mike1949

Totally concur NEO Mike

Cheers Neversaydie, and a Merry Christmas to you too. Although I am not religious I do like this time of year. Family get together, Local non league football derby on boxing day and new years day with my sprogs and then come home to a fantastic Christmas feast. I am so lucky I've got a fantastic wife and kids. Mike.

Well done William. Glad you got it sorted out and good that you posted your outcome. Some people just come on here for advice, get it and never respond again. Again, cheers and glad you've got it sorted. Mike.

Blimey Merv, you say circa 1979? To me that looks like the early 70's going by the fashion of you and your sister. Especially the flares. Mike.

Introduce yourself in the newbie section?

History. Not being a mechanic but I presume that you are going to replace the studs with new ones, if so in the past I have used mole grips and plenty of release agent such as WD40/Plus gas. Might sound silly but when the mole grips are secured tightly on the stud just crack the studs grip by tightening it very minutely then minutely undo it, in other words very slightly rock the stud backwards and frontwards until it loosens up then hopefully you can remove it. Hope this helps as it has worked for me in the past. Mike. PS. I think most mechanics would use heat.

I don't know if this will be of any help but recently I have been using MCN comparison site, a bit like "U switch/compare the market" Etc. Hope this helps. Mike.

Blimey Dave, too complicated but welcome to the forum. Mike.

Hi Shade and welcome to the very friendly forum. I can only presume your XJ6N is a modern version of my old XJ600S Diversion albeit yours is a "naked" which I had from about 2004 - 2014 and never let me down in all weathers. Mike.

Paul, as Cynic said. All the signs of a bad battery, possibly a dead cell so it has voltage but as soon as it comes under load, nothing. I've had a similar situation and literally you can start the bike and everything seems normal, turn the bike off, come back in 30 mins and the battery is dead. Why did they ever get rid of kickstarts? Mike.

Brilliant pics Blackie. Mike.

Cheers Oldman, have been looking into what you said but in all honesty although it's do-able on a bike maybe not feasible as from where I live as it would be 134 miles (2h 15m) If I were living on my own I would make a weekend of it but due to various family commitments I daren't push my luck.

Please excuse my ignorance Oldman, especially being an ex-serviceman but is the "National Memorial Arboretum" at Stafford? The reason I asked is seeing a matelot in one of your pics has brought back so many memories of when I was in the RN. Wether I could of attended or not I don't know but just seeing him standing there with a cup of tea in his hand to me is priceless. Possibly a stoker, ME being "mechanical engineer"? I think that the branch badges now are different to when they were in my day. Mike.

Blimey, what a fantastic jacket. Mike.

Blimey Terry, after having an XJ600 Divvy for 10 years when I retired in 2014 I was desperately looking for a XJ900 but found they were like gold dust so had to settle for a non Yamaha equivalent. Mike. PS. If I could buy an XJ900 tomorrow I would jump at the chance. Mike.