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Flashing red on the rear of a motorvehicle may get you a pull, if Plodsy decides to interpret it as a faulty unit (your nicked) they may also be confused as some sort of indicators by the cages. I'd stick with solid not flashing stuff, you may even get tugged for pretending to be an emergency vehicle.

So long as you have the minimum legal lighting (C+U regulations) on the vehicle your fine whatever you do. Providing they don't show a white light to the rear of course.

Define heavy duty, it may bean its beefed up for towing so its expecting extra load. Like for like replacement should be fine, have you tried re fitting the old one to see if you get your lights back.

I don't either but my DT is the same as in has a tiny amount of play. Not rattling around like a marble in a tin can just 'not tight'

So the 500quid DAS test is too dear but your going to chuck 2 grand at a bike from a dealer?

Try draining the carb properly, sounds like eiter crap in the float bowl or water. It sits on the bottom of the carb body till you open the throttle then it sucks it up and chokes the fuel off.

Its something to do with the chain movement/vibrations, if you lock it up solid on anything bigger than tiddlers the output bearing on the gearbox will wear out double quick.

As you pass John's (blackhat) house you could call in for a cuppa while everybody waits for you in stafford http://www.classicbikeshows.com/showindex.asp?showcode=TCM12

Well a Hardly Worth It and a Duke in the same sentace, why not come over to the dark side, some lovely strokers out there. 1200quid will get you a good anything if you don't go all trainspotter with originality. More bang for your buck, instant cool, every time you start the motor your giving the v's to the greens and most of the red tape at mot time can be forgotten, if your not grinning till it obviously goes bang you's dead.

Nice one cheers alex.

I've had something similar pop up a couple of times over the weekend too, thats on a pc with a gig of ram and a 180gig hard drive. When it did it i could easily use the rc forum i'm on and the wifey's tropical fish jobbie.

Patent pistons work ok in Yams but the real deal does make a very noticable difference. Compare one to the other and you will see better piston machining. A noticable lack of mass compared to the pretenders and much better port windows.

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Carefull there foamy, my Grandad joined up in 1940 to avoid getting called up so he could, at least in theory, pick his poison. He went as RAF infantry, hoping he'd be guarding an airfield and home for his supper of an evening. Ended up spending the entire war in Burma, all told 7 years in the jungle as much as the war ended he didn't get home till the middle of 47.

Depends how windy, hilly, even your jacket and helmet make diferences, a stock Mito is still only a 70mph bike with 12hp and it has less weight and a lot less drag. If your getting a genuine 65mph from your dt you are not doing half bad. Having road tyres will help and missing the windjammer muddy on the front too but a cow born in a stable is still a cow.

Because it has the aerodynamics of a barn door. Its primary purpose is crossing open country safely not going fast. Would you expect a landrover to perform like a porche. I have said it many times before but my TDR is very similar aerodynamically and has double the cc and over 4 times the hp, that is only good for 100. But the same engine, and i mean nigh on identical (different first gear) engine in the TZR250 will do 130mph.

Ish, its never really been officialy named properly. This is the wiki bit i read the other day:- Whether to call it the "Union Flag" or the "Union Jack" is a matter of debate by many. According to the Flag Institute, the vexillological organisation for the United Kingdom, "the national flag of the United Kingdom, the Crown Dependencies and Overseas Territories is the Union Flag, which may also be called the Union Jack."[4] It also notes that "From early in its life the Admiralty itself frequently referred to the flag as the Union Jack, whatever its use, and in 1902 an Admiralty Circular announced that Their Lordships had decided that either name could be used officially. In 1908, a government minister stated, in response to a Parliamentary question, that "the Union Jack should be regarded as the National flag" .[5][6] Nevertheless, the term "Union Flag" is used in King Charles's proclamation of 1634,[7] and in King George III's proclamation of 1 January 1801 concerning the arms and flag of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.[8] When the first flag representing Britain was introduced on the proclamation of King James I in 1606, it became known simply as "the British flag" or "the flag of Britain". The royal proclamation gave no distinctive name to the new flag. The word "jack" was in use before 1600 to describe the maritime bow flag.[5] By 1627 a small Union Jack was commonly flown in this position. One theory goes that for some years it would have been called just "the Jack", or "Jack flag", or "the King's Jack", but by 1674, while formally referred to as "His Majesty's Jack", it was commonly called the Union Jack, and this was officially acknowledged.[3] Amongst the proclamations issued by King George III at the time of the Union of 1801 was a proclamation concerning flags at sea, which referred to "Our Flags, Jacks, and Pendants" and forbade merchant vessels from wearing "Our Jack, commonly called the Union Jack" nor any pendants or colours used by the King's ships.[9] In contrast, the King's proclamation of the same day concerning the arms and flag of the United Kingdom, not colours at sea, called the new flag "the Union Flag". The size and power of the Royal Navy internationally at the time could also explain why the flag was named the "Union Jack"; considering the navy was so widely utilised and renowned by the United Kingdom and colonies, it is possible that the term "Jack" occurred because of its regular use on all British ships using the "Jack Staff" (a flag pole attached to the bow of a ship). Even if the term "Union Jack" does derive from the jack flag (as perhaps seems most likely), after three centuries, it is now sanctioned by use, has appeared in official use, and remains the popular term.[10] The term "Union Flag" is less well-known outside the United Kingdom,[11] and may refer to other union flags.

Ha, i heard one fellow say that he did 1500 miles a year and had brimmed his car so he has fuel till AUGUST ffs. I ain't calling em Tw@'s, naieve is a better word i think, there is no reason to be filling up, nothing at all. Roads in Grantham were jammed up yesterday by people after fuel. The whole system works on an average, petrol stations have an amount of stock that covers their normal consumption pluss a bit for bank holidays and such. Most people just put in what they need for a week be that 20, 40, 80 quid whatever (would cost 150 to do my rangy from empty, gulp). Everybody going in to fill the tanks right up WILL empty the stations, the people who are filling up because they think fuel is running out are causing the problem in the first place. Its like people in a traffic jam moaning about all the traffic. The irony is hilarious.

nah, last time the eng flag was under uzbekistan or something its prob there somewhere, hopefully just needs finding.

The gearchange mech is mostly below and behind the clutch so it should give an indication of whats going on inside. You may even be able to get inside with some spray penetrating oil to help.

Alex is great, its the flags i have the beef with. I'm English. With so many folk coming under the union jack and the union falling apart its a bit of a lame duck if you ask me.

Hmm, does sound like its all dried up inside. The question is, will it be better to pull the motor and have at the dried out internals or fill it with oil and see if you can work it free. Trouble is the little stroker will only have splash lubrication so unless you ride it the drum will never get any oil as its at the top of the cases and as its in gear the clusters won't spin while its static. Do you get any joy rocking the bike with pressure on the lever? Think your going to be getting oily. There was a fellow on a while ago now with a similar issue. But he could ride the bike just not get the top couple of gears. That just needed working through the gears for a while to free it.

Yes. Short answer but not really another one. The bolts need a sound method of locking them in place. Nyloc (yuk) nuts, spring washers or lock tabs is about all there is.

Ok you have said the bike won't go into gear, but its stuck in gear, and the clutch works fine, but the clutch doesent work. Don't mean to be a pain here but i'd start again as that lot makes no sense. I think i know what your on about, but i'd re read it to get the best advice. If it helps when you press the gear lever you should feel an initial movement then you should feel it engage with a resistance which is the mech that rotates the drum. The lever should then contine to travel as the drum turns to actually opperate the selector forks and change the gear. It may just need to be worked if its stood for a long time. Not uncommon for the drum to stick in position slightly.