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Got bored and while mooching around Android looking for cheapo Motorcycle helmet speakers, found a rechargeable, Stereo Headset with full Android and iPhone compatible Pairing with good reviews at £12. Here's a link Link to cheapo headset It looked like it might fit, so I bought one - after all, if it all went pear-shaped I would be down a bit over a tenner, if not . . . Here's the result We stab it with our steely knives, Then we smash it all to bits! (Apologies to Smash). It came apart pretty easily, the wires linking the speakers and battery across the headband were pretty ta…
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hello, anyone heard of these.... dk motorcycles? im abit miffed why this http://www.dkmotorcycles.co.uk/dkonline/ne...;product_id=132 is a thousand quid cheaper from these than anywhere else in the uk.
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50cc Moped, compression tested at 40psi, So, fitted brand new barrel, piston & rings, compression tested 40 psi again?? Base gasket/ head seals are fine with no leaks Is it possible the air is being forced out the crank seals under compression?
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Trying to find a home for my dad's Yamaha 80 (blue) 1988 motorbike, 19k miles from new Kept in garage until recently, well looked after Surely I don't have to take this to the scrapyard?? Know it is a bit dated but what a waste? . ..... any advice/offers? C Hawkes
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D Dm7 D G Am7 Dadd6 Little darlin, its been a long cold lonely winter, D Dm7 D G Am7 Dadd6 little darlin, it feels like snow is slowly melting, D Dm7 D E7 here comes the sun, Doo n Doo Roo D Dm7 D E7 here comes the sun, an I say, George 'arrison
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grr righ i pased my test three weeks ago to morow and i still havent recived my license from the DVAL so i gave them a bell and guess what they havent recived my license paper and photo part and aparently i need to ring the test center up but can i find there number any where ?? NO!! so that may meen a trip to leicester to the test center if my instructor dosent get back to me with the number i carnt belive they are so careless and the fact that my license is my only forum of ID its a pain in the ass any one else had any experiance like this ? thank god i have my test cetificates for both parts so think im going to have to photo coppy them so i can …
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Chipp lost 2-1 but Swindon won 5 nil
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I mean like Fizzies and early Yammies (RDs etc.) have? If we'd all bought RDs 10-15 years ago (when they were real cheap) we'd be sitting on a bit of an 'investment' now. Same with MK1 Ford Escorts - couldn't give them away 20 years ago . . . have you seen the prices now? I guess I'm trying to figure the next 'thing'. Your thoughts gentlemen?
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As my YBR is still within the manufacturer's warranty period, I sent off the change of ownership slip to the address in my owner's manual in September but haven't heard back from them. Do they acknowledge this normally? Hubby did the same for his baby Varadero and Honda sent him a response and some other stuff within a few weeks.
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I bought the TDM 900 in December 2021, rode it a good amount, changed engine oil & filter, bled the brakes, fettled the calipers and generally fiddled about - as you do with a new bike. I could not find any history re the valve clearance checks so tried to book it in with a pal who is a great mechanic, but he could not fit me in until mid-march ! Right, I am fairly handy so I'll do it myself. While I'm in, I'll fit the SmartMoto secondary air valve bypass system and some posh coolant hoses from AS3Performance I got the rad, tank and airbox off and looked at the access to the valve cover, or rather the lack of it. The manuals all show the engine being worke…
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I've never really gave much thought to wearing a Hi-Vis before but things have kinda changed and I've realised that it's not easy for a biker on the road. If people don't see me in daylight, what chance is there at night? So I've decided to wear a Hi-Vis while riding during night time. Do any riders here wear a Hi-Vis and did it make any difference?
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For my first 3 years of riding I never wore ear plugs, didn't like cutting out noise of traffic as I liked to have all my senses working. I then read a study in one of the Bike mags about damage to hearing, some study showed that the vibrations caused from the wind over your helmet at motorway speeds cause a level of noise that can potentially do permanent damage if you are exposed to it regularly. Worst case is you can end up with tinnitus, a permanent wining in your hearing that cause cause sleep deprivation / depression etc. Anyhow got me thinking, my ears do whine after my 30minute motorway commute to work, so I tried plugs. Was very strange at first, but now i fi…
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hese are actual comments (?) made on students' report cards by teachers in the New York City public school system. All teachers were reprimanded (but, boy, are these funny!) Some might even apply to someone you know... yah, sure: me... will you get a reprimand! 1. Since my last report, your child has reached rock bottom and has started to dig. 2. I would not allow this student to breed. 3. Your child has delusions of adequacy. 4. Your son is depriving a village somewhere of an idiot. 5. Your son sets low personal standards and then consistently fails to achieve them. 6. The student has a 'full six-pack' but lacks the plastic thing…
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ok, so i rode my bike today and the lights have been playing up! the bikes a 2008 yamaha xt125x completly standard. It has side lights for when the ignitions on but not the engine, then dipped & full beam. The only light thats coming on is the side beam & the full beam dash light is constantly on!? when i flick the switch between dipped & full nothing happens? Sometimes it comes back to life & works or the full beam light will start flickering. I have no idea where to start looking for a fault as im no electritian!! Has anybody got any ideas? luke
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hi, thats my 1992 TZR 125 n am currently makin it look better as it was a mess, but i want to get rid of the white windshield, im just wondering if anyone knows if the 250 TZR's windshield will fit the 125's any comments would be greatly appriciated thanks
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hi all does any one no where i can get a big bore kit for a dt lc 125 1986..........thanks
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OK its blowing a gale outside, my hangover, brought on by low quality beer, is slowing me up and the new tyres I have just bought and fitted are great but I have managed to lose the wheel spindle nut and cannot reattach the front wheel. Im going for a beer. Does anybody know when the next Bike show in the South west is happening?
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help!!! car pulled of in front of me bike went down the road sparks the lot and this part oil came out and now has a hole in cant get another on cause i dont know what the part is called or does Visit My Website Visit My Website
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hey guys hoping you can help im looking for a new upper fairing (nose) for my 99 r6 its the white/red/black one but can only find after market jobs which im not really interested in does anyone know where is best to go look ?
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Hey, I saw this picture of a R6, does anyone know where I can get a twin high level exhausts? Are they 2 single high level exhausts or is it a system? Can anyone help? Twin High Level Exhausts
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