barkwindjammer

some times the cheap stuff works just as well as the stupidly expensive stuff http://www.lidl.co.uk/cps/rde/xchg/lidl_uk/hs.xsl/index_17086.htm and,,, http://www.lidl.co.uk/cps/rde/xchg/lidl_uk/hs.xsl/index_17091.htm

Come out you lurker, someone we haven't seen on here for a while SHEDHERMIT, happy birthday

You've gotta start learning sometime Jordan-may as well make it now !, buy a chain tool-and get someone local to show you how its done

Welcome to 'the Ward' sponge

Welcome to the nut house Ryan , Jim

I might be opening a can of worms/or a good debate here-I hope its the latter I keep my engine oil after a change and use this to lube my chain, I use a small oil paint brush that can be bought in an art shop, after I've de-greased my chain with parafin (not petrol) I use a compressor to blow the chain dry, then with the tiniest amount of engine oil on the brush I spend a half hour 'painting' my chain, I then towel it dry with a scrap of old terry towel-I learned this from an old geezer who is still riding in his late 60's, he advised me to have a look at my owners manual lubrication chart and sure enough there it was in black and white-"chain lubrication-same as engine oil", I've never bought a can of lube since Jim

Sounds like you've got noob biker faff syndrome, the chain should't need adjusted as frequently, check the slack-should have 15mm travel up and 15mm travel down when pushed in the middle between front and rear sprocket, a DID chain should be fine try www.wemoto.co.uk for a replacement, if you get a new one leave it alone and check it for tension every 200 miles, clean and lube regularly tho' hth

Hi and welcome Jordan, quite a few 125 owners here, and congrats on the CBT, good intro too Jim

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In the first post you said your plug showed rich, and you have a 'freeflow' filter, it sounds like there is a 'wash' of fuel going through the carb-the 'freeflow' filter will allow enough air into the mix to 'gas it' and you get 'ignition' after a few turns, I think (and I know nearly feck all) that you need to turn the mix screw all the way in, then start moving it out a quarter of a turn til it fires, I think you need to restrict airflow too, and get the 'balance' between fuel and air right down to 'lean' and move on from there, if its spitting fire then there is fuel (unburnt) reaching the exhaust, I think your timing is nearly spot on (otherwise it wouldn't fire at all)-not with a 'tsunami' of gasoline going through it

Dont panic, it sounds like the 'normal'oil delivery to the valves via the galleries ?

Welcome to 'the ward' Mark your bike will be ready just in time for the (hopefully) decent weather

Welcome to the Y-O-C WR

Well said Pete, or a main course of 'Selleck' with side salad

Yep I hope John gets more snow and I dont

And todays musical extravanganzanza song comes from R6Ricky, Happy birthday Rickysan

I heard today that the Chinese minister for export is one Lee Ker Ching , and no I didn't make that up

Got mines today-decent little set for the money, cheers for the heads-up Oldgit (I'm sure there's a thrifty Scots gene there somewhere ?)

Bonzer !, Welcome to the Y-O-C Ian

Welcome to the 'ward' Nigel there are a couple of Manks (spelling) on here, nice intro too

Welcome to the Y-O-C Brock , good intro m8, I'm sure there will be someone along shortly who can help with your bike 'woes' Jim

Or Selleck ?

Welcome to the nuthoose Liam

You got those FHM magazine Christmas crackers didn't you