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Hi Felis, welcome to the YOC, good luck with your project, some photos would be nice when you get a minute.

Hi Tom, welcome to the YOC, been riding bikes since I was 14 and now nearly 60, still love it but roads are much busier and cars much much faster then back in the day, 125s are neat little bikes and have a surprising turn of speed plus A & B roads are ideal for this type of bike, it's fun to ride a bike but there are down sides the weather being one of them, make sure you have a descent set of wet weather gear and if poss something warm to go under it, you will look like the michellin man but being warm and dry makes the whole experience much better, a crash hat should be the best you can afford as you only get one head & banging your nut on the ground when you fall off is bloody painful with the wrong type of helmet. Do your CBT and go from there I'm sure you will enjoy your time on your new toy.

Hi Wayne, Welcome to the YOC, Luck with your CBT. Stay calm and try not to fall off and you'll be fine.

Never goes BANG when your near a bike shop doe's it always has to be in the middle of bleeding nowhere.

Looks like it's sweating is it HOT there? Pretty bike tho.

Hi Jordan, might help if you fit an alarm, try fleabay, don't cost much and at least you can hear it going down the road when they steal it . Tho to be honest if they want it they will get it, you can nail it to the ground and lock it to a post and they will still get it, mate of mine had the full bunny on his and had it locked to a post sunk in the ground with a theif proof padlock and chain and they stole the post and lock as well, this from right outside his bedroom window, aint nothing you can do I'm afraid, you could try that intelligent water stuff that has you DNA in it, only costs about £40 but it only identifies the bits of your bike after they have stripped it. Otherwise park it in the kitchen or living room and sleep next to it, that MIGHT work I suppose.

Hi Tank and welcome to the YOC, don't think there are any HOG owners on here or if there are their keeping quiet about it,

Hi backfire and welcome to the YOC.

HI Paul. It might be that one of your memory modules is not working or about to fail, "OUT OF MEMORY" is the thing that gives it away or you are running to many programs at the same time and memory is short. Try turning everything off that your not using and get rid of any on screen gadgets as these will eat up any spare memory. playing music and watching vids can also use more memory than you expect as they are dependant on content. Of course it might be that your laptop is crap and there's an end to it!!

Welcome to the YOC Alan, nice to have a new bike to take care of, wish you luck with it.

Hi, It's polite to say hello BEFORE posting! and "WILL NOT START" is just about fucking useless as a description for a problem, so be more precise about yopur problem, for all we know it;s at the bottom of a lake and of course it wont fucking start!

Thanks for that cynic, can I wake up now?

HI Harry, load of old bollocks from your man in the shop, pattern parts are usually made the same way and with the same material, if you really need to know what your putting in your engine ask the supplier for the material specs and manufacuring methods used. Most will be more than willing to bore you to death with how much trouble they take to copy the original so take some sandwiches and a thermos when you ask the questions as you may be in for a bit of a talking at (not to). I have used pattern parts in most of my bikes over the years and can say with hand on heart that I have never been let down by any of them, except when I forgot to check the oil when I changed the bearings in my Bonnerville, monsterous bang and loads of smoke and a locked back wheel showed me the error of being a twat. Hope that helps?

Hi, Back in the day we used a round wire brush on the end of a drill to reach inside the fins, don't know if you can still get them or where they might be but used to be about 4 inches across and 1/2 an inch wide, didn't last long as you can imagine but worked a treat most of the time, try a hardware store NOT B&Q or Homebase they are crap on odd stuff but some where that stocks proper tools and such. Hope that helps?

In "FRONT SUSPENSION" section of your LINK it says this "Some fork arrangements rely on the bracing incorporated in the mudguard fixings to maintain their alignment. A mudguard insecurely fixed to the forks may therefore adversely affect the handling of the machine". So unless I miss my guess if it's not there they can't fail it? Bloody horrible on a wet day tho you and the bike will look a right mess after a couple of miles. Good link tho dirty.

Hi dogmi, Nice one, Welcome to the YOC, lots of nice people here and they will help out if they can.

Hi and welcome to the YOC, just a reminder this page is for your intro not for questions, so say Hi again and then post your question on the "workshop" section on the front page of the forum. Tell us who you are where your from and about your bike (not what's wrong with it) and then some kind person will help you out. You wouldn't ask a stranger in a pub questions without saying Hi first would you? Don't be offended just use the site properly and everyone will help out.

No Nor me must be a new model?

Hi Ken Welcome to the YOC, This is not the place for questions it's for intros, so give us a proper intro and then go to the "workshop" section and post your query there, some one will know a fix for your starting problem if you ask in the right place. Oh and if you just go there and ask the same question without an intro you will probably be ignored. After all if you go into a pub and ask complete strangers questions they will ignore you to. Always nice to have new people on the forum.

Welcome to the YOC Whitey, nice intro and should be a nice bike when your finished, let's see some photos when you get a chance, always nice to have new blood in the forum.

Thanks Morph, Signed it.

Could be a couple of things, try making sure that the swing arm is not loose, also look at the brake shoe leading edge and make sure it is shamferd so as not to grab the leading edge of the shoe as you apply the brakes, blow out any dust build up (DON'T breath in the dust) check that the lever comes back to the correct position after applying the brake, if not then grease the pin that goes into the rear brake housing that actuates the shoe. That's about all I can think of for now someone else will think of some thing else. Oh also make sure that the wheel is not twisted out of true.

Congrats on passing your test, well done, now wait 30 years and you can have the same insurance as the rest of us, no help really but your young and stupid as far as the insurance companies are concerned so your premium will be half way to the moon for many years to come, don't cry about it we all had the same problem. I'm 60 next b'day (bugger!) and my insurance is £65 for the XJ 750 fully comp. So pay up and moan like we did and soon enough you will be old to.

I like chips!! but NOT with out salt dammit.

Check your timing first, usually the cause of backfire misfire, then check that the carb is not running to rich, can't think of anything else that it might be other than really obscure faults. Backfiring is the result of to much fuel in the system when the exhaust stroke happens usually due to incomplete burning of the fuel in the compression stroke or to far advanced ignition, so there you have it unless someone knows better.