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will drag it out on monday when 'er indoors is at work and see what i can do with it. really need to give it a very good clean so i can see what im doing did manage to pump up the tyres and free up the back brake whilst i was out there tonight though, so im getting somewere its the first bike ive owned that has a centre stand... and its surprisingly heavy i have the compulsive urge to put a dixie horn, heated grips and some other crap on it and go touring around europe!

shes likely to stick a plug in each of my ears and crank the b*gger round with that big ol' foot of hers... The painter is coming round tomorrow to paint the living room, and for some reason needs to use the garage

just went outside to tinker with it... drained the tank and put a little bit of fresh pre-mix petroil in, but alas it wont go from what i can tell its getting fuel, there is loads and loads of compression (my leg does hurt a lot now) and despite me kicking it as hard as i can and running up and down the street with it, it just wont run couldn't really check the spark as i can't kickstart it and look underneath at the plug at the same time, will have to take it to my dads in the week and maybe give it a really good bumpstart towing it behind the car, other than that it's okay, maybe a respray in order and tidy up the header pipes a bit, but otherwise its a nice little bike

just went and picked it up, the guy did find the V5C in the end so i dont have to fill out all the forms and pay the £25 to get a new one. 2 previous owners, 13k on the clock, two flat tyres but otherwise okay. one neat feature is the "Oilbath" chain guard system, its basically like the whole chain and sprocket system is covered by a plastic guards to keep all the sh*t out. had to park the van around the corner and make a mad dash for the garage, but all in all it was a success... so tomorrow i will work on getting it running, send off the V5C, get a new set of tyres on order, change all the various oils and fluids and get it moved down to my mates house before 'er indoors realises i've bought another one. im quite chuffed with my new peashooter, can't wait to get it running

Durrrrr..... ... 'nuff said

just got off the phone, picking it up tomorrow, im riding over to my dads straight after i finish school (3:25) be in hungerford before 4PM, chuck the DT in the van, up to swindon for 5PM, chuck the Jawa in the van and hopefully back to newbury for 6PM and in the garage before 'er indoors catches wind of it... will have to park the van 'round the corner and shove the Jawa straight in the garage... then its just a matter of keeping it on the down-low for a few weeks and hopeing she doesn't notice... got a reciept so hopefully wont have to pay for a V5C, then i just need to declare it SORN and start tinkering away

New exhaust and free-flowing air filter will help the engine breathe better and improve overall performance, and they are easy enough to do. (make sure you jet your carb accordingly) up from there would be a bigger carb, timing, ignition and fueling changes e.t.c

nice bike you got there, im still on my first DT at the moment but can't wait to hop onto something bigger whats with the "'Blade" in the title?.

that was what i thought but i dont want to down-size the main jet because it is running just about right at the top-end and if i put a smaller jet in it is likely to run lean and chew up a second big bore. so how do i adjust the low/mid range without changing the main jet?, something to do with the pilot jet or a mixture screw somewere?

Running a K&N filter, carb bowl has been htoroughly cleaned with carb cleaner and is free from sh*t and debris, HT coil is fine as it was running okay on the standard 50cc bore. methink its tuning, most likely rich because it becomes a lot more responsive when i turn the fuel tap off for a few seconds

see first post

i was refering more to the sissy bars on supersports bikes. my dads CBR imparticular has that feeling that it will tip you off, mainly because its got soft suspension and the pillion seat is so high up, the sissy bar is so low down that there really isnt much leverage to stop you coming off. when i was little(er) it wasnt much of a problem but me being the tall lanky bugger that i am now it means that i am up a lot higher on the pillion seat and more likely to tip off.

Hi everyone. are there any popular meets this summer that aren't too far away from Berkshire? (Newbury specifically), would like to get out and meet some of you nutters in person but due to my current ride being a bit tempermental at times i can't really travel further than 50 miles around newbury without carrying a toolkit and a towrope. consequently, anyone going to any meets in the summer and wouldn't mind taking a pillion passenger? regards Steveo

yeh, when i first put it on it was bogging in the mid-range to the point where it would not rev higher and sounded like it was 4-stroking a lot, i dropped the needle one position and this helped a bit

as bove, make sure they are able to reach the pegs and are protected. i absolutely love riding pillion on my dads CBR900RR Urban Tiger, that thing flies did like his CBX1000 though as that had a leather strap across the seat to hold on to, i dont really rate sissy bars as sudden takeoffs tend to throw you back, and it just feels like your going to flip over the back of the bike. Maybe you could buy your daughter a 1990 DT50MX?... there's one in the for sale section... *whistles*

"Some say... he can smell 2-stroke oil from upto a mile away... All we know is... he's called ShoKz " my dad has a caberg hat with the flip-down internal sunvisor and whilst i havent personally tried it i hear nothing but good things, especially if you wear normal glasses (which means you can't wear sunglassesa). my Wulfsport helmet has a peak on it because it is MX style and that does the job very well. simple and effective

erm, the big bore i had on it is gone, the bore was fine albeit a little scratched but the piston had very deep scratches and the rings were ruined. for the price i was quoted for a re-bore and new piston kit i picked up a second brand new kit off ebay and that has not missed a beat since ive had it. did a plug chop and the original plug is a chocolatey brown colour, also put a new plug in there but needs to run it in before doing a plug chop as it doesnt seem to be showing any particualr colour well. if i turn the fuel tap off it does seem to run better through the mid-range before cutting out.

i got the V62 Form downloaded and just need to fill in the VIN and Registration number before sending it off, have requested a reciept from the seller which i will photocopy and include with the V62 explaining that it was bought form a deceased estate and no documents were present at the time of sale

compression was pretty much gone and no amount of bumping it or kicking it would get it to run, only the occasional loud Bang.

the top end is fine, as soon as it is past the midrange it really takes off and you can feel it. dont really want to go downsizing jets incase i make the top end too lean...

will do, need to drop into halfords tomorrow and get a 14mm 1/2'dr spark plug adaptor... my toolkit only came with a 10mm one

well it was there one minute (i was going uphill so had dropped a gear and was revving it higher than usual) and then completely cut out, no popping or other noises, just asif you had hit the killswitch and it was just winding down off the momentum from the back wheel, not seized up, just not firing spent several minutes kicking it and trying to bump it up and down the road but to no avail, after about a dozen kicks it would make a huge bang, scareing the sh*t out of me and the surrounding woodland inhabitants

well with the first big bore kit i found deep scores all down the sides of the piston and the ports on the barrell, the rings were scratched and would not seal which resulted in lack of compression and the engine refused to start. for £30 i bought a whole new bore and barrell, at the time it seamed a much easier thing to do. what temperature (*C) should it be running?, i have an infra-red temperature gun and can take a reading running the current jet and a reading with the smaller jet and compare the two to see if the smaller one is making it run excessively hot. i dont particularly want to down-size the jet again and risk screwing up another big bore kit... the stock mikuni jet for the DT50 is an #88, and my one has a full BigOne exhaust and expansion pipe kit, a K&N filter and i think running a big bore would be too much for the #98 jet to handle.

Hi everyone. the new Jawa 350 i bought doesn't have a V5c, and my dad has told me that if i get a reciept with the bike explaining that the documents weren't found when the bike was sold and that it was boguht from a deceased estate (i.e. it belonged to the dad of the bloke i bought it off) then i would not have to pay the £25 fee for a new V5C is this correct?, if so how do i apply for a V5C under these terms? regards Steve

ooh, v nice . just thinking about it now, i could add a topbox and some panniers and make the Jawa a tourer... too good to butcher for a streetfighter project methink...