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I just deleted a message from the very same tosser, too. He/she should get a life and do something constructive and useful that defines their reason for existing.

Yep ..... they do have 'mutha fucka' in the title ... follow the link to utube: Love Tom Waits 'Real Gone' ...

just to make it simple ....

Have a look at the band "machine gun fellatio' and their song ... "i am a mother fucka on a motorcycle" ... great tune ... bizarre. to be found on utube.

ok, then the relay you need is one that is not for led's but for normal indicators. we got ours from bike-bits-n-bobs on ebay ... who provides a genuine service. it does state on the information that the relay unit is for either led's (which is a much lower wattage and will not work) or for normal indicators ... and so you should ensure you got the one that is designed specifically for normal indicators and not leds

Reply is: had exactly the same on an XJ750 Seca, and discovered that it's the pinouts on the original relay being different to the universal type: our Yamaha relay had a three pin connector but with only two terminals connected: the middle one and only one at the side pins. If your replacement relay is the same as our was, when you look at the back of your relay you will notice that the one that isn't connected is the 'X' terminal: this in the power feed, and pretty important. So, split the plug - it is designed to be openable - and removed the connectors inside. Attach on to each side connector, ignoiring the top one completely, and it wil work with the wires one way round - i think the polarity is important. Having tested it and found it working, refit the connectors into the plug (remembering left and right are transposed when looking at it face-on), and test it before closing the plug up, and slot the new relay into its new home. Have fun My new 12v 23watt indicators now flash on and off quite happily. Hope this helps.

Gas-up ... I hadn't realised just how sensitive folk really are about the whole issue ... the sensitivity surrounding it all is quite interesting in itself. Yes, you could be right ... I edited it out ... it had 'had its moment'. It doesn't affect me as I exist in both 'camps' and not just one or the other. Ending it here is good!

Taskmaster ... it was not a Harleys Rule debate. It was an 'intentionally put the cat amongst the pigeons and see what reaction I get' debate. It was a way of amusing myself as a distraction from a gruelling essay I should have been writing. I was having a bit of fun. I attempted to 'liven up' the forum momentarily ... and we can always rely on that type of debate to stir things up a bit. And, from personal experience ... ALL bike dealers are out to make a profit: aren't they? I thought that was what businesses were in business for: 1. to provide a service to those who need it AND 2. to make a profit. In short: no profit = no point!

I see: that was Drewpy being cheeky ... I had left a reply to one of your comments, and then realised I had other comments to add to that, and instead of going back to my first reply and adding it to that, I opened up another comment box ... and so, it looked as though I was commenting on one of my own quotes: which I wasn't! I am outta here!

No, Cov-al ... it wasn't you! I only had a brief look at "He's home" and did not read your offering. I enjoy a good debate. I purposefully "put the cat among the pidgeons", so to speak, to see what reactions it would elicit from people.

Aren't you the funny one, Drewpy! If you had followed the 'thread' you would realise it was an extension of my previous comment to Goff, although it does look like I am talking to myself! Oh well, guess I have reached that age.

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Hey Steve ... quite incidentally, so am I! (just a simple Yam owner, that is).

Nice try, Steve! I do not sell Harley Davidson or Victory bikes.

Erm ... take a closer look and it may reveal what is lurking beneath the hidden depths!

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Oh well ... good luck in whatever you choose.

So, I am only about seven miles down the road from you.

With regards to the Alsager and Stoke postcode thing ... I do believe that Alsager used to have a Cheshire postcode (probably CW as it is close to Crewe). This was up to the point that a local lord from that area realised that his mail reached him quicker if it came through the Stoke postal channels than the Crewe postal channels and demanded that Alsager get a SOT postcode instead of Crewe ... and, so, that is one of the urban myths behind that, although I have heard it is true and not mythical. I choose to view it as a myth, and then i cannot be accused of being 'green'

Hmmm ... K2 the Yam dealer. I went there with my Yam xj750 to enquire as to whether I could get hold of a "YICS" tool to balance my carbs with (ok, it is a piece of about 9ml metal bar with special little thingies on it) as my bike is a YICS. The parts bloke told me that: a. my bike DID NOT need any special tool for balancing the carbs with and B: that i was mistaken and had been misinformed. I did indeed need a specialist YICS tool for setting up the carbs. that was two years ago, more recently, i contacted them with regards to getting some oil seals for the XJ, and they were nigh on useless with how they dealt with that query also, concluding that "as they did not know the year or model of my bike that they would have to order some pattern oil seals and hope that they would fit". Now, he could have said, "oh, I am sorry, we cannot help you because it is a grey import, try phoning Fowlers in Bristol, they know what they are talking about". Fortunately, a friend told us to give Fowlers a ring. So, i phoned Fowlers, and they put me onto Bat Motorcycles. And between the lovely Maria at Bat and Fowlers, we got it sorted out. I will not be using K2 for anything in future. So, be careful ...

[quote name='Gas up - Let's Go!' date='Feb 20 2009, 04:56 PM' post='80 Yes ... there certainly is a clue in the name, but, I think there is a bit of ambiguity over calling a jaffa a cake. They are not to be found in the 'cake aisle', but, in the 'biscuit aisle' in all of the big supermarkets. So, are they guilty of this world confusion?

No, no, no! I have made NO MENTION of those very tasty round thingies ... and neither have i made any reference to the 'cake or biscuit' debate! It weren't me, guv'ner! It was - ahem, am I treading dangerously here? - it was ... it was ... Goff!!! I never did learn when to keep me gob shut. And thanks to everyone who called by to say 'hello', much appreciated!