DirtyDT

I think Airheads answer was better than mine and it is well worth investigating.

Not that I am aware of. There is a guy on the ACRD site that makes them for RD's - and a very good job he does too! I have a new RD 400 one still in a big postal tube that he made for me a while ago. He may be able to make one for you. His forum name is Mr. Wiring wizard. He may need your old one to make it though.

Providing you can afford it grouchy, stick with your plan. As mentioned, keep the receipts to back up the service history. You will never get the servicing money back but the additional cost of main dealer servicing would be about £3.00 a week so half a box of fags or one pint or a burger at a roadside cafe. Just find a dealer who does what they get paid to do. My FZ came back the other day with copaslip on the brake pins, greased around the suspension linkages, the chain adjusted and lubed and the tyres pumped up.

I used to listen to these when they were on the wireless. T'was a grim time, even down south, money was so tight that we used to have cardboard burgers and thin gravy for tea. I think I was working as a shoeshine boy then on a farthing a week. Ahhhh, the good old days!

Any antifreeze for Ali engines. 50% mixed with 50% water. Any colour will do. If it hasn't been done since 2010 then it could do with a change. The anti freeze is toxic.

Gear oil - depending on what it is (EP90) is for old skool car gearboxes that do not share the same oil as engines. It is very thick! The oil should be for bikes and a previous answer had the letters to look out for. This is the kind of product I buy from my local dealer to keep them ticking over however my favourite bike oil is rock oil guardian. You can buy it direct from fleabag if you need. I tend not to buy 5 litre containers anymore because once opened and a third used they have a tendency to sit in my workshop for months. Just buy close to what you need. Remember to dispose of old oil properly. That normally means taking it to the local tip where you can pour it away. Don't be tempted to throw it in the bin, pour it down a drain, put it in a skip or post it to someone you don't like!

Have a look at my previous post lalla. PM member lee@bikesure. I have 3 bikes insured with them now.

Not sure about the WR but often ignitions are pared with the ECU as part of the immobiliser. Again, not sure if it applies but do you have a Yamaha red key for the bike?

In the forum posts, yes. Search in the help section. You normally need to have the picture hosted and then you can link the picture.

Hi and welcome to the forum.

And a happy birthday from me.

Finding out the name of the German minister of education and research.

Very nice, slice but looks like you paid the price. Sorry, just came from my NHS "how to street rap with the youf" mandatory training. You get me!

Welcome and good luck.

And the queen yesterday. Sorry Paul, looks like you were right. Well my memory hasn't been the same since................................................ er............................................ I forget now. Thanks for all the HB's. Another day/year closer to retirement Saga gave given up on me, I now just get leaflets about funeral costs. Anyone else think the early picture of Jimmy looks like he wanted to join Wet Wet Wet?

I parked up at work this morning and was walking to the office. Got stopped by someone looking for a particular clinic. I gave them the directions to which they replied "it's too far". I did point out that I couldn't move the building for them - which didn't go down too well!

You have posted the same question in several sections of the forum. Whether you meant to or not is irrelevant. This causes people to not know which one to reply to, if they can help. This forum tends to be very friendly but there will be some questions that people will not be able to answer and these tend to get limited, or no, replies. That said, calling people "idiots" isn't really conducive to getting people to try and help out.

I thought jimmys was yesterday too (22nd)?

Whist St Paddys day used to be my favourite saints day for many years I just wanted to wish all my fellow English members a happy St Georges day.

Wow Jimmy, we share the same birthday. Different years though.

Yep, it could have been owned by Foamy. Sorry Steve!

That is a great video of the plug arcing. If you have a little spare length on your ht lead unscrew the plug cap. Trim 10mm of the ht lead. Re screw in the plug cap and try it again. You would be better to change the cap and remove, clean and re fit the spark plug too. Not only will it run rough but it will allow Un burnt petrol into that cylinder which will wash the bore and could ruin the compression in it.

Please stop putting multiple posts up. I am sure if someone knows the answer they will help. Asking the same question in several sections will just confuse people. This topic here is now locked.

You need to confirm that the battery is charging and that the battery is holding a charge, especially under load (when using the starter motor). I said bodge because I'm your first post you said you put an extra piece of rubber around "it". It sounds like the ht lead was arcing out and it may have been better to change the ht lead and plug cap.

What's the voltage at idle and at 3k revs? How do you know the battery is fine? Are the battery terminals clean and tight? Why Bodge the HT plug lead?