wild foamy

hi everyone. is there a way to repair cracked mirrors at minimal cost?, i have two that i broke on my DT (one when i slipped off in a wet car park, the other when it fell over in the garage and smashed the mirror against the wall) and rather than fork out £30 for another set of universal mirrors for the Jawa would it be possible to repair the old mirrors and use them instead?. one of them just has a large crack down the middle of the glass, the other one has no glass at all, so maybe i could fill it in and put something else in there?

looks like the ones i had on my dt when i first got it, they look road legal judging by the tread pattern, if they arent road legal they sohuld be marked "Not for road use" or similar. make sure it has more than 1.6mm tread and they should be fine

nah they were completely insane, spent most of the freetime in the evening talking about taking a load of birds and midgets out into international waters for a massive pissup O.o came home talking with a stupid accent, lol

what sprockets are you running? ive got a 14 tooth front sprocket and a 48 tooth rear sprocket and 40-50mph is all i get, its only a 5-speed and if you gear it up any more you will loose out on inclines and acceleration.

too late mate, im back now. but my 2 days PRT was great, lots of northerners though...

you lot are such miserable bastards eh?, constantly mocking my "work in progress" of a bike. i feel a BombayTV war coming on...

just you wait, we will tie you to the Anchor of the S.S.Foamy, zimmer frame and all!

just you wait, i'll be over on my Jawa next year and you best watch out

fixed your post, you must have made a typo

battery condition good?

well, my quick fix of cutting down the lever did work... until my "mates" decided to swipe the keys from my jacket and take the bike for a spin around the block , now the splines are definately f*cked, will wait until sunday and take it to my dads to be drileld and put a bolt through it i guess

as far as im aware you can only burn an .ISO image to a removable media device or CD/DVD, it must be .avi/.mpeg/.mpg to upload it onto Youtube, although you may be able to import the CD into windows movie maker and exporting as a .mpeg format, ... yeh...

you're both as bad as each other, so both, in a way...

i feel sorry for you... i really do

Lil' Shovelhead of the Death Cats MC

16, Male, Living in Newbury/Berkshire, starting in the RAF as an Aircraft Engineer in August (f*ck yeh!), currently ride a beaten-up DT50 which is not the fastest of the lot but gets me from A-to-B and is more comfy than any of these other peeshooters. also like to go fishing, camping and fly/build model aircraft (aswell as planting them... not so fun :\)

yeh, im going thursday and friday for my pre-entry training... have to arrive between 0830 and 1030 hours, its only in Aylesbury and i can get the DT there without too much drama, jsut have to set off a bit earlier in the morning than i usually do

will do mate, is it a tough job to remove the whole shaft and replace it?, would i need to take the clutch and all that other stuff off or is it a case of undoing a few bolts and sliding it out?

as long as she's gentle i dont mind

'cus then i wouldt be able to move the shaft, lol

now that's a plan, ive got a mate with a welder, will have a word with him tomorrow and see what he says also, i think the oil seal is letting go because oil is starting to seep out along the shaft, would this affect the welding?

can't see that working dave, there isnt enough clearence to get the rubber in between the shaft and selector, it only seems to be when shifting up that the lever doesnt have enough grip to overcome the pull of the return spring and skips a spline, then when you push the lever down to try and centre it the bl**dy thing drops a gear ¬¬

may be able to drill through the shaft and selector, but that sounds like a big job and i dont have a lot of time to do it, i have got very basic hand tools; a set of spanners and sockets, a few screwdrivers and a hammer,

when Goff sees you calling her names, there'll be trouble ...time to go into hideing... bye...

got a bit of a problem, and i cant post this in the wanted section because im not a paying member (i was going to get around to it, honest!). anyhoo, coming through town today i noticed my gear lever wasn't centering when i changed gear, and after a short while it didnt change at all, i managed to get it home and on further inspection revealed that the splines had worn down with only the innermost splines remaining. so... does anyone have a spare gearchange shaft for a DT50MX they could donate or sell to me cheap? i've filed down the gear lever to allow the bolt to clamp it tighter on to the shaft and that should get me to RAF Halton on thursday but i dont know how long it will hold out. ive got a fiver, maybe six and that wont get me a brand new replacement lever