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Seeing the damage in there and on the ali casing I can only think that some object got flicked up by the front tyre and smashed its way into the casing. Now that the bike is happy again I may take the cover off one of these days and revisit that with some Belzona liquid metal. For now I must have the healthiest 33 y/o FJ1200 on the planet with new coils,leads,caps,plugs, refurbed carbs and adjusted valve clearances 🤣

I have updates ...... the damn thing is FIXED !!!!!! 🤗🤗 I ordered 3 things last week. A magnetic pick-up sensor with wire & plug only in Poland, a rotor in UK and a back plate with sensor and wire complete in Holland. The Polish magnetic sensor & wire only arrived yesterday and I was ready to take hammer & chisel to the blob only to find it crumbled at the lightest touch. Some dick had 'glued' the sensor on with window putty or badly mixed epoxy. Clean up, install new sensor, lead wire and plug behind the heat shield to the other side of the bike and plug into the loom. The bike ran smooth today and stationary at traffic lights quietly rumbles on tick over, no drama. I treated her to an oil change and a chain lube just now and all is good in Yamaha FJ1200 world. Thanks for bearing with me, your suggestions and commiserations 👏

Hello from Banff Scotland. Working on an 97 sr125. Been riding a Honda NTV Trike the past few years and now want to return to 2 wheels but need to do the CBT first hence the sr125, should have don my bike test back in the days when you could ride a 250 on a provisional, but gave up biking for 40 years after my uncle was killed on my 20th birthday in a bike accident he was only 21 & he and I were like brothers. I'm excited to get out and ride and live again, so... here I am.

Hi guys sorry for the delay in responding. The reason I asked about the spring length was that for years I have had trouble engaging neutral. With engine switched off it was easy. I now can engage neutral easily. Culprit 2 warped clutch plates (brand new) replaced with 2 of the original plates and works brilliant. Thanks for the input.👍till next time.

So last week I had my DT MOT'd for the first time since 2021, then took it to Carrog in North Wales camping, with some people I know from an Aprilia forum I'm on. Had a great ride over on the Friday, and our Saturday rideout only had rain for the last 5 mins. Very wet ride home on the sunday though! Few pics below!

You Sir get the Platinum medal today 🙂 lol Shoot.... thanks for the link. I normally get my gear from Wemoto ...... they are double that price https://www.wemoto.com/bike/yamaha/fj/1200/1992/28776/ignition-coil

Morning, thanks for your replies Happy to report that shortly after I flagged this up the bike magically 'healed' itself. One morning went out to start and it sounded and felt like the starter was missing a cog with a loud 'clack'!!! After that it was gone. As it turns out I was most probably the self tensioner of the starter chain being stuck in between two settings creating some looseness there for a bit.

So Roger the Bodger was a previous owner of the bike!! Whilst his putty job got it going it didn't fix it.....then you bought it!....and now the Wallet Emptying Barsteward is finally fixed. Congratulations. Well done that man. You deserve a medal for perseverance............medal....medal!! says Mutley 👍👍

Well, as some of you may have noticed, there have been one or two slight, minor, hardly noticeable changes to the Forums... I'm sorry, I'm English, sometimes we don't realise that Sarcasm Mode is engaged! So, long and short of it, I blame Alex, he broke it!!! lol No seriously, there's been an upgrade to Invision v5, and it obviously hasn't gone as smoothly as possible. I got this message from Alex last night: Hi Paul, Hope all is well. I've seen your comments on the board but can't respond! The upgrade to v5 of the forum software has been a disaster. It was fully tested in the same environment, applications etc. I also waited for two revisions after the v5 went live to ensure we didn't have this issue. All testing went perfectly. However on rollout and after migrating the databases, I discovered there's an issue with certain member groups breaking the WYSIWYG editor. I'm in one of those groups. Invision have a ticket on this and they've discovered it's a remnant from v2 of Invision in how the member groups are allocated. They have a fix coming but we just have to wait. They gave me some solutions to try I could do manually but none of them worked. An absolute pain in the ass. Alex So, for those of you wondering, it's being worked on and hopefully things should be fixed soon!

Hi all, I'm Gary and I have just joined this forum. I am a proud owner of a yamaha xvs 950 midnight star.

thanks, i have messaged alex under the contacts facility on the home page (bottom) but no reply. Any other way to personal message him please. I'm with peter james insurance and I would like to resign the vjmc membership i have in favour of another club to still benefit from discount. Bikesure are a brokers - i got a quote but assuming the discount is around 15% it won't match what I have already unfortunately. I've had a blue/black 1967 thunderace for just under 3 yrs, in the process of selling my thundercat as I wasn't using it. the ace is actually a less practical bike but I just like it and use it in preference. Ian

I'm not normally a 'name & shame' person, but that's terrible! And I'm not sure on our rules for that either... So probably better not to. But the point is, it doesn't matter how many people have 'had a go' with it, it's work, and if he can fix it, it just shows his skills. What I'm reading out of that is: "I'm not a proper mechanic, am crap at diagnostics and can only swap out parts hoping the problem will go away." (which is partly what you've been doing, but he's supposed to be the professional!).

I used to be older than I looked, but then I got fat and bald! rofl

Don't be so sure, I'm older than I sound! 😛 lol

I know about standard bulbs on bikes but not LED's, so go with Snakes posts for advice, however, i did a search on the forum using the search feature at the top and found quite a bit, but this post may be of some help, especially as snake also mentioned the bulb on the dashboard. see the last entry in this post.

Merry Xmas NEO 👍

You could possibly do with an external mike for your camera. You have a rather resonant voice like me, there's a lot of reverberation on the audio... Other than that, an informative video (that's actually in focus!!!).

Hey all been a while since I’ve been on here. I picked up a 1979 rx125 that had been under someone’s house for many years. 29000km on the clock. Seized front brake hydraulics. Totally worn out chain and sprockets. Engine has compression but crank seals have been leaking as gearbox oil was low. Bike has compression and spark but will tear down the engine and rebuild it properly. have been degreasing parts in ultrasonic cleaner and just generally tidying it up. so far I’ve rebuilt front brake hydraulics front forks. Replaced front and rear wheel bearings and seals. New sprockets. New tyres. I went with Bridgestone g511 front and rear. Next up is engine job. For anyone who wants check out my (mediocre) YouTube channel where I’m talking about it a bit more. https://youtube.com/@ejgrae1989?si=gExibA0efaB_JsgV going to do an updated video for engine strip down process next. pland for the bike are to get it running in stock format then, port the cylinder and build an expansion chamber. I’ll swap on a 28mm flat slide too. cheers

Giving someone a Thanks gives one point! and putting up a post gives you 5 points. Merry christmas 🎅

Well, you're a regular now... I'd probably get a lot more points if I posted pictures, but, I'm lazy... lol I don't even know what all the categories are for earning points!!!

sorry for not being on here in a while. There is a face book group page called yamaha xsr125 uk join the group then search in the files folder there is an array of different pdf's to download including the elusive service manual lol. hope this helps.

Okay, here's how it works, how a single bolt can remove the rotor. Its different to the DT magneto which has a full length tapered shaft. The XS 250 has a part threaded section within the rotor body. N.B. the normal short bolt with its washer, holds it all in place.

I guess he's referring to the magneto stator / rotor? if it is, then the internal thread, highlighted in red takes a magneto puller, the shaft is tapered with a woodruff key to hold the rotor in place. one of these... you put a spanner on the flats to screw it in to the rotor and a socket on the end and screw it in, which then pulls it off the taper. the indent in the shaft end takes the pointed end of the device.

I contacted them last night via their 'contact us' page, they replied this morning.... hi there ,Yamaha YZF1000 R Thunderace (1996-2001) OEM Standard Layout - Full Kit, Of the three hoses, all different lengths supplied, which one goes to the rear? many thanks. the reply from Wez...The shortest one is the rear. There you go.

It depends on which set you got... If you got the '2 line race set', the rear line should be the short one. If you got the 'up & over' set, the rear line should be the middle one. So, which set did you get?

Does it matter which one is fitted to the forward cylinder head, and which one to the rear cylinder head? Yes, it does! ........looking at Square's overhead photo .... https://www.squaremotorcycleparts.co.uk/products/carb-to-head-inlet-rubbers-yamaha-xv535-xv-535-1987-2001 I see the vacuum tube is angled in two different directions. for A and B. In my opinion which goes where should give itself up when it comes to fitting those vacuum tubes, as you want the angle of least resistance and prevent kinking. Having said that your vacuum tubes which probably are 'set' at the position, should enable you to pick the right one. When i say set, they have been in the correct position for many years so they will have a natural set position just waiting to be connected to the correct inlet tube. and this photo has an Arrow for FORWARD so the two inlet rubbers are shown at slightly different angles, you just have to look at yours to match the picture, you've got a 50:50 chance of getting it right anyway!! https://www.bike-parts-yam.com/yamaha-motorcycle/535-MOTO/1991/VIRAGO/XV535-20KW-/INTAKE/70_6973-6973/B8/0/14359