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After many years of riding "conventional" bikes I recently bought an XV250 Route 66 cruiser but find I am not comfortable with the "sit up and beg" riding style. I love the bike otherwise and so was wondering if anyone knows if it is possible to convert the handlebars, footrest etc to more conventional street bike settings. Or is that sacrilege ? !!

I am thinking about bidding seriously on an 82' XV750 on Ebay. Is it possible to mount a sidecar to one of these? Obviously the motor acts as a stress member of the frame. I did a quick Google and can't find any mention of one fitted to an XV750SE. Would it require fitting of a subframe? Thanks for bearing with me.

Hi All Could somebody please tell me the difference (if any) between the XVS1300A and the XVS1300 classic models? Regard Ray

i cant down load photos in my site it say,s not aloud to can anyone help ive paid my £5er

Anyone fitted either of the above to their bike? Or know generally which is a better shock? Cheers

Thats what I was told yesterday, for those of you (me inc) who a YZF750 if you blow your exhaust (not inc the end can) Yamaha do not thats right do not!! make pipes for the YZF750 anymore. Thats what the guy in Ride On said yesterday, when he was on the fiche, even he was bloody surprised, I mean ffs a 10 yr old bike!!!. I can still get new parts (not that I need them) for a 2/350 LC, so what the fuck is the problem with mine. Well Iv'e got letter written out to send to Yam to find out just what the fuck's goin' on, like I said to them at the end of the letter. So what are we supposed to do scrap the fuckin' bike!!!! :evil: :evil: :evil: :evil:

Im upto 1600 miles on my new machine commuting in and out of london, got it before the cold months closed in so i've got some good road experience before the summer fun months......although i have a few questions if any one can answer this little quiz, there's prizes of course!! 1) How many miles do you think i'd get on the final trip/ reserve fuel allowance? 2) Is there an easy fix for the bad steering lock key position/ conflicting with the clutch cable? 3) Anyone know of a good seat replacement for the longer journeys?? Gel filled maybe? 4) The best accessory shop for us is......? 5) A decent undertray (painted)? 6) Colour matched rear Hugger? 7) Any other lit…

Would this be any good, I just saw it on ebay.

Looking at adapting this exhaust to fit my 2001 r6,could this affect the running of the bike ? Or would it just be the case of fitting and getting it dyno'd. Any info on this would be greatly appreciated.

Hi guys newbie here Can anyone help i am looking at converting my 600 yam thundercat to a streetfighter and wondered what i can do to get round the ram air system to strip it all away if possible? Also are there any usd forks in the yam range that will bolt straight on with out to much messing about. And what are the best engine mods for these bikes

i want know, whats max speed for this bike in stock? mine goes on 95km/h ( ~59m/h) with STOCK and, what oil is best for this bike? amm, and where in the internet i can buy exhaust for this bike?

hi I currently use 160/60/17 rear tyre and 120/70/17 front tyre and was wondering if I could use 190 / 50 ZR 17 Rear 120 / 70 ZR 17 Front on my bike. thanks a lot.

Bought a Diversion 600 recently. A quite nice bike, suitable for my needs. But the idling is a little bit unsmoot, the cluths behaviors aggressivly, and there is some rattle from the engine. The bike is from -91, so I suppose there is some natural signs of age. But generally, what goes wrong with these bikes? Are there some wellknown "weak spots" of this bike? LJA/Finland

Ohhhhhhhhkay hey guys, i'm new here! Looking upon the deal of the 0% finance that's going on at the moment with the YBR's and i'm getting into this on Tuesday. I'm just wondering as to how to break the engine in. I know manufacturers say that you need to, essentially, baby it, but i've read in places that you need to just vary speeds and gears, don't rag it, but don't baby it either, just ride it how you normally would. This is so the piston rings set and don't glaze. I'm just wondering as to what the best method of breaking in an engine for a YBR is. I'd also like to add another question totally off topic. I noticed that the side panels (the new fairing on the …

Hiya all, my names Jonny, new to the forum so want to say hi to everyone. Just had two quick questions, firstly with my YBR is it normal for it to make a slight clunking noise when shifting into first? Doesn't sound like particularly healthy noise and wondering if it's anything to worry about. Also has anyone managed to find a manual online for this bike? I didn't get one with it when I bought it, but would be incredibly useful to have one! Thanks in advance, Jonny

Hi all, Probably pushing much luck a little here, launched a forum for all things Yamaha last. Being in the army I ain't spent much time on but circumstances have changed and I've given it a much needed overhaul. Just looking for a few people who are willing to join it and help give it the kick start in needs. Regards MacYam www.yamachat.co.uk (A link to Yamaha Club has been added in Yamachat)

Hi guys, i bought myself a dragstar last year (first time ive had a bike in a while), she is a nice looker with a vance and hynes exhaust system and sounds superb. I noticed that at higher speed when i released the throttle she would pop back through the exhaust, but was very loud. I was told to get a manometer and set the carbs up which i have done. I ride up the street and she runs beautiful with no backfiring atall. But when shes ticking over and i rev her, she will give a loud pop and sometimes you can see flames in the back of the exhaust? i assume this isnt normal or am i wrong? Any help or advice appreciated

Good day everybody! Nice to be here! Quick question! When I take my new SZ 16 also SZ-R in some markets (same engine as the FZ16) in for a scheduled oil change the dealer service tech says that it should only take 1 liter of oil when the manual say 1.2L. Yes, the filter was also changed! Any thoughts?? I don't want the oil level to be low as I hear this is bad on the clutch! Cheers!

Hi, ive just put a 70cc bore kit in my 2007 aerox 50cc. My jet size at the moment is 62, can anyone help me with which size to upjet to ?? .. Thanks Technigas exhaust , race polini variator and belt.

i have had the ring taken out of the air flow so now it goes 42 mph but all i was hoping for was a little better exceleration. which did not happen can any one help me with how to make it have better exceleration many thanks sam