NEV

Merv, cracking mate cheers, just ordered the caliper repair kit,shims,end caps, and chain guides from them, decent chap on the phone too, makes a change.

Aye, Cheers Drewpy, have got the bearings and bushes coming from Wemoto, and Yambits only have for earlier models than mine,(80's)it seems the kits don't come with shims, or the end caps, mind you did order some bits from Yambits, the caliper piston and seal kits, and a DT125R locking petrol cap, both no use to me mind as although the petrol cap looked exactly the same as mine in the pic, but its waaaay too small, and the caliper piston and seal kit came with a 35mm piston, I need a 30mm piston, so if anyone needs these I'll do them at half the price I paid for them, that'll teach me for not reading the item description properly,p.m me, as I canna do bugger all with them.

Managed to get hold of a swingarm bearing and bush kit for £26.00, missing the shims and the tin end caps/covers mind, does anybody know where I can get these at all? or is it a re-mortgage jobby at Yamaha main dealer?

Good to see you got it sorted eventually Super, plus now you've seen it done, maybe now you can pass that knowledge on to someone else who needs help. Thats when the feelgood factor of working on bikes kicks in

Sorted

"Look at your man, now back to me, look at your man again, now back at me, anything is possible when your man smells like Old Spice and not a lady,............. I'm on a very special RD250"

Ay up Jack, welcome mate, little Nev says hiya too

Now personally I smear with a light covering of new oil, but I could be wrong

Came accross that video earlier this morning, funnily enough, while looking for insurance companies, I noticed thatmost of those chains are guaranteed to withstand at least 5 mins, most I saw averaged about 17 seconds,in my opinion if they made bike chains like mini ship anchor chains,(each link is similar to the number 8 it would make it much harder to get a set of bolt croppers on it, but then again the padlock would more than likely let it down

2 minutes, remember,.... google is your friend http://ymenvom.nl/manuals/U5AEE4.PDF

I was thinking more, piglet

Ha, so now you understand what Barkwindjammer is on about, when he welcomes new members to the ward, lol

Kearnsy, before you even begin servicing it mate, get a workshop manual, you'll kill two birds here, one, you'll get to know what goes where, and what does what, so you get to know your bike better, and two, by about page 15, you'll see a chapter all about what you need to go about servicing it, and how to go about doing it.

Aye, you would have thought so yes, have you tried putting the brake pipe, and the caliper back on, and trying? seems daft that it isn't pumping out the top end, and like I say the plunger is going up and back down again, inside the cylinder? I woulda thought it all had to be all connected up , so as to create pressure within the brake fluid. I say this because when bleeding from the bleed nipple, the tube you use to bleed with has to have its other end in some brake fluid , so as to create a type of vaccuum, Oh aye, as a p.s, if you do put it all together with caliper, put something wooden, between the caliper pistons so you can open them back up again

I wouldn't have thought you'd need to rebuild the master cylinder unless it was actually leaking from it.I take it the internal plunger is going up and down, as it ought to? One thing I have noticed myself whilst bleeding brakes, is when you open up the bleed nipple right open it doesn't come out as easily as when you just open the bleed nipple, ever so slightly, a bit like the difference between putting your mouth over a kitchen roll tube and blowing, and blowing through a drinking straw, if you get my drift. Try just opening up the bleed nipple just one turn, see if it makes a difference. Hope this helps.

Aye I emailed them over in the states, they told me they don't do my model the pic is just for show, they do the earlier model stuff, Mind you looking at the pic, it looks like the 4 tin end caps are missing

I can't work out whether this is a clever idea, or a plain crazy one. What say you?

I e-mailed these today, either he's having a laugh or has found out I,m a Derby County supporter, seeing as they're on the wrong side of the A52. my e-mail to them. Looking for the price of the full kit of swingarm bushes, rollers, top hats and shims, off a 1992 yamaha dt 125r chassis number 3MD019272. Their reply. Hi Nev Yamaha don't supply a 'kit' for the suspension bearings/collars only the seperate parts. It's unlikely that you'll need to replace every part, but a 'ball park' price would be around £250.00. If you strip the swingarm and check what's required we can give you an acurate price. Somebody please tell me that I can get these swingarm bearings and bushes for at least a third of what this geezer is quoting me, perlease!!! This is the kit I need

Cracking post Leatherat, my daughter failed hers last year by putting her foot down on the U turn, I'll get her to read this for her retake

I'm watching a program on bbc4 about it at the minute, it's called the naked man festival, those in the video were just practicing, theres 10,000 drunk men actually play it

There ya go, been looking for one myself YAMAHA DT125R DT125RE DT 125 BRAKE CALIPER PISTON KIT £19.95 http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=270747224894&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT

Heres my random, Chuffin achin, chuffin stinging from the sun, but hey bikes lookin better

Doubt whether it'll be too long before they make this sort of thing for electric bikes http://www.gifthouseinternational.com/gifts-and-gadgets/sound-racer-v8-great-car-gadget,,3136

Can you not get the garage to diagnose the problem without going through with the repair, as it MIGHT be something that you could repair yourself, without acrueing a big bill? Armed with a workshop manual, and some of the help in here,(once we know what exactly the problem is, that is) you'd be surprised at what you can achieve.

Ah right see what you mean, and £200 is a fair whack, shame you can't get some measurements of the Givi rack, I could possibly knock you one up , and doctor a decent sized cheap box off e-bay to suit it.