Colin the Bear

Second only to shaft drive. On a long run the chain may have thrown off all the lube and be running dry with the conventional oiling "now and again" regime.

The first bit of the choke just opens the throttle and raises the revs doesn't it?

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Digital-Multime ... 818&sr=1-6 £3.40 free delivery.

Another one here for ebay. Put a high reserve on it and see how high it goes. We're all skint by the way don't you know

The answer is in the question. Use V14 and send the disc back innit?

It's hard times out there. They try to sell you as much as they can. Probably thought you were a bit of a numpty and didn't know you had TMBF behind you lol

Silvermans is good for non designer rugged stuff, cheapish. http://www.silvermans.co.uk/Products/ta ... fault.aspx I can't imagine ever being comfortable in second hand trousers. There isn't enough fabreeze in the whole world.

This reminds me of when I worked at the rubber factory and an order from the Russian army for 3 million condoms came in. The dimensions required were a length of 10". We filled the order and marked the boxes medium. With shoes you can order a size bigger and wear socks. This might work for a helmet but you'll need to cut holes in the socks to see where you're going

You found the problem by taking it to bits and investigating. Well done. The internet is a good sounding board and can give you a heads up as to where the problem may lie, but you can't beat hands on and good old looking. The puller did the job and the damage was caused by inappropriate use. Protecting the threaded hole with a bolt or a plate would be the way to go. We learn by our mistakes is all I was saying and keeping your wits about you and your eyes open can help to not cause more problems as you go along. We've all done it. If it's only the first five turns that are damaged it might be possible to drill out the end of the hole where it's damaged. It depends on how long the bolt is that's going in there and if there's enough thread left to hold it all together .

Should have told her to chew more, sounds like that was a carrot.

Lesson learned here I hope. Replacing the thing that isn't broken doesn't solve the problem and using the wrong tools regardless may cause more problems than the original fault.

Not any more. They're dead.

Are you twins?

they flex less and grip more so faster cornering in general For general road conditions faster cornering is irrelevant.

Caviat. Universal fit. May need the use of a hammer.

Oooh! OooH! Oooh! I'm coming if we're havin' midget throwing?

I think this may be a fallacy

I've got tyres on the rear that were on when I bought the box 80k miles ago. The fronts are mismatched part worns. Never had a problem. Just driven round two stuck cars spinning their wheels in six inch of snow up my front street. Parked up and went back to them and pushed them out. With a little voluble instruction. A little less pressure for the winter helps and if you get stuck in the snow drop the pressures to as little as 10lbs /sq" on the drive wheels. It increases the footprint. You'll need to reinflate as soon as you're out. Yipes look at me discussing car tyres in pitstop on a bike forumhttp://i195.photobucket.com/albums/z28/Colin_the_bear/smiley-whacky110.gif

Cold starting is quite a knack. It's very easy to flood the engine at low temperatures. The fuel mix condenses as it hits cold metal. I tend to spin the motor with no choke or throttle for a short burst and then add choke in small increments. Use short bursts of starter with no added throttle and listen for the motor firing as you release the button and all the batteries power is transfered to the spark. Try to catch it with the throttle at this point.

I've never understood the use of low profile tyres for general road use. What's the advantage, taking into consideration their apparent poor performance in adverse weather conditions?

Items on e bay will be as described but unless the photo is of the actual thing it may be a generic photo and be nothing like the pic.

Result. It's the old, take it to bits, can't find anything wrong , put it back together and the fault has gone, routine.

M&P used to be a big player and I've had lots of stuff of them. Glad to see they're still around.

You must have an Irish spell checker

It won't be spare for long