DirtyDT

Lemon juice and water boil in a saucepan for carbs. White vinegar for fuel tanks. When you ride it does give you a craving for a doner kebab and chips - but that isn't a bad thing!

XT350. A bugger to start hot if I had left the petcock on. Slow! It would have been quicker to walk. It lasted a couple of weeks and I PX'ed it

Always be careful of pattern seals on the crank. They can cause a world of pain if they let go prematurely.

Hi and welcome to the forum. There are a couple of TDR owners here.

I grew up in a very poor family so I didn't have toys, or a pram to throw them out of. There is nothing wrong with reading comments and reflecting, this is one of those posts for me. Yes, we do get posts where people are breaking forum rules and the occasional spammer but they are sorted very quickly. We don't have the rubbish going on that many sites suffer from where it is deemed acceptable to post abuse or threats. I will say that idle johns edited post did not fall into any of those categories. Falling foul of the sites netiquette is not a crime, it is how it is remedied that is important. There is/was a RD - I can't remember if air cooled or LC - on fleabay for a little short of £10k. It was unregistered. If the XS is worth £1k then riding around on a tidy classic will be cheap. It will never be worth a mint because it is a a XS and it is a 250. It doesn't mean it isn't worth keeping or riding. I wouldn't convert it into cash as it would be worth more to me as a ride - with family history - than just an asset.

Hi and welcome to the forum.

You are entitled to your opinion of me and, until the last sentence, I don't have an issue on what you said in your last post. The forum is regularly mentioned as one of the best places to come for info and help so at least some people on the forum must be doing a good job. ",,,pissed with power,,," now that was funny.

We are a mainly friendly bunch here however; we do get a lot of people coming on for help in one post and then never returning to say if the help worked, or not. Some people try and sell, and some to post a wanted ad - both breaking the forum rules in the process. We are a forum of bike lovers but we are a forum. People who spend time here do spend a lot of it helping others more than anything else. Without these people no one would get any help. We ask if people post a "hello" message before posting their woes. Many first post questions go unanswered or help is often limited. We like a bit of banter, but no all out abuse. Some comments are based on historical posts - including mine. I have personally deleted more posts like this - admittedly where people have posted their contact details to try and sell than I care to think of. There is a XS market but it is limited due to the bike in your case being a 250.

I am confused about the part you need but is this it? http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Yamaha-DT175-MX-Rear-shock-pin-top-2K4-/111258231209?pt=UK_Motorcycle_Parts_13&hash=item19e781e1a9 or this http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/nos-Yamaha-motorcycle-rear-wheel-pin-tt250-it490-oil-tank-dt125-mx175-dt175-/121336876381?pt=Motorcycles_Parts_Accessories&hash=item1c403dcd5d

Hi and welcome to the forum.

Save your wonga would be my advice.

Moved to the workshop. I have never taken a metal one apart but I hope someone can help.

Wanted posts are only allowed to paid members. My signature contains a link to membership if you are interested. There are other parts of the site that are only viewable to paid members too including the discount section. I brought a large item off fleabay yesterday from Oz.

Hi and welcome to the forum. As well as what Airhead siad, possibly Yambits and Wemoto but it depends what you want.

Hi and welcome to the forum.

He should already have the petrol. Just another one of the people trying to sell the bike for top dollar in the hope that someone is going to throw a big wad of cash at them from this site. All for free i would guess. I hate to pay fleabay fees and the like but at least it opens the market and is quick. Easy to stick the bike on for a 99p start and a £20k reserve and see where it gets to. I doubt it would break the £1k mark but, being a man of my word, my £30 offer still stands.

Hi Sacha. Good to see you. Happy birthday to hubby and good to hear the bike is in the sun.

£30 would be my top bid if delivery is included.

Wheres the fun in that? You should know that I don't mollycoddle things. The FZ only gets Wa,, when it rains but I did oil the chain for the second time this week. I encourage everyone to save a few strokers,

I have heard about him and that his work is quality but last I read he wasn't taking any more work on for months. He may be the person doing the ones I have first offer on. The quote I have is from a localish bike painter - not cheap. The paint is shown on RS site but I would want the proper decals, so Uk spec. I could just run it as a rat bike, it would be so much cheaper!

I have first offer on a newly repainted set of blue tinware but they are not ready yet. I have a cost to repaint the RD3 set too - in blue - but only the 3 parts for the C model I would need.

Try a spoonful of fuel down each bore through the spark plug hole. Did you connect the spark plug leads back to the correct plug? Did you set the carb up right?

Everyday is biking weather. Mind you I drove the car into work today so what do I know!

I wouldn't bother washing it. It will be jet washed through the night.

No worries. Think about sticking around and pop a hello in the new members section. There are loads of 2 stoke lovers and owners on the forum and you are likely to get more help if you do. Consider posting a new thread in the projects section too. I have 5 two strokes at the moment ranging from 1965 to 1978, from 125 to 400cc and from road running legal to where do I start projects.