Yamabyss

Well a little non motorbike related topic (but i did use the bike to get to the location) Last Sunday i traveled down to Taunton in Somerset to Grade for my next belt in Karate which now makes me a 4 kyu purple belt in godu / shotocan Karate. My next belts will be Brown, then next will be black where i will start learning all over again. Bit of a painful one this time as on the ride down i managed to burn a hole in my combat trousers and grow a blister on the back of me Knee which soon popped when i was kicked in the back of the leg. Still was a cracking day out and managed to shave a few more mm off the bottom of my foot pegs which was both fun and shit scary…

Maybe i am a bit too old,But come on how stupid is this!! http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-30750361 Anyone on here that thinks this is cool or would consider having it done? Yuk http://news.bme.com/tag/eyeball-tattooing/

hi i have a 2002 wr 426 with water in oil, does anyone know of a common fault like water pump seals etc, dont think its as major as head gasket because bike still runs good doesn't smoke and cooling system not pressurising, any ideas? cheers

A guy dials his home phone from work. A strange woman answers. The guy says, "Who is this?" "This is the maid.", answered the woman. "We don't have a maid!" "I was just hired this morning by the lady of the house." "Well, this is her husband. Is she there?" "Ummm .... she's upstairs in the bedroom with someone who I just figured was her husband." The guy is fuming. He says to the maid, "Listen, would you like to make $50,000?" "What do I have to do?" "I want you to get my gun from my desk in the den and shoot that witch and the jerk she is with." The maid puts down the phone. The guy hears footsteps, followed by two gunshots. The maid comes back to the…

Just had an email from 3 stating that they are increasing my monthly mobile phone contract charge. Is this even legal? How can they just decide to increase my mobile phone charge?

Hey whats happened here????????? I made a post about sum1 just buying a S**uki and then jumping of a buliding. Came on this morning and its gone!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :x :x :evil: :?:

Just in from work and having a catch up on the forum. First thing happening is a screen like this and even after clicking 'accept recommended settings' it comes back every time I open a new page......Help please

I really despise this complete bag of shit that has ruined the music industry. Every year the winner gets the Xmas number 1 and brings their shitty album out compiled mainly with covers. Some spoilt little shit wins and becomes a popstar (for at least a few months) and it's all we hear about in the media. An horrible little shit who has never worked a day in their life and haven't even become an adult and joined the real world. I never watch the crap but from what I have seen and heard none of them have any natural talent (all their voices are electronically enhanced using computers). They are told what to say, wear, act, eat, drink etc. they are even given their sob stor…

Was out on my xj 600 diversion last night when I came off it. First bike crash now part of the club. The bike seems fine mechanically but the bike fairing is all smashed. Was thinking about making it a naked bike and was wondering how easy this would be on the xj.

I have got bored of having cold hands on the bike and I on going 2 get my self heated grips for the bike. Any 1 know what size I need for my bike? Is there any you would recommended

hi guys just bought a XJ600 with clocks that read in kilometres does anybody know if you can swap them straight over for uk standard clocks without changing the speedo sender gear? ben

hi peeps i am now starting to remedy th elist of faults produced during my '89 XJ600s' MOT, the mudguard has now been secured with a custom bracket fabricated to hold it in place, fork seals have arrived, waiting to be changed. now the headstock bearings, they arent notchy but they need adjusting... how do i get to them to adjust them? i can see one of the nuts on the top of the headstock but i cannot get to the locknut which (i assume) is on top of it under a small plastic fairing between the handlebars which i cannot see a way of removing. help? -Steve

can you get a reasonable priced windsheild for XJ600N ??? if so where from ????

So Ive just gone and ordered a new XJ6N and was looking at exhausts for them. Man are they hard to find. What I am after is getting that fruity sound. Not bothered about extra HP as I dont want to buy a full system. Anyone got any suggestions on what they have found and where to get them in the UK. My biggest concern is the blackbox cat and silencer, do they pretty much nerf anything but a full system? Anyhelp greatly appreaciated.

I know I'm quite emotional anyway, so this story especially touched me... A couple were Christmas shopping on Christmas Eve and the whole place was heaving, packed with other last-minute shoppers. Walking through the shopping centre, the surprised wife looked up from a window display and noticed her husband was nowhere to be seen. She knew they had lots still to do and she became very upset. She rummaged in her handbag and found her mobile phoned and then used it to call her husband to ask him where he was. The husband in a calm voice replied: "Darling, you remember the jewellery shop we went into five years ago, where you fell in love with that diamond ne…

Aloha from Hawaii everyone, Newbie here. I just bought a 1977 yamaha XS 360 and I'm about to embark in a project turning it into a cafe. I am one hell of a tough time finding the HEADER part of the exhaust system. My header pipes are rusted and butt ugly. I've tried eBay, but found pipes are just as bad as mine. I've ran into a lot of exhaust stuff from MAC systems but are all for the XS400. Now here's my question. Does the XS400 exhaust/ header pipes fit on the XS 360? Please HEEELLPP! Any leads to good stock header pipes and mufflers or aftermarket exhaust would greatly be appreciated. Again, the question is: Does the exhaust system (headers and muf…

It realy amazes me the amount of XS400 owners on this forum,,,, ,, Definatly got to be the most popular Workshop / classic/ talked about Yams, Whitch surprizes me ,, coz in the 1975/ 82 erra ,,, i never saw one on the road, [ there was a display bike that stayed in shop window for years] As the roads were awash with small & middle weight 2strokes. Were we all brain washed into the two-stroke style, overlooking the four stroke version of the RD400. or dare i mention the XS250 Lets hear all you Xs owners, reasons for ownership,

My son found a free 1980 XS 850 for haul away, no problem. He called me today and asked what I knew about this model. All I could tell him was that the XS designation was used for the 650s in the day. I Googled it and I liked what I saw: a triple: not too complex, daul overhead cam: preformance possibilities, shaft drive: I'm there, not too stylized: don't care for disco. We both like classic European styled bikes. The machine has been indoors for 4 years and the mileage is unknown. After my online research I reported back that this bike has the potential to be an all-around commuter/tourer. Since it's coming home any way, would anyone experienced with this ma…

I was wondering where my xs400 rests was after selling it to a chap on here. turns out it has been exported 😯 never mind, hope its gone to a good home

Joe wanted to buy a motorbike. He doesn't have much luck until, one day, he comes across an XS400 with a 'for sale' sign on it. The bike seems even better than a new one, although it is 30 years old. It is shiny and in absolute mint condition. He immediately buys it, and asks the seller how he kept it in such great condition for 30 years. "Well, it's quite simple, really," says the seller, "whenever the bike is outside and it's going to rain, rub Vaseline on the chrome. It protects it from the rain." And he hands Joe a jar of Vaseline. That night, his girlfriend, Sandra, invites him over to meet her parents. Naturally, they take the bike there. Just before…