wild foamy

usually on peds there is a washer behind the variator on the back wheel which prevents it opening fully, the 70 kit will only increase your power and not your top speed, i suggest you consider a Polini variator kit so you can change the gearing for extra speed

its going to be cheaper to replace the forks with a set of RD350LC ones (about £40-50) than to grind and rechrome the originals. if i had a job i wouldnt mind rechroming and rebuilding the originals, but alas i have to make do with whatever is cheaper

the DT is pretty much bulletproof, survived many of my newbie mistakes (running into a curb flat out at 40mph on a country road, pissing rain thinking the road was straight) and has kept going through the freezing cold and pissing rain. the Jawa aint a mess, its erm... "under construction", it runs, everything is now wired in, all it needs is a new set of front forks (or rechrome the originals) and thats it. and best of all... i done all the work on it myself

oh my DT does 100 to the tank easily (£5 to fill it up usually) but im burning atleast £5 in fuel a week, and now that i dont have a part-time job im having to make do with the £5 a week i get from cutting the grass and doing oddjobs around the house. so i can just about pay for the fuel each week, which leaves me nothing left for new forks on the Jawa or spare parts, anything that breaks on the DT has to be fixed with a welder, bolts, superglue and shoelaces

erm, so its pretty much a CBT but a bit more advanced? it seems to be very practical-based so is assuming there still a theory test? (apart from the eyesight test and road safety questions, see Goffs post) if the bikes only need to be restricted to 44bhp, i can buy a bigger jawa

... where are the disk brakes?...

hie veryone. is there a list of set criteria of what will be tested during a bike MOT? things such as seat locks, on my jawa the seat lock has rusted up and the seat has had the lugs bent open to allow the seat to be removed without having to use the seat lock, and also the rear tyre (Avon Speedmaster Mk2, relatively old) has gone a bit square but has plenty of tread left and is not perished or cracked, will either of these be MOT failures? regards Steve

i couldn't make it to the show in the end, couldn't afford the train ticket and the DT would have let its smoke out of i tried going all that way. did you bring me back any goodies?, maybe a nice new Jawa seat cover, forks and rear tyre? oh BTW, in the first pic the bike needs a little bit more rust, and i dont think its a good idea letting OG ride it, the bikes extreme performance is likely to give him a heart attack, hernier or both

hehe, i love that show, always makes me laugh XD they just dont make 'em like that any more

nah, RAF is the way to go for sure, can do a-levels and NVQs whilst your training and start on £12k a year, all food and accomodation is subsidised from wages, get to see the world, learn a trade, meet new people... can't wait until i start in august ^^ but until then im siphoning fuel from the lawnmower so i can get to school in the morning... but Shhhhhhh ...

probably because i dont have a job now and my only income is the £5 a week i get form doing oddjobs around the house and for relatives. i need work

Yamaha stanchions are the same size as the jawa ones (32mm). and adding RD350 forks is quite a common mod, especially in India where spares for the Yezdi/Jawa cycles aren't available

the DT was the first bike i have ever ridden, and it doesnt have the power to pull the skin off a rice pudding... i dout a 125 would be much better. and why bother with one when i can take my full test and hop straight on the jawa?

lol, it's a bit of a learning curve, this bike... but it's cheaper to insure than any other bike i've compared it with. i assumed that because the majority of parts are swappable with the RD YPVS parts (forks, exhausts e.t.c) then the clutch would also fit... hence why i asked for measurements the clutch works, so for now i am going to just give it a service, new forks, rear tyre and leave it as it is,

Nope, the original clutch is fine for now, albeit a bit sticky (think it needs an oil change, probably been in there about 10 years) but im making considerations for the future if/when it does go

nope i use an MX style helmet with a flip-down visor but prefer to ride with the visor open. thankfully never swallowed a bumblebee... but the midges can still be pretty unpleasent despite their small size

3rd party F&T, '90 Yamaha DT50MX, first time ride = £223 next year, '94 Jawa 350 3rd Party only = £115 (from QuinnDirect, i think) hmm, i think the Jawa is going to stay ... dont much fancy paying £330 for 3rd party insurance on an FZR400... told you there was method in my madness...

hi everyone just a quick question wil and RD350 clutch fit a Jawa 640 style? alternatively, does anyone had a RD350 clutch they would be kind enough to measure? (basket depth, diameter, no of plates, shaft diameter) e.t.c

"Its okay, that pizza has only been on your bedroom floor for a week or two, the mould just adds flavour"

... miserable old b*stards...

if i remember rightly it was the YPVS ones, yes. there was some on ebay last time i looked

as far as i have researched, the later RD350 exhausts are a straight swap for the jawa expansion pipes... ... probably easier to get the RD exhaust than it is to get a Jawa one

i f*cking do!, worst part is yawning and swallowing a bug... thankfully i had my visor down when i hit the bumblebee... left a big orange smudge though

tried that and it ceised up... ride safe out there, its all too easy to get carried away... in unfortunate circumstances sometimes in an ambulance on a lighter note, i have also been enjoying the sun by cruising through the local green lanes, getting used to being hit in the face by flies now

Lost my job at the pet shop today... ... apparently Polyfilla isnt parrot food...