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Glad you"v seen the light grouch"o , them WR450"s are an accident waiting to happen, its the power to weight thing, off road " you"l get wheelspin, on road that could be a flip, The KLE500, -650 is also a good hack,,,

Patent pending" your a millionare "

Thats seriously nice that is, the RD400c had speed blocks [decals] in europe, And its a world wide forum , members far and wide, Lot of members come and go, ,, some spit the dummy if there questions aint answered imediately, ..glad your aboard, with you wealth of experience

By the sounds of it , your XT will handle it, as for acceleration, ,you"l be pleasantly surprized, headwind will be your biggest enemy, As small cc bikes Struggle , on normal gearing, you Mpg will improve too,

. Good reply" and welcome Covers most angles of this topic,,,

Hi mark, if its a pro-link rear suspension, you can put on a shorter link, get a bespoke ingineer to make one, The front forks can be dropped thru the clamps an inch . this sharpens the steering,

I had this problem, and it was castrol classic W50 i used, quiet smooth box, but changes were slow[ return spring] and stuck between gears some times changed to light gear oil , and solved,

Welcome " am guessing 1974 ish,,, slade rtc. ..

sound like oil to thick grouch o "

Aye lads " why not go up 1 tooth on front sprocket,

Well my ajenda was " got to stafford Fri at 1.30 AM , bedded up in mates campervan, set up his stall ,then jumped on 12.45 bus To stafford rail station, 1.25 train to Nuneaton, changed to narborough train, Night out with daughter [ & partner] , up on saturday, down to Leicester city centre [ shopping] jumped on Liecester to Crewe train[1.15,] off at Stafford , In show" met the guy with DT250MX [comes from leeds] that was at Squires run, and ian that had Ts185 , Bought a TS250engine[1972] for spare,[£150] , the gent i bought it from had his pocket slashed and lost a grand, pickpockets, Then had to push a GSX1100 slabside , [ mate sold it] would it start, , out that night curry/ booze/ bed, Up first thing sunday, pushed GSX round the showground, still no go, then he sells anRD250 , it starts, , only for the clutch plates to be sitck together, buyer asks if ican push it to his van, , gets back andthe Gsx has started, [ new plugs] then test rode anXT500 for another mate , buys it , throws it in van , and home,

Missed you lot, got back to show at 3.15 , , trains and buses ,, times didnt match, good weekend tho , aircooled stand was awsome

Welcome ben " good choise in career .

I will be kicking around drewps,,, ,,, sat from 1pm. ,, going to leicester on friday,,

De ja vue " Yamhead,,

Aye paul " it will prob be bulbs, search ebay, 12volt instrument bulbs,, look on old ones , to see if 3Watt or whatever ,, i take ir ybr are 12 volt,

Hi paul " dig in and ask or remark on topics ,,,

Good track yamhead, not too rutted, i had a husky430 like first pic, [ pig to start] , is that your yellow TT500.

He"s a trollop, Welcome donross" What isle is the lament " the dark island " on about,

valves are cheapish, £20-30, but you"d have to grind them in, [ be as well do inlet,] then shim them for clearance,

Sounds like someones had this apart, and thrown it back together, , and with you tryin to start it, have bent the valve,

Welcome bob,,,, remember the XJ forum,,, its our sister forum, as founders are regulars on her,,,

possible, as she was loose on impact, norm reaction would be tence,up. And Big kev " Connsiderate" ,,, frame that post,,,

Little bastard" i wudda shoved it up his ass...

N/West aint it, salt lake etc,,, welcome anyhow,