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thanks merv, any idea what weight i should use?

hi everyone wheres the cheapest place to get fork oil and what weight should i be using in the Jawa? (149kg) Regards Steve

the breather pipe should be in the top of the oil tank point downwards, there should be a feed nipple on the bottom of the tank with a pipe going to the oil pump in the engine (RHS engine case), its best to repalce the pipe as holes are not always visible. if there is oil coming out of the overflow this indicates you have added two much two stroke oil to the tank it may also be possible that your oil tank has a crack in it, if this is the case then you may be able to drain the tank, clean it and apply a small amount of epoxy resin or cyanoacrylite (basically superglue) to the crack to seal it. hope this helps Steve

compression?, are there any signs of an air leak?

i agree with that guy ^^^ save up and get a bigger bike, my DT is running a pod filter, 60 bore kit, performance expansion chamber and exhaust, pretty much everything i could find for it to make it go faster and it still only tops out at 50, cruises at 40, ive poured atleast £500 onto that bike looking for a bit more comfort, style, speed e.t.c but there isnt much you can do with it, pass your test and get onto a real bike the cheapest and most effective way to get more speed is to put a larger sprocket on the front, you will loose a bit of acceleration however and you need to make sure your engine has enough power (usually 2 teeth larger on the front is adequate)

how many miles has it done and has it been service, have other parts changed recently and are there any modifications installed??

possibly a hole in one of the pipes, most likely the feed pipe coming from the oil tank, remove the tube and replace it, i wouldnt advise riding the bike in its current state and it will most likely be deprived of oil

could be the gearbox, could be the main bearings, could be a lot of things... where abouts on the engine is the rattle coming from?

if you had to turn the key a few times to turn the light on i would have put that down to the ignition switch, maybe a dodgey connection or full of water?

MZ-B have quoted me £296 Euros for a rotor including P&P and tax its gonna have to be a second hand unit i suppose...

mentioning no names, eh?

£250, just needs a bit of tidying up as its been sat outside for a while, needs new forks aswell as the current ones are pitted, but unlike the Jawa replacement forks are plentiful and cheap on evilbay i just prefer to research the bike first before i get too involved, wish i had done that before buying my Jawa ¬¬

Never said it was a bad think, just i have a habit for tinkering with my rides the bike ive been looking at has done just over 37000 miles and has 11 old MOTs, V5 and a haynes manual, is 37k good for a 1988 XJ?

Hot diggity feckin dam! got a reply from a bloke from the jawa owners club who is selling a load of Jawa 350 parts and he has a Magneton rotor for a 640 and is going to get back to me on thursday! watch this space...

welcome to the asylum, im afraid we've run out of Medium straite jackets, we have only got Large and Extra Large left enjoy your stay...

ah i get it... Agro Cultural Agricultural... ahaha... good one...

im taking my full test when im 17 (26th October) and will be able to ride that under the ">33bhp" rule. ive got my eye on a nice XJ600 though, so who knows... BTW the Jawa will no longer be known as the blue dragon, it is now to be known as "Agro" ¬¬

is THIS the caliper you're looking for? as for the underguard i cant help you, you may be able to fabricate something if you are creative

keep an eye out on ebay for a clockset to use for spares, as for the needle some creative fabricating and a bit of superglue can sort that (maybe those coloured plastic toothpicks you can buy)

wulfsport helmet = £50 (was an xmas pressie though) Tuzo leather jacket = £50 (reduced from £130 in busters sale) Steel toed workboots = £25 Jeans = £3 from asda i sometimes go rumaging through the local charity shops looking for any preowned bike kit

okay, gave the bloke from the jawa owners club a ring and both the alternators have already gone ... I found the PART i need on the MZ-B website, submitted an enquiry form so im just waiting to hear back from them, alternatively i'll be on the lookout the owners club and ebay for a 640/639/638 engine to rob for spares... can't understand why my alternator has (supposedly) failed though... was getting 1ohm readings off the stator coils and 1.5miliohms off the rotor... (that's a good reading, right?)

thanks BWJ, is there much available in the range of pimpification?, i have this habit of decorating my rides with a little bit of bling so am wondering how easy it will be to find addons such as exhausts, DB screen e.t.c

hi everyone. has anyone had any experiance with the pre-div XJ600s?, i.e. what they are like to ride long distance, things to look out for when buying one e.t.c ta Steve-o

ah feck off...

hi mate welcome to the forum. the DT is a good choice, i absolutely love my DT50MX and although it aint the fastest geared bike on the road (my mates aprillia RS50 has atleast 10-15mph on it) it gets me where i need to go and never rarely fails to get me there (only if im being a prat and run it too lean after trying to "tune" it and subsequentlywreck the bore), but i wont be parting with it until october. anyhoo, i digress welcome to the forum