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Are the spokes tight? tapping them with a spanner is a good way to check, if you get a nice ringing sound it is tight, if its a dull thud then you have a loose spoke. (do them one at a time)

Bit strange that it has rust on it as they are plastic. Only place i can think of that this rust would have come from is the bolts from the rear light as this is mounted at the bottom of the fender, so if you do buy this bike then your best to replace them with stainless steel. Other places for rust is on the box section of the swing arm, get on your belly and look under it and your see a big rectangle box stection. Next bit is to get the seller to take off the seat and pillion seat then lift up the rubber skirt that "Protects" the shock and check for excessive rust / rot to the mounting points and the shock itslef.

Well a few weeks ago i was reading BSH and seen a lot of very nice bikes (as you do) and in one of them spotted a 650 Draggy bobber that the bloke had basically just took the rear mud gaurd off and stuck on a set of different bars on it, its now for sale on Ebay and he's giving it the beans with saying its fully custom made etc etc which is great for him and im sure he will sell it as it was a nice bike. Now, it got me thinking If he was able to get a pretty much stock bike (bar a few bits taken off it) into BSH could i get Betty in that mag? Well after e-mailing BSH and attached a couple of photos i just got a short and sweet e-mail back from the editor saying he will get a pic in BSH as soon as he can. Cool! now i know its not a full write up on my dramas of killing the bike by the lack of an oil change, and im not going to get a sexy super model draped over the bike, but atleast she's going to be at the bottom of some page of a bike mag. Just thought id get some excitement out of my head

That was some nice bitter good news for you there Jim, few more years on the rubber ducky and then you maybe worthy of a warm desk with coffee on tap.

Yep i done it, put my 125 back together and went to show it off to my mate who wanted to hear it running, only to find it didn't start so i took the fuel tank off handle bars, fuel pump etc to find the "electrical problem" only to find id knocked the kill switch when i walked around it in the shed.

No No No, not like that Slice, i dont mean rag the bollocks off it, but on my 125 and even in the cage if your gental with it it can feel like its in gear and the idiot light goes off but in fact the gears aren't fully ingaged so have to go back into neutral then be a bit firmer with the lever. again i dont mean jumping on it or giving it the ol' landon kicking job just a firmer foot.

Make sure youi give the gear leaver a good love tap when going from neutral to 1st, i dont mean stamp on the git just a nice firm press so that "you" know its in gear, feel for that nice clunk feeling when she slides in. Apart from that id say the same as the other guys above, just loads of practice and judge your gaps in traffic to give you plenty of time to get out with out stalling.Also remember that 125's dont have much grunt so need a bit more revving to get going which should stop her cutting out on you

Smegma = Knob cheese Snail Trail = Female dischrage Baby Gravy = Sperm Love puff = Small fart Thor cough = Big fart Lumpy Yawn = Vomit Taking a Grumpy = Having a Shit (many extras out there) Fury Grape = Testicle Badly packed kebab = A Fanny Coffee Stain = Big female nipple Iced Gem = Small female nipple

Hi Si, i dont think its a bolt on job, i would have to guess that the braket for the floor boards would be different to the on for pegs, see if you can find any thing on E-bay as if all these guys have gone from floor boards to pegs then im sure one of them will be selling the boards etc.

Take the lessons! dont become a statistic!!!

My phone gets left at home when im on the bike, just so that 'er in doors cant keep asking how long im going to be and where i am. My phone has a "glove mode" on it so you can use it with gloves on.

Do i get to post this again?

Thats the way to go tho, smashing down the perly gates in a blaze of fire ripping St pete beard off as you scream by. Very sad loss tho, a great rider

Welcome Eltel! Good looking bikes the XJ6, did you read about the YOC in the magazine by any chance? hopefully we can live up to the expectation we do like to have a laugh but are crap at organizing a T-shirt

I personally have only taken my mate on the back of my 650 once before i removed all the junk and at the time he was 18stone and i was 11stone and she pulled our fat asses up the road no probs and was able to maintain a god 70-80 mph up the duel carrage way. So i have heard the 1100 draggy aint much different to the 650 performance wise but has a ton load more tourque which is what you want for two up riding. the 650 is more nippy but the 1100 is better off the line and able to maintain the speed better. As for the VL800, i cant comment as not really read up on it etc, looks like a nice bike tho.

Welcome B dog (is that b for bichon frise ha ha) It all depends what sort of thing you want to do the the fazer, if you want to street fighter it, or just tart it up? you could lower it if its too high for you or add a new end can and rethal bars to make it more nippy in the corners etc

Oi Noisy! stop being so bladdy loud ha ha. seeing that your new to the gaff could you pop over to the new member section and give us a little about your self etc. As for the spare holes, im not too sure on Sports bikes. what are these holes close to? (Speedo, Indicators, clip on bars etc etc) as that maybe a place for stock cables to thread through or location holes to stop some thing spinning. The Dragstar range has some holes drilled in the yoke for a little plastic nipple on the bottom of the indicators to locate in and to help fix them in place so this "might" be what you have???

Sorry to hear that Mailee but being a avid hater of the pannier im also glad thats another set off the road, but just like hydra you cut the head off and two more will take its place Maybe with your next set if they are still too close to your pipes you could stick a strip of this stuff on the bottom of the panniers or on the inside to keep your stuff cool and away from the heat https://www.google.co.uk/shopping/product/5269876403759205636?q=heat+reflective+tape&safe=active&sqi=2&bav=on.2,or.r_cp.r_qf.&bvm=bv.66917471,d.d2k,pv.xjs.s.en_US.iZDr9Av0tZE.O&biw=1280&bih=894&tch=1&ech=1&psi=yaF5U6u7N8P20gXi4YHYCg.1400480203596.3&ei=5qF5U5OdMojtOu6agbgK&ved=0CGYQpiswAQ

I now have a Avon Cobra on the front, 190/90-19 IIRC

Er Tommy did the wife give you permission to use her curtains for the T-shirt? you kinda blend into the back ground in that pic. Tommies Wife "You aint sitting in my living room unless you match the curtains, sofa, scatter cousions and toparie!"

Dont send off the green slip mate! if he has been given the green slip then Mccory's have already sent off the actual V5c (unless they never had it in the first place) which means that in the coming weeks your son will have a new V5 through the door stating he is now the owner of the vehicle not Mccory's, which then says to me he is not insured to drive it under the "fleets" insurance as its no longer the companies vehicle. Its nice of them to give him the van for free but there is always a catch some where and if the van is already fucked looks to me like your son may have to pay through the brown star fish to get it properly road worthy (i hope not tho) If i remeber correctly if an air bag has been deployed then the vehicle is an instant right off, because if the accedent is strong enough to deploy the air bag who knows what structual damage has been done that you cant see? i might be wrong tho.

Yer could be "Crinkly when wet" for the men and "slippery when wet" for the Ladies

No photos no proof But saying that im still having nightmares over the video i was shown of a woman taking a shit over the side of a park bench

What shall i where tho? tank top and chaps or just the go old birthday suit?