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A brief conversation with the housemate yesterday had her with an observation about how people swing their leg over their bikes. Her observation is that guys will bend their leg while they swing it over, while women tend to just keep it straight. I haven't been able to disagree yet, but I am interested in if this is a seemingly accurate observation - so, what do you guys and gals do when swinging your leg over the bike?

Hi, I have a dt125 98 and recently changed the gearbox oil to find there was petrol in it, in the oil I also found a few small fragments of crankcase sealant. If anyone could help me figure out what's wrong that would be great! Don't want to start stripping the engine down if I don't have to

Recently I changed a piston and rings on a 1999 TW125 (the same engine as a SR125 i understand). I bought a set from Wemoto which was not genuine Yamaha. There were no markings on the rings and I couldn't say for sure which of the two top rings was which. After much trawling around the internet and leaving a post in the workshop forum here (thanks Airhead for getting back to me), I did come across this site, which might be useful. http://www.dansmc.com/rings.htm Although obviously I can't substantiate it, it does look like the fella has looked into it.

With the track still cool in the morning, teammate Rossi took his time to further test set-ups with the aim to prolong tyre life. When the track started to warm up he put his YZR-M1 to the test and posted the sixth fastest time of 2’00.676s, +0.713s behind his teammate, despite suffering some chattering issues. While the track was baking in the blistering afternoon temperatures at 2pm, the riders took some time to regain their strength and consume enough fluids, before heading back out into the bright sunshine at the Sepang International Circuit. When Lorenzo and Rossi retuned to the track they used the last two hours of the session to test various aspects of the bi…

Hey there, As I was pulling into work today I noticed my rev counter being a bit of a nob. While rolling to a stop in neutral I spotted my rev needle snapping to 0-1,500-4,000 rev point while bike just sat there in idle, I'll have a link to the video in the bottom, But basically wanted to know if it was a sign of something bad or if the clocks are just on their way out. Or it may very well be a perfectly normal thing, I dont know. http://youtu.be/I3_f8fwTvNU

Hi Just as a general query, anyone on here had much hassle from parking tickets off private parking management companies? I've had one or two in the past but now they seem to appear all over the place and I've seen lots of people mistakenly paying them. Mine go straight in the bin of course as they aren't official PCN's! Any ridiculous / petty stories out there? Cheers Dom

Hey Guys, So... this morning coming out my garage I put the side-stand down and went to close the garage door and the damned gravel under the side-stand gave way and allowed my bike to kiss the ground passionately. The ground was not kind, snapped the clutch lever and cracked the wing-mirror - no other damage luckily. My issue is I can't seem to find any MT125 parts for sale and am not sure if the MT07 or YZFR125 parts would be compatible? Anybody able to point me in the right direction? :] Thanks!

Hiya all, I'm sad to report that, due to my ignorance, my 15 year old Dragstar 125 has broke. I've had here for a thousand miles and She's been running lean due to cracks in manifold forcing my to ride full choke so I don't get killed on a12, all this has put too much force through a slack chain which has bent the neutral switch and bent a bolt which caused an oil leak so today is fixing that oil leak charge battery and see if she starts and see if we can diagnose any engine damage from the oil leak. Now, if there is engine damage then I have been told maybe a big bore kit is way to go in terms of repair and upgrade. Thanks to this forum I already found out I need…

Oops missus went out shopping. Accidentally bought a ebay 91 Xt600e when mrs went out shopping but needs rear pads. What size tools do i need to do pads before 200 mile ride from middlesex to manchester. Regards Simon

thinking about getting one, in case i'm in an accident, altercation or just to film my route but have absolutely no idea whats best, cheap or good. any recommendations? also, is it better helmet or bike mounted?

Now that the 175 pretty much done..went to lot of trouble today in the hot sun getting all the bikes into the back yard to get some nice pics. The whole lot. The 3 DT`s

Having a workshop clearout and came across the above. Part no 90891-10124. In Yamaha partspeak 'kit' is synonymous with 'and washer' Can't be arsed eBaying it due to the number of fuckwit queries my last eBay sale raised. PM me if it's of any use to you

The stage was not enjoyed by all Yamaha riders unfortunately. Spanish Yamaha rider Juan Pedrero didn’t start this morning and was very nearly joined by Xavier de Soultrait, who was ill all night with gastroenteritis. The Frenchman finally arrived at this evening’s bivouac in a courageous 21st place. Overall Olivier Pain maintains his 10th place, Xavier de Soultrait is 13th with Frans Verhoeven 16th. Xavier de Soultrait In the quad category there were some different names on top of the leader board than the usual suspects. Today it was Christophe Declerck who came out on top, leading from fellow Yamaha rider Nelson Sanabria (at 06’35). However the order of the overall st…

hello,i am trying to get info on hooking up original blinkers on 1981 xt 250,i just rebuilt carb and had the hardest time starting this bike,then while searching the internet a guy on this site had posted the problem with auto compression release,i unhooked it like he said,and she fired up first kick,wow i wish i could thank that guy,im so gratefull,so now i am trying to hook the factory blinkers up and need a wireing diagram in that area,any help or info will be greatly appreciated

A couple of years ago when I reached the ripe old age of 60, my late wife who was a good few years younger than me looked at me with that innocent smile on her face that told me she was about to take the piss, with a straight look on her face she said your old enough now to use the old peoples day center. FFS, anyway I told her that I can't stand bingo or Vera Lynne or any of the crap that they seem to do but if they started selling cheap booze and playing rock music I might consider going. Just lately I have been tempted to rock up on my reasonably loud cruiser, park next to the mobility scooters give the throttle a blip and walk in just to see what the reaction would b…

For the second marathon stage of the 2015 Dakar, the remaining competitors had to make another high-altitude crossing of the Andes before tackling a 371 kilometre special. The route was mostly over hard-packed ground and directly followed by 135 kilometres of liaison to take them to their bivouac. Olivier Pain finished today’s special 15’37 behind the leader, with Frans Verhoeven not far behind in 19th (at 17’10). Olivier preserves his 10th place overall, while fellow Yamaha mounted Frenchman Xavier de Soultrait finished 22nd and holds on to his 13th place overall. Spanish Yamaha rider Juan Pedrero’s run of bad luck continued. The latest news is that he had a stand stil…

Hi there, Happy new year to you all! I've come with cap in hand to ask your advice please. If there is anybody who knows about dragstars and engine block paint peeling/bubbling. My bike is fairly old (but still in sound condition), however, the engine block is beginning to bubble in places, not massively but enough to try and stop it before it gets out of hand. About the size of a penny in two place. The fins are also beginning to lose their paint on the edges. The paint is a grey colour but I don't know exactly the colour code for the paint block. I would like to paint it in those spots with VHT paint if possible. Any ideas what colour I could use for the eng…

Ever had to use breakdown relay? if so who have you used and were they successful? Had a chance myself to find out when my bike would not start in that heavy rain last night..........and I ended up getting myself home at 1.30 am................ Don't worry I've been on the phone this morning!!!!!! I'm with the AA and have breakdown with Relay, except they used a 3rd party company, who had no means to take the bike home .......or me!....and now I have to go back to work (where I left it) and get her home. They've offered to come out again but I'm so F********* off, I don't want anything more to do with them today. Probably hasty words but when you've only had a fe…

The day started slowly as the start of the race was delayed to 8:00 am local time. Yesterday’s heavy rain in Uyuni had made it nearly impossible to cross the salt pans that cover the first 100km of the eighth stage and an alternative route had to be sorted. The change in plans did not affect Pedrero’s focus. With a chance of victory in his sights the Spaniard fought off Stefan Svitko and snatched the lead, until Pablo Quintanilla dove under his time by just eleven seconds. Today’s results see Pedrero jump to 11th place in the overall rankings, after having received an 15-minute penalty yesterday that saw him drop from 6th to 23rd in the race results and from 19th to 20t…

Just picked up my new bike today it's a 2000 yamaha 6ft 600 r thundercat now having owned all the fazer models Inc still owning a 2006 fz6n and previous had a cbr 600rr the old cat put a smile on my face .... During the test drive I had a grin from ear to ear... For what it is its an amazing bike !!