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yeah you gotta be careful and this is a dreadful reminder. There are only a small number of travel insurance companies that cover 125cc+ riding abroad, from experience you have to read the small print yourself, the people who sell it often are not 100% sure themselves (stupid). Obviously this is an unusual case, but high-risk activities are either not covered or require a premium. Quad-biking is quite a risky activity and I guess many travel-insurance firms would not want to know or would have to add a significant loading. I hope they get some positive resolution.

Isaac, You need to be persistent with this - you have just bought it, it is not functioning correctly, it is not for you to rectify it is for the dealer. The problem you are experiencing is dangerous, tell the dealer this explicitly and tell them that you will be leaving the bike with them as you do not feel safe riding it (maybe take a pen/paper with you and if they are lacking in interest, put your complaint into writing and give it to the manager). Talk to consumer direct/ trading standards. Presumably you have paid a decent chunk of money for this bike, the dealer should be trying to sort this out quickly. Anything less is not really acceptable (push for a courtesy bike if poss, why should you be inconvenienced for something out of your control?). btw, only a guess but if the bike was standing the battery is probably shot, which links to the symptoms you are experiencing. GL Also please introduce yourself in the noobs area, asap.

Great pictures NEV, we blocked up all 3/4 lanes of the M5, at 30mph, we then split up and the group I was with rode further up the M5. Was a bit hairy at the end and the mob dispersed. My mate and me watched all of the cars roll through slowly. Great fun in the outside lane at 30mph. What needs to happen now is for this to happen every 2 weeks until further notice. I doth my cap to all riders (be it yam, kawa, harley MZ, custom, trike, lambretta or whatever) for showing true unity.

It's going northbound > M5 > M4 > M32 (gonna be fun on the 2-lane 32!!!!! mwahaha)

Me and a mate will be at Gordano Services - Red XJ6 and a Black Busa. NotAvon, Bristol and North Somerset MAG will be there. Bring it on.

The other factor is that no one will know - you need the specific wiring diagram for the alarm/immobiliser and for the bike. In all probability a competent person, who is used to work on bike electrics may be able to remove it with kit like a multimeter etc, but will need to have it in front of them. Most can be taken off reasonably easy - like Clarke said most dealers/bike mechanics have these types of jobs quite oftem and so will take it on. Also be aware some high-end alarm/immos use wires which are all the same colour with no markings ((to prevent tampering) and in that case you will definitely need the wiring diagram for the bike, so that where-ever the immo splices in, the old wiring can be correctly reinstated. GL

Just seen this thread, 14:1 is not lean, it is rich! 14.7:1 is stoich as Pete has said, 1kg of fuel being burned for every 14.7kg of air (it is by mass). 14:1 is 1kg of fuel for 14kg of air. I'd like to know what sort of bike you have and what revs 14:1 was identified at. A bike will have a rnage of values; e.g. my FZR when it was last dynoed went rich, very rich, rich, with lean at part throttles. A car explanation, but still useful:http://autospeed.com/cms/title_Tuning-AirFuel-Ratios/A_1595/article.html Maybe the white spots are carbon deposits that have been 'bleached' by repeated exposure to combustion conditions (last saw this in old renault, years ago).

Looks good, are you fitting a box to it?

Gorgeous.

the most recent side-car combinations i have seen have been on cruisers. I assume companies like watsonian-squire (if they still exist) will fit to anything, as long as the cheque is blank enough. Never ridden a combination, but my uncle always used to tell me that the set-up he had in 60s was a totally different experience to riding a solo motorcycle.

I'm seriously thinking about it, it was close this summer, might do easter or june 1/2 term. If i firm up and plans i'll let you know

being a user of cross channel ferries, the different approaches to securing bikes is always interesting: P&O provide a rachet strap with a 'cushion' and you strap it down yourself (last year a guy nearly dropped his old zzr1100 on a new Busa, it was very close!). Norfolkline just guide you into a space and do it all for you, they have a pad they put on the seat. I also liked the fact that they unlashed the bike for me (they also were friendly, polite and seemed to enjoy a quick chat). Seafrance make you park in a slot (a pain as it isn't wide so you must go in dead straight and then while you sit on the bike secure a ratchet strap to each side (off of the pillion peg mounts), it a bit of a pain as you cannot unsecure it easily yourself - i have done, but you ahve to be careful to release the ratchets a little each at a time. (does not mark or dent the seat though). LD Lines, use a strap over the seat, the crewman insisted he did it and was about to put an oily strap over the seat with no cushion, so quickly got my spare towel out and covered the seat (this was a few years ago though so it may be different). Overall i do like the service they provide, i have noticed in the last couple of times that you have to wait until after the 'premium disembarkers' have got off, before they would wave the bikes off first of all (i guess they are just trying to justify the service to the car drivers that pay for this), doesn't bother me, i just overtake it all on the roads out of the docks. Next service to try is the tunnel - bloody expensive though.

beautiful, beautiful countryside, gotta get up that way next year for a week. Great photos Pat.

i reckon that you may have problems with your base gasket, i'm sure on one of the dedicated exup-family forums out there a post about this before. A better bet would be to buy a decent 1002cc FZR or thunderace engine and fit that (i appreciate that may be hard in Oz). Have a google around for exup brotherhood and you may find the post that i saw.

if it is in warranty, get it back to the supplying dealer. As the ECU has been replaced to no avail, then one or more of the sensors (or the associated wiring) is likely at fault. There are two sensors that fall under suspicion the coolant temperature sensor and air-temperature sensor. I reckon it is your air sensor - maybe it is not connected properly?

The 'cutting-the-pipe' mod for the r125, has been around since the bike came out - i'd be inclined to believe that r125 riders who have done this have only seen a gain if they have a vivid imagination. best left alone, if you want a sensible opinion.

interesting photos OT. i wanted to stay in the Klein Walterstal (spelling?), but could not find a campsite with space. In the end i passed over where the photo was taken and went on to Nesselwang. As it turned out this was good, as it snowed heavily at altitude that night. Of course it melted by 11am. Alpine weather is a dynamic and difficult beast - the climbers must have big cahunas.

Well another trip to the Austrian and Italian Alps. Also a few hundred miles in the Black Forest. 2650 miles in 9 days. Hahntennjoch was stunning, an arid canyon runs upto the mountain pass. Also did Passo di Giovo, Passo Pennes, Oberjoch, Arlberg Pass, Fluxenpass, Hochtannbergpass, Lechtal Valley, went over the Kandel in the blackforest. Slipped into FL (the epitome of a tax-haven), went into Basel (rugged, industrialised Rhine city), Lorrach, Fussen (Neuswanstein castle looks cool), Innsbruck, Freiburg.I.B. Slideshow: http://s695.photobuc...mview=slideshow

Brian, you might want to start a new thread for this, as it is not related to the OPs original query. It's also worth introducing yourself properly in the Newbies Bit. Cheers.

If you've replaced the emulsion tubes in the carbs, then that first line of inquiry can be ruled out. A double check with mikuni carbs is that the bike will start from cold with no choke, it should not be able to do this. Are the float heights good? They need to be bang-on. What was done during the carb service? I think on the 'Cat a TPS problem will be reported by the tacho shooting up to 7000rpm when the ignition is turned on. Are you sure the coils, leads and plugs are good? Plugs may be gapped okay, and look good, but may be knackered. Coils and leads may statically show the correct impedances but be failing under load. It could be a number of things (crank position sensor, ECU, dodgy plug/socket, crap in a fuel filter etc), can be problematic with 90s 4-pot yams. My overall guess with be worn emulsion tubes and float heights out. btw the fuel pump is low pressure delivery, if it clicks/clunks that is probably okay.

The other thing that may be worth doing is to contact your MP (google for their email addy) and state your complaint - i did it this morning, as i want my MP ( a useless labour apologist, who in all probability thinks hard-working tax-payers are fascist pigs) to know that i am thoroughly cheesed off about all this. Hopefully i be able to get to a 'surgery' and make my opinions known. We need a decent reaction to this.

To be fair to us teachers, he is/was? an learning mentor, so on about £25k (in london), they are the social workers of schools. I'd like to think he'd get the sack, as he clearly does not appreciated his job. He will probably appeal and play a certain 'card'. Just watched that Diane Abbots on Newsnight; she is completely barmy, seems to want to find a get-out clause for the rioters in her constituency. Apologists like her, need to wake-up and stop trying to blame the rest of society. Also saw some old fish-dog in manchester, saying the kids had nothing to do, all kids get bored, it doesn't mean they turn to criminals. She's probably on the rock'n'roll anyway. Reality check: Yes, Englands still pretty f%cked.

Just saw the Minister for Security on the TV, talking about the riots; His name James Brokenshire, i nearly pissed myself - never was a name more apt. btw, loved your CSI-enhance CCTV above, Colonel Sanders looks more like a very, very, very old Santa!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Pathetic scum-of-the-earth. In the Uk we've created this monster of people who do absolutely sod-all and contribute nothing to society. Yet we feed and house them. They then do drugs and carry guns. Others are second generation rioters, and are just upholding tradition or want a new set of conformist trainers. The 'cause', the shooting of mark duggan by the met, is no big deal, he was carrying a gun, what did he expect? The whole lot should be rounded-up and strung-up. They want respect? they need to go and earn it. Stop subsidising lazy shite to breed, so that this all comes to an end. All the do-gooders are out playing the 'blame the government' card, but tottenham has had massive investment in public services (an award winning library for one example), has had massive uptake of jobs by foreign nationals (sure there are no jobs you lazy trash?) and has many small businesses (well it did have any way). We had riots in Bristol (second lot in 4 months), the European Convention on /Human Rights should be withdrawn so we can get tough on these bastards. £100 million cost to the tax-payer, plus a potential further hike in insurance costs, lost tourism revenue. Stop benefits for every toe-rag caught in this for ever, if they starve tough shit. Any non-nationals caught in this, extradite them without any chance of appeal. totally fed-up, this country is shot.

They really are not 'crap cheap junk'! Having had 2 of them, i think they are brilliant bikes. I reckon your battery is knackered, this is probably as a result of the lights being left on a few times at the dealership (dealer starts bike up, lights come on, parks it but switches engine off at the kill switch, leaving headlight and tail-lamp to draw 7 or 8 amps from the battery). The dealer WILL replace this under warranty. Whilst i do really like the Z750, give the XJ6 a chance, there are awesome all rounders, see here: An XJ6 will do more than commute I hope you sort it....