at me for going too slowly up a 22% gradient with a hole 7.2 cubic inches of wet fart pushing me allong, and most importantly, they tail gaited me less Why, why was this? It wasn't a 1 day thing, on the 4 times they…

Hi can anyone help I have just bought a Yamaha v75 autolube on a 76 plate and I am finding spare parts hard to say the least to get hold of so is there any bikes out there that used the same parts ie are interchangeable I am talking things like petrol cocks and petrol cock rubbers and I am sure other things will need replacing to any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance Frank.

Been itching badly to replace the YBR for a while now, and I've located a couple of XJ6s [through dealerships]... But dilemmas! This weekend is looking to be a bit dreich down [up?] here and I still need to finish off the finance on the YBR. I can't even justify part exchanging it - if they'll even allow it, due to different finance companies - because dealerships offer effective pennies for it ): [i asked elsewhere, and they only offered £1k for a '12 YBR 125, when I could sell it privately for £1600. Although, HPI may prevent that] I could get both, but I'd then have 2 bikes, and less ability to pay off my YBR faster! How do I cope?!

I'm not usually accident prone but earlier in the week while helping my eldest with some diy I did two things that have kept me off my bike during the really nice riding weather we have had. First while collecting some aqua panel from our local diy store one of the sheets slipped and landed on my foot, nothing broken but some very bad bruising that had me hobiling along like cripple and there was no way I could get my bike boots on, then that evening while shutting the tail gate on my van I got distracted by someone just at the wrong moment and managed to smash my head with the door again nothing broken by a nasty gash and some more bruising, by the time I can put my hel…

Hi guys I'm new here and hoping to get some help. I bought a set of Dr. Bike heated grips to install on my 2009 XJ6N. I'm fairly comfortable with fitting the grips but I'm struggling with the wiring. I don't want to connect the wires straight to the battery. Someone suggested I connect the positive to the tail light live wire using a simple snap-lock connector (like this from maplins for example http://www.maplin.co.uk/p/maplin-snap-lock-connecter-blue-l30ay)and then the neutral straight to the battery. I'm very much an amateur but I think I should be able to do this fairly easily ... assuming I find the tail light wire! Do people think this is a good id…

SWMBO said that she wanted her car put away in the garage, ok says I and went to move the bike out of the way, it's on one of those wheeled trolley things so it's easy to move around the garage, didn't notice the bit of lino that I had been using had got rucked up over itself as I wheeled into it's usual position, you CAN'T stop 700 pounds from falling over when you don't expect it to fall over can you? Snapped the right mirror off like a carrot and scratched the fairing !"£$%^&*() son of a bitch !! I am not a happy bunny today but truth be told it was the dumb arse on the handle bars . So have just bought a new mirror and will see if I can polish the scratches o…

I See Pete the restorer is coming to the stafford show in April with a new stand of classic restoration. Pete you may recall does the bike on "the Motorbike Show" loves his yams

anyone seen this? http://www.motorcyclenews.com/news/2010/june/jun1010-mirror-columnist-is-a-knob/ I think maybe he has a point but it ignores the fun/adiction of motorcycling

山 葉 Yama ha Meaning: Mountain Leaf

Hi obviously totally new to this Bike as of the minute has stock Chinese barely legal tyre on front 3.00 18 Need to replace asap really as I have read they don't have the greatest of grip. Also has a half decent heindau k65 on the back which seems okay . I know the bike is adapted for tubeless But I'm thoroughly open to opinions Thanks

Rossi was up for the challenge of repeating his strong ride of two weeks ago. He needed little time to get back into the swing of things and was quick to take over the top spot from his teammate at the start of the eight-hour long session. As the temperature started rising the pace of the field picked up, but the Doctor was quick to respond and cruised back to the top the leader board with an impressive 2’00.414s lap, which kept him sitting on top for the rest of the session. Teammate Lorenzo had a more challenging start to the second Sepang test. Though he briefly topped the leaderboard with a 2’02.099s lap, he struggled to find the good setup for the slippery asphalt…

My baby while i was doing the winter service (just testing uploading photos)

Just been checking over the latest purchase Came across this label attached to the frame adjacent to the headstock, anyone know what it means? No mention of it in the owners manual.

Afternoon all Just in case anyone ever needs to know, it appears a Dragstar will go 204 miles (including reserve) before she splutters out. Which cheered me up. Especially as I was 50 yards from a petrol station. Cheers Dom

Had a good look round the Divvy today and treated it to a wash and ACF50. I noticed that all the fairings and the tank have what looks like a security mark on them. I've looked online and can't find anyone who seems to use this particular mark and was hoping someone on here might be able to shed some light. The mark is DAT followed by a seven digit number etched in black dots. My first thought was datatag but looking at their website this doesn't look like what they use. Anyone have any ideas??

Hi, After several long hard months of saving, I am only a few bob short of affording my DAS. However, I'm not sure how I should go about it as I haven't road over winter and some pillock ran over my bike while it was parked up (pannier rack saved bike from any major damage) and I won't have my bike back for a few weeks. I know I need more practice (slow speed), and to do my theory test but I don't know any bikers who ride any more to go out with to point out mistakes and what not. Should I go straight to an instructor and do a 5 day course, including mod 1 and 2, or would having lessons be the better option? I can't afford to fail, money is fairly tight so I want to…

Well yesterday was a good day, we are now proud to welcome into the world baby Layla-Rose who was born at 13:32 on the 7/2/2015 weighing 6lb 8oz. Very happy at the moment just waiting to bring them home this afternoon and Mrs Noise and Layla are doing great.