chris66

i bet you have trouble keeping the front down on your lc

i took my yzf750 for a spin today, i was going up a hill near my home, i took first up to about 9ooo revs and as i changed into second the front lifted a little causing the bars to go all light. This often happens so no problems, but this time the front wheel only being 1 inch or so off the ground hit a bit of bad road and turned my bars completely to the right. The first response to any dangerous situation is to brake but to brake in this situation would have been an instant off. As a forty four year old having passed my test at 17 i consider myself reasonably experienced, but i still amazed myself. My instinct was not to brake but to yank the throttle fully open and the front wheel lifted high enough to give me time to straighten the bars. So i got away with it apart from scaring the hell out of myself. I went straight home in a little shock. Just thought i would share this with you all to see if you think that years of riding make a difference to how you respond to dangers, yes it was my fault for using the lower gears so irresponsibly but at seventeen i would have crashed im sure. Chris

im not sure who are the bigger thieves, the ones that took the bikes or your insurance company

you have chosen wisely the other carb is pit bike quality, the sort you get on a £250 Chinese bike.

are you in the uk ? the yamaha technical number is 01932358000 they will know how much oil , dont always believe the stamp on the casing my yzf 750 is stamped wrong, although the manual is right. chris

it did wake me up everything was blurry lights had a glow around them, it felt like someone was pulling my eyes from behind, for those of you that have not experienced this dont, for every one that has you have my sympathy.

the thing that amazed me most is that i had no problems for 10 hours. i have now purchased a lighter shade lens so can just make out where to start. i cant describe the pain, but if you have done it too you know exactly what i mean.

i was welding Friday morning and my new mask was too dark for me to see to start the arc properly, so like a dick i was starting my welds off with no eye protection. thought i had got away with it but 10 hours after i had finished my eyes started to hurt like mad and the whites turned red like in a warewolf film. ended up at moorfields eye hospital in london with burnt corneas, just starting to get my sight back today. just thought i would post this to give you all a laugh and perhaps stop someone else being as stupid.

you should change the two sprockets and the chain as a set, if the chain has been skipping teeth it has done it no good and chain and sprockets tend to wear together

i had the same thing on my 400, it was the rectifier . i found one on the net for about £50. had to repair one of the wires in the plug as it had burnt out but it was an easy enough fix

cant you buy a good lock and chain , probably cheaper and your going to need one at some point

are you 100% sure you have the original dipstick

this is where i would start too

my fzr400 used to do it now and then but i done exactly what you have done. it never packed up on me and now my son has the bike and its still ok .

sounds like you have it right then , but it is easily done then the slide cant reach the bottom causing high revs.but its usually very high revs