Fozzie

You are lucky theres the stories of a guy who put 2 full bottles of fizzy drink in his bike mistaking it for fuel additive and one who too the advice to put a rag into his fuel tank, with the end free and light the end on fire At least its sorted

May actually keep up with you and the time its taken to fix your bikes fuelling problem at that rate I will try not to be like that, I want it up and running inside a month of getting it. Then I begin the strip to modify it's looks etc I see the votes for streetfighter and cafe racer have come out evenly... Spose I'll have to do both

I've heard someone say some little Suzukis are terrible for letting water into the fuel tanks? Hopefully if it were the case its just wrecked the fuel. If too much it will not compress and goodbye piston rings at the very least

I'd worry if the compression came back low... I really didnt think these bikes broke easily in that way! Just out of curiosity, it starts with the fluid so if compression was low I would imagine it would struggle even with that. Sounds daft but have you got an inline fuel filter on the line? Or has that been asked/checked? Just wonder if there is a restriction of fuel getting to it. Use a water bottle, flipped upside down, filled with petrol and use a new piece of fuel line just to eliminate the obvious.

Always carry it in case, as ive so far witnessed one that got knocked by something and started missing the chain and so it had leaked onto the floor for the rest of the journey so the chain was bone dry at the destination a couple of days later! And another broke and dumped its contents everywhere Like people who have cars with backlit dashboards so forget to put their lights on, fitting a scottoiler then never checking the chain may end in tears! Plus in Scotland over 1000 miles you'd only needed to spray the chain before leaving and another after 600 miles Not saying the method is wrong, I may be going to Le mans, via Switzerland and we agreed scottoilers should be used so we carry less. But we must check daily!

Will it fire at all even with the throttle wide open? What happens when you try to bump it?

Never bothered myself... I manually clean and lube the chain every weekend If it rains a lot I'll put some on mid-week. And I always get massive life out of my chains!

A monster back end? I was planning that for one of mine

I quite like the look of the internals of this bike! Looks like a lot of work but nothing overly complicated Keep it up!

If it gets 2 more I'll build a streetfighter/cafe racer hyrbid Actually...

Good write up! Overhauling a clutch is often considered to be the devils work by many and they get a garage to do it for them. About time someone started showing how its done and how with a good method its a very doable job

I like you're thinking, maybe build a "tumbler" (the bat car for those wondering) themed bike. I would need a Hornet or similar, BMW lights (square and round bulb), then I'd need to redesign and build fairings out of aluminium I suspect to give it that chunky, strong look the car in the movie has. It may be one for the future! I am currently looking at a couple of these: http://www.hawkland.de/beatty/mpbh2.jpg I think that would be a good basis for a cafe racer or whatever I wanted. It's a simple steel framed, reliable engine and it has a single sided swingarm. The senior engineer I work for reckons it has massive potential so glad I may have made a good choice. What do you guys think?

You generally get them as a set and I'd always replace both at the same time. Saw this on a couple of bikes, mainly old XJ6's seem to blow them quite often and old Yamaha's in general.

Take voltage readings when the bike is off, running, and with the ignition on but not running. If you have a rec/reg failure you will just drain the battery but it may have only broken down. Some bikes seem to keep going with a bump even with the rec/reg gone. But first things first, just measure the volts However did the new battery make no difference at all? Most batteries these days dont require a charge when taken out of the packet so if it says dont, then dont. Manufacturer knows best. Even when low voltage the lights should still light even if dimly. So if the lights arent on at all or come on when the engine is finally started then it sounds like a electrical problem, likely a wiring or relay issue.

http://i2.kym-cdn.com/entries/icons/original/000/005/165/PFFFFT.png So it was the easy thing? These threads always crack me up. I see you put this thread on quite a few forums, the answers coming back, some of them by "experienced people" had me in stitches. Glad its sorted, always remember to check the easy things out first. In this case a clean and dry, then lubing the right parts and WD40 I find leaves you in a better position to find a problem. When my battery died I got told it was "definitely" the reg/rec or generator. It was just the battery and my bike has been fine for over a year. So I find when asking for help, start with the easy bits then work up. It wont do harm

Wet plug from the rain Seen this on another forum and answered. The white gunk could easily just be emulsified grease as I had that. Mrs's YZF packed in when it got a wet plug then wouldnt run right or start easily for a few days after. It needed a push. If its used regularly id do the easy stuff and tampering with your mixture and carb then to the electrics would be the last thing Id do.

And now in the 10's we have PR3's Which from personal experience got a childs pinky width away from the edge. So I'm sure others could get their knee down. Also winter tyres are a beautiful thing! Spare set of alloys on the car, http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8195/8405107608_85a108ccf4.jpg Before I get the girls car comments, gf owned this before I met her. I just bought into half of it

Their warehouse burnt down a year ago I think But they were always shit hot for getting stuff out to you quickly. I have a few boxes still, they have given me good security chains, oil etc.

As he hasnt replied we can probably take that as a yes Someone check the local fields, he'll be in one with a chain wrapped around his leg!

Wheres mine then? I bought a YZF-R125 and then spent 2 weeks solid building up 1000 miles to have it run in, at 800 miles went to the rally and then at 1400 miles began the LETJOG and did 2200 miles in 10 days. My top tip. Do not overplan it... I am considered too relaxed but that is the most stress free way to do it. If you find yourself making lists or planning extensively what you need to do then just use the bigger bike If you see it as, this is where I need to get to today, this is the bike im using it will go fine

I'll tell you how I did mine, see if I can shed some light. Firstly the back plate will NOT just slide on. It needs the riveter tool to do that. 1. Fit the link through the chain 2. Get the o-rings into position 3. Get the back plate and offer it up to the link 4. Using the riveter push plate tool (fits the back plate into it and has two holes to allow the chain rivets to pass through as it pushes it on) or a clamp with bits of metal or whatever you can find to push the plate over the holes and onto the chain. Keep it going until it evenly goes over the rivets to be flared 5. Set the riveter to flare mode (The pin with a dome and cut out circle around it) 6. Once it starts to flare the rivet screw it tight once, then back off half a rotation, then back on a full rotation. 7. As per videos do this 4 or 5 times of backing off and putting on or less. When you see the rivet has so much as flared a tiny bit that back plate is on there tight.

I clean my chain using old toothbrushes or similar brush tools, doesnt matter if the chain eats those up Now your hand however... Always put it in neutral and spin the wheel in case it hops back into gear. Or turn it off before touching that chain with your hands and a rag I know many mechanics that do it!

He had it on centre stand, in gear and cleaning the chain with a rag as the chain span Now I do the same, put my bike on centre stand and when I clean it I run it in gear and use the cleaning tool. Hold the brush with one hand while using degreaser in the other. Then I put it in neutral, run a rag on it to clean off the degreaser, then run it again while lubing, then use the rag with it stopped, then one more quick layer Many just leave it in gear and carefully use a rag but while many get away with it for years there will always be one and sods law is its you

Someone on here took half their thumb off cleaning a chain once. Literally a good chunk of the thumb... Gone

Stripping a clutch is easy peasy on a 125 too