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  1. Does it idle correctly when in neutral ? if revs drop off wen gear selected, is usualy clutch drag, if its slipping " it will sound like an automatic car when excelerating,,,
  2. Good to hear your recovering" what happened, was you on the XS, ?
  3. Aye lads, Tesco are selling 1 litre bottle , for £4.50 ... Its same bottle as Carlube [ prob bottled under order] , semi-synthetic, good stuff i used it all last year, smells great too. no point in buying £12.00 motul or £8.50 rock oil, any body beat this price ,,,?
  4. Top job tommy" what paint on the barrel. ? and what make of trials tires?
  5. Superb place,, We have nowt like that up north, , or have i missed it,,,
  6. welcome Raxia,,,, bit more info, and you"l get more response,,
  7. welcome mark, get some pics up , 1974,,,, ,, real classic,,,
  8. Well ian, it depends on what your intentions are , ie, Track days or just back road riding, Ther"s a few of my mates have sports bikes, after every ride-out, say 200mls , They are battered with stiff suspension set up. First thing i did wen aquiring my Zrx , was to back off the rear spring adjusters, and rebound setting, for a comfy ride, ,
  9. Welcome Ian " join in the banter, and any info is always welcome,, fill in you pofile , as helps others comunicate about rides etc,,
  10. Welcome riley" , whers you from ? the member on hereWild Foamy , will keep you right on DT50"s ..
  11. Welcome hb" must be the twinshock model, you can get electronic ignition for every model nowadays,, google . then enquire
  12. Yeh " i stupidly joined that facebook, after being prompted. , i found it ok for a start, found lots of old freinds, but then that chat thing started, & fk me, you get harrassed every time you log in, Another thing is , say you comment on another site[ u tube, photo bucket.] it posts your comment on facebook, so every fker can see it , so be carefull what u say ....
  13. Hi skik. the valve stem seals, symptom , is when engine sits overnight , the oil thats been pumped up to topend,[ head] , runs down valvestems . if seals are worn or hardend, a little oil seeps past , & into combustion chamber, when starting, will burn off, whte/blue smoke. nowt to worry about , check oil levels regulary .
  14. Welcome Dan " great that you"v found biking, you"l find bikers are friendly unselfish kind folk, big kev is on here from bolton , he"l keep you right,
  15. Well guys , made it home " 285mls thru torrential rain, 4 hrs at a steady 70mph. , Old git & fazer Al are still ther , hope ther tents are not floating ,, , We had a good friday night, talking 1970s strokers, Al "s mate Banjo , good crack too , Spent sat morning test riding all the different cc triples, 250/350/400, Al"s 400 is so smooth, old git thot so too. Old git had his old DT175, & had a partial seizure on way to rally, as did a few others on 400s [ middle pot ] my phones f*ked with rain, so havn"t down loaded picks
  16. Welcome on friday to tuesday " ,,,, to tight" thats a bugger, another chain then if thers no adjustment left, or smaller sprocket.
  17. Well am packed " WD40, In one side pocket ,& 500ml of 2T. in other side, . waterproofs layed out, fueled up . leaving 8 am, to Edinburgh, [ hate that dam bridge] in rush hour. Thers a few leaving Newcasle / chester le street. . 2 from Paris . , yip riding two strokes. and loads from "Dan Sarf" , Faser al " see you at the bar in the coste de Blackpool ,
  18. Welcome Ice [ ice baby] . white. You sound like you kno how to cure the rust spots, . as for service, get a manual, & save money on small service items,[ oil change .n/plugs.] leave the brakes to the garage , unles your compident ,
  19. blackhat250

    Blackhat

    Fk me " av just seen this post, ,,, good to see yeh pete, it was a good day at scarborough, [ its always good dan sarf ] Away to blackpool this friday, rain forcast, , i dont believe it , Merv " sorry for late reply, WE were over west coast at weekend , How bonnie is this, And parliment buildings Edinburgh, two weeks ago.
  20. Awe drewps , sounds good that, but av promised to be at a classic meet on sunday . with a few mates,...next year ,,,
  21. Well its 4 days to go, , hope this weather holds, weve not had rain for ages. is it too mutch to ask for one more weekend ,,
  22. Welcome K.of THE road, hows the weather in slovenia, ? would like to travel europe some day
  23. Welcome YRD200" The squeel" was it maybe the starter not disengaging, , Electic start arn"t they, take of the top end and check her out too " its been layed up a long time, crank seals will be hard too.
  24. blackhat250

    Shocked

    Yeh " we are fragile things merv. and tend to forget this wen onboard,
  25. Fkn ell " plinney, was that on standard bore, ?
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