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  • Birthday 01/13/1969

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    '89 gixxer 400 slingshot '93 triumph 750 '79 rd 250 cafe racer '83 vf 750f intercepter

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  1. souds like the float heights have been moved or the jet is not closing properly. the float has a small metal tab on it and this closes the inlet valve. take the carb back off and remove the float bowl. take the float out and the jet that is attachet to it and check there is nothing blocking the hole. replace the float and check the height by measuring the height that they sit above the carb when it is turned upside-down. the height is adjusted by carefully bending the small metal tad holding the jet. i dont know the height they have to be set at but look up the haynes manual or google it. this height has got to be accurate. good luck
  2. it was ordinary bulbs that was in it, try halfords they have a a plug-in.
  3. yup....thats right. i had the same problem when i put mini indicators on the bike ....had to put bigger wattage in the back to slow them down.this was with normal bulbs. hope this helps
  4. it will be something to do with the wattage-LEDs use less. was it the bulb that you changed to LED or what? if they were working OK before descride what you have done and we can back-track
  5. did you change the indicators to LED's aswell??
  6. there should be a number stamped/etched on them,you may see it better when you take them out, this is the ref. number if there is no ref. number just take the bearing(s) to a bearing specialists, there are plenty of them, and he should have one to suit. this will probably be cheaper than going to yamaha. hope this helps
  7. side stand switch -located at the sidestand funnily enough make sure it is not sticking in when the sidestand is flipped up could also be a bad connection at the start button. also check she is out of gear as there may be some sort of cut-off so as she doesnt start in gear and jump of the stand, this would instead of a side-stand switch
  8. shed hermit

    doing bird

    now this is funny http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/2010/02/02/teenager-banged-up-in-cells-for-weekend-after-row-with-granny-s-parrot-86908-22012789/
  9. get a number plate light from an old van or something similar and screw it to the numberplate and connect to the original wiring, this may get you throught the M.O.T.. as for the clock maybe it is still on european time and jetlagged
  10. sorry to hear you have had no horn action in two years but if you get the bike going atleast you can throw your leg over that
  11. as the start button was replaced i would start there and look at any other electrical work that you may have done. try tracing the wires from the battery up to the switch and see if the power is getting that far. check the kill switch to see if it is earthing. i find the best way to do this is to connect up a bulb (one side earthed, other side into the connection) as i dont have a multi-meter. hope this helps
  12. shed hermit

    joke

    found this on another site. This is a story about the bond formed between a little girl and a group of building workers. It's allegedly true and might help to confirm your belief in the goodness of people and that there is hope for the human race. A young family moved into a house next door to an empty plot. One day, a gang of building workers turned up to start building on the plot. The young family's 5-year-old daughter naturally took an interest in all the activity going on next door and started talking with the workers. She hung around and eventually the builders, all with hearts of gold, more or less adopted the little girl as a sort of project mascot. They chatted with her, let her sit with them while they had tea and lunch breaks, and gave her little jobs to do here and there to make her feel important. They even gave the child her very own hard hat and gloves, which chuffed her to bits. At the end of the first week, the smiling builders presented her with a pay envelope - containing two pounds in 10p coins. The little girl took her 'pay' home to her mother who suggested that they take the money to the bank the next day to open a savings account. At the bank, the female cashier was tickled pink listening to the little girl telling her about her 'work' on the building site and the fact she had a 'pay packet'. 'You must have worked very hard to earn all this', said the cashier. The little girl proudly replied, 'Yes, I worked every day with Steve and Wayne and Mike. We're building a big house.' 'My goodness gracious,' said the cashier, 'And will you be working on the house again next week?' The child thought for a moment. Then she said seriously: 'I think so, providing those wankers at Jewsons deliver the f***ing bricks!!'
  13. if they want to march let them out in the afgan desert towards the coalition guns if they dont like the western way ....head back east!!!!!!
  14. we have had snow and ice here in donegal for the last fortnight....sick of it now. cant get up the lane without taking a run at it...and out through a blind junction onto the road...scary have not seen a gritter yet so when the snow melts it cannot get away and freezes on the road....its like a bottle. sitting at the window last night and watched a car slide into a big drain, the local farmer came to pull him out, 4x4 tractor, and got stuck on the ice, he had to get pulled out with another 4x4 tractor. meanwhile any other car that came down the hill had to head for a grass banking to get stopped. main thing is nobody hurt and only slight damage to the cars. its even too cold to work on the bikes in the shed.
  15. thanks for that glad to see that they are cleaning out the canals 70quid + postage and do you think it works any better than the pogo stick i have on it just now? that is the problem with e-bay you dont really know what you are getting
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