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  1. Sorry to hear that, you must be well gutted. But I suppose it comes to us all in the end, my best advice would be to look on ebay and any other site out there and price yours on what's available, don't matter if you have spent a million quid on it, if it's only worth £500 that's all you will get I'm afraid. It is after all coming up to it's 30th birthday so you might get a classic nut who just has to have it but there are loads out there to choose from. You could part it out and make what you can but that takes time and patience, you have to make the choice yourself as to the best thing to do. Good luck and sorry to see you go come back and say Hi now and then if only to laugh at Grouch !! :jossun:

    thank you for reply.i am well gutted only got it last year.havnt spent a lot on it really just some paint and time it needs a good refurb.i was looking forward to getting one last bike on the road before i snuff it but there you go.started out in 1974 with a honda sl124 best bike i had was a kawazaki kz1000csr american import .i miss the days of biking ah well .back to sleep lol

  2. sadly ill health is forcing me to have to sell my project bike.i wanted to restore it to its full glory but as said just cant manage it.ive striped the drive shaft of an resprayed it and few bit not a lot.

    just wondering what it might be worth i think its done about 40.000 miles bit grubby has sat in a garage for about 8 years

    ideas on price welcome .its green by the way

  3. if the tabs are replaceable, knock them back and turn the bolt to release the rust holding the bolt in

    it looks like the washer is welded to the frame.will have another look at it

  4. No it`s not welded,its rusted spray with penetrating lube and keep tring to rotate it, worse case put nut back on a bit And tap with hammer and a block of hard wood.

    ive done all that.there is a type of washer on bolt head side that is bent over on two sides so wont be able to turn the bolt .it just wont move .

  5. Not sure what you mean by "middle seals"

    Some calipers are made of 2 halves, bolted and dowelled together, mostly they come with advise never to seperate

    Unless there is evidence of leakage there, I think Id be inclined to just replace the pistons/seals/fluid, and probably the master cylinder seals too

    the rear caliper had bad white rust on.so ive cleane them up.just need to respray them and new seals and pistons and their done .so i need the middle seals

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  6. Ive always shows like stafford the best places to pick up stuff like this, usually cheap and plenty available. Cant stop buying when i get there cos everything you may ever need is on one site

    ive ordered some from here cheapest i could see

  7. i first started at about 16 when i was giving a Honda 50 .i used to rag around private roads.in 1974 i bought a sl125 trials bike,had that a few years and in 1981 i traded it in for a XS 250 Se Yamaha.after a few years i put a 400cc engine in.finally got rid of that.later i was bought a kz100 Kawasaki Se from America.what a beast.it caught light got money back on insurance .the sad thing is i spent the money on a Suzuki gs850 that had been badly chopped .i eventually sold that about 15 years ago .Ive just been given a xj900s divie 97 reg.im in the process of doing it up .

  8. Best to send a PM to Lee using member name Lee@Bikesure. Give him your name and number with some times he should call and he will call you back.

    ok cheers just want to get a rough idea as im still get it back in shape

  9. ive just been given a xjs 900 diversion p reg .needs some sorting out as its stood for 9 years.

    rode bike for a few years in my younger days.so this is on my bucket list.

    so just saying hello

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