Vez

Did i say cat. i meant squirrel. yeah thats it, it was the squirrels

Hi Karl, welcome to the forum. I suggest you post an introduction in the bar and fill your profile out properly i.e. put your location in , it will make it easier for people to get to know you and arrange a ride out with you. BTW I'm not to far from you, but ride a 125. Vez

No OG, it's still on the handle bars for now. I have stuck some blutak over the mic though.

Just testing my cam out, about the most interesting thing that i could find

Its either fairies or the neighbors cat, hes a real shifty looking one . My money is on the fairies though,

sht, i think my eyes are going

well, there were these fairies you see, been sneaking in at night topping my engine oil up

Its already screaming just doing the wire, and it doesn't overheat as much either, i have my suspicions as to why

Had the exhaust welded back together today. With painting it i wasn't after a perfect weld, just a quick turnaround and more important a cheap price. Rode in with my exhaust in my bag and the guy dropped the job he was on and welded it there and then, i left with my exhaust in under 25 mins. Proper service Said i would give him a mention, Station Street Cars Exhaust repairs Station street (off Warf St) Dukinfield Tel: 0161-308-3700 Ask for Andy Going to get it prepped this week and paint it at the weekend.

dogbone

Nice one BWJ, Just have to get it to work on linux now, or install widows again Any videos of anyone riding me are £59.99 download. or £69.99 for the dvd

Part two, after a bit of a crash and a busy life i finally got around to working on removing the CAT again. With a little bit of leverage on the side of the CAT, i noticed there was movement and the cat wasn't welded in all the way round (picture was taken after i started) As you can see from the dent in the picture above the weld is only part way around and with some persuasion from a lump hammer and a few chisels the cat was loose. Drove the chisels down into the gap at the side and broke the weld. with a little leverage on each side the CAT came out pretty easy. All of about 30mins work. I was please to say the least, until that is i looked inside the exhaust and saw this. A ring that held the CAT was going to maybe disrupt the scavenging/ flow of gases. So it had to go. It wasn't going without a fight though, and 2 hours or so of grinding and swearing later it was done. The spot welds i had ground initially turned out to be holding the CAT/ring in after all. I started by trying to dremmel the ring off from the inside to no avail. In the end i resorted to angel grinding the spot welds off and using a combination of a well worn grinding disk to get inside and hammer and chisel to force it out. Left a couple of holes and a bit of a mess, but the holes will weld up and the leftover mess was easy to grind up smooth ish. The inside was painted so i gave it a spray over with some hight temp BBQ paint and left it to dry. I decided to leave the remaining baffle thing in the bottom as i want to get the exhaust and bike done in time for the 2-stroke run in September. All thats left now is to get it welded up this week and paint it. Will post when its done. Vez.

Welcome Spo. Apologies if i came across a little blunt, there has been alot of one post wonders recently and it gets slightly irritating after a while. Your plight is a good one though, and i agree it should be brought to Yamaha's attention if the problem is as common as you suggest. But be prepared for the "you should take the bike to a Yamaha dealer and have it examined" line from them. Maybe if you had a petition type of thing with names of riders/owners who have suffered this problem you may get a better response, just a thought. I can't add any stories or the like with never having ridden or owned a R125. Also I don't think there are that many R125 riders on the forum at present, but any i see i will point in the direction of this thread for you. You could also post on these two forums if you haven't already. http://www.125ccspor...dex.php?act=idx http://www.bikechatforums.com/ ( I don't see posting links to other forums to be a bad thing in this instance, as it may make someone aware of a potential problem and maybe prevent an accident) Good luck with your mission/goal. Vez.

Ahh put the slide in correct.

Now that sounds like a laugh where my camera!!

Can you be a little more clear as to how you fixed it, as it may help someone else out who finds this thread. What do you mean by changed the side? Vez.

You will get alot better replies if you introduce yourself properly in the Bar. http://www.yamahaclub.com/forums/topic/22778-am-i-turning-into-a-grumpy-old-bastrd/ see here for why. Vez.

If the CAT is anything like mine it is very possible, if not a little tricky. http://www.yamahaclu...__1#entry117247 I think OG sent me a post on a French forum with better detail. If i find it i will post it for you. Can't really help on the chain, count the links and add a few before you order is all i can suggest. Its easier to remove links you have extra, than fitting ones you don't. Vez. Maybe i do have a window on there OG.

*cough* http://www.yamahaclub.com/forums/topic/22778-am-i-turning-into-a-grumpy-old-bastrd/ *cough*

Yup the bars is open to all. Membership gets you the Garage, Members Forum, the ability to post in the "for sale" and "wanted" sections and "live chat??" Vez

*note to self: stop posting after midnight and learn to read

Can't you wash your own hand?

Skin tight lycra and choppers aren't really my thing, but if it pays well ill consider it

Im on L plates CT looks like I'm going Saturday, but after my last trip from York it will take more than 2 hours, so 10 might be a little late for setting off Drewps. I will probably be in a 1 man tent, i also i have a 2 man if needed.