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Thrashed = ridden hard (as above) comes from whipped, thrashing, whipping (always wondered how to use that emoticon!!) wheras Trashed is an Americanism for rubbish....ie, Trash, garbage, to destroy! Now where can you use the emoticon boink gif????

A Ratchet drive and a set of extensions and adaptor bars One of those magnetisers/demagnetizer tools is very useful. Especially when it comes to putting it all back together, screwdrivers, allen keys and even small spanners can go through and will hold the screws in place as you put them back where they came from. A good bright torch/light, because when you need to work on the bike you can guarantee it won't be daylight!!

Darn Sarf Mind you I can't go any further Sarf............. EVERYWHERE is Uop Norf from here!!

and bippo...... if you end up ALL the way Down South you can always stop off and have a cuppa down here in Brighton no Snow !

I thought that was a main advantage to Upyours, but i also thought that paying for relay meant I'd get home instead of chaining my bike up and calling my wife to get out of bed at gone 1 am in the morning, didn't get home till 1.45 am. Alarm went off at 6am to get back up!! I feel like SH*t now!

I see no advantage in staying with the AA, so I think I'll give someone else a go at renewal in Aug next year. If I cancel now they keep the money.!

Got the bike back home, friend shoved it in the back of his Transit, (still wouldn't start when I went back to it) Took it apart at home , rainwater in the carb float chamber was the cause of all the problems. Last night it was raining so hard and the wind was really blowing, unfortunatley the rain cover got partly blown off exposing the engine and carb, a good deal of soaking later and she refused to start thereafter. I can only assume the water got in via the the throttle slide top and down the needle into the float chamber. Once it was cleaned and dried out it started 2nd kick, just like it did yesterday morning when I went to work.

Ever had to use breakdown relay? if so who have you used and were they successful? Had a chance myself to find out when my bike would not start in that heavy rain last night..........and I ended up getting myself home at 1.30 am................ Don't worry I've been on the phone this morning!!!!!! I'm with the AA and have breakdown with Relay, except they used a 3rd party company, who had no means to take the bike home .......or me!....and now I have to go back to work (where I left it) and get her home. They've offered to come out again but I'm so F********* off, I don't want anything more to do with them today. Probably hasty words but when you've only had a few hours sleep thats what happens!!!! RANT over! Does anyone recommend an alternative that will get you home? or is the reality of it:- its fine for car breakdowns but not really for bikes even though its included!

Mines with CIA insurance. £149 full comp fixed price multibike policy for both the 1978 DT175MX and My CB400/4 Thats £75 per bike which to me is perfectly acceptable.

Yup, you can't pull the wool over my eyes..I've also noticed in the first photos the swinging arm has been attached to the wrong end!

and more Lol.....you forgot to take the after photo of the rear brake arm

Not to worry............... the Americans won't! Too much Chrome on all those Harleys and Old Chevys to stop doing there!

Coming along nicely there mc I've also noted.... You've done such a good job of polishing the brake arm with the before and after photo that you've manged to polish a rear brake arm to make it look like a front brake arm in the after photo.

You can buy a can of spray which mimics nickel cadmium plating , well i know you used to be able to get it....Eastwoods i think! Aj, having got the same bike, and replaced my rear fender, unless you intend just to take the bike to shows and show off the underside somehow, there really is no point in getting it coloured identical to the original. You can't see the top as the plastic mud guard covers it, and the underside gets dirty when you ride it, mines coated in antirust and appears black but I struggle to see it under the rear wheel. Are you really sure you want to? I don't think its worth it, keep it clean and rust free yes but original? I don't think its worth the effort.

and on ebay, a new old stock (NOS) one's up for sale with 11hrs to go (@9am) and its already reached £91........ http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/yamaha-nos-dt175mx-dt125mx-dt175-dt125-2a6-mx-dt-inner-gaurd-175mx-yz-rd-/131345003961?pt=UK_Motorcycle_Parts_13&hash=item1e94c5b5b9 it will be interesting how much this used one goes for too.... http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/YAMAHA-DT125MX-DT175MX-DT125-DT175-DT-REAR-FENDER-MUDGUARD-METAL-SUPPORT-/121491588456?pt=UK_Motorcycle_Parts_13&hash=item1c49768568 as regards to the handlebars, mine are a slightly dull black (mines a white 78 too) but under the switches, having removed them recently, the paintwork is still a bright gloss black. Plus you can also see the light 'reflecting' off the handlebars in the photos in the original brochure which suggests it was gloss.

I thought you said earlier.... you seldom go out?

If you're stripping it for the first time, get a digital camera and take loads of photos as you go before and after every bit you take off. It will help when putting it back together exactly as you took it apart. Doesn't matter how many photos you can delete them afterwards and it won't cost you a penny in processing the film!!! You can strip every bit down to its components knowing that a quick look at the Pc or view screen you can see how it came apart.

Peeked? Reminds me of the time I went for a meal at a Chinese restaurant and ordered the "Chicken Surprise."......................... The waiter brings the meal, served in a lidded cast-iron pot. Just as the wife is about to serve herself, the lid of the pot rises slightly and she briefly sees two beady little eyes looking around before the lid slams back down. "Hey, did you see that?" she said. He hadn't, so she asks him to look in the pot. He reaches for it and again the lid rises, and he sees two little eyes looking around before it slams down. He calls the waiter over, describes what is happening, and demands an explanation! "Please sir," says the waiter, "what did you order?" The husband replies, "Chicken Surprise." "Ah... so sorry," said the waiter, "I bring you Peeking Duck."

False economy mate............ Plenty of crap came out......plenty of crap still in there too! I guess its all down to trust.....personnally I wouldn't trust it. BTW Learned something interesting..it was pointed out to me if u can see a sort of flower insignia inside the piston..then its cheap crap..stay way. here's something interesting to learn too.......if you see crap inside the engine....don't replace the piston and rings and small end with new as they won't last long Good luck with that one . Hope it turns out all right for you.

Not probably the best title I've seen! However, I'm wondering if Up yours is referring to a similar problem, as I too can't copy and paste into a post. I can do it with logging in using Google chrome but if I log in with windows IE11 it does not allow it, unless I select compatibility view, then it works but doesn't look great! I'm running windows 7 but its only recently, as in the past 6 months I've had this non copy and paste problem. but its certainly not a Sh*t forum

if the air screw has never been touched, ....I'd leave alone. This idle problem may well be air related, I had a not disimilar problem, albeit it would race away. But mine would not idle properly either until I solved the airleak. One solution to locate a leak (mine was the bottom gasket) was to make a load of soap suds bubbles and brush it all around the engine with an old paint brush whilst its running, any bubbling will locate the leak. (A similar method is used to spray WD40 on the crankshaft seal as mentioned before) Might be worth a go....its only soap suds!!! and you'll clean your bike at the same time!

Probably is just a screw as the carb body will not be any different. In the supplement it also goes on to state: Note: Later US models only- where pilot air screw is marked 'preset'. it is set at the factory and should not be disturbed except by qualified personnel using the correct equipment Whats all that about then? Are they discouraging DIY for a reason? Risk of being sued? or just one of those Amercian things? Although my view is If thats what it says.....................its just asking to be taken apart!!

If you've had the carb apart what groove did you put circlip onto the top of the needle? Having said that, I've just looked in the Haynes manual in the supplement pages 118/119 for the 175G its states its FIXED ie no slot. Its also interesting to note that for the pilot air screw it states PRESET. I assume from that its not adjustable. Perhaps thats why Airheads not seen one?

and from the film Under Seige............an even better rack! http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/original/mlgIbPltSeFsfPLZQj1zCg9WFAy.jpg

Looks like mine.... mine leans over too, but this photo below, with the Givi rack on , she's sitting on a block of wood to show her upright.