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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,,,

Good to hear your recovering" what happened, was you on the XS, ?

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 ,,,?

Top job tommy" what paint on the barrel. ? and what make of trials tires?

Superb place,, We have nowt like that up north, , or have i missed it,,,

welcome Raxia,,,, bit more info, and you"l get more response,,

welcome mark, get some pics up , 1974,,,, ,, real classic,,,

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, ,

Welcome Ian " join in the banter, and any info is always welcome,, fill in you pofile , as helps others comunicate about rides etc,,

Welcome riley" , whers you from ? the member on hereWild Foamy , will keep you right on DT50"s ..

Welcome hb" must be the twinshock model, you can get electronic ignition for every model nowadays,, google . then enquire

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 ....

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 .

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,

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

Welcome on friday to tuesday " ,,,, to tight" thats a bugger, another chain then if thers no adjustment left, or smaller sprocket.

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 ,

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 ,

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.

Awe drewps , sounds good that, but av promised to be at a classic meet on sunday . with a few mates,...next year ,,,

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 ,,

Welcome K.of THE road, hows the weather in slovenia, ? would like to travel europe some day

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.

Yeh " we are fragile things merv. and tend to forget this wen onboard,

Fkn ell " plinney, was that on standard bore, ?