mike1949

Not so long, but very well put. Also the 600 Divvy is a good first bike. I bought mine after 15 years of 250's when my lad got too tall and too heavy, after five years I'm still riding it to work every day in all weather and two up on the motorway when needed. When it does eventually give up on me I will probably go for a 900.

In all honestly if you can't get your head around a Haynes manual you should put your trust in a local reliable bike workshop.

That's as bad as saying. "Let's go to Tiananmen Square." "I could murder a Chinese"

A not very well squid was lying on the bottom of the sea bed trying to make himself invisable from his most feared predator the shark. A great white saw him and was just going in for the kill but suddenly stopped inches in front of him. "This is to easy squid, you should have dissapeared into the sand by now" "I'm not feeling very well" replied the squid. "Hop on my back and I'll take you to hospital" "Brill" replied squid, not believing his luck, mabye there are some good sharks about. After about five minutes the squid realised they were going in a different direction to where the hospital is. Two minutes later the shark met up with another great white and stopped. "Hello Sharkey" "Here's that sick squid I owe you"

Totally lost Drewps. It could be my age though.

There are some good people out there, when I come off my bike after a rear tyre blowout the car in front of me stopped and reversed back to see if I was alright and helped me lift the bike up and move it off the road. Also asked me if I wanted a lift somewhere.

I can't dance, my wife says I've got two left feet, so I can't wear flip flops I've got to wear flip flips

Jebb's most likely right, I've got one on my XJ600 Diversion. If you fill up to much, fuel will overflow through the pipe (which dangles to under the engine) to the petrol station forecourt, don't worry though because after a few miles it will stop once the fuel is consumed. When filling up just go to the bottom of the filler tube in the tank. Also I think this acts as the petrol tank vent. Hope this helps

Try the piston broke website

How many times have we been there? I've noticed that since being a biker I am very, very vigilant.

I'm sure you will get more help if you introduce yourself rather than come in all Gung Ho! Could it be wind problems?

I'm glad you got it sorted out, and thanks for replying to say what the cause was. All these questions and answers will help other people with same type of problems. We all learn things new, what might be obvious to some might be as clear as mud to others. About ten years ago I had a problem with my speedo which wouldn't go over 30 MPH although I was doing about 60 MPH. Nobody will guess why, but when explained, not only was it bazaar, but weird.

Definatly

Are we bordering on eccentricity?

If you haven't got a centre stand lift the back of the bike up and place a block of wood or something under the engine to get the rear wheel off the ground.

When you you put the key in the ignition, turn it to "on" then press the starter button what happens?

Try putting the bike on the centre stand so the rear wheel can move freely, start the bike up but don't sit on it and see how many gears you can engage.

I'm not familiar with your bike but most filler caps has a vent in them, it seems that yours could be blocked. If you can locate it try clearing it with a small bit of wire or a very small drill. Or if your lucky enough and have access to an air line give it a blast. I hope this helps because it is usually something simple. Mike

A family of mice lived in Piccadilly Circus. One day the boy mice was walking home through the centre of Piccadilly in a daydream when a young female spotted him and screamed. It frightened him so much he jumped off the pavement into the path of a London bus. He picked himself up and crawled into a music shop' "Can I help You?" said the shop assistant. "Yes please" said the mouse, "have you got any mouseorgans?" "It's funny you should ask that, only this morning I had a young lady mouse asking for the same thing" "Oh, that must have been our Monica"

C'mon Drewpy, help me out here.

Is there any Nuneaton Town Football Club fans on here that will be at home to Chippenham Town tomorrow?

I did, and all I got was about a square inch of London.

69'ers !!!

Am I missing something here? All I get is a fuzzy map of something that looks like the isle of white.

Jim worked on a building site as a brickie, one day he was late for work. When he arrived the site foreman was waiting at his Portacabin door with his watch. (a bit like Blakie from on the buses) "JIM!!" "Get over here NOW!" When Jim got there with a big grin on his face, the foreman said "Why are you late? "Don't worry about me being late boss, just call me Lucky Jim" Foreman - "What on earth are you on about?" Lucky Jim - "Well, when I saw my bus going round the corner to my bus stop, I legged it but when I got there the bus crashed head on into a petrol tanker and exploded into a fireball. If I'd been on it I would have been killed outright" Foreman - "Golly Gosh Jim, sorry I mean Lucky Jim, right get to work and make up your time and we'll forget about it." After his dinner break Lucky Jim was late back. Upon which the foreman called him over. "Lucky Jim, why are you late back from your dinner break, you know we have got a very tight schedule to work from and I don't want to incur any penalties because it will affect everybody's bonus's" Lucky Jim - "Don't worry about that boss,just call me Lucky, Lucky Jim. If I'd have come back on time I would have been stood right were that cement hopper crashed when It's chain broke, it would have flattened me to about the thickness of an old penny" Foreman - "Blimey, Lucky, Lucky Jim. I think you'd better go home in case anything else happens, I'll see you nice and early in the morning then" Next morning when Lucky, Lucky Jim was late, his foreman called him over again and said. "Why are you late again" Lucky Jim - "Don't worry about that boss, just call me Lucky, Lucky, Lucky Jim." Foreman - "What on earth are you on about?" Lucky Jim - "Well, when I went home and told the wife what had happened yesterday we decided to go out on the town and celebrate. We had a few drinks and decided to come back and celebrate in the bedroom" "Anyway, when we were celebrating, we had a thunderstorm and a bolt of lightning struck my chimney pot and it went crashing through the roof, straight through the bedroom ceiling and landed on my backside" Foreman - "What's so lucky about that?" Lucky Jim - Well, if it had done it two minutes earlier, it would have hit me right on the back of my neck!"