greasemonkey62

Thisevent is organised by the Sheffield council, it is on The Moor in the centre of Sheffield, there will be classic bikes of all ages, plus entertainment, also something for the kids to do so bring them along too !! It starts at 11.30am and runs to 4pm. See you there I hope.

The Spa Hotel in Saltburn by the Sea is a biker friendly hotel they even suggested we could use the back car park which is more secure and said they could give us rooms overlooking the bikes too, can't fault them. Cheers Ray.

Name: Yamaha TDM 900 (2013) Date Added: 03 July 2013 - 06:18 PM Owner: greasemonkey62 Short Description: A 900cc twin but with a 275 degree crank offset which makes it run like a V twin with huge ammounts of torque, and as the engine is fitted low and central makes for a really easy to handle bike that flips from side to side very easily, a great ride. View Vehicle

cheers all, been a great few days for bikers, make hay while the sun tries to shine.

Hi all I have just joined this club after getting a Yamaha TDM 900 its a great bike with bags of torque so that means fewer gear changes, and as the engine is a parallel twin with the crank set at 270 degrees it sounds and runs similar to a V twin so the engine weight is central making it handle soooo easily, the only problem I have with it is something to do with an air intake flap that makes for jerky running at small throttle openings, something that was sorted in 2007 by remapping by all accounts but mine is a 2012 model ? It is manageable with care though apart from that its a superb ride, my other bike is a 1962 AJS 650cc twin great fun to ride. Is there a Yamaha club in Sheffield? I am a member of the B.M.P.S. bike club we meet every 2nd and 4th monday at 9pm at the civil service club on green lane, ecclesfield, sheffield S359WY, all bikers are very welcome Happy biking all, cheers Ray.

That sounds something like the problem, but the article says the bikes were remapped in 2007 and mine is a 2012 bike ?? Thanks for the information much appreciated. Cheers Ray.

Name: Yamaha TDM 900 (2013) Date Added: 11 June 2013 - 08:20 PM Owner: greasemonkey62 Short Description: The TDM is a parallel twin but with a 270 degree crank set up so it fires similar to a V twin, as the engine is slim and low down all the weight is central so it flips from side to side with ease, its not a high reving bike but has HUGE ammounts of torque so frequent gear swapping is not needed, its a fantastic ride and on youtube one went from 0 to 100mph in 7 seconds so its no slouch but again its soooo easy to ride. View Vehicle

The B.M.P.S. hold their free annual bike show on the 12th august starting around 6pm (note bikes tend to be arriving until 8pm so stay a while) and running until 10.30pm ish. There will be the usual bar and music outside, plus a tea and coffee counter also selling burgers and sausage sarnies, there will be five prizes issued to five different class/age of machines as there will be new and classic bikes (and bikers) there as well as the green meanie wheelie machine where people can have a go on a real 1000cc kawasaki at wheelies in perfect safety, we do support three physically and mentally handicapped childrens homes so we hope you will support us in this by buying a raffle ticket or three. The venue for this is at the Civil Service Club on Green Lane, Ecclesfield, Sheffield S359WY, motorcycles will be parking inside the grounds, but cars will have to park on the surrounding roads. See you there cheers Ray.

Thanks for that but the idle is set correctly, and its not in the wrong gear there is just no response from small throttle openings its as though the throttle is still closed with the engine still on run down. When the throttle is opened further it seems to wake up but it is then at too high a speed for non sweaty tight cornering. Cheers Ray.

Hiya I am having problems when going around tight corners where a small trickle throttle opening is needed, it does not work unless I open it a bit more but this then causes the bike to jerk forward at too high a speed, I have also had the engine stop when slowing to a T junction and pulling the clutch in with the throttle closed but still in gear, the bike restarts ok but I have no idea why it should stop. I did wonder if the spark was weak at slow engine speeds but wanted some feedback before taking things apart. The bike is a TDM 900. Cheers Ray.

That should read not so high reving

Hi all I am a new member having just bought a TDM900, what a bike ! Just what I wanted not so high Erving as theSuzuki I had and it has sooooo much torque that gear changes are much less frequent and the weight is so central that it handles like a dream and flips from side topside with no effort, what a bike. Cheers all, Ray .