[My poor bike is suffering...]

best to coat the bike (not the brakes) acf50 or i have scott oil 365 it'll  keep corrosion away and protect electrics too.

If corrosion has got under the all coating, then it needs to come off, no other way. just use peeks or if its really bad, solvo autosol

[am6 crank seals]

10 hours ago, nigel smith said:

Hi drewpy 

it’s all been cleaned out and yes I have fitted an inline filter. I might go up a size on the pilot jet and see if it has any effect. But the pick up is excellent 

I have found out you can change the crank seals with the engine in the bike so may do as a precaution.

thanks for the reply 

I remember when I did the Gilera , i had plethora of pilot and mains jets. and just kept swapping till I hit the right combo
Also the height of the mains needle makes a difference 

[am6 crank seals]

crank seals will have hardened a bit, but as its fine when warm, I would think that's fine.

Could be a bit of crap in the carb pilot system for low running.
was the bike stored with the carb and tank dry? was there a fuel filter fitted?

[Aerox modding help needed]

its 4 stroking lower down, if you've pushed the power further up the rev range, that's where you need to stay.

 

You can't have more power and expect it to perform all throughout the rev range, its a compromise.

 

have you tuned your power band into when the rollers bite?

[97 Yamaha thundercat 600 rear axle problem]

Don't know the thunder cat per se, but there could be up to 3 spacers.

1 twixt left sprocket carrier and swing arm

1 fits inside the left bearing between sprocket carrier and left hub bearing, looks like a top hat and most peeps throw these away when renewing the bearing as it is drifted into it.

1 in-between the hub bearings

maybe 1 right side which usually is the calliper mount

[1984 XT125 kickstart issue]

see Allen Millyard's youtube channel and say casings can't be welded.
I've had a motor mount welded up and its no problem for 10 years its been on there.

You need too make sure all oil is out but some castings can be porous and there may be an issue

[Aerox modding help needed]

I think you need to get it on a dyno just to check fuelling and see the power curve. will save a lotto time in the long run
Run it in first though as dyne's are brutal

[girlie night out]

Two wives decided on a girlie night out. On the way home they needed a pee and nipped into a graveyard.

Then they realised that they didn't have any wipes to finish up, so the first one used her knickers, and the second one found a wreath and used that.

The next day one husband rang the other and said 'No more girlie nights out, mine came home with no knickers on'.

The other said, 'Well if you think that's bad mine came home with a card in her crack that said 'From all of us at the fire station - we'll never forget you.''

 

[New to the forum, 2017 Tracer 900 owner]

my mate has the tracer GT

[Hello All from North London Xvs 125]

[(really) Basic Tank cap replacement question]

usually a captive nut, even if it did fall in, just use a magnetic aerial thing to fish it out

[YOC 2019 Meet]

I'd love to meet up again.
going to be a strange year though I think.

[Hello everyone UK based in Essex]

[Headlight area diode.]

very simply, a diode is a bit like an electrical valve, it lets electricity flow one way and blocks it going the other way. stops damaging feedback to other electrical systems

[YOC 2019 Meet]

Just found Tommy's ride and slide photo 

[Hello From Texas]

Howdy

[Sorry, but just can't help it.]

On 12/27/2020 at 8:09 PM, mike1949 said:

No Drewpy. Doc and the medics was a cover version of the original hit which was a gospel song.
Mike.

Now listening to "I'm a believer" by The ????
Mike.

i know it was, hence the emoticon 

On 12/27/2020 at 10:50 PM, finnerz89 said:

Norman greenbaum? 

 

The monkees

it was shrek

 

[Sorry, but just can't help it.]

Dr and the medics

[1980-G DT175MX 2-Stroke Oil Leak (US Model)]

47 minutes ago, NE0 said:

The photos appeared above, not sure how that happened as I didn't do anything! so i assume a mod has stepped in and helped out. Many thanks for that whoever it was.

it was me, I did leave a note but it didn't process. 

[Quarter turn/quick action throttles]

• I think I adapted my throttle tube on the FZ to make it more quick action.

I'll have a think on what I did or where I got the info from

 

found it, i grooved the pvc to keep the cable from jumping off (it never did but I felt it needed it)
https://www.kawiforums.com/threads/quick-turn-throttle-mod-with-pvc.122605/

[Yamaha Majesty YP250 - Exhaust hanger main bush has play]

looking at this fiche, its a bearing

 

https://www.fowlersparts.co.uk/parts/4012594/yp250-5sj2-2002-060-a/rear-arm-suspension

should be able to buy from a bearing supplier if you can get the number off the bearing it self.

heat up the alloy first and press out straight. oil seal will pop out using a small pry bar

 

93306-302YK

[Have a good Christmas all]

Merry Christmas everybody.
Family still Covid free (a few on front line police force too)

Stay healthy 

[~~Daily Feed, post what made you laugh today ~~]

On 12/13/2020 at 8:21 PM, sniff6 said:

needs a caganer

 

[Hi from Berlin. A new-to-me RS125 arrived. Yeehaw.]

 you take my breath away, a good group.

 

what do you play?

[XS 360 Will not start]

usually carbs and their ickle drillings

try some easy start down the carbs to see if she fires up, then you have your culprit