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UltimateJames

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  1. Ha ha no mate not at all, the tires have been the least of my troubles with it lately !! Had a run of bad luck 1, got puncture while out but luckily was outside a Kawasaki garage who kindly charged me £56 to fit an inner tube !!! then they have taken the wheel weights off the rear wheel so i got a nasty wobbble on between 50 - 60 mph. 2, on my way back to the garage to tell them about it i traveled 2 miles down a duel carrigeway at 50mph when at the end the piston decided to try put itself through the exhaust port !!! so after a long 4 mile push home and strip down i needed a rebore + 1mm new piston, rings, little end, gaskets, circlips, gudgeon pin ect ect. £100 all in tho which i recon is pretty good apart from the labour as iv done that myself. 3, 2 days after while trying to be carefull running in the new bore the head nut nearest the thermostat decides to strip itself and send boiling coolant straight into my leg leaving me once again a nice push home and a bill for yet another head gasket plus 5 head bolts which i pick up tomorrow !!! So it still needs the wheel sorting out and no idea what caused the piston to hit the exhaust port/powervalve ? The tires tho lol are great and pretty good on the surfaces iv been on inc road, gravel and slag (coal pit waste) not sure about wet mud or grass yet ? Rant over, cheers james.
  2. They are excelent totaly transformed the bike, before i had lost all confidence in it after a few scary moments as the rear tyre was awfull. these have so much more grip and it corners like a dream now. not been off road yet but im heading to the quarry and slagg heaps at the weekend so i will let u know.
  3. I do go off road every now and again just hard to find the time really, plus i just like this style of bike rarther than a TZR style. Im hoping to do the full bike test in the next few months and ill no doubt get somthing similar, iv been looking at at KTM 520 but iv heard they are expensive to maintain ?
  4. Just ordered some conti escapes £80 delivered for 2 not bad me thinks moto-tyres.co.uk.
  5. Thanks they`re exactly the style im after just need to find somewhere that stocks these and the prices
  6. My MOT is due and its booked in for wednesday and im worried the tyres wont pass and tbh they are rubbish anyway (cheng shin ditchfinders !) so im after a good set. I very rarely go off road much so looking for somthing with more grip on the black stuff but cant seem to find much info ? also the sizes dont seem to add up when looking on tyre sites the sizes on the tyres say 4.00 x 18 rear and 2.75 x 21 front . So what do you use ? Cheers, James.
  7. will he even be able to get an mot with no docs ?? id keep looking unless its just for the fields
  8. Check the sparkplug too, i had a few field bikes that lost there exhausts and it caused the plugs to foul up after a few days. worth a look.
  9. I quite like the sound of a nice 2 stroke with loud pipes, must be geared tho not a scooter they are bad i agree. My DTR is very loud when giving it some but is pretty quiet at low revs so best of both worlds, thats with a full dep system.
  10. Have you tryed photobucket.com for the pics its what i use and its free. also take pics of everything and where it came from belive me it`ll help when you come to put it all back together. If you find a company selling the bolts n screws let us know as im looking for them too good luck
  11. Padgetts Ltd - www.padgetts-motorcycles.co.uk 234 Bradford Road, Batley - 01924 478 491
  12. Just to let you know my expansion cap blew off a couple of times ! god knows how i didn`t loose it lol, also when the bike has been run and cooled down try taking the rad cap off and if it blows pressure out its not good and looks like the gasket i reckon also smell the water does it smell of petrol ? . Also my bike was running fine with no loss of power at all. to remove air locks loosen the carb heater pipe on the thermostat side of head until the coolant runs thru without air, I tryed the glass with wet n dry but it didnt work for me and for £25 to have it skimmed you might as well get it done as it saves buying another new gasket if it dont work for you (wish i had skimmed it to start with cos it cost me 2 gaskets and 2 litres of coolant). iv done quite a few miles now since and everything is perfect now just need to put the thermostat back in as its taking ages to get it up to temp, cant win lol. One other thing i wont be using cheap gaskets again either, use gen yamaha ones was only £9 + vat.
  13. Hi mate yeh it is a 3BN and im gonna have a proper look at the carb another day, i did take that jet out and there was a number but didnt look like it said 2?? didnt have time to check it properly today tho ill save that job for later ill just be happy if it stays cool without blowing the coolant out for now lol Cheers everyone for the advice.
  14. Good news i think iv fixed it, got the head back today from Neil`s Auto Service Centre in Ossett, really nice guys and the first time iv used them for anything. Took the head in at 2pm tuesday and they rang me at 1030am this morning so massive thanks to the lads there for the fast work and only charged me £25 !! Put it all back together this afternoon filled up with fresh coolant (again) and iv been out for an hour tonight n all seems well cant see any leaks at all and temp stayed down. One problem is for the first 20mins i had a massive flat spot in the revs but it could be due to not having a thermostat in at the moment and its quite cold tonight plus iv had the carb off to have a look what jet was in but didnt find out yet. Will know for sure in the morning on way to work.
  15. This is the head the first time i removed it to change the gasket This it today (blown again) Head gasket you can see how bad it is from the carbon blown into the water ways not bad on barrel side apart from one small bit but hopefully thats due to the other side going ?!! marks in barrel ( should i be worried ? ) should there be a screw in this hole on the carb anyone know where the jet is lol ??
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