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Hello there! I recently purchased a Yamaha dt 125 RE 2004, it's been nothing but trouble and all I've done is thrown money at it, it's an amazing bike though regardless I've sorted most of its problems now I'm stumped and was needing some help, the bike never starts very easily and never settled when its idling (revs keep going higher and lower) and just yesterday it feels as if the power band isn't kicking in anymore.. Anybody got any ideas as where to start? Thanks!

Hi, I am a new member and owner of a Yamaha Radian. I am having problems getting the bike to start by using the start switch. I have checked the clutch switch and side stand switch and both seem to be working. I have put a new battery on the bike and can get it started by bridging the positive on the battery and the starter. Any ideas as to why it will not start? I also noticed that the previous owner removed the fuse for the power wires and just wound them together. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks James

hi all... thursday night/friday morning going to work noticed a few strange things happen to my little dtr ill try explain in detail see if you lot have any ideas. right heading into work thursday i noticed the bike wouldnt go past 6krpm would bog and pop out the exhaust while pulling aggeresive in spurts go up a gear no problems aslong as i keep below 6k rpm now i posted in a thread about fake iridium plugs and i did have this problem with 2 of the iridium plugs i bought off fleebay but the original ngk plug was fine - now its doing it with all plugs grrrrrrrrr whilst parking her up leaving her to idle i noticed what i can say is a knocking noise coming from the to…

So as per usual I spent most of my shift at work looking at bikes and stumbled across this! What do you lot think? http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item.view&id=261218290852

This was posted on the V-Strom forum and I thought some of you may be interested? "http://www.thebookpeople.co.uk/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/qs_product_tbp?storeId=10001&catalogId=10051&langId=100&productId=386196 At checkout stage type TENWIN for 10% discount and then MAYWEL for free delivery." Both codes work and should work for other books too...

iv just been looking through the www and iv come across a free half decent by way maps check it out and tell me if it seem trust worthy from your own local knowledge or if incorrect on lanes you know and ride http://bywaymap.com/index.html iv come to realise iv got a bit of a distance to get to any good long lanes I live in the west midlands (sucks to be me right now)

Hi all, I have the bike listed above which has the exhaust underneath the bike instead of on the side, but to me it sounds too quiet and a little bit boring! I want to know what I can do to the bike to give it a little bit of growl and louder than my hoover (which is quiet)! I have to bear in mind that it has a throttle restriction to 33bhp, which also includes a restriction in the exhaust too I believe?

Hi there, I have a 1997 XJ600n and I am thinking of turning it into a Café Racer,, Has anyone got an experience of this? are there any do's or don'ts that I should be aware of? also are there any parts that can be swapped from one machine to another, like rear wheels or swing, rear suspension. At the moment im just trying to gather as much info as I can before I start cutting it about. Any Info would be very much appreciated Many thanks Al

just worked mine out, average over 3 years, it's 5K per annum, doesn't seem that much really but I suppose there are substantial periods over the winter when I don't venture out much on the bikes.

Took the bike up to the garage this morning and the gearbox is shagged. He said by the time they removed and split the engine it would be cheaper to put a new one in. I think this is it now, I'm going to carry on riding the bike until it doesn't work at all and then I am bikeless. I had some money saved for a 2T but I have just had my hours cut at work so I used most of that to pay off my credit card. Realistically it will be September when I have a few grand for a new bike, could go down the finance route but things are uncertain at work. On my way home the fucking kickstart fell off ffs. I could curl up in a ball and start crying.

don't agree with this blog. saying its akin to wearing a seat belt WTF? no amount of reflective light emissions is going to stop motorists from seeing you, for one they need to have headlamps on. two they need to actually acknowledge you're there and three seatbelt - sticker, sticker - seatbelt, nope can't see a link read for your self http://getgearedforbikers.blogspot.co.uk/2013/05/french-helmets-law-5-things-to-know.html

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So I'm getting a 2013 Fazer 8 and it's coming in Matte Grey. Has anyone any experience on if/how you should clean this paintwork? Part of me thinks you shouldn't polish it due to matte not supposed to have any shine, but thought I'd ask... Thanks Dan

I am looking for high res photos or engineering drawings of the tank shroud latch assembly, does anyone have any intel on this subject please?

2000 reg fazer fzs 600 constant petrol dripping from over flow r breather tube which runs down nxt to exhaust till I moved it . Lol any idea what s causing it . When parked up at nite nxt mprning theres about a litre of petrol in the tub under bike . Now he just tolde he does fill the tank to the top but would it cause this much to leak out ?

guys im considering selling my bike and for the life of me cant understand the ebay jargon can someone tell me straight how much does it cost to sell your bike on ebay and any ebay tips thanks

Hey lads, My Virago 535 doesn't do more then 100 km/h ( at it is an exact thing, always shots down at this speed) I was suspecting an exhaust restriction but there is nothing in the pipes. I have cleaned the carb and the jets are good size i think. My only other guess is the cdi ignition box ( I think air filter is standard as well) Does anyone know what part number might be printed on a restricted cdi box? If any at all? If the numbers printed actually does not tell about restriction then is there any test to find out whether this is causing the cut off at 100km/h or might be something else ( I can't think of anything else any more but any suggestion is we…

Recently seen a picture of myself on my 98 Divvy 600N and I look like Donkey Kong on a Monkey bike. I need something with a bigger frame at least, gotta be naked too. Really taken with the XJR. Also looking at the CB1300 & ZRX... Neither have to really recent. I'm wondering what else there is out there with similar frame sizes.... Big suzuki's are obviously in there too. Any suggestions peeps? Ta!

well im going to fix up my dt and sell her in the next couple of weeks, im looking at a change of riding style so more the 2 stroke racing look rather than enduro!! got a few options so ill throw ones im looking at see if you lot have any ideas on the best choice!! derbi gpr125r honda nsr jc20 aprilia rs125 cagiva mito anymore i should consider? im looking at spending in region of £1.5k im leaning more towards the nsr jc20 ive always liked them cheers ken

is there any plans to get this forum native on an app such as tapatalk? i use tapatalk for all the other forums im on and its so much easier to use than using a browser window on the iphone