Airhead

Have you tried a small pair of stillson wrenches OT?

What does this mean? how can it start then die then run in 2nd and 3rd, all very confusing to me!

Be careful here though because most meters wont read zero when you touch the leads together! Touch them together on the 200 ohm range, note the reading and then do the measuring, subtract the noted initial reading from the measured reading to get an accurate measurement

Doesnt sound right to me, where exactly is it coming from? usually theres a pipe from the pump that goes onto a spigot on the carb, are there any splits in this pipe? its not a good idea to ride until you sort this out!

LMAO

Just noticed that Drewpy, but did G man use the "Contact us" route? I would as its getting difficult, just cause theyre not listed does'nt mean they have none does it?

Try siriusconinc

Hi there, watched the vid's...and WOW...I want one, they look like one hell of a bike, lucky you!!

ok i resisted last time but heres mine, he's Casper. Oldgit's equally old dog, when he's angry he can give a nasty suck as he hasnt got all his teeth left Oh and he's deaf as a post so not a great guard dog though.

That'll do then, its more than many a car will give i'm in the new flasher relay camp too, just make sure youve got the correct voltage and wattage bulbs in though!

Its not worth the bother trying to find a new set of forks, a brake caliper, a new wheel with a disk and a master cylinder, you'll soo be 17 and then it's goodbye to DT50 and hello something better. Your DT50 is such a lightweight bike the drum brake should have no trouble coping, pull your front wheel off and buy some brake/clutch cleaner from your local motor shop, give the drum a good spray and wipe out, you may notice a small raised ridge that has built up on the edge of the drum, get some coarse wet/dry and remove this ridge, grease the brake camshaft and remove any excess grease...and finally buy yourself some grooved EBC shoes from Wemoto, youl be amazed how good your little drum can be, my 175 has got drums and ive never had a problem in the 25 years ive had it!!

Even a freezer bag and a rubber band will do, just to keep the damp air out of the exhaust.

Wolfpack, sorry to hear of your predicament, you dont need to start the bike every other day, its debatable that you even need to start it at all, maybe just get a battery charger remove the battery and top it up every month. If you do want to start it you must run it until its very hot to avoid condensation in your engine and exhaust as Gas up said. If it were mine i'd just shove a rubber washing up glove over the exhaust, and remove and maintain the battery. EDIT Give any chrome work, wheels, forks, exhaust & silencer etc etc a good wipe down with WD40, theres nothing worse than to find your pride & joy has rust on it for the sake of 15 minutes work

Goff, I think you have mis-understood what i said (or at least what i meant), i didnt mean invite someone who does not visit the site to come in and start moderating here, what i said was ask a mod who has moved on to hand over the reigns. that way we will not have mods who havent been here for a long time and dont know the membership. I also think the poll of members would be a good idea, sort of a vote.

Just a thought, mods circumstances do change like everybodys do, why not invite a mod who is not visiting the site and is not likely to, to hand over the reigns after some pre defined time period, that way situations like this will be avoided in future.

Edited for accuracy I'm stumped now , see what Jim says and keep your eyes open for yet another head, then call the bike medusa!!

One thing i will say though, back in the day i had a honda CB175, i replaced all kinds of gaskets in the head, not long after that the head was trashed...the reason was one of the gaskets had a hole punched for an oil passageway to lubricate the camshaft, only the punched out gasket had not been cleared and was still there in the hole if you get my drift, so the camshaft journals didnt get lubed!...I dont suppose...

so its happened twice but on a head that you never did anything to the valve guides, i wouldnt put a new valve in there no, thats just too much of a coincidence, maybe JimR can advise further.

Brian, your first post said the valve and guide were mashed, Jim has assumed that you replaced both of them, now you say you just replaced the valve! Can you clarify this for us, did you put another valve in a "mashed" guide? Edit, sorry, re read and you robbed a valve from the original head and put it in a replacement head, you said it has developed a habit of snapping this valve, so has it snapped more than one?

What year is it Brian? (and dont say 2008 )

I give up...You win, i'll buy you a beer next time i see you and anyway, i too am a big fan of the old WD40

I'm with Drewpy, get a widget sleeve thingy turned down on a lathe that will slot into the top of the carb slide and prevent it from opening fully. if you reduce the jet sizes you will soon have a hole in the piston crown and this will restrict the bike a little more than you intended.

Doug drove his brand new BMW Z3 convertible out of the car Showroom. Taking off down the motorway, he floored it to 120mph, enjoying the wind blowing through what little hair he had left. "Amazing!" he thought as he flew down the road, enjoying pushing the pedal to the metal even more. Looking in his rear view mirror, he saw a police car behind him, blue lights flashing and siren blaring. "I can get away from him no problem!" thought Doug as he floored it to 130mph, then 140, then 150mph. Suddenly, he thought, "What on earth am I doing? I'm too honest for this nonsense!" So he pulled over to the side of the road and waited for the police car to catch up with him. Pulling in behind him, the police officer walked up to the driver's side of the BMW, looked at his watch and said, "Sir, my shift ends in 10 minutes. Today is Friday and I'm taking off for the weekend. If you can give me a reason why you were speeding that I've never heard before, I'll let you go." Doug looked very seriously at the policeman, and replied, "Years ago, my wife ran off with a policeman. I thought you were bringing her back." "Have a good day, sir," said the policeman.

Sometimes the backplate camshafts go dry and stick, to test for this, push the camshaft lever with your hand untill the brake is on, then let it go...it should return to original position, if not you will have to remove your wheel+ brake backplate+shoes+camshaft, clean out the hole and camshaft, apply some grease inside the hole and on the camshaft. push the camshaft back in and wipe away any grease that gets expelled. Be careful not to get any grease on the shoes or brake drum. if you do remove the wheel, whilst its out check the foot lever is free moving as well.

Trade it in for a DTR, much more exciting...sorry