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Toutsuite

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  1. Well I'm pleased to report I've now replaced the cable! Ordered it from Wemoto and was delivered at work in no time. At almost half the price quoted from local Yammy dealers (they were quoting £20ish, got it for £10ish (plus pp). It's possible the cable is from a different bike (the XT to be specific - that's what the label on the bag said) but it works! The local Yammy dealers didn't have it in stock - claiming it was quite rare for a speedo cable to go... just my luck really! Anyhoo I guess I've just had my first "initiatory" experience in fixing my bike! Hope there aren't too many of those in the future! Anything beyond the most basic repairs is beyond my competency. Big thumbs up to everyone who offered advice on this, especially Taskmaster! Now to post some piccies of my baby in the gallery...
  2. Update: I've fixed the fixings! It turns out the rubber washers at the top do contain a nut, integrated into the rubber as it were. The one on the left had excessive play up and down, which I corrected with a bit of superglue. Tightens fine now. The middle one at the bottom which is missing: took one of the wide Wickes rubber washers, cut out a slightly bigger hole and stuck the nut in that I found when I opened the casing. Fits nice and snug. Cut a thin slice off a second, smaller washer and superglued it on top of the bracket. Placed the other washer (the one with the nut) under the bracket, which fits quite snugly with no need for glue. All three allen bolts now screw in fairly tightly. Problem solved! Now to fit the new cable tomorrow.
  3. Thanks a mill for that timely bit of sage advice Ttaskmaster, I was about to superglue a nut and metal washer to the central bracket! Whoops! I've bought a new rubber washer from Wickes, that should do the trick. I'll also squirt some silicone into the loose ones at the top/side, make a hole with a toothpick and leave for 24hrs. Replacement cable arrives tomorrow anyway. Now as I understand it, the cable (and jacket) is not prelubricated is it? Any idea what sort of oil/grease I should use? or WD40?
  4. Ha ha David! All that gear would cost as much if not more than the bike! Well, like I said, I'll give the grips a go this winter.
  5. Cheers, guys, thanks for the advice. It turns out the cable is snapped. The jacket is looking a bit frayed as well so I'll replace the whole thing. However another problem has presented itself. Upon undoing the speedo from the tank I discovered all but one of the allen bolts holding the thing on were loose. This would appear to be because the nuts on the other side are either missing or in the case of the centre one, can pass right through the retaining bracket (or whatever it's called). Better start looking for those bits as well...
  6. Yes, I always wear gloves, irrespective of the weather. On a nice warm summer's day it'll probably be fingerless driving gloves, you know, for cruising round southeast London, anything less balmy (or on the motorway) full gloves. And yeah, I really can't see myself riding anywhere in -7C! Especially at 70mph!
  7. Hi all, as above, speedo/odometer has stopped working, strangely right after the bike got washed (by hand, no pressure hose or jet spray). I assume some cable somewhere has come undone or snapped? Anybody know if this is an easy job to fix (an how to do it?) -Edit- the front wheel cable connection was a bit loose, I'll unscrew the speedo housing and see if the cable has come loose that side.
  8. Well it's good to hear other people's experience and advice on this! Thanks Peter. Neversaydie has made a good point about battery drainage, so it's pros and cons really. The thing is, as I'm not going to be riding on long trips during the winter, with maybe the occasional pootle around London and Kent on unusually sunny winter days, I may not have much use for them. But I may as well try them out for the first winter to see how it goes.
  9. thanks oldgit, something to consider...
  10. I suppose, a cheaper option to replacing the grips would be to find a pair of chrome endcaps to fit on to them, maybe smarten them up a bit. Anybody know where I could get those?
  11. Nayruf thanks for your response. So you're saying a good thick pair of thinsulate gloves wouldn't protect from the cold? Also I should have mentioned I don't intend to use the bike much in the depths of winter, certainly not on long trips. Awa, how informative. Not. ;-)
  12. First off a big hello from a newbie to the forum! I bought my first bike in well over a decade, a silver Dragstar custom 650 from 2002 last week - very happy with her, she's a beaut! Naturally enough, I've hardly had the bike 5 minutes, and I'm already making changes! Changed the footpegs back to the original ones (previous owner had installed boards), new tear-drop mirrors to replace the somewhat worn-around-the-edges rectangular ones, saddlebags on the way... I'm also going to replace the heated grips installed by the prevous owner, with regular chrome and leather ones. The heated grips don't look very nice, they've got no endcaps, and I frankly fail to see the point in them. I mean when it's cold and you're riding your bike you wear gloves, right? What's the point of keeping your palms warm and the rest of your hand exposed to the elements? What do you folks think?
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