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hi everyone. got a flat tyre today. got a new tyre coming anyway so im not bothered about the tyre. how do i repair the inner tube?, do i use an ordinary puncture repair kit like i do with my pushbike or do i need a specialist kit?. and how do you get th old tyre off?, ive already tried and stabbed myself on the sprocket so ive called it quits for tonight

Nope, our C.O. is Flt Lt. S Cragg didnt find my wallet yesterday so im going to have to cancel my bank card, p*ssed off about my driving licence and national insurance card though as now im going to have to get copies of those which probably aint cheap

certaintly feels like it at the moment. but hey, now it runs and rides just like before and thats the way its staying. having been off the road for a week being able to bat along at 40mph feels quite good. will leave the big bore kit for a while... need to do a bit more research into tuning first methink

oh... er... forgot to connect the kills witch into the rest of the loom when i put the headlight and switches back on... it goes now, soz for making a thread about it.

hi everyone. fired up my DT last night to check it was all okay after its rebuild, but this morning it just wouldn't go despite all the bumping, kicking and swearing. later inspection revealed that there is now no ignition/spark. plug looks a bit sh*tty but otherwise fine, can't see why it wont go now if it did go last night. anyone got any ideas?. starting to think maybe i should have got a TS

Newbury 211 Sqr.

it should say in your manual what the correct float height is, before you go bending anything check to see if the floats are already at the right height, then we can eliminate this as being the problem. make sure it is nice and warm before you start tinkering with the tuning side of things. sounds to me like it is running rich when you open the throttle, my DT sometimes does that when i start it up first thing and have maybe left the fuel tap open, it clears itself after a few seconds though. if your floats are already at the right height then maybe try a smaller jet. surely raising the needle would richen the mixture?

didnt split the cases as that meant splitting the gearbox aswell and we didnt have enough time. i got a feeling the majority of the old ring is on my garage floor, but we washed the engine out with terps and gave it a blast with a 150psi airline whilst we had the engine out and hung upside down on a hoist, nothing came out. may have been my exhaust expansion chamber rattling as i forgot to put the bolt back in that holds it onto the frame. which would explain why it didnt rattle at idle because there werent enough vibrations to make it rattle against the exhaust mount

usually most bike dealers will sell the restriction kits and sometimes even fit them for a charge. with a 400 you probably wont need a restrictor as it is close enough to the 33bhp limit that most people dont bother

oh soz, basically i broke a bit of the old piston ring and it dropped down into the engine case, i retrieved what i thought was the whole piece that fell into the engine but when i started it up with the new rings in i could hear something jingling in there. so today i took it to my dads and we stripped it down but didnt find anything in the case, so, its on the road now for sure

CBT: on a provisional licence, can ride 50cc at 16 or 125cc at 17. Full motorcycle test: take your full test at 17 and ride any bike restricted to 33bhp for 2 years, after those 2 years you can ride any bike unrestricted

bike is now back on the road yay

*sings* "... IN THE NAVY!... " need i say more?

well my new jet has arrived, too little too late though will be back on the road in no time

thanks OG, ive always been very inquisative. when i was younger i used to take things apart and figure out how it all worked, only trouble was putting them back together again. Can't wait until im in the RAF and get to tinker with bigger things... wonder if i could bodge a nitrous kit onto a VC-10...

Hi everyone. im just tarting my DT up a bit and was wondering if i could change the handlebars easily. basically they are too straight, they pull my shoulders forward and when sitting upright it starts to ache after about half hour. are there any drag style bars/ swept back bars that would fit it? i rode an original DT50MX not too long ago and that had the original bars which felt alot nicer and relaxed, but i would rather find a nice cheap set of aftermarkets than get a set of originals

to be able to ride my bike without breaking it and/or falling off it. ... yep, i fail... first a piston ring and now the clutch cable...

found my home cinema remote! it had fallen down the back of one of ym speakers, must have accidentally knocked it off. no sign of the phone, tv remote and most importantly, my wallet will re-trace my steps tomorrow morning and see if i can find my phone along the backroad where i had to start pushing my bike back. ive got a decent idea of where it will be but i just need to have a good look in the daylight. im not bothered about the phone but i want the memory card and sim card as it has all my numbers, photos, videos, music e.t.c on it. Last time i remember having my wallet was monday at Air cadets, i will check if they have had anything handed into the office at the premises on monday. hopefully someone will return it to me :'(, can't take my theory test otherwise

45mph. its all i can squeeze out of my wickle DT, and thats fine, it gets me from A to B and costs £5 in fuel to run for two weeks. i cant afford to use the brakes because it takes too long to build the speed up again, and after a few minutes you want to get home A.S.A.P because its f*cking freezing i did break the speed limit once... was a 30 limit and i was doing 40... i felt like such a bad boy

cheaky OG the RD250 does look nice, but they are big money and i was sorta aiming for £500-£1000 price range

having ridden through winter on a DT50, i now want something a bit bigger with a 12v electrics system that will run a set of heated grips and a headlight that actually illuminates the road more than 4 metres ahead of you i do love my little DT though, theres something about having so little power in a bike you could loose in your pocket that makes it so appealing...

Hi everyone. just been doing a bit of research. im currently 16 and paid £180 for Third party fire and theft insurance on my 1989 Yamaha DT50MX with Swinton bikes it will cost me £117 for TP F&T insurance on my Yamaha DT50 next year, when im 17 and have taken a full bike test but only £153 TP F&T on a honda CB250. as opposed to about £1,500 for insuring a car. So, having done my research i have concluded that it will be cheaper and easier to take my full bike test and get a honda CB250 instead of getting a car which will cost more to run and more for insurance, lessons e.t.c. BUT, is there a yamaha equivelant to the honda CB250 that would cost about the same insurance-wise, perform roughly the same and is the same sort of general shape?

yeh, if you find the one with my wallet and bank card, ask him to give it back. must have been a good christmas party they had,

nope, paypal

This is starting to piss me off now. Last sunday i lost my phone whilst walking the bike back from hungerford after it ceised up. then during the week i lost both the remote for my home cinema system and my TV, so my home cinema system can't be adjusted (no buttons on the unit itself) and my TV is stuck on PC input mode. and NOW ive come to book my theory test and ive lost my wallet, which has £30 cash, my driving licence, bank card and a few other bits in it. this is fucking rediculous. dam you gremlins, give me my stuff back rant over