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  1. Hello everyone!

    I'm a new member and a little unsure of what's what. I have a Dragstar 1100.

    Can you please advise me on the best way and what to use to get rid of the rust around the spokes. What's best for the general day to day cleaning and protection of my bike.

    There is a slight bronzing on the front end of the exhaust can this be remove/ why is it caused.?

    Hi mate, Personally I think that once your spokes are rusty theres nowt you can do, dont try rubbing them with anything abrasive they will just get worse in future. I would just wipe them down with WD40 regularly to stop the problem getting worse. If they are spoiling the look of the bike why not have them re-built with stainless spokes, funds permitting of course Wd40 is an excellent product to wipe down your chromed and plated parts of your bike, but keep it away from brake disk (Stating the obvious)

  2. aye DREWPY. SEE THAT GUY GOT ANOTHER SHAG ON WED. NIGHT; He better get a good stock of condoms in

    looks like a big year ahead :lol:

    Ha Ha Blackhat250 :lol:

    Oh by the way, are the jocks still the world elephant polo champs?

  3. Blackhat!

    Vietnam a "superpower"? That was the result of incompetent politicians and a country that didn't want us there (not to mention we didn't want to be there either). My uncle was over there. They would push Vietcong out of his huey over rice patties and watch 'em die from heart failure. What I was referring to was the U.S. ever being successfully invaded and occupied. Britain tried it, but didn't fare so good. I just found out about Scotland having a parliament. Is independence from the Brits not too far off? You should try it. It feels good to tell Limeys to stuff it. :lol:

    Yeah, its been close to 90f here. I'm gonna have to turn on the air conditioning if it gets any warmer. Won't get hot until next month. You gotta come down to Florida and ride! :lol:

    Yawn, Yawn, yawn....What was that...Somebody say something? :zzz:

  4. The Inland Revenue decides to audit Paddy, and summons him to an appointment

    with the most thorough auditor in the office. The auditor is not surprised

    when Paddy shows up with his solicitor.

    The auditor says, "Well, sir, you have an extravagant lifestyle and no

    full time employment, which you explain by saying that you win money

    gambling. I'm not sure the Inland Revenue finds that believable."

    "I'm a great gambler, and I can prove it," says Paddy. "How about a

    demonstration?"

    The auditor thinks for a moment and says, "Okay. You're on!"

    Paddy says, "I'll bet you a thousand pound that I can bite my own eye."

    The auditor thinks a moment and says, "No way! It's a bet."

    Paddy removes his glass eye and bites it.

    The auditor's jaw drops.

    Paddy says, "Now, I'll bet you two thousand pound that I can bite my other

    eye."

    The auditor can tell Paddy isn't blind, so he takes the bet.

    Paddy removes his dentures and bites his good eye.

    The stunned auditor now realises he has bet and lost three thousand quid,

    with Paddy's solicitor as a witness. He starts to get nervous.

    "Would you like to go double or nothing?" Paddy asks. "I'll bet you six

    thousand pound that I can stand on one side of your desk and pee into that

    rubbish bin on the other side, and never get a drop anywhere in between."

    The auditor, twice burned, is cautious now, but he looks carefully and

    decides there's no way Paddy can manage that stunt, so he agrees again.

    Paddy stands beside the desk and unzips his trousers, but although he

    strains like hell, he can't make the stream reach the bin on the other side,

    so he pretty much urinates all over the auditor's desk.

    The auditor leaps with joy, realising that he has just turned a major loss

    into a big win. But Paddy's solicitor moans and puts his head in his hands.

    "Are you okay?" the auditor asks.

    "Not really," says the solicitor. "This morning, when Paddy told me he'd

    been summoned for an audit, he bet me £10,000 that he could come in here and

    piss all over your desk and that you'd be happy about it!"

  5. i've flooded my 2stroke dtr 125, any ideas how to get this baby up and running again, your thoughts would be much appreciated.

    many thanks

    Turn the petrol tap off, take the spark plug out, spin the motor over with the plug out, then if you can leave it overnight before re-fitting the plug and trying again. Oh and while the plug is out, fit the HT cap and ground the plug using a jump lead to the engine, then check for a healthy spark.

  6. Went to the East LEeds Lions rally this weekend - and this is what we woke up to on Saturday morning - and they say us Brits aint die hard bikers.......

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    This is my bike......

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    And my mates bikes......

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    Even though the weather was absolute SHITE, we had a bluddy fabulous time :lol:

    Brrrrr :frosty:

  7. I have a yahmaha yzf-r1 that keeps overheating, the cooling fan doesn't come in till the temperature hits 109oC I have changed the thermostat so it can't be that and I'm lost I just don't want to spend a fortune on all new parts that are pointless if they don'e solve the problem

    Can anyone help???

    What temperature should the fan come in are you sure that 109C is too high, any other R1 owners out there?

  8. its the George cross. St George was orignally from italy but campained in the east, so many countries use the George cross somewhere. (Spain, Italy, Estonia and England)

    Hi Drewpy, and I thought the George cross was a medal, anyway, point is when when new members join and are asked to pick a country flag, England isnt there, and after all, we do have a flag....dont we.

  9. Jolly good show too old boy, they Estonians know what side their bread is buttered on, what ho. Send a gun ship there I say, how dare they hijack the English flag :angry:

    No! never mind the gunship, We've only got one and its busy in the persian gulf (or whatever it's called these days), I know, we'll give the Estonians a good spanking in the Eurovision song contest. That'll show em!

  10. Hmmmm............... It would appear , on closer inspection, that the only place the George cross and Estonia are ACTUALLY linked, is on THIS forum <_<

    As the actual Estonian flag is somewhat different, being like the format of the Dutch and German flags, but in Blue, Black and White!

    Still, dosn`t stop us being twinned, does it B)

    WHAAAT!,You mean the Estonians have stolen our lovely flag and binned their own!!! :o

  11. Do Easyjet go there (here)?.........I can feel a new benidorm being born :lol:

    Passport applied for, I`m going for dual citizenship ;)

    Anyone can join, Just so long as theyre not a member of the union

  12. :angry: And another thing, Why are so many of you English flying the union flag, are you not proud to be English? The Scots and the Welsh Fly their own flags and rightly so, The flag of St George, you'll find it under ESTONIA' My God, Next thing Scotland, Wales and Union flag will all disappear and be replaced by the bloody Euro banner thingy
  13. Hi everyone

    im new to this type of thing so please bear with me. I have recently purchased (yesterday) a restored yamaha dt175, the bike has matching engine and frame numbers and is all original. The problem i have is when the guy was restoring it his wife threw out the reg plate and he cant find the v5 anywere. Is there anyway i can find out the original registration from the engine and frame numbers? d.v.l.a. are about as much use as a chocolate tea pot. Any help would be real good.

    jez

    Hi Jez, These bikes are classics and as such the DVLA should be going the extra mile to accomodate you, Have you thought of joining/asking the VJMCC they must have lots of experience and good advice for you on this.

  14. Hi all.

    Just found this fourm while trawlin the net for fitting instrauctions for a spyball alarm.

    As i ride a yamaha,

    i thought it was my duty to register.

    I'm in Sunny(NOT) IRELAND

    I ride an 08 R1 in and a 99 TDM 850

    Mods and tuning make me tick.

    Have just registered.

    So when i've figured my way around the fourm etc....

    I'll post pics of my toys.

    RIDE SAFE !

    Hello :welcome:

  15. Who cares if a yamaha or for that matter any other bike make is not a harley,harley is just another bike make.Nice and desireable though they are,they are a bit out of the reach of some people who like the style of bike,not to mention learners who have every right to own and drive that style if they like it.

    Maybe there would be more harley drivers if that company saw the interest from learners and produced it's own 125.Kudos to the Japanese for recognising this fact,it just has to be better for their sales and good luck to them.

    I mean this bike comparing thing,is all too much like boys and their toys,'mines better than yours'etc. Or for an adult thing,a compensation device for things lacking,the bike does'nt make the man.

    Why not just enjoy what you ride and respect others and their choices

    Here here, Each to his own I say and I agree, Harley owe a lot to these Japanese companys for introducing them to motorcycles in the first place, after all who learns on a Harley?

  16. i often tick the 'other' box and then specify underneath english.

    we are the forgotten majority, its forking disgrace :angry:

    Yes thats a good idea, might do that next time myself, Going back to the country flag as you can see I am now proud to be an Estonian citizen and flying the flag of St George and I recommend that all us English who are flying the union flag should take blackhat1250's advice and come join us GET YER FLAGS OOT

  17. i often tick the 'other' box and then specify underneath english.

    we are the forgotten majority, its forking disgrace :angry:

    Yes thats a good idea, might do that next time myself, Going back to the country flag as you can see I am now proud to be an Estonian citizen and flying the flag of St George and I recommend that all us English who are flying the union flag should take blackhat1250's advice and come join us GET YER FLAGS OOT

  18. Hi OGOAB, just use the George cross from estonia, it is the same

    Take your point though, recently filled a form in for new employer and could have ticked any one of a dozen or so boxes for ethnicity.

    four shades of black, five kinds of asian, various other skin tones of indeterminate origin and under "white" I only had the choice of EUROPEAN, SCOTTISH, WELSH, or OTHER

    I wrote ENGLISH right across the page, and they got the right hump and said I would have to fill another form in....................

    I didn`t get the job, Iam pleased to say!

    Good for you R1evad, I salute your whateverthewordis, I'm off to the pub to sink a few Estonian Wells Bombadiers,,,Cheers

  19. :mellow: Hello oldgit. I use Estonia flag. It miffs me they have Wales and Scotland but stuff the English. Anyhow thats the closest flag I found. :(

    'have a nice day'

    Thanks open road, I'm emigrating to Estonia just as soon as I get my passport sorted out...Oldgit

  20. aye oldgit :offtopic: like we"ve been sayin for years bout ur footy team :lol:

    na yer rite . countrys too politicaly correct [ frightened to ofend] GET YER FLAGS OOT B)

    Here Here old boy, Its the Johnny foreigner Estonia flag for me!

  21. Hi everyone, Just perusing a few posts here and there and couldnt help noticing that people posting from places in England are all flying the Union flag, and people from Wales or Scotland are patriotically flying their national flags. Had a look at changing mine to England only to find we dont exist but Wales and Scotland do! Any Ideas?

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