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Airhead

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  1. Greetings Sam I doubt you will find an answer to the tank issue and that you'll have to do the legwork yourself...we'll see
  2. not to mention it was two strokes too many
  3. v90

    Airhead replied to madmac14's post in a topic in Classics
    yeah a year and a half, thought you'd been in some sort of fireball incident with that leaking tap i would have though 45 / 50 would be achievable with standard sprockets...have you done the checks..points? gap timing baffle etc
  4. Airhead replied to micks r1's post in a topic in New Members Welcome Area
    Greetings Mick
  5. Greetings Ian
  6. Airhead replied to 4ndy K's post in a topic in New Members Welcome Area
    Greetings Andy
  7. hi

    Airhead replied to crupe1's post in a topic in New Members Welcome Area
    Greetings chuck , i'm sure drewpys pic will be lost on you eh
  8. Airhead replied to rossr's post in a topic in New Members Welcome Area
    G'day Ross and
  9. the starter motor should turn in the same direction as it takes to lock up the starter cutch, then as the engine fires the clutch is disengaged by the faster running engine
  10. Airhead replied to buckskin's post in a topic in Projects
    1000cc is correct dont forget you need to run the engine, let it warm , stop it and then take the reading...you may find it falls considerably
  11. with a front brake that bad it should be a DTMX
  12. Great news , enjoy you bike they really are super little machines
  13. and as you can imagine i've never done mine that way...just followed the haynes book and never had any issues either!
  14. Thats for priming the feed to the carb, the bleeding is done and screw replaced by step 3 of your quote
  15. Airhead replied to ddlooping's post in a topic in The Bar
    This is also what I do, but sometines you will still be caught out,i dont ride at night much though these days.
  16. I think theres something reassuring about seeing the oil in the line so I use clear tube, its cheap too http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/YAMAHA-DT175-DT175MX-DT-MX-2-STROKE-OIL-LINE-KIT-/270830601613
  17. right you need to put in some fine detail here now if you want a working pump, tell us what you have and whats missing, how the oil inlet to the engine (carb) has been blanked off etc
  18. Airhead replied to neversaydie's post in a topic in The Bar
    Its only natural to think that mate, sorry to hear about your accident. I missed this and its the first i heard of it. Are YOU oK?
  19. Airhead replied to NEV's post in a topic in Projects
    Thats looks superb NEV she's a beaut. is your lad in the saddle yet?
  20. Airhead replied to Gavski11's post in a topic in The Bar
    yep, a stiff link. best place to see it is on the straight run at the bottom, you will see a definite kink. Often caused by riding in winter without adequate chain lube IMO. It happened to me once and cost me a new chain, I couldnt free it adequately
  21. Greetings Steve
  22. you will no doubt find that the OEM cable is sold in seperate pieces (see the parts list)