Stu

have you tried just sliding the caliper off the pins? the pics arent very clear

you might be going through change

why not? you could have put someone straight on what to look out for and educated them a little this reminds me of a guy at work he had his car MOT done then a few weeks later his cam belt snapped and he was kicking off because the MOT place never checked it

also try to tighten it a little too this an also free it off oh and grow some muscles

soak it in WD40 apply some heat use an impact gun apply more heat and WD40 it will come out just be patient if you do heat it up change the brake fluid once sorted and dont heat it too much you only need to heat it a little

dont look too bad to be honest ive seen worse on an 08 plate bike

almost spot on they where designed to protect that expensive rear shock

clutch will just be bearing rattle its pretty common on a lot of bikes nothing to worry about

you might want to stick the model year in the post too as you have the older one dont you ?

hope that helps

Sounds good to me I have a plan and if I can pull it off I'm coming

Depends if you have hardened valve seats or not! Not sure if they have or not to be honest

Hmmm just been talking to the misses and I'm a possible Is there a date you need to know by?

I wouldn't mind this but depends on how many days and the total cost!! Got loads on next year so need to know roughly what its going to cost so I can work it all out

they will just glue on but what type of glue is a different story!! i would take a trip to a coblers with the new soles

if thats a ride in ride out then its a good price i paid £235 fitted to loose wheels for mine!!

also you will need to do your test on a bigger bike then the 125 otherwise you will be restricted so you will have to go to a training school and hire a bike!!

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never heard of it but would like more info

If you try bending it chances are it will snap Some have an adjuster so you can alter the distance try looking for one on ebay not sure if any others will fit!

not had those tyres but going from experience you cant go far wrong with michelins

ive had problems with front switches before and some you can take apart and fix some its a new switch

check chain tension most common thing the chain could be too tight making the output shaft bearing whine or if its just in the first few gears it could just be normal gearbox whine some are louder then others

bloody hell where do i start with this one!!! mine is a 1997 model registered in 98 production ran from early 97 to 2001 with minor engine and ecu adjustments to tame the bike i never paid for it i swapped it for my old gsxr600 owned it for the last 5 years! with mine been the 97 model it has the full power ecu which is irrelevent now with power commanders but whats more important is the engine has bigger inlet ports then the others mine has been recalled to have a steering damper fitted due to the power and crap suspension and the front end going a little (read a lot) light it used to tank slap big time and killed a few people which was then given a name of a widow maker! suzuki's answer was to recall them and fit a damper and dismissed anything said about the new revolutionary rotary damper system on the rear suspension! as you can guess from above the rear suspension was different and crap it consisted of a separate spring and damper unit the spring was mounted on the right running along side the engine and the rear damper was a new design where the internals turn rather then a piston moving in and out hence rotary damper the idea was brought up so they could keep the wheelbase short so it handled really well, the rotary damper just didnt work full stop it was too hard to the point that suspension mounts could snap!! the oil could not flow through the valves quick enough anyway for those that doesnt knwo what the damper looks like heres a pic http://i.ebayimg.com/21/!B-W5(s!!mk~$(KGrHqJ,!g4Ezd9iqNZ4BM8gBkg!,w~~_3.JPG the front suspesion isnt too bad can be a little too soft but easily sorted i replaced the rear system for a bitubo which does away with the oe spring and damper and puts it all together like it should be and while doing so transforms the bike the handling of the bike is great now i have rid of the rear suspension! they can be made to handle with the rotary damper it just take a lot of work the engine is spot on its a 90 degree V twin i have 34k on mine and at 28k was checked over and only needed 2 valves adjusting as they was slightly out! i know of a few of these engines with over 200k on the clock and only ever done routine maintenance on them they dont have a lot of power 125bhp but they have bags of torque about 80lb which is what matters you can squeeze 135bhp and about 90lb of torque from them but costs the earth!! the riding position is full on race so no comfort at all i have done 400 miles in a day on mine and it almost killed me! a lot of people swap the rear 190/50 tyre for a 180/55 to make it steer quicker i tried one and was always on the edge of the tyre and it moved about a lot!! the rear rim is 6 inch wide and a 180 tyre is made for a 5.5 inch rim so your stretching it out which isnt good! i now run a 190/55 which is the same hight as the 180 but is the right width so steers quicker and sticks like glue only had the rear slide a few times with the 190 the front brakes arent that great as you only have 4 pot calipers! but can easily be swapped for a set of 6 pots and a bigger master cylinder for less then £100 ive never have a problem with the brakes but its a big v twin you dont need brakes ive done a few tastefull mods to mine undertray led rear light with built in indicators fender extender hugger and the most important bit a set of yoshimura open race cans the sound is amazing from them a power commander is a must to smooth out the throttle response otherwise you may aswell have it on a on and off switch hmmmmmm reading back through all this the bike doesnt sound all that great!! but they are brilliant bikes all the little bits are outweighed by the grin factor if i got rid of this i would have another one tomorrow no questions asked overall they are an excellent bike with a few quirks but once you ride one its miles of smiles

you dont look around enough