mike1949

What a prat.

Bad luck there Chris. Hope all goes well. Look on the bright side, even a stopped clock is right twice a day.

I haven't got a clue how I became a biker, my sister in law wanted me to get rid of her old moped so I hired a van, picked it up, done it up, rode it up,(to work), and went from there. 1989 - first bike Puch moped (age 40 years old) 1990 - 2005 various bikes from 100cc - 250cc 2005 - first big bike 600 diversion (age 50 years old) 2011 - still riding the 600 divvy. (age 53 years old) I can only compare the biker fraternity to the submariners camaraderie is that we are a very close knit community.

first photo filled all the holes with then used halfords fibre glass tissue with resin will now use to create this

Right Cynic. I have cheated a little bit. That photo is a new tank which I have treated with. Hammerite underbody seal "with added waxoyl" available from Halfords. Tomorrow, I will post photos of the progress of the original fuel tank with all the holes and treatment so far.

How about this then?

What Kev is saying is, if you introduce yourself you will get more help. I do believe that there is now a new place just for that. Don't come into this forum all "Gung Ho" ask a question and never come back. I've gone through a lot of trouble to help somebody, posted his solution, waited for his thanks and never heard from him again. Take a few minutes to introduce yourself. Who are you? Where do you come from? What are your interests? What bikes have/had got?

Eight holes, that's nothing. I've got eighteen holes in my divvy tank.

Not a Nuke Squid. I'm a bit surprised you haven't recognised what type of boat my avitar is.

I've already got my speech ready if and when she gets married. "I'm not just losing a daughter, I'm gaining a bathroom"

I have a 25 year old son and an 18 year old daughter. From an ex Royal Navy submariner. I salute you!

Hi Ross, welcome to the forum. Are you getting the bad weather on the east coast of the States? I'm from Wiltshire in the west of England and for the last six weeks we have had snow, ice and everything else they can throw at us. It's only today that I could take the cover off my bike and start it up and get it ready for work on the fourth of January. Up to now I have been relying on public transport, which I cannot fault but is very expensive. Welcome Ross Mike

Daughter to dad "Dad, please dad can I have a barbie doll for Christmas, please please please?" NO! "Oh go on dad, I will do anything if you give me a barbie doll for Christmas, anything." "ANYTHING?" "Yes please, anything" "Ok suck on this then" After five seconds she spits it out. "That tastes like shit" "Yeah I know, your brother wants a mountain bike for Christmas."

What's the difference between Rudolph the red nose reindeer and Rudolph the brown nose reindeer? Rudolph the brown nose reindeer can run as fast as Rudolph the red nose reindeer but can't stop as fast as him.

Cheers James

Honest Paul, you wouldn't believe how helpful they were. It's a family affair, Dad the boss, Son a brill mechanic, Mum receptionist. I gave them a list of other jobs to do as well, but they said most of it needn't need replacing. Would a main dealer take the same stance? When I went to pick the bike up there was a notice on the door saying he was on a pick up. I rang him up, he let me take the bike and come back later and settle the bill. (which I did)

Hi Kev As you can see by my profile I'm not to far up the road from you. Hopefully you will get some help with your question, we are a friendly lot, but, would you like it if somebody seen your bike outside your house, knocked on your door and said, "excuse me mate, but" Anyway nuff said. Welcome to the forum Kev If you see me in Knights Templar I will let you buy me a pint of strongbow.

Thanks for replies, But in the end I went to CMC in Chippenham. They were FANTASTIC! I could ask for no more. What I need to emphasize is that when I arrived at work Wednesday morning, my rear wheel bearing had collapsed. I rang them and within a couple of hours they picked up the bike, took it back to their workshop, and I picked it up Friday mid day.

Hello TIGS I think the first thing you should really do is introduce yourself. Who are you? Where do you come from? (this is a worldwide forum) What do you want from us? A one of question/answer? Or will you contribute your knowledge and experience to help other Yamaha bikers? YOC is a community, we all help each other. maybe I'm coming over a bit strong, but we get so many one offs here seeking a solution to their problem and don't even have the courtesy to reply when they get the answer.

Leather Rat Board? Not a chance! I laughed out loud. I had no idea it was so complicated, I just figured it was slang for monetary units equivilant to what we use. It's not even close. I mean we have loonies and toonies but there nowheres neer as cool as 2 Bob and a Tanner! If you want to go back even farther, there was a farthing,(a small coin with a wren on it) which was a quarter of a 1d. For that you could buy 1 blackjack or even a fruit salad in the 1950's. As my surname is Tanner, whilst in the RN in the 60's/70's I was either called Bob or Elsie (Coronation street)

Even Tupperware makes bra's now. They don't lift or separate them but they do keep them nice and fresh!

For genuine Yamaha parts you can't go wrong with Fowlers of Bristol. Although genuine Yamaha parts are expensive at least you know they are the best. Fowlers seem to have 95% of parts in stock and their mail order is second to none.

It depends on what type of riding you do, on mine if I get on the bike for a longish haul I fill up on 100 miles, at the present I'm just using it to commute to work ( 6 miles there and back) all stop/start and going through the gears. I let it warm up for 5 minutes then I have to fill up every 80 miles. This type of riding I tend to average 10 miles per litre.