JohnVW Posted June 11, 2011 Share Posted June 11, 2011 Hi All, My name is John and I live in North West UK near Manchester. I am now 52 and it is 26 years since my last bike which was a 1976 Honda 750-4 F1, I passed my test in March 1982. I fancied doing a bit of biking again, so I have purchased a 1992 Yamaha RSX 100S which is in reasonable condition (all I can afford at moment, daughter at uni. etc etc !!). I have been preparing it for an MOT and its surprising how working on bikes comes back to you even after all these years, can't wait to get it on road !!. I have a couple of small queries, I noticed when pulling sideways on the rear wheel there is slight play in the swinging arm, is this an MOT fail point (not sure as i have not had a bike MOT'ed for years !)?. Also the indicators are very sluggish when the engine is not running but ok when it is, I have read elsewhere and in the forums that the 6v electrics are not great on these bikes even though the battery is new !. Regards to all John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator Airhead Posted June 11, 2011 Moderator Share Posted June 11, 2011 Greetings John, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NEV Posted June 11, 2011 Share Posted June 11, 2011 Greetings John, Hi and welcome to the mid-life crisis ward,John, enjoy your stay that A mate had an F1 supersport, nice bike, I had the k2 mind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnVW Posted June 11, 2011 Author Share Posted June 11, 2011 Hi, Thanks for welcome guys, you have definately summed it up to a "T" there Nev, everybody around here says I am having a mid life crisis !!! Why not I say !!!. Cheers John. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackhat250 Posted June 11, 2011 Share Posted June 11, 2011 Welcome john, Yes the swingarm ,excesive play will fail MOT. , indicators" have a specific number of flashes per minute, my dt400 failed for flashing too fast,, , i remedied that by fitting 12volt bulbs to the rears,, then changed them back afterwards,,,,,,how old ig th rs100 ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnVW Posted June 12, 2011 Author Share Posted June 12, 2011 Hi, It's 1992 "K" registration (nearly as old as my daughter !!). John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator DirtyDT Posted June 13, 2011 Moderator Share Posted June 13, 2011 Hi and welcome John. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kishan Posted June 13, 2011 Share Posted June 13, 2011 welcome Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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