Stu

who said i was a hard hull biker bikes got no tax and i dont intend going out on it in shit weather i did it in my first year of riding and i dont see the point freezing my nuts off when i have a car it would be like jumping off a cliff when you could go down the steps instead

you did find the tightest spot on your chain and tension it to that didnt you ? sounds like a stiff link or tight spot in chain

and it can run down the barrel into the sump as found on early the TLs

if you do start adjusting it make sure you have around 5mm of play at the end of the lever

ok i will explain more if you remove your air filter and run the bike it will be lean as there is more air going in and not the right amount of fuel to match it

low fuel to air ratio

well im not going in my car but i might be borrowing someone else's but will know in a week or two

good idea tim but a simple copy and paste will be easier copy and paste and enter into a quote box

hmm another very old topic dragged up

will sort something out

has his new bike got stabalizers to stop him falling off like he normally does

like i said any brake cleaner will do they are all the same they clean brakes dont get bike specific cleaner as its the same as any other just costs more

spray it all over the brakes you can do it with the caliper still attached but its best to strip it down so you can get right in there its designed to remove any grease and residue off pads and disks and remove brake dust too it evaporates so leaves nothing behind

muck off is good for cleaning your bike but just go to halfords or somewhere and get a brake cleaner its a very strong solvent and obviously is for cleaning brakes try not to get it on plastic as it can melt it

moved to pitstop get some brake cleaner remove caliper remove pads give the caliper and pads a good clean check bolts on the brake disk check to see if you have anti squeel shims on back of pads these are very thin bits of metal apply a thin smear of copper slip to back of pads replace pads and take for a test ride also make sure theres enough meat on the pads if no joy buy some new pads

its actually colder on a bike as you get the wind chill at 0°c the wind chill at 30 can make it feel like -24°c

shouldnt this be in pitstop ?

yeah bigsis will arrange something if your going think tickets are a couple of quid more on the door

seen as though its a 2008 model i would go straight back tou your delear and get it done under warrantte no point poking at it if you can get it done for free as if you mess it up they will charge you to put it right

anyone going on sat 6th then ?

sorry i have left my crystall ball at work today can you tell us what bike it is please

yes there was and no we cant with me updating the forum we have lost that ability for now something will be back in the future though

im going to the NEC on the 6th so far theres me and Hippy anyone else going to join us

ah right ok then can you get some pics ?

a bolt extractor would do the trick http://www.gomatcotools.com/ProductImages/mbx5.jpg