wild foamy

what you talkin aboot?, i dont need to land, i can parachute drop the XJ out the back of a Merlin XD

reminds me of my old DT... *sniffle*

you've got male! foamy sent the payments, all is now well in the world

roflcopter finds this amusing

... Its good to have land... *mupp mupp, puffff*

if i remember rightly on the DT... there was a circlip and a washer holding the sprocket on, failure of this circlip could cause the sprocket to f*ck off on its own. 13T sprocket would give slightly better acceleration at the expense of some top speed

Maybe so 2W, but alas, now it shall never be, she's gone :'( *sniffle* and Chris, i know of a few old men who wouldnt mind riding a 17 year old

Hey peeps. not sure how to say this, but i think i have a fetish for the older ladies... first the DT, now the XJ... and ive seen an FJ1200 on eBay that i reeeeeally like... what is it about the more mature ones that entices me so?... i get the p*ss taken for having a bike older than myself... but what a bike

wow, talk about knee down!

hey, for all i know there could be a whole squadron of mini foamys running around, my car was dubbed the passion wagon for a reason (i know this is an old thread, but i missed that post lol)

Similar thing happened to me, and resulting in my beloved Suzuki Swift (dubbed "The Passion Wagon") being wrote off, taxi driver parked on the footpath of a one way street, no indicators, pulled out into the side of me. try and sort it privately if you can, although if you choose to go through the insurance companies it will be his word against yours unless you have witnesses, and if he does not accept liability it will take longer as they would have to rebuild the series of events that lead to the accident, if he failed to indicate and give other road users (i.e you) enough time to plan and react accordingly, then he was in violation of the highway code. the most likely times for an accident are the first 5 miles and last 5 miles of your journey , ride safe peeps

cheers bw, been in contact with the bike club here at Benson and will hopefully be able to get the carbs balanced this week, may also be able to go with the club to the TT next year! XD

as above, get your civie gp to give a second opinion, failing that perhaps a medical officer

monstehs, what say?n

blasphemy! . if you cant prove the age of it as i understand it they may well make it a 'Q plate Nice to meets ya, i be Foameh

Reg/Rec or alternator, check the windings to the alternator and makes sure they are putting out an AC voltage, should be around 60v@5000rpm, if they are all good then its your reg/rec

if its hesitating i would be looking at tunings, check the colour of your spark plug electrode.

i dont know what to say... its a good idea, but its still quite gross

i managed to pick up a good used set off ebay for £12, cost me £10 each way in fuel to go and collect them on the bike though (90 miles each way...) its just a case of keeping a lookout for used parts on ebay and the like,

on my XJ600 pre div, if you try and start with the killswitch activated it will just show the oil light, or could it possibly be refusing to start because of a problem with your oil system?

big help that mate, will get it sorted during the week, judging by the position of the carbs on this bike im assuming i will need hands like a gynecologist to get to that screw?

i have access to a set of carb balancers... not completely sure how to use them but will figure that out as i go along. idle can be erratic especially when cold, i figured that was just due to the design of the engine and cams.

heya peeps. been using the XJ for almost a month now without too many problems, sorted out my regulator, got my heated grips installed and all is now well, however there are a few little problems i would like to get sorted out. firstly, at around 5000rpm there is a noticeable increase in vibration, this goes away at around 6000rpm but the bars still vibrate at any revs and after 3-4 hours this makes my little finger go numb, is there a cause for this and how can i fix it? second, the bike has been stood for a bout a year before i had it and about 8 months after i bought it, i suspect the carbs may need balancing, would age cause them to go out of balance and could this be the cause of the aforementioned vibration?. thirdly, when i open the throttle to overtake the bike will hesitate before powering up fully, im thinking its a tuning issue, is there a way to test this theory or is there another known cause? (bike has a motad neta exhaust system if that makes a difference) cheers peeps, once i get these things sorted this bike is gonna be sweeeeeet! -Foameh

give it a good service, filters and oil, but before changing the plugs take them out after high speed run and check the colour of the electrode end, it should be chocolatey-brown but sounds asif yours is running weak (lean)

There is slightly more to it than that but in essence that is the general idea. i had some experiance port and polishing glow engines (used in model cars and aircraft) best left to the pros on bigger engines though, my first couple of glow engines didnt go quite right