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Well done BIPPO, sensible and to the point, Grouch you could do worse that listen to this young lady!!

Not my style either. I wanted a WR125X, but a number of factors caused me to change my mind and pick the YBR: Not as appealing to the young theiving chavs that walk this land Cheaper to buy Cheaper to insure More inclined to get my off my ass and working towards my full licence I still have my Mod 2 to go (test centre is getting busy now so I have a long wait), but nearly there. Maybe I'm wrong, but I think you previously said you work something like 6 miles from your house? Seeing as you've set your mind on selling this bike, if I was you, personally I wouldn't replace it with another 125 right now. Go without and use a push bike to get around instead. Before you say that's impossible for you - I used to cycle a 38 mile round trip to work before I moved to working in Leeds. I'm far from the healthiest person, but it was more than do-able, even for me. Then, use the money from the sale of XT on getting your direct access done. Theory - £31, Module 1 - £15, Module 2 - £75. Hardly big bucks. Plus, with your road experience thus far, I can't see you needing many lessons. All-in-all, I'm guessing the money from the XT will cover things. You'll then be in a position where you can save up and get any bike you wish, whether that's another 125, or something bigger. To me, that seems more logical then replacing this with another 125. Yes, it'll be more reliable and more convenient than a bicycle, but it'll push your direct access further away. Hopefully you can see the logic in that line of thinking?

AFTER ABIT OF TRIAL AND ERROR I SETTLED ON DOGBONES MADE FROM PLATE WITH 5" CENTRES THIS DROPED THE HEIGHT EXACTLY 4" FROM 36&A1/2" TO32&A1/2" THE OLD ONES HAD 4" CENTRES SO THE FORMULA SEEMS TO BE 1/4" FOR EVERY 1"TO BE DROPPED HOPE THIS HELPS SOMEBODY ELSE I HAVE STILL TO DROP THE YOKES BUT CAN ONLY GO 3/4" AS THEY WILL TOUCH THE HANDLEBARS WHEN I SEE THE EFFECT OF THIS I MIGHT HAVE TO READJUST ON THE DOGBONES TO RAISE IT UP AN 1" THERFORE NEW ONES AT 4&3/4" CENTRES , BUT IT IS WORK IN PROGRESS GREAT TO GET BOTH FEET ON THE GROUND,WILL LET YOU KNOW HOW I GET ON AND ADD SOME PICS WHEN I AM FINISHED.THANKS AGAIN FOR ALL THE HELP

Usually soccer moms who drive blacked-out SUVS to keep their wonderfull little rosey-cheeked shit machines safe. claimed many a mirror on the XJ and a couple on the blade, if you catch them at the lights with a window open it is possible to remove the mirror and hand it back to them before making good your escape

that does sound like its going to be a lot simpler than you first imagined, good luck ken, hope its something easy to fix.

No wonder your dad won't help you,you fn gave up before you tryed.My 13yr old has more stay power to work with tools. You have learned nothing about fixing bikes other than the # to the shop and if you think the next bike will need no repairs your on crack,any mechanical thing breaks new or old.This is a perfect time and bike to learn on even if it took you a week to chang the motor you would be ahead of the game in the end. Look at what eng parts are worthhttp://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_nkw=yamaha+xt125+engine so you would have all that for spares meaning you would never have to buy any more eng parts,or sell and recoupe. Your going to go buy a peddle bike and miss the summer of riding for the lack of effort to at least try and fix something that cost less than a decient bicycle to fix.Then go buy a new bike and thrash it through winter and take a kick in the nuts on investment loss. I could have that motor out and a new one in ,in less that 2 hrs using basic hand tools.1hr with air tools. Give your head a shake suck it up and fix the dam thing and learn something.

IIRC, you will have a couple spare fuses in the fuse box. If that's the problem, you should be sorted. Also, a quick looksee may unearth* a loose connector, which you can just connect back up, easy as. If anyone at work has tools, you can go more in-depth. Consider chucking some WD-40 on anything important that looks too wet and/or corroded - Maybe just spray some inside the control clusters, in case they're a bit gunked up. If corrosion isn't too bad, loosen corroded connections and combine WD-40 with a little scrub to clean them up a bit (scrub with a toothbrush or even a little metal thing like a paper clip). Failing that, get a recovery or take your chances with the cops/getting hit by another road user... *Unearth - Earth - Electronic earth, ha ha... did you see what I did there!!

Just tell them you didn't know! and thank you for pointing it out officer. I will get it fixed as soon as I get home, job done, don't panic.

Check fuses as well. I expect the rain has gotten in somewhere and messed up some wiring.

The brake light is the one i would be more worried about as you can use your arms to indicate. I would ride it home just to make sure its somewhere safe and you can have a good look over it there, on your journey be very aware of whats around you as you don't want to be stopping to fast encase the vehicle behind does not know you are slowing down. I would check the wires, make sure all the connections are corrosion free, have a look at the bulbs to see if they have blown. ermm others would probably have a better answer but as it's abit dodgy getting home with no brake light i thought i would warn you to be careful, just encase you have some silly cunt go into the back of you Good luck

You can have my YBR! 1 lady owner, FSH... Ha ha ha!

Hehe... Guilty

Hey ken over fueling will cause all kinds of prob's could just be a stuck float/worn seat valve. Although the fiber reads I have seen break and cause quite a mess. Hopefully the wind will be at you back for that long push. jimmy if anyone ever finds a way to test CDI units other than replacement let us all know,I have tried to take them appart but everytime I get them appart I cant read the printed board or the colour codes on the resistors and cap,for somthing that is/would be so simple to make it's top secret LOL