wild foamy

depends how much its likely to cost me, theres a 2.5kw unit on ebay that is sold as "assumed to be working", currently its 0.99p but in bournemouth which means £70 in petrol...

XJ600 one with 30,000 miles on ebay sold for just £155... i bought mine because its smaller than most other bikes and still gives the "sit up and beg" position the others refered to and have never had any problems with back pain, apart from getting a bumblebee under my visor, that hurt...

Radar range is classified, and in peace time i doubt they would have had live ordinance...

too right i would have fired LOL . hate to be a killjoy, but those radar guns have a maximum range of around 1 mile... so how they managed to lock on to a tornado is a mystery...

Hi peeps it seems my generator has packed up, and im having trouble finding another (reasonably priced) alternator unit, it still runs but provides no power, and this is the only form of power i have for working on my mini which means that for now all work has stopped on it i need to find a 2.2kw peak/2kw nominal alternator but i dont fancy paying £240 to machine mart for one, the whole generator itself cost me £30 but a new one of similar spec is about £300. does anybody know where i can find a unit that will fit?, im kinda racking my brains about it atm... cheers all - Foameh x

thats a shitter mate! , i will keep an eye out around my area (berkshire), hopefully it will find its way back to you.

I got told off during my riding lessons for "thrashing" the YBR i was learning on... but as previously mentioned with a bit more experiance you will learn where the powerbands are, what revs are more economical and what sort of gears you need for the road conditions and gradients, the XJ will go up most hills in 6th at 30mph, then work its way up to the full 130 (er, i mean 70mph...) but having not ridden a YBR for over a year now i havent got much of an idea of what they ride like, aim to change around half way through the rev range as a rough guide

Up Yours: behave yourself or we will put you back in the old peoples home!. good to hear atleast somebody is still riding, my XJ is still sat under a tarp with various assorted MOT failures

ive found Carol Nash to be absolutely terrible!, Swinton seem to be good, Bennets arent very good for me and have a nasty habit of adding "auto renewal" onto your policy, so when your renewal comes up they slap on another £200 and dont bother telling you about it... cheers bennets... could have insured my XJ600 for £125 this year, but the company i went with needed to see proof of restriction, however swinton dont ask for proof of restriction so i ended up going with them

its a case of stripping them down, changing the seals and replenishing the oil, ive got one needs doing on my XJ

cant we all just sit around the campfire and sing coombaya?

The kids dont like it when the parents fight ...

or an XJ650 Turbo?... gonna need a new exhaust for that...

haha, dont give me ideas...

Haha, you both need professional help... there was one product on that website that caught my eye though... LINKY

Nothing wrong with the YBR, i did my test on one before getting my leg over on the XJ600... bit too much vibration in the 125 for my liking if im honest though, but like you point out its a good riding position. and remember, keep a leg down each side and your mind in the middle...

Awwwwwh!!, brings back memories of my DT50... if your has the registration number of G237MYA name any price and i will buy it back... Conical filter fits on the carb, if you take the rubber pipe off your airbox it should fit in (bit of a squeeze though) big bore kits are also a good idea, mine had a 60cc big bore kit, BigOne exhaust system and the largest front/smallest rear sprocket i could find, it was good for 55 on a flat but realistixally 40 was a comfortable cruising speed

LOL, some peoples stupidity is actually fun to watch...

Welcome to the forum , looks like you've had quite a few experiances!

OG: my DT had a 60 bore kit, and i remember my first big bore kit ceised up miles from anywhere, leaving me to push it 3 miles uphill to my garage in the darkness. as mentioned in the email i sent you, my DT was running the original carb but with a 100 main jet, higher needle and a cone filter, but if im honest i think even that was too lean, its better to start with too big a main jet (or "rich") and work it down until it runs right than it is to start lean (not enough fuel) as running lean causes overheating, holed pistons, scored bores and eventually ceising up (see story at the top of this post)

as above, an introduction will unlock a whole world of info, until the users know you they are more likely to keep to themselves. so c'mon, tell us about yourself! as for the fault, my money is on a dead battery, the "click" could well be the starter solenoid switching over to a live circuit, but your battery does not have enough juice to turn the engine over. on the XJ this is personified on the rev counter (when the starter is pressed the engine wont turn over and the rev counter turns to about 5-6k position) welcome and enjoy your stay!

Welcome to the forum Rick, as above, pictures are a must! I am Foamy, riders of XJs' and liker of Pepsi, i believe you have already encountered OG and Drewps

i may just grab myself a tub of popcorn and watch the action unfold... but i feel obliged to chip in and atleast make a vague atempt to help. Happy_chappy_owner: With this forum comes a lot of banter, some of it may seem to be aggressive at first, but longer serving members such as Up_Yours are extremely laid-back and offer this banter only to brighten your day and also the day of the other forum members, please take it with a pinchh of salt or with sugar according to taste, any hostility is unintended. as for the bike, try simple things such as free-flowing exhausts and less restricting air filters, next up from that you can try big bore kits or boring out the cylinder, hotter spark plug, smaller or larger rear sprocket (more speed or more acceleration accordingly), strip as much weight FROM THE BIKE as you can.

exhaust, cone filter, smaller rear sprocket or larger front sprocket, re-jet your carb, job done.

cost me £70 to fill the sportage from empty to full this week... £70 feckin quid... £20 to fill the bike, need to get it through its MOT again