Reecey
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I've got a little 100cc leaner bike; a Yamaha RSX100. Anyway, when I get to about 5000 revs (I think!) it feels like a turbo is kicking in, suddenly I get plenty of power! It does this in most of the gears, is this normal for a little 2 stroke or could there be something wrong?
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I'd be more worried about the wheel rims - 2 miles on a flat tyre is a long way...
Wasn't a complete blowout, just deflation. I pushed it home those 2 miles reasonably easy since the tyre wasn't 100% flat so no damage to rims.
Got it all sorted today, I feel like I asked a complete newbie question now that I've had both wheels off, re-set the chain tension and made adjustments to the brakes and clutch! At the time, I really knew nothing about bikes so thank you for your help everyone!
Just had a great ride, really nice to be on the bike again.
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Excellent, thanks for the info chaps. I'm gonna have a go at removing the rear wheel tonight when I get home. The service manual I've got is a scanned one for an RS100, so similar to my RSX-100. The instructions are a bit vague and I'm not familiar with most of the terminology yet but I'll give it a go!
If I can't get it off I'll hopefully get a mobile fitter to do it all for me. A chap at work mentioned that the chain & sprockets could have been damaged due to the flat tyre, is he right?
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Congratulations on the pass and the new bike.
Take the wheel off the bike and take it to get the tire fixed, or if you're not feeling to good about riding with a plugged tire then get a new one put on.
Thanks for the advice, just been drowning my sorrows in a hot bath. Managed to get a 3 inch screw in one of my car tyres on Saturday too. Been really unlucky recently! I guess I need to disconnect the drum brake cable and chain before removing the rear wheel. I'm thinking as its an old bike it may have similar setup to push bike; as in inner tube and outer tyre. Might I be correct? If this is the case can I just order new tyre and inner tube then fit myself??
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Looking as if the gods don't want me to be a biker.
I bought a Yamaha RSX-100 yesterday after passing my CBT on Saturday. Bikes been running pretty good and this morning I had a really good ride.
Just been for a ride before it got very dark and the rear tyre suddenly went flat. Just pushed the bike 2 miles home in great anger! What's the normal process for getting a new tyre fitted? Both tyres are in good shape aesthetically, the bike passed its MOT in Feb with these, so I've either got a puncture or perhaps they're just old and shitty.
I'm just not sure what to do, do I need to transport the bike to a garage some how? I have a car but I doubt the bike will fit in it!
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Hi, I had a similar problem today and thought the bike was shagged! However, it was purely inexperience of biking that caused the issue! As the RSX has no gear selection indicator, I had foolishly left the bike in a high gear (about 3rd or 4th I think). Anyway, tried starting it up assuming it was in 1st or 2nd but every time I pulled off it stalled.
Eventually, I remembered my CBT trainer saying that you sometimes can't get down the gears if left in high at a stop easily. To remedy you have to click down the gears on the biting point of the clutch. I did this and got it down into 1st and everything was fine after that!!
Big power change at approx 5000 revs, normal?
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You're just jealous since they don't build em like they used to in 1988! ;-)