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you too Steve

Great intro Dan, so lets see a pic of the 250 YBR and your opinions when you have it

Greetings willgree

She looks very nice Clive, is she new in the stable? Check the reed petals arent curving upward at the ends, they should be seated at the end and a small gap in the middle section. Have you checked the bulb filaments with a multimeter?

Could still be carb issues Clive, with a 2.5 slide cutaway it may well be very lean, theres more to it than just the 160 main jet, keep an eye on ebay you will find a carb before too long, when you do ask the seller if it is id 3U500, thats the one you want.

The 3J300 carb is for a 125 bike, the throttle slide cutaway is vastly different to the 175, it is 2.5 where the 175 is 1.5 for a later model. if it were me i'd be getting a 3U500 id carb

Greetings Jimmy Brief intro lol... a comprehensive intro and a sorry tale to boot PM me your email I think I have a service manual somewhere i'll send you

Have you tried yamaha UK?

heres one its cheap at the moment...will it restore, possibly with a fill strip and paint . new cover required but perhaps the foam is good, ask the seller. Get some seat spikes if needs be

small stillson wrench if you can get access

hey not even a hello intro? whats wrong with your seat?

scary stuff mike, of course there are always nice people about, glad to see you found some Its not your riding style is it?

Hey Andy Manchester eh, see you on the toy run coming up?

Greetings Joe

great intro lol

when changing down, pull in the clutch and just blip the throttle as you downshift...clunky gearchanges no more this drop from 2nd to 1st always intrigues me...i've been riding for almost 30 years and cant think of many occasions when I actually do this! 2nd gear is good enough for just about anything and 1st is only used from neutral from a standstill start, coming to rest is always 2nd to neutral then stop for me...dead smooth

looks like some fun pat, fetch it to squires and well have a blast round the campsite

well the toilet cleaner may have some effect by virtue of the detergent in it, however if anything that stuff may be mildly acidic to clear limescale from hard water areas caustic is a better thing to clear carbon build up...I would think a better solution (literally) would be a caustic based solution such as sink unblocker, get yourself round to aldi for a couple of bottles of 'Buster bathroom plughole unblocker' bung up the small end and fill it up with this stuff overnight, top up with hot water as necessary...follow this with the power washer and it should shift loads of crap.

greetings Jon I got help from the MG Rover forum , then I scrapped it! but thats another story

blocked exhaust silencer? Try the vacuum cleaner test on it or clean up the small tube end and try blowing down it...should be no back pressure

have you looked at the chain slack and the wheel alignment indicators?

or if you happen to live on a hill start the bike rolling before putting it in gear

just WOW indeed, nice find Paul

no

yeah its normal kearsey, the oil is more viscous when its cold thats why it clunks