chrisw

sorry for the late reply. No I wasn't going to that, don't think they'd have allowed us Sports bike owners to minglw with all the Harley's. Was a cracking long weekend though although a bit damp.

The existing wiring may not take the extra load, so I'd use add in a couple of relays and wire up a new bit of loom with some heavy duty wire, the bulbs can run directly off the battey using the existing wiring as the switch for the relay. All you need to do is get a dual filament bulb. I'd also devise a way to switch off the dipped when the main light is on otherwise you could end up melting your light lens.

didn't mean to do a reply ... but do agree with JABBOTT .. typically the fault is a wire coming loose on the sender inside the tank.

Also try www.pepipoo.com this is a forum with very knowlegable people. They can help with a whole range of Motoring offences.

Not sure whether the 125 has cable speedo from front wheel or an electronic speedo, but if it's not driven from the front wheel then be careful of your speedo under-reading, 30 mph reading could well be 34 road speed (or whatever) depending how much you change things by . . . you don't want to get caught out by camera's. Also bear in mind that by upping the front or lowering the rear to get better top speed might actually make you go slower; although the gearing would theoretically give a higher top speed, if the 125 can't pull the revs in that gear you could well end up making it slower.

Unfortunately (or hopefully if the weather is good 'fortunately') I'll be riding up In Scotland from the 28th Aug through to the 1st Sept. So thanks for the invite but i can't make it. Maybe another time. Cheers Chris

The Cat & Fiddle is in Derbyshire/Cheshire and is the main road betweeen Buxton and Macclesfield. To be honest the road isn't as bad as it's made out to be, but naturally accidents happen when you act like an idiot and don't read the road, and because it attracts a lot of biker attention it will naturally have more accidents. The Police do make a presence and again it's not that bad, especially the section after the Cat & Fiddle pub into Macclesfied (which is the best part of the road as well), but they do have a Plane that patrols the area although I've never seen it myself. They are planning on putting Average Speed Camera's up on the road later this year/early next year and (allegedly) these will be linked to ave speed camera's on other roads around it.

I use Mobil 1 for bikes in my 2004 R6, it's got 60k+ on the cloks and stil going very well inded :-) saying that any decent brand of oil should do, just make sure it is Bike specific oil.

I have a Heat Gun . . looks like a hair dryer . . . blows hot air like a hair dryer . . . unfortunately it says Black and decker on the side! Just thought I'd write my previous point as I don't know how intelligent you are and some folk wouldn't have the sense then they'd come back on here moaning about the damage done! Better safe than sorry and all that !

DO NOT use a Heat Gun ...... it will be far too hot and will: 1) blister the paint on the rim. 2) burn your fingers. Use a hair dryer, it's nowhere near as hot as a heat gun.

There's lugs on the forks that stop the bars from going past a certain point to prevent the bars hitting the tank. If your hitting these then you aren't going to get a tighter turn, but I doubt you're getting to the stops to be honest. However having dropped bars means your hands are in an awkward position to be at full lock and in control of the bike fully, byusing raised bars your hands will be in a different position that might allow you to turn the bars further and still have your hands in poition where you can control the bike in a tighter turn. There are various adjustable bars on the market that will raise the poition and fore/aft position, that you might want to try looking into. but bear in mind that it#'s possible that you may need slightly longer cables depending how much higher you go.

You've had your licence for over 6 years so the fact you've passed a bike test and had another category added to it is irrelevant, so you don't need to be concerned with losing your licence and resetting your test because of reaching 6 points. in court for 93 in a 60 (assuming non motorway) you can expect: Magistrates' Court Penalty Guidelines Eligible for COFP instead? No: Magistrates' court only Points: 6 Normal fine range: £225 - £375 (based on a £300 a week take home pay) Disqualification possible? Consider 7-56 days Maximum fine: £1000 Do you think you really was doing that speed ? Was the NIP delivered within 14 days ? www.pepipoo.com for advice

Scorpion do a stubby can for the 05 R6

Thundercats don't have an Ex-up valve so it can't be that and I'm sure they only have 2 error code 1 at 3000rpm and the other at 8000rpm, the 8000 rpm fault as this is quite common. If it is the 8000rpm fault then this is just a fuel sender fault, and is usually because a wire has broken away from it's soldered joint. You need to use up your fuel so you can lift the tank and remove the fuel sender unit, once you have it withdrawn from the tank you'll be able to clearly see the wire that has broken from it's joint (if it is connected then that not the problems and could be a failure of the unit. However this code wouldn't cause a miss-fire, so you might have a plug / coil on it's way out.

Why not just try using some good mole grips that tighten on to what it's gripping when you turn them (make sure you're using it the correct way round though, otherwise it will just slip).

Unfortunately relying on the things about the lines being brocken and not having terminals on the end of the lines doesn't always stand up to the defence you need. The double lines not only include the road but are active all the way to the building line, so if you have a garden it is this f the front door opens on to the stree than it is in line with the very front wall of your house. Your best bet is that the ticket is wrongly worded and many are and therefore flawed. Best thing is to register with http://www.pepipoo.com/ load an image of your ticket both front and back and your ticket (washed of personal details) and give an explaination of the offence. It will then get checked for dodgy wording, and errors will be made known to you and you can fight the ticket on that basis, your appeal will probably be rejected so you'd have to take it to PATAS to win.

A set of Bridgestone BT014 or 016's or Pirelli Diablo's should get you about 6000 miles out of a rear and will be plenty sticky enough for a Cat on road/track.

Where ever you are in the country your doing the route twice ... Anyway, I did JoG-Le 18 months ago, a group of 9 of us did it avoiding motorways and major dual carriageways. We were all on sports bikes and the total milage was 1043 miles if I recall, we could have opped off a few miles but we wanted to make sure we took in the best roads we could ... so good in fact that MCN copied our route 6 months ago and did an article (they also did an article about our trip). What I can tell you that even on sports min 600 sports bikes our times were .... Day 1 - JoGLE to Hawick (12hours) Day 2 - Hawick to Ross on Wye (14 Hours) an hour of this was lost time whilst we tried to find the Welsh Biknor YHA in pitch black Day 3 - Ross on Wye to Lands End (9 hours) Serious thought has to go into fuel stops as well, you have to breakdown the journey into sensible tank ranges and knowing exactly where you need to fuel up. Here's a link to the site .. if you have a look at the PLAN it'll give you info about stopages/refuels. http://www.thrape.fsnet.co.uk/jogle1000forcruk/ Hope it helps. and if you do go for it .. Good Luck! You'll Love it!

Decline the £5000 ... tell them that you need more to replace it and send them in adverts of how much a like for like bike costs in your area. I did the same with a car that got wrote off a number of years ago. They offered me £3200 and we settled on £5500 when I proved I can't by a replacement with what they were offering.

Thundercats are good al round bikes .... but to correct on e of the things suggested. The Cat's don't have an EXUP valve so you can't check this.

ACF50 is good stuff I use it on my R6 as I use it throughout winter ... curious why Gas up says to keep it clear of the chain, after lubing my chain up I put a bit of ACF on it to give a bit more protection. However, all my mates with crossers all use WD40 on there bikes, but it's not so much to protect from salt but because it stops crap sticking to so easily and makes jetwashing off easier too.

but if you use short levers then yo've not got as much leverage so it's harder to pull the lever in! I thnik this one is going to be hard for anyone to answer spot on. I would consider making sure your cable is running freely, I' recently had to change my clutch cable on my 04 R6 cos I noticed it was getting stiffer, when I took the fairing off it was evident why ... the cable was touching the downpipes, it'd melted all the plastic shroud so the metal had rusted and the outer coil had collapsed and had gummed up with crud. That was an extreme case, but the cables do need oiling now and again so it could be worth trying that first before spending any money on other stuff.

You could go for a BAGLUX ... the type that has a tank cover fitted and then the tank bag clips on to that creating a very solid fix.

Yeah he's opened them but it's not a full opening .... he's done it on a trial basis. Which is why it's even more important people don't abuse the privildge, otherwise you'll lose it.

I wrote a summary of the R6 and R1 after taking them both for a test ride not so long ago .. this was my thoughts! .................................. The other day a mate took his Gixer750 for a service at CMC, and had arranged to take out an 'R1 demonstrator. I thought I'd take out an 'R6. Now a bit of history here; I'd never ridden a 'thou' before, but have been under the impression that Sportsbike 'thous' can be too quick/powerful, which means they aren't as satisfying to ride. This train of thought often leads to some debates with a collegue who has a BLADE. So now was my chance to see what the reality was. Off we went on some familiar roads to test both bikes out, and this is my findings which were pretty mirrored by my mate. R6 1) Lovely and I do mean lovely BARK from the front ram air, snapping the throttle in slow moving traffic is so satisfying. 2) Handled superbly, I've never ridden anything that handled that way, it just flicks about like you can't imagine. 3) Engine is weak in low revs, but once at 6k it take off right through to the redline, gearing means that this isn't a long wait. 4) Brakes were good and had an excellent feel and bite to them. R1 1) Too quiet 2) Fast as you not what in a straight line 3) Suspension was alot softer than the R6 4) Handling (and the R1 is supposed to handle good) was below expectations. 5) Brakes were very strong but lacked feel. 6) All you can hear is the R6 rider blipping the throttle and enjoying the intake bark I'm not sure if it was because I'd just jumped off the R6 but the handing on the R1 was naff compared. Where the R6 loves to lay down in corners and there's loads of feedback and confidence from the front, the R1 wants to stand upright all the time and felt like there was no connection between road and rider, this meant twisty corners were slower on the R1. The R1 was like a missile, but felt uninspiring to ride as you didn't have to work it, the R6 is without a doubt, utterly amazing; OK the revs have to get up before it takes off, and it doesn't have a much low down grunt as my '04 R6, but once it's on the move it's handling excites and because your using the gearbox instead of just sticking in one gear it's far more satisfying to ride and give's way more SMILE PER MILE. Where would my money be ............... it would be on taking the engine out of mine and sticking it into an '07 R6. It has strengthened my opinion that a new R7 or R8 should be designed. Shortly after we got back on to our own bikes, and refuelled we swapped to each others bike. My mate had never ridden mine before and the only time I'd rode his was over 3 years ago when I still had a Thundercat. Our thoughts about the 2 were the same: 1) The Gixer 750 engine didn't seem that much quicker than the R6 (both 04 plates), but it did have more grunt and a little more torque further into the midrange. 2) The R6 seems more roomy around the controls and dash. 3) The R6 handles better and lays over easier. The ride on all the bikes has helped me appreciate my own bike again. I had been thinking it must be getting tired having had so much use (nearly 55,000 on an '04), but I no longer think that, also seeing it on the road with my mate riding it I thought .... "God damn, that's good looking !", that's my bike not him SUMMARY : 600's are better if you like cornering and enjoy RIDING a bike, 1000 better if you like straight line speed, and just sitting on somat for the ride. Yamaha R6, whether '04 or later models are bloomin good bike's ! - Not that I'm biased