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Hi thought i'd say hello, been watching for a while and you seem like a rum bunch! I'm a big yamaha fan, since my 2 stroke days but currently ride a R1.

From home made garbage bags, rain coats or shop bought gear whats a good 'system/set up' to have?

what's yours then? mine is as follows.........petrol station on the rd400, jump on bike, ready to start it..... and what's happened? kickstart up me trouser leg(bootcut jeans)! an i topple over felt like a right tit i did still dont know how the hell it happened. one of those stupid off days i guess

Currently got about a foot of snow outside,its about -3, more snow expected tonight, i think winter has arrived,

Come pay day I'll be taking delivery of a '94 SR125. Exact same year and model as the one I have but only 22000 miles instead of the 46 on mine. All parts are there and in good nick but it is sold as a non runner as there is an intermittent ignition problem. So starts and runs most of the time lol. Not sure whether to use it as a donor bike or spend time trying to sort it out. The mechanics I use for all my spare parts normally only sells £3k bikes and up - mainly classics - and wants only £100 which is the value of the couple of bits they have changed and what they paid for it. Previous owner couldn't afford to repair it (hourly rate etc) so instead of sticking it on eBa…

.....just talked to him on the phone! He sounds like Rab C Nesbitt you know! :shock:

ok so my old dear comes and gets me in trouble with lc so all go andf take the piss out of her scooter forum. her name is either just sharron or sharron solle on there i cant remember Search http://www.myscoot.myby.co.uk/ nothing to abusive though

hi every one iv run into a problem last weekend i went out on my bike for a few hours and the speedo was working ie. lighting up telling me the speed etc came home put the bike away come to go out on it again and nothing no speed it dosen't light up what could be the problem ? also noticed that the blue full beam light don't come only light that works is nutrual.....

I have just been thinking about people who have restricted their bikes because of their licence. I am wondering if anybody actually sticks to having their bike restricted or just removes the system/device as soon as they have had it fitted and got their certificate. It must be very tempting to do this, I bet a lot of people just fuck it off, especially younger ones.

I'm a new rider, just got my license and I'm looking for a bike with more power than the bikes I road in my MSF class, but smaller than a 750. I came across a 1994 Yamaha Virago 535 that from the pictures, appears to be in excellent condition despite having 38,000 miles on it. I'd really like to know if anyone has this bike, how long you've had it, and your thoughts on how it runs and any maintenance issues you've run into. I'm a 5'3 female so I need a bike that sits low and doesn't have too wide of a tank (the Honda Shadow 750 gas tank digs into my inner thigh when trying to reach the brake pedal and gear shift). I also want to avoid getting too heavy of a bike right…

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 all Have noticed that while messing about with my Mikuni TM 28 carb that bike revs so much better with snorkel out, but as average temp here is about 78, have to be carefull about overheating due to extra air flow, what has anybody else found with the snorkel as in or out being better. also i must have been lucky with my previous 2 strokes which i never touched Carburetor wise ( this is the rant bit ) as i have had the mikuni in and out more times then the Pope has said Amen, i have researched so much info on carb but there seems to be no definitive setup mine is not happy with a 240 or 230 Jet 220 jet for my carb runs best but still working on idle which is crap and…

....cos I bought another XT as a ratbike! It's a 1991 XT350....genuine 5500 miles. Bog standard apart from Renthal bars and a road legal Predator stainless steel sytem. Cost me a grand....took it for MOT this morning and it sailed through it. Goes great, engine is as sweet as a nut....just got to give it a serious clean up now. What do you think?

maybe thats a stupid topic to start on a bike forum, but I hate driving cars! No just getting stuck in traffic, but the actual process of driving those big metal boxes around town feels like trying to manoeuvre a very big thing down a very small passage (insert smutty remark here lol). In contrast when I'm on my bike I feel safe, i have a great field of vision, I'm able to anticipate other road users, can nip through the gaps that cars get stuck in and i love every single mile. When I jump back in the car I'm nervous and to be honest feel completely useless behind the wheel! Its probably a case of inexperience, I passed my test years ago but haven't driven regularly since…

Hi, having read what some want in a newbie threat I will do my best to post that in here. inches = don't have any location = atm mostly in the garage or the bike wreckers searching for bits and pieces rides = yep have a few of them only 2 run atm the rest are either on the way out the door (the smallest scooter I own Eaglewing 150 trying to find a new home for it) or waiting to be worked on. I just bought a xj 750 that needs a tiny bit of work and as a bonus it came with a second 750 ( this turned out to be a 900 ) for spare parts. Both of those have matching numbers and I will eventually put the 900 on the road too. And somewhere in this whole mess I have a FJ 11…

Hey all today is a sad day i offically wont be owning a yamaha no longer as i have part exchanged my aerox100 for a piaggio typhoon125 2011 model so i am gonna be on the search for a piaggio owners club but who knows in the future i may return to the yam family. I have had a lovely time on here and gonna miss not being a yam owner but i will still pop along and see how everyone is doing. I however do have some aerox100 parts up for sale if anyone on here owns one and wants some after markert parts which is below * clear tail light lens and clear rear indicator lens = £20 *carbon pattern tail light lens = £15 *left hand side mirror = £30 collection only …

What came first I gotta know or I will fail at uni. I'm sooo desperate to be a qualified chicken plucker. If you know the answer then where did that come from...??

I'm a new rider so this is a whole new level for me. I've watched a few filtering tips and guides on youtube (by sensible riders) and have been attempting on stationary traffic - when necessary and safe - to get to the front of the lights. Two months on and I've managed to clip two wing mirrors, latest being just last week. The second time it happened, I knew it was too narrow but I had committed so I ended up squeezing through only to fail miserably. Both times I pulled up on to the side of the road and apologised, they were both women drivers and after checking there were no serious damage we parted ways. I guess I've been lucky so far to not have any claims made a…

This year I will pass my big bike test and I like the look of the bandit 600 but I also like the look of the MT-01 and MY-03 but the passenger seat even I couldn't get my skinny arse on on the MY-01 but that's the look I'm looking for if you get what I'm sweaying as I would rather have a big bike restricted then have a small bike trying to pull two people up and down the hills to get to my house are there any bikes with the same look that you could recommend with similar looks ( hopefully a yamaha as the one I have is pretty bomb proof ). Thanks Paul

Good afternoon all, i hope your all getting your fair share of this sun at the moment. I have noticed recently that there seems to be a lack of "The Nod" greetings between bikers. Has anyone else noticed this or is it that peeps just dont like us cruiser types i definetly had more on my El Bandito. I have had a Leg wiggle in the past week but he might have just followed through :{ Just a thought......