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Was snowing here yesterday about 1pm, about the time i had to venture out and recover a mate who had thrown his SV650 down the road, not pleasent

Dont take any chances bud, why not have that piston/rod mounted on a plynth as a momento? , they had one in cyprus from an old gokart when i was there last year

You have 2 tins of roses propping up yoor B&D workmate... what the fuck dude? O.o

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f*ckers probably had a go at it, maybe think about a disclock with motion sensor? atleast that way if it gets moved again and the alarm sounds you can react accordingly

France is probably looking good, i dont fancy drowning inside my leathers so not too sure about scotland lol

Is it firing on all cylinders?

Yes i have a fireblade, i sold the XJ , i came close to selling the blade and buying an fj1200 though

depends on the pads you use aswell, the "racing" compound pads will eat into the disk faster than a normal road-going set of pads will

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Sounds like you've had a lucky escape there Paul, i always lock the bike(s) as soon as i get off them, i used to even carry the chain and lock under the seat of the XJ (or in the topbox of the DT) so that if i nip to the shops or to a friends house it was always secure, it only takes a few minutes for you to dash inside the house for a well needed piss and the scumbags could have your bike away.

as for the shotgun alarm, it would be held up in court of law as "entrapment" im sure, tempting the fuckers with a nice shiny motorbike which they could have away, and then blasting them in the face with a buckshot of lead when they try and take it, well where's the fucking justice hey?

Hi there bud

from memory i think you balance carb 1 and carb 2 together, then carb 3 and 4 together, and then balance carb 2 and 3... im not 100% sure on this but its a similar sort of process,

Not as far as i know, you cant really re-restrict it because the restrictors will already be in place

from what i can remember the certificate is for the bike, the rider is restricted as part of their licence terms anyway (for 2 years or until they are 21) and it will most likely be in your insurance small print

Well the old man is on about planning a ride to the isle of man in easter, that's one place on my bucket list so would be nice to go and see it all,

If olive oil is made from olives, and vegetable oil is made from vegetables...

... what is baby oil made from?...

Im looking out for berkshire/oxfordshire bud, tried to share the post on my facebook but it wont let me for some reason

in theory you could put YZ forks (including brakes and wheels) on it providing they have the same yoke diameter, failing that you could swap out the whole 3-tree (yokes) fro, the YZ provided that the internal spindle is of the same diameter.

hi Davie, twowheelspares is DK Motorcycles, he gets a lot of the rare bikes in and usually sells them on complete, he had an XJ650 Turbo for sale about 6 months ago for about £3,000 which went before the auction was over, aswell as many parts, i believe he broke an XJ turbo recently as there there's an XJ60 turbo engine on there for £250 which i attempted to get down for £200 delivered but the least they would do was £230 delivered, needless to say that engine is still up for sale. i bought a set of clocks off them, a brake lever and several other bits but they are used mostly the same as mine.

appreciate the referance but me and DK have crossed paths many times before, i think i bought my seat off them aswell, usually they arent too bad on parts but then its the same as i found with the fuel pump, they are asking £100 + postage for a set of 85mph clocks (which are the sort you want to avoid)

Hi there bud.

they are available on eBay, please post an introduction in the Newbie section, so we can know a little more about you and your bike e.t.c, you will likely get more responses after that

Its an engine blank, when the cabs (helicopters) are left outside we put giant foam blocks in the engine intakes and giant fabric hats over the exhausts to stop the ingress of dirt, moisture, animals and occasionally people (if there is no work on and you have downtime, its quite common to find the lineys asleep in an exhaust), we were taking the blanks off one of the cabs one day and one of the other lads was on the top throwing the blanks down to me and i was throwing them into the landrover, i missed one and it landed on my head, looked funny so took a photo.

they are actually surprisingly warm, ive used one as a pillow before

I've been called a massive fag before but that is really taking the piss

tbh i would like to have my old XJ600 back, took me and the ex from lydney to bournemouth on £20 of fuel, would be great for touring if it didnt have such a pissy little tank, trouble is the fireblade wont be as good on fuel

Holland sounds good tbh, aslong as i stay away from the red light district and the weed

Hi Aj,

Yeah i will be back up at cosford in april for another year, north wales sounds nice tbh, just a shame i cant read their road signs

Hi peeps.

Ive come to a realisation, ive been here for 3 years atleast and still have not travelled a great distance for recreation on a bike, i used to post about going to ireland for a week when i was riding the DT but in reality i doubt the old donkey would have got me there and back on one set of piston rings.

i now have a fireblade, am out of the country until march and will be moving to wolverhampton in april, during which i have 4 weeks off work.

so, where is the best place to go?, may be like asking a blind man to tell you what the colour blue looks like but even so i want to get away for a week or so, i will need to take kit appropriate to the climate (im not going to the peak of mt everest with a mars bar and a space blanket), just asking for opinions on what is good to see and with what kit at minimal expense.

So, where have you been/what have you taken and what are your experiances?