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Ok well it's good to know there's a market and interest anyway! I've got my website being built and will be setting up a paypal/ebay business account so everyone knows it's all above board. Will update soon once the site's up

Fair do's, fibre glass is always an option too though, especially for things like seat cowls for the likes of the YZF range of bikes...the genuine articles are nothing short of a blatant rip off....£95ish for the yzf-r125 version?! Doesn't seem right to me!

p.s if Mods want to take this thread down, I'll understand, I have PM'd a mod but waiting on a reply.

This is literally JUST an interest thread, this is not me advertising my services. I'm looking to branch out into the above. I was thinking that some of the more popular/expensive parts such as seat cowls and possibly race noses for the bikes such as R125's, R1's, R6's and so on...so they can be interchanged on track days and so on. Also replacement panels to cut down on the cost of replacing with new if need be. Also vinyl wrapping, singular parts, whole bikes and so on. I simply need to get an idea of what level of interest there would be and then go corporate on here (I believe in paying my dues!) and going from there. Let me know in this thread, no prices as yet but the fiber glass parts will be roughly 50% that of standard genuine items and even cheaper on groups buys. Vinyl wrapping would be a bespoke service. I'll set up pricing if/once I've got enough interest to go corporate Thanks all John

TBH changing the clutch out is just a case of draining oil, removing clutch cover and taking the plates out. Then reversing the process...was watching vids...seems simple enough! It's going in for a service tomorrow anyway so will get it checked by Yamaha

Hi everyone I seem to be suffering what feels like clutch slip. I can drop the clutch out completely and boot it hard in 2nd, 3rd and 4th and the revs rise but the speed doesn't. Feels identical to clutch slip in a car. Can anyone tell me if: a. it's definitely the clutch as opposed to the chain? No idea how these things work on a bike, sorry! b. is a clutch expensive to replace? Having looked on ebay quickly, I can see a clutch is about £40...so how long're we talking for labour? I'm hoping it's a clutch cover off, clutch out, new clutch in, clutch cover back on jobby c. is it a dead easy job? Something worth attempting on my own? Thanks very much for any information John

It does in fact kill the engine, was wondering if it served any other purpose though. Also noticed that the engine cuts out when I've got the clutch depressed and put the side stand down, those clever Japanese eh!

Right, this is going to sound ridiculously noobish, but I'm ridiculously new to riding. What's the big red switch for on the right handle bar? Has a circular icon below it.... Answers in a postcard related post please

Cheers buddy, I'm not a member there.  I'm already a member on about 5 car forums so joining another would send me over the edge haha!  Is that your bike in the avatar? GORGEOUS! I like my sporty looking Jap bikes but I also love those low slung cruisers, too. I got this one because it served a few purposes for me: mega mpg looks sweet sounds decent goes well is easy to ride (being a novice!) so skitting in and out of traffic is a doddle, think I'd struggle on a beasty like yours haha Very happy so far, just wish I had lots of spare cash for thermals, my thighs and balls are icicles most of the time now!

Clay bar is a bit of detailing kit, it's basically what it says....a clay bar, you lube up the paint with a spray and then rub the clay bar over it (this all sounds very homo erotic I know!) it removes all contaminants that get left on paint from rain, mud, tar, car fumes and so on...makes the paint silky smooth. Then it's much easier to polish the paint. Once polished it's always worth waxing the paint and then using a sealant. All that combined means you should get away with just running warm water with cleaning product in it and a good sponge over it and all the shit will come off really easy. Usually last about 6 months before you need to redo it. Take my last Celica for example: Day I picked her up...dull lifeless paint... With shit loads of contaminants all over the paint Using a clay bar, good car wash, microfibre towels and then a rotary polisher with a cutting compound....she came up like this: ta-daaaa!

I think I will, any particular make and model you'd recommend?

haha, someone else on another forum said that!  I'm in a house going through some renovations...so either we have uber lazy neighbours who just stick their shit out there (shared space you see) or it's the builders just dumping stuff there.  Does need clearing out!  I'm gonna ask them to stick an anchor into the concrete so the bike's more secure, I've bought a mahoosive thick chain for it in the mean time.

Haha, I wish! Nah it cost me a shade over £2200, but for a one owner, 5000 mileage example I was happy to pay that. Here's some pics before I cleaned it and after...don't think it's ever seen water other than rain tbh! Not too bad from a distance But up close....eeeesh And after using some nice warm water, Meguiars gold class shampoo, followed by a clay bar over the majority of the bike, dried with a micro fibre towel or two and some autoglym super resin polish...she shined up a lot Love riding it, very reactive and quite a bit nippier than I expected. I'm coming at all this from a totally newbie perspective...so I'm dead happy at the moment

Afternoon! I've just won a Yamaha YZF R125 on ebay Having just passed my CBT I thought I might as well buy something sporty seeing as I come from an MR2 Turbo, Celica GT and Celica GT4 background! The bike's got 5000 miles on the clock, I won it for the princely sum of £2251 I'm wondering if there's anything major coming up service wise at that mileage? I think the sprockets and chain where changed at the last service (sometime late last year) Any other info on performance improving upgrades and so on would be sweet. Also, what're bar none the best tyres available in the recommended sizes for the stock wheels? Money isn't really an object (within reason obviously!) It's going to be my daily vehicle to get me to and from work (around 30 miles round trip a day) Thanks for any info John