Alistair789
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just seen a "M" reg (1973) FS1E on ebay for over 2 grand
...my bro had an "N" reg one 1974 i think bought it for £120 back in 1987 had the pedals on it etc 60cc big bore kit and he sold it to his mate for a fiver!!!!! generally ive seen them selling for £800 upwards as AL statedAye FS1E's sell for around 1-2 grand, however as the FS1SE is a specialist bike it only sells for 800 max really, they're a bike not alot of people want but they are rare as nails!
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Hya there mate,
you've got yourself a small goldmine there to a specialist collector!!!
There's only 10 roadworthy FS1SE's known to exist by the Fizzy club atm.
I recently had an FS1SE till a nice copper caused me to crash it!!! (The C**T!!!)
If you can post some piccies i can give you a rough idea, but normally they go for around 500-1.000.
Depending very much on the condition and if the right buyer turns up!!
Your best bet with it is not to ebay it if you want to sell it but do it privately, as the SE's are a collectors bike.
but if it's in near mint condition your looking at maybe 800quid to the right buyer.
If not anything below, thats including an MOT and Tax btw!
Hope that helps fella
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Gunna post this as a reply so people know theres some new info!!!
Sorry about not posting any links to the show or anything!!
So here it is
The rally is in Baildon near Shipley, for those of you who don't know either it's near Bradford basically, £20 in at the gate or £18 pre book!!! The rally runs from Friday the 28th to Monday 31st of august with a charity run on the sunday for The children's ward. Anyones welcome to come aslong as you have a bike!!!! Check out Youtube for an idea of what goes on regarding the sunday ride out!
As requested here is a link to the rally, if you want to pre book tickets give Roly or Pete a ring!
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For those of us around west/north Yorkshire just wodnering who's going to this year's baildon Harley Show??
I'll be riding down on the thursday and camping till monday morning!!
Look out for a Black/Grey XV125 Virago with L plates lol (doing my test soon!!!)
cya there folks!!!
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right to stop the bike from running too lean you can do 1 of 3 things
1. clean or replace the air filter (cost 10-20 quid )
2. adjust the needle (cost 0 )
3. put a slightly bigger main jet in ( i can get them for a pound a pop but expect to pay up to a fiva)
and the other problem
the only thing i can think of is its electrical ( a loose connection can cause earthing causing overheating )
first check the battery connections disconnect them and run a wire brush over the battery connections and the bolt, then the wire connection, if that fails check all the connections for corrosion or that green powdery stuff, clean, then put back together.
i had a similar problem with mine and found that the wires to the battery wernt connecting properly but the wire brush treatment sorted it out
hope this helps . Paul.
Ok cheers for the help mate, it turns out the battery isn't charging at all and from what i can tell the wires that come from the alternator and go to the rectifier are getting hot, but no the wries coming from the rectifier to the alternator!!
I'll try cleaning up the battery connects see if that helps, i believe the bike has in the last 3 months had a new rectifier so i'm wondering if the problem is infact the alternator!!
Anyone have any idea where you can get a Virago 125 manual? I've tried all over and so far failed
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well i spoke to the local dealers(padgetts) and they said it's a common fault with the bike running too lean,
now i've had another problem crop up¬¬ the alternator and rectifier are getting very hot, coupled with the battery seems to not be charging right when the bikes running, anyone got any ideas/ had this issue!??
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Hya there guys, ok so about 3 weeks ago i got my self a 1997 Xv 125 Virago,
absolutely fab bike, not had any really big issues bar one, which i'm not 100% sure what is causing it.
When you run the bike and let the throttle fully or even just 3/4 off then try to apply power again,
there seems to be a 10-20 second lag in the power pick up and in this time the bike sounds like it's,
tryinig to get more petrol but simply can't.
Now i have tried running the bike with the choke slightly open and it seems to totally eliminate this problem.
Any ideas>?
Also on another note, how easy are the Highway Hawk Slash pipes to fit on the virago?
Cheers guys
...my bro had an "N" reg one 1974 i think bought it for £120 back in 1987 had the pedals on it etc 60cc big bore kit and he sold it to his mate for a fiver!!!!! generally ive seen them selling for £800 upwards as AL stated
Help with a XVS125
in Yamaha Customs
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If it's a replacement set of handlebars your after, find out the width of your XVS and if it's 7'8s i have a set of XV125 handlebars that we can sort something out for!!!!