Alexengongong

SUCCESS

Decided to start with the 'blowing' exhaust

Here she is!

I've been handed a 900 diversion to fix after it's been hit by a car.. Gonna post my progress. Enjoy

What else do you guys get up to when not motorbiking? Here's what i do

It has lost performance as 2 strokes rely on the exhaust back pressure to 'suck' the exhaust gas out of the combustion chamber as they dont have valves and a 'forth stroke' to force any gases out like a 4T engine. The best thing to do like Cynic said is to replace it as the damage might be worse than just a hole on the outside, but actual damage to the inside... Thus making it louder and perform worse than normal.

My idle speed was all over the place! I've sorted all the idle speed/mixture out, you may need to adjust your cam timing, that helped mine loads! And its pretty easy to do just takes a bit of time and a couple of tools.

Thought i'd share this with you guys she sounds amazing!

what is the idle RPM at the moment?

aha it's been resprayed a couple of times, i'm rather fond of it! you should hear the thing!

just uploading them now

Just thought i'd let you chaps (and of course ladies) know yesterday i bought a rather splendid SV650 k5 oh my god it is brilliant!

John, I'll put one up later when I'm on my laptop and not my iPod, wasn't a massive increase as such, just feels loads Smoother through acceleration and tonnes easier to start.

Mountain bike pump works fine grouch, just use one with a pressure gauge

Just passed my theory test first time! Massively happy, just though I'd let you guys know

Noise, i think my parents would appreciate the fish tank aha! my dad has a fairly huge one and it's his pride and joy! Ken, i was looking for anything really, just found a couple on gumtree for about £100, don't really mind about making a profit on it, just something to fiddle with in my free periods at college (and it'll help towards my grades) i did see a couple that you mentioned and they look pretty awesome! Thanks for all your suggestions

I would love to get a 125 crosser or something like that... But as I still live with my parents.. They don't want a full size bike and bits lying around, so a pit bike would be a compromise, also I can just chuck it in the back of a car rather than having to organise transport to get it anywhere. Thanks for your opinions though

Yuhuh, friend that lives up the road owns a few acres of fields and wooded area, although if I get it looking good I'm not sure if i'll want to get it muddy!

I'm considering buying a pit bike for a little project (as they're cheaper for parts and take up less space...) someone try and talk me out of it? Or is this just another one of my totally flawless ideas?!

looking forward to seeing the finished results!

Grouch if you search yamaha xt125 service manual on google, there should be a PDF file or something you can view which contains an electrics diagram

Do you know if these have the same engines as the XT's? cheers