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the caps simply screw into the wire, put the rubber sleeve on the wire first then slide it over the cap when fitted, with the coils unscrew the knurled plastic nut at the front of the coil, inside that you will see a rubber grommet remove the grommet put the nut over the wire thread facing the coil, then place grommet over wire, inside coil you will see a metal pin push wire into coil over pin, then slide grommet and nut up to the threaded part of the coil and screw up, the nut and grommet will clamp the wire in merv

RK leighton springs to mind merv

A bike made from donated parts with it's very own heart transplant. Papworth gave LC club member Foxie a heart transplant in 2006, so we thought we would give something back. The bike is to be raffled off at this years CMM show in Stafford, 19th October. All proceeds to go to Papworth Hospital. Tickets priced at £1 each and are available by sending a cheque and SAE to: The LC Club PO Box 7226 Wellingborough Northants NN8 9BZ

I presume you mean the cap like this in which case if you have one you can open look underneath it ands see the position of the catch, you can then take a bent screwdriver and push it under the locked one merv

you can undo the cap with a bent screwdriver just push it under the lock end, in england yuo can still get keys from a yamaha dealer just from the number or a decent key specialist merv

Another RD 250 aircooled will be complete tomorrow pics here RD250 resto

surely that is the wrong way round you ned to heat bearing and cool head as metal expands with heat merv

maybe one of the dealers here would help if you explained the situation and asked nicely royal enfield dealers merv

look around the bottom of the race /stem you can see the join Take a small cold chisel (not a woodwork one) and tap it into the joint it should gradually part from the fork stem once it starts too move you can then lever it up, be careful not too damage the surface of the stem if you do clean it up before you try to fit the new bearing, and do not forget to put the seal in Merv

ah yes the tiredkraut merv

They are both suppliers for MIKESXS in the states i believe the parts lists are the same, i tried to order parts from the Netherlands did not even get a reply so the german guy will be getting my business from now on Merv

Rudiger Paustian has a lot of stuff on his site and if you click the union jack at th top it comes up in english put your stuff in to the shopping cart and forward your order with your email addy and he will send back a total price and a paypal advice of what to pay with postage. his P&P charges are pretty good from germany not rip off like some foreign companies anyhow heres the site, Oh i was told Tony Hall of Halco topped himself, shame nice guy i spoke to him a couple of times getting brake caliper seals for my RD,s site xs650shop.de

the crank can be rebuilt the big end ball bearings will be replaced with the rest of the bearings and pins that they run in PJ engineering will do this for you they have a collection and return service, pj engineering they did my aircooled 400 crank a couple of years ago i think it cost £160 at the time too rebuild you get new rods bearings and lab seal all pressed together and trued up, Norbo may have some exchange units cheaper but rebuilt using the good parts from the crank not all new parts rdlc crazy merv

well i see his son michael won the race, that must have taken guts merv

woman came home to find her husband tossing himself off in the kitchen, she rushes over and gives him a blowjob, he says well thats a turn up for the books no sex for six months now this, she said i washed the floor this morning it easier to rinse my mouth out and clean my teeth than wash the bloody floor again

hi XX nice bike there where abouts are ya in holland will be there tomorrow merv

Unfortunately newtronic went out of business last year, it has been taken over but they do not seem to be making kits at the moment, there is a chance a kit maybe lying around at a dealer or in the store at newtronics. website newtronics

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Drewps Dont know bog all about modern XS,s so i stand corrected anfd thanks for doing that my specialist subject RD 250/350/400 aircooled before 1981 A good way of translating parts is go to german ebay enter the name of the part you are tryingto translate in the search box and hey presto you should have a picture merv ebay de Bremmszange = caliper? yes Hohlschraube = brake line? No quite literally hole bolt, but banjo bolt too us, to take 2 lines you will need another line of course Handbremmszylinder = master cylinder? yes

Front twin discs, XS500/ 650 bits should do it, unless you can find a front end from newer bike that goes straight into your triple trees, as for rear shock again take a look around measure the shock and see if a later bike one fits I:e xj600 possibly merv

i have managed to source a supply of stainless footrest mount pins fit most old yams XS/RD/ FS1E etc with a 6mmx 35mm pin complete with stainless washer and stainless cotter pin £6 a set, paypal available ask for postage costs outside uk merv

contact him through CMM he is Chris Pearson there must be an email addy on the CMM website merv

Pm yamguru he was looking for bike retsos the other day for CMM Merv

Cheers mate I know Alex will appreciate that Merv