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Hmmm

May be the starter motor seal

Same issue on my boys 535. Depending what way the bars were pulled, it would lose all power. Disconnected wiring in headlamp and stripped loom back to where it goes through the steering head and there was a broken wire. Relieved it was a simple find and fix. Obviously it had been under strain when manoeuvring the bars around causing it to fail. If you can try gripping the loom around the steering head area and wiggle it around see if the power comes back

Congratulations to all the Noises

Settled for Chinese in the end....Now for some Beer

I have an urge for a kebab

Me neither

...and we all had rickets, and sat round a candle to keep warm...oh and the bread and dripping was fantastic....ah great days

Dunno mate, I have never logged out, too lazy to type in username and password each time

Tommys' giving it 'Eh, Eh, Eh' 'calm down calm down'

Welcome Karen, to YOC. Stay with us, as I may be building a new harness for my Can Am, if I can get my backside in gear

"When you go out on the road, keep your voice level and even, airline pilot style, gives them confidence if you sound like you know what you're doing" Pete That is a great piece of advice which I have used on several occasions at work...even when my knees have been knocking. And just about every time I have carried it off to a successful conclusion

I see it's up for sale on EBay http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/YAMAHA-XVS650-Bobber-Custom-Chopper-Harley-Style-now-with-video-/181645518123?pt=UK_Motorcycles&hash=item2a4aeaa52b

Here you go Simon

Great looking bikes John, I would have a Kwak Ltd any day of the week......as long as it sat aside my Bonnie and not instead of. And to keep it Yam related, I would love an xs650, and in fact I was thinking of swapping/selling my auld Triumph for one

Dragstar Without wishing to sound too harsh, but your lack of knowledge / maintenance of a pretty much indestructible engine caused this dilemma. Bearing in mind you didn't know how much oil was in the engine, you knew it had an air leak so ran on choke to compensate instead of fixing the fault and the most basic piece of maintenance i.e. Chain adjustment , you ignored to the extend that it came off the sprocket and potentially wrecked your engine tells me that you should just concentrate on fixing the bike properly and look after it until you pass your test (if you haven't already) and never mind any big bore kits that others have advised may only cause you more hassle It may sound harsh but I dont mean to, just got you and your bikes best interest at heart