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A little girl is with her mom in the park when they see 2 teenagers having sex on a bench. "What are they doing?" asks the little girl, "making cake" replies the quick thinking mom. Later that day the pair are walking around the zoo when they see 2 monkeys having sex and again the little girl asks what the monkeys are doing, to which the mother replies "making cake". The next day the little girl walks into the kitchen and says to her mom "you and daddy were making cake in the lounge last night" "how do you know?" asks the mom. "because I licked the icing off the sofa..."

Tommo" your an uncouth bugger, showing your inner-city upbringing

Hi Jer , as long as the swingarm pivot bolt ( the big one running through the frame ) isn't seized you shouldn't have too much trouble . Make sure the bike is properly supported , remove the rear wheel , remove the shock(s) , open the chain at the split link and move it out of your way . Undo the nut on the pivot bolt and tap the bolt out ( taking care not to damage the thread ) . As you lift the swingarm out take note of the position of any spacers or shims . Reassembly is the reverse and if you put some copper grease on the pivot bolt it will prevent it from seizing in future . Hope that helps .

Las said he was sorting them out! I merely suggested the idea.

Still waiting for my beer...

A year and I've hardly done anything to Dotty, pressures of work (or rather the lack of) mainly and I haven't been on here in that time. So may I reintroduce myself properly? My first ever bike was a DT175F in Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) that I bought from a mate when she was less than a year old and in immaculate condition. Learnt to ride on-road and off-road on her - normally sober but not always things were different back then. Actually my 'training' consisted of giving him a lift home after buying her and him talking me through the gears. Also had a CB750 for a while. Licence, didn't need one of those :-). Sold up in 83 to travel and was bikeless until I settled in the UK and bought the GSX in 2002 - after I got my licence. I've had various other bikes since then but have been on the hunt for a DT175 again for years but couldn't pay the premium they go for. I found a gem on the Bay of E and snapped her up. I have since been banned from the wife's eBay account though :-(. Anyway, the "cracker used regularly" turns out to be a real gem with repairs "bodged regularly" - so that's what I'm rebuilding now as I can. Front end done, carb mostly done (but will redo over winter), oil pump busy doing. Frame will get painted over winter. Enough rambling. Jump in quick, homebrewed cider is behind the bar.

I thought that sound was Lassy Shitting himself!

YOC NEEDS YOU!

yeah...start the bike and see if it spits back into the carb

Aye I did, scouts and leaders still buzzing from it. Foams, designed and got 15 T-shirts made for camp in 2 days

we all live in hope

Short of giving you a bike, which I don't think anyone here can manage, I'm not sure how we can help... You could somehow coerce them into buying you one, perhaps make some kind of deal with them - Bike in exchange for, I dunno, becoming a doctor or whatever. Generally, I'd say wait until you're old enough to move out and then buy whatever the hell you like. That's what most of us do.

yeah NEO It's because you use yours in all weathers, aint no paint gonna stand up to all that cold water being thrown at it when It's at a high temperature itself, even the original paint didnt last very long at all. It's about all you can do is to keep on top of it.

drilled the final hole and took the top rubber washers out. Put them below and all feels nice and secure. Just ordered some more fuel hose and an inline fuel filter. The tank was clean inside but anything to help the bike breaking down will be a + for me :-) browsing ebay for more pointless things to buy now