Noise

Scribbled on!

There has only been 3 "reported" motorcycle deaths in Yeovil not 100% sure if there has been more but i know for a fact there have been more that that number that have had a spill and have been injured. Well the web site is a little bit help full......lest we sort of know what times to avoid things happening......(NOT)

Ok cool, i will dig a little deeper into the price/size that will fit the bike and i may see about photo shopping a set onto a pic of my bike to see if they will look right or not. If they are a good price and a good look then it will go ahead.....if not then it was a stupid idea anf should never be brough up in conversation again. )

Hey guys i have been pondering about changing my front tyre as its starting to crack around the walls and also its still a white wall tyre (which looks stupid being the only white wall tyre on the bike) so i was wanting to change the front to a nobbily to carry on the "bad ass" theame that im going for. But the questions i have are: Will i loose grip on the road? Can you get the right size to fit on a Draggie? And will it be a rough/er ride? Its still a "thought" and not a 100% yes im gunna do it, just after a few opinions really Cheers Noise

Been begging the Missus to pay for my DNA springer forks but she told me to play with the traffic! So i think its onto plan B............?

Done a slight bit of shaping to the plate that will cover my mono shock. Next thing for this will be to etch prime it and paint it gloss black, then i will get some nice stainless steel P clips to fit it.

XVS 650 CAFE RACER http://www.pipeburn.com/storage/yamaha_dragstar_rear.jpg?__SQUARESPACE_CACHEVERSION=1248066137898

G'day Shela! lol (always wanted to say that) welcome to the YOC. Get some pic's up and im sure if you have and drama's with your DT that you or your other half cant solve then there are a few lads on here that have restored a DT or 2. All the best

Hi Si, Welcome to the site! Hill starts.....1st gear + rear brake(foot brake)+ little revs + bite point + less rear brake + life saver to pull away = happy chappy doing a hill start. Wet riding conditions.....take it slow, but confidently bikes do not like jerky movements so just relax and dont become tense. "IF" you hit a wet drain cover dont panic your only be on the drain for a few second then the tyres will be back on the tarmac where the grip is, the bike will wobble but if you stay calm and play it cool the wobble will go and your be fine. If not then your off. (ask Auzz who's on here when he sore me hit a wet drain lol Quite funny as a little bit of poo came from my bum!) OTHER THAN THAT RIDE WITH AS MUCH CONFIDANCE AS YOU CAN FIND! dont kerb cuddle as those cage drivers will think its an opertunity to over take and put your life at risk, your bike can do the national speed limit so they have no reason to need to over take you. If your in a residentual area then they should never over takeso there is no need for your to kerb cuddle, And you also pay road tax so use all the road you want! (just not the wrong side tho HA-HA) All the best and happy riding!

Welcome Cecil! nice intro and well done on finally passing your test, i live down in Yeovil so not too far away so when my bike is back on the road im sure me and Auzz (another yamaha owners club member) could always meet up for a burger n beer some day? Not sure on any clubs round here tho? im Ex military so im a member of the Royal Britiash Legion riders club

After another week end in the shed that horrid god awfal white paint has now been given the finger and i can gladly say it will never be seen again! took me the whole on Saturday to do as i had to be 100.000% sure that the Nitromorse was removed and that all the flakey paint was gone. I then started the swing arm on Sunday but as it always happens to me i run out of paint! So gotta buy some more and finish that off. I have also made a nice Ally plate which will be Gloss black to cover up the mono shock as now i have the sprung seat you can see all of the battery and wires etc. Onto the Pics!!! This is the size of my new foot pegs (old ones on the left new on the right) NITROMORSE!!!!! Onto paint, This is the ally cover

Hi Ray welcome to the site glad to see that you still have the riding bug! and hope your knee has a speedy recovery! How long was you in active service? i too am ex Military from the British Army but after doing my back in at the age of 20 they sadly let me go. All the best

Lets help you out shall we as i think you may need some............ Hi my name is ........heres a little about my self....... my hobbies are............i have just bought a 1992 WR250 but i was wondering how you fit a new starter switch. Thank you in advance. Now thats not so hard now is it!?

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Just say it was already there when she left and that she agreed on you doing it before she left go all Darron brown on her lol Back on topic......the bike is coming on great! keep it up

Hey love, glad to hear your still up and running! I think its a great idea of doing this as a fund raiser and for a good course too. How do we go about sending the money? are you gunna do it via pay pal?

Well as promised here are my nice new shiney carbs, not gunna do any thing to them as there are in fantastic condition and i see no point in stripping them down due to them only doing 1500 miles. Just purchasedc a 280 piece stainless steel nut and bolt kit off of E-bay for £8.85 to replace all of the bolts on the frame once they arrive i will stick all the old bolts back in and ship it out to powder coat.

So..........any progress?

Hey Chappers, Not a problem at all, im more than happy to share what i know about the XVS (i dont know EVERY thing but there are more people on here that will be happy to fill in the blanks) a bobber is a stripped down bike that came before the Chopper basically guys that come back from Vietnam had there bikes and wanted them to go faster and being that the best and cheapest way to make this happen is to remover all the useless crap that wasnt needed thus creates a bobber (a basic version any ways)If you have a basic knoledge with tools and the workings of things and your armed with a Haynes manwell then you are more than qualifided to tinker on your two wheeled lover. All the best Noise

IN THE KITCHEN!

WOW.....Just..... WOW! its great when you have all the right tools and you can get an end result like that! top bloke hope he's british so he can show the world that Britain CAN still make things n not have to get them build else where! If he's American then.........enuff said they have all the right tools from Birth think its part of the "welcome to the world" package lol (no disrespect to our other nationalities here)

Cheers mate, its always a ball ache when you start to polish things but as you say its well worth it in the end. LAst week i started out re-doing my carbs but they where in a worse state than i originally thought! i gave them to a mate of mine as he has a proper set of tools so would be easier for him to take them apart than me due to siezed bolts etc but unfortunaly he broke them due to the basic fact of they where shagged! SOOO today in the post came a set of new carbs off a poor blokes bike that was T boned! (thankfully the guy is ok!) but these carbs have only done 1500 miles and are in stupendous condition! will up load pics soon as im at work at the mo. All i have to do to them is fit my Braided fuel hose and jobs a good'en!

Welcome to the site man! and great intro! I too have a back problem (two slipped discs, straightend lumber spine and sciatica at the age of 23 thanks to HM forces) i have a 650 dragstar which is now a bobber! Congratulations on your tests and hope you have many years of happy riding!

Cheers mate, Well the brake leaver is original, i just used a scotch brite pad to remove all the bad bits and then attacked it with some autosol polish, and the black is just a quick spray with some etch primer followed by a gloss black rattle can from Halfrauds. Or are you on about the rear fender? in that case it was 1000's of years of wet and dry and again just a gloss black rattle can, that fender is no longer going on the bike as i am going to re-do another one as im not happy with the look of it now lol.

A smaller fender gives the impression of a bigger wheel of all else fails.