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All fixed... Not sure when, but after a little smoke, the main fuse on the side of the starter relay had fried. Cleaned up the various terminals on the starter relay and replaced the fuse. It works, instantly... NO idea WHY the fuse has gone, so this may not be over, but for now, everything's good!

Can anyone suggest a motorcycle electrician around Dewsbury? Preferably a mobile one cos I can't transport it...

So, bit of a backstory first... I work in the steel industry which shuts down each year for two weeks over Christmas. I've commuted for two years on my Thunderace. It's never missed a beat and starts every time (except once when some joker flicked my kill-switch and I never noticed!). It lives outside (poor bike) cos I don't have a garage. This year I've obviously not done much long distance riding, so it's mostly been just the commuting. All has been well, but since we've been off for two weeks over Christmas and then after having been back for only a week, I did my back in and spent another week off work. So that's 3 weeks of pretty much zero riding. Half way through last week (the week I was off broken), I hobbled out and started the bike (just to make sure the snow and cold hadn't killed it (it lives under a waterproof cover though)). It started first time and I ran it up to temp and shut it down again (this was Thursday the 14th I believe). I went back to work on Monday the 18th, but since it was a bit manky and I was still a bit tight in the back department I took our lasses car (she was off for 2 days). So I never touched the bike till Wednesday the 20th. And now we get to the main problem... It didn't start!!! No lights, no turn over, not even the neutral light or the sound of the fuel pump ticking over. Assuming the battery had died in the cold, I attempted to bump start it down the rather steep hill I live on... Nothing, no apparent attempt at firing up (don't ask me about getting it back up the damn hill!!!)! So, now thinking the battery was trash AND my alternator might also be trash I stuck it on charge for at least 5 hours, but still nothing. So, I left it till today went to get a new battery on the assumption that if I put a new battery on and it fires up, the alternator is toast. But, when the nice man in Valley Batteries tested my battery, it tests as having charge..! He's put it on their chargers for me and I'll pick it up and give it another go tomorrow (Saturday), but if it's got at least SOME charge, it should at least run my lights even if it won't crank the engine... SO, AT LAST, here's the question: WTF is wrong with my bike??? lol Long story short, started fine one day, completely dead 6 days later, can't be water ingress cos it lives under a waterproof cover. Any ideas? I've checked all the fuses in the fusebox behind the battery compartment, is there another fusebox anywhere? Could a relay that could cause this if it went bad? Cheers for any help... 😕

Earth braid?

I've been the pillion in a situation. Was at a friend of a friends at about age 15 and he offered to take me home on his RD350LC, but like most things, it had to be NOW! So there I am, climbing on the back whilst trying to zip my leather up and his girlfriend had kicked one peg up but not the other... So now I'm trying to zip my jacket up AND kick the peg down at the same time. Him, thinking I was on, takes off. I don't... Next thing I know, I'm laying on my back in the middle of the road and everyone comes to to see if I'm ok. I'm fine, just slightly confused about what happened. But this isn't the worst part! We thought he'd get to the end of the street and turn around for me, but we don't see him for the next 20mins... By the time he gets back, I've taken my helmet off and had a fag and a cuppa. And here he is and we walk out to meet him and he says: "I didn't realise you weren't on the back till I got to your house, so rode back slowly to see where I'd lost you. What happened?"!!! I was only 10 stone at the time and hadn't put all my weight on the bike when he took off. So he just never noticed the change in weight. He thought I was the best pillion ever!!!

NOT a mechanic... Have you tested the bore to make sure it's round?

Luckily, your bike has a throttle and brakes! It only goes as fast as you want it too... lol My first bike (after 20 years of not riding (and even then not riding anything big)) was (and is) a YZF1000R. Supposedly 0-60 in 2.8 seconds and a top speed of 170MPH. You don't HAVE to wind it on recklessly all the time... Get it running, get it insured, get used to it..!

Hihi, welcome in!

Man, I loved Radio Caroline! And the 'Hot and Heavy Express' on Metro Radio... "Back to the show that will blow you private parts off!" "Alan! Alan! Mary Whitehouse is coming!!!"

You need a Mod to sort that out for you...

Yeah, the arthritis is a bugger, I help mine out with this little doobery: Oxford Cruise - Throttle Assist - SPORTSBIKESHOP Not EXACTLY this one, but the same thing, works just fine, I don't have to grip as hard to stop my throttle slipping.

Don't forget to stick it in hot water for 5mins before you try!

Looks like they start at about £15... All it is is a bigger cam, the trick would be to find one with an elliptical cam that gives you fine control at low revs and ramps up quicker further round. It's an interesting idea, I'd never heard of these before..!

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Not knowing the bike, I'm not entirely sure what I'm looking at. But the 2nd video makes it look like a standard bearing with a seal over it... See if the seal comes out??? lol

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Yup, sounds all good... Keep us posted lol.

RD350LC COLOR CODES Options appear to be: Pearl White Silky White Clean White

That appears to be a custom plate. Take it off, there may be something underneath it...

What did the plugs look like when you took them out? The valves weren't out nearly as much as mine were (there was basically NO gap at all on all my intake valves!), so I'm dubious that that is what's sorted it (although, just trimming everything up and doing the full oil change would help (and there's always the chance that one or more of them were a little sticky)). I can't see the throttle cable causing it, but replacing it was a good thing, which is where you'll have gained the extra response. So it must have been the carbs... What does the goo smell/feel like?

Does it look like this? YAMAHA XS750 XS850 GAUGE INDICATOR PILOT LIGHT PLASTIC COVER 1977 1978 - 1981 | eBay If so, it's the oil light...

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Hihi, welcome in!

'We' still don't know what the engine is...

From what I can see, it looks like a simple bolt/lock nut fitting. Mirror screws into the mount, nut winds down to your chosen fixing point, second nut winds down to lock it into place. Unless you have a custom mirror (and mount), it should just be a case of loosening the bolts and winding it out. There's always the possibility that a previous owner has wound it all the way down before leaning on the lock nuts, in which case brute strength and ignorance should win the day (top nut first...).