JimR

There cool ... I might just buy that one bring it home have a play then donate it to you for 'research' it would be better if some others helped Regards Jim

well it may do .... as long as it was Old Git's Mobylette !!! Regards Jim

Hi hmm an FS1 looks like this http://www.bikepics.com/yamaha/fs1/ of which there are some US versions ... perhaps not quite in the same league as the FZ Regards Jim

Hi, best elect the XT then Regards Jim

have I took the PEE ... nope I use the nick names for the Jawa as a term of endearment other than that I have tried to encourage you to restore the Jawa .... my point was some people here may be in a position to help you purchase this bike & looking at the pics will help you no end with your project Regards Jim

Hi Dave I guess you where just misinformed (to a point) the speedo head could be the same but the drive (wheel gearbox) will have a different ratio to keep the head indicating the correct speed ... i.e 16 inch wheel =drive A 21 inch wheel drive B , and both could use the same head and also the drive's physical appearence remains the same. Years ago I had some fun by fitting another drive to a bike (the person said it was the fastest xyz) which then indicated to his speedo 100mph (he braged) everyone else laughed as he was past @ 75 when his clock was showing 100 ! Regards Jim

Hi Merv at £300 I'd give it a punt & would not worry to much about where it's come from . perhaps a few quid each & we can buy it for foamy .. in order to help him out ! Regards Jim

Or flog both & buy the MZ with the XT 600 motor in it and spend the proffit on a party for all of us ! Regards Jim

I'd do the XT even tho its done the miles you could (perhaps) have more fun with it ... some off road tyres & a run down some green lanes etc but if your into just road & pose the MT would win ... looks pretty ! Regards Jim

Hi Jim, get a cheese wire and cut some deeper groves in the old ones !! Regards Jim

Hi Drewps, well at least you managed it .... do you know the cuase of this problem (stand going over centre & bent) 10 points for the correct answer 5 for a part answer 0 for ignoring !! Regards Jim

Hi David, I would guess abot 1 & 3/4 turns out from home for the mixture screw, but this is subject to the bike running on idle smoothly (some xs400's needed the screw ½ turn out & others nearly 3 turns out to obtain that). With float height if the bike has not had the carbs 'played with' there is a good chance this will be correct, but I guess you have problems with the bike & it may be better to describe the faults rather than asking for specs as you may find that doing that will save you a bit of time as someone else has had the same fault in the past & has fixed it ! Regards Jim

Hi, There is another side to the coin ... perhaps his views (no matter how correct they may or not be) may, from the UK governments point of view, may have caused problems within sections of the UK populace, which in turn may have caused civil unrest in some areas which at the time this rulling was made. I'm sure the UK government at that point knew the Telegraph would be exposing some of them as Conmen/Women and felt that this married to social unrest from allowing some people into the country who may upset factions of the populace was the only 'evil' they had any control over, and perhaps did not want both together. I would guess his ablity to enter the UK would not have made much difference to most UK residents, but as the poo was about to hit the fan it may be deemed that it was one less problem to deal with. But I would guess international politics is well for a motorcycle forum, even tho this is a general chat area ! Regards Jim

Hi Barry, if you have no CB points under the L/H cover & no advance/retard under the right cover I would guess the ignition system has been altered some what ... can you say what lives under the L/H cover and can you find a white wire and aslo an orange wire connected to the ignition system any where ! Regards Jim

Sorry the topic I guess just matured into another !!! Sorry Regards Jim

Hi Drewps, sounds like yours was a basket case !!! having to do the stand as well ! normally it would work without playing with the stand ... but I guess the bikes are somewhat older than I remember and it's not possible to draw a new stand from the stores !! Regards Jim

Hi dont you feel like a twat when you do it tho .... When the Uk government added this reg back in 1881 (ment 1981) the early systems where a bit bizzare ... Kawa AR125 had cables from the clutch lever connected to the side stand (so you could not pull the clutch in until the weight was off the side stand) .. remove the side stand total.... retrofit electrical switches to the side stand & clutch lever but now its sorted this problem should no longer happen ! Regards Jim

Sounds like my kind of event ..... if you want to sponser me to be there your welcome !!!! Regards Jim

Hi Looking at the photo I would guess this to be a picture of the right side of the bike (when sat on it) Which on UK models housed the advance retard unit and the breaker plate was under the left cover. with this the case there is a chance that the total ignition system is different and I'm talking of a totalaly different ignition system .. sorry for my interjection Regards Jim

Hi, can you confirm which bike you are having problems with a DT or WR ? Regards Jim

Hi Dave, the blog is cool but you have not mentioned the 'loose women' & bars. I'm guess there may have been some on the route Regards Jim

YZF750's & Thunderace's where not born in my day but as the engines are different I would guess that the processor that controls the valve would be different so you may find the hardware to fit (exhaust pipes, valve, cover & cables etc) but finding the correct (or a one that will work) controler may be a bit difficult ! Regards Jim

Hi Mark, thats fine ... I would be interested to see what the fault is as I guess the bike you have is somewhat different to the UK spec ones!! Regards Jim

I woold have thought it might have prefered an big mac and fries .. no accounting for taste !!! Regards Jim

How many times has the ht coil failed on that model (in the UK) = near 0 ht cap is a thought but as long as they show some resistance (stop the tellys playing up) they should work. With a dual lead coil if one ht lead goes OC the whole coil goes down ... from memory the fuel rail was supplied between 2 & 3 (in the UK) but I guess in other parts of the world that may differ. I guess that you discount the needle valve to at all be at fault with cyl #1. With age the Yics port could 'gunk' up but I would guess this to happen if the bike was laid up for quite some time and you couldn't confirm all 4 ports are blocked so therefore the sync between 1 & 2 may be flawed (thro a blocked port) then the rest give a totally wrong reading because the correct tool is not used in accordance with its designers ! Regards Jim