wild foamy

i cant complain, tastes better if you mix it with a few spirits whilst already wasted at a house party... just make sure nobody is standing infront of you when you do the inevitable technicolour yawn

i know what you mean, i work 12 hour shifts in the UK with the occasional 18 hour shift or all-nighter on a weekend if the shit really hits the fan then there's my mates moaning on facebook because they have to do 6-7 hour shifts at tescos or currys... get a grip... although tbh if i had to do a 6 or 7 hour shift at currys i probably would end up hitting someone

fuck that, i'll just bring a camel back from over here, that'll do for transport! gonna have to get rid of the sportage aswell, can't survive with 20mpg

give ya £250 for it?

12v accessory socket, then get a USB charger adaptor and plug your phones USB lead into that

trouble is im still 4000 miles away in the desert for another couple of months and by the looks if it there is no front fairing or fairing mount which is going to prove to be a pain in the ass, no way am i letting it get away though, touched base with my bro back in england and he's all set to pick it up if by some miracle i win the auction, the foamy fleet is rapidly expanding

electronics may have suffered at that age, check it all works but other than that getting it started is a major thing, these aircooled engines have huge tolerances and so they tend to go on forever aslong as the oil is changed

its a four stroke

i had one on my pre-div, it made a noticeable difference and cut down on some of the crap, until it fell off in town one day and i ran it over, didnt work so well after that...

just seen THIS peeps, and fook me that is a tasty bit of rare steak... there's definately room inbetween the CBR and the XJ turbo for this little beauty... y'all recon it may be a wise investment?...

is this a two or four stroke?... O.o

when iot starts to lurch pull the clutch in and immediately hit the killswitch, once you have coasted to a stop take the spark plug out and describe the colour, it should look like a strong cup of hot chocolate or an overcooked cornflake, the symptoms you describe lead me to think it is a fuel mixture problem (too much fuel going into the cylinder will turn the end of the sparkplug black and sooty which is known as a "rich mixture", not enough fuel will turn it white and chalky which is a "lean mixture") a lean mixture can and probably will lead to overheating, engine failure e.t.c this process is known as a "plug chop", give it a try and let us know what you find

i'll offer £500 for it if you dont want it?...

Tried that once, her name was Meg, then she left me and took most of my CD collection and my favourite hoody, then she gave me the clap for good measure, feckin bitch, really want that hoody back!

haha, would say i pity you but i got 30*c out here and clear blue skies for miles P but i dont have a bike... -.-

oh ffs... im not going to shag the camel am i?! im going to ride it to the next village, there's lots of women there!

there was a summer back in '09 where i was riding the dt around town in nothing but a shirt, shorts and flip-flops (this dress-code is known as "being a squid"), completely fecking stupid, never doing it again my current kit of choice - draggin' jeans and my trust old Tuzo jacket i bought on offer for £50 back when i had the DT, and a pair of my old RAF issue boots, i do have a set of leather trousers for when it is cold, wet or the roads are more likely to pose an increased hazard, but the 35 miles ride from home to work is usually done in just the draggins' and the jacket with a long sleeved shirt on underneath, as is most of my travel around newbury town on the XJ. things may change when i get a chance to really open that fireblade up on the straights,

no can do lads, im overseas for atleast a couple more months

stop teasing me! i have nothing to ride out here but camels!

I agree with the above, as for the carb issue i would now leave it well alone, giving it a good 65 miles run has most likely worked the crap out of the jets, if you start taking it apart now you may put it back together only to find that there are air leaks or more strange behaviour issues. for £200 that was a bargain, if you're looking to fix it up even more and dont mind a trip down the RAF Benson (or Cosford after september) i would be happy to shotblast the engine and/or any other bits and repaint them, PJ1 seems to be the best paint to use as its very hardwearing and heat resistant and as for the body work rattle cans do a fairly decent job but arent particularly hard wearing in my experiance

this sounds very similar to the problem i had with my DT running weak, would be a pain in the ass to start when warm... is everything on the bike standard? i.e. you havent been chavving it up with loud exhausts, speecial high performance air filters and big bore kits?

that could work, i'll try that next, cheers bud!

Im afraid neither of those would work drewps i tried drilling it initially but somehow the drill crept off centre so that's fooked the contract, no idea how to go about spark erosion and as for the nut idea the stud has been cut flush with the mounting lug on both sides so theres not really much for it to bite into, need to devise some sort of press methink...

Frame and wheels are ready! woohoo!, no pics yet as i am still in the middle of the feckin desert for a couple more months even in my absence the stockpile of parts is growing rapidly, its going to be like christmas when i get back, just need to get the rest of the mounting stud out of the engine and get it blanked/shotblasted/sprayed up, and suggestions how i can get the stud out? basically i ended up cutting the engine mounts off the frame and welding them back on then cutting the bolt off either side of the lug on the engine leaving me with about half an inch of stud stuck in there

True, you will end up with a Jawa or an XJ Turbo i shudder in fear everytime the postman knocks on the door holding a large oddly-shaped package (stop sniggering at the back...)