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  1. I've just had to fit a new chain and sprockets to my bike again, I think I'm on my 3rd or 4th set now. I was going to do it myself but the weather has been terrible, constant rain and I don't have my own garage or shed. I got a really good quality set so hopefully it will last a bit longer. When I asked the mechanic that fitted it he said 125's do go through chains and sprockets a lot quicker than high capacity bikes, so it's normal for me to go through them pretty quick. I was debating whether or not to put a rear sprocket with more teeth on to give me more acceleration but after thinking about it I thought it would be pretty dumb. I didn't want to put any strain or pressure on the engine or other components. I figured the engineers at Yamaha knew what they were doing and had already worked out that the standard 53 tooth one was the best for the bike otherwise they would not have gone with that sprocket for my model of bike.
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  2. |I'm going to make a chain oiler for the TDM using the carb bulb off a chainsaw, a spare brake resevoir and some tubing. fitting it on the handlebars and route to the chain guard and see if it will loob under the chain
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  3. Start easy. Fan switches are notoriously unreliable. Bypass it to check the fan. The poor running may well be the temperatures going out of expected limits.
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  4. I've come on leaps and bounds. I do all of my own basic maintenance now. At one point I couldn't even change my brake pads. A lot of it was having the confidence and of course advice from you guys has helped me a lot. It might take me a bit longer than a mechanic but it gives me something to do. I think my next task is going to be to fit some braided braided brake hoses now the weather is perking up.
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  5. Just an update guys. I finally managed to get it off. After buying one of those multi size sockets with all the pins in that adjusts to the size of the nut and failing miserably I bought some of those sockets specifically for getting rounded bolts off. Inside they are spiralled similar to the rifling of a gun barrel.I got one that was just too small to fit on and then gently tapped it on with a hammer and it come straight off. Thanks for all the help, I got there in the end.
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