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Me to .... any one who don't wears a dress and enjoys hoovering and ironing No bites. Nice try....

Who isn't watching it? Me.

Or you could try this one? https://www.broquet.com All a load of b.s. if you ask me.

I ran Halfords own brand 10-40semi synth motorcycle oil in my FZR1000 for over 30000miles without issue. The R1 gets treated to oem Yamalube ,its about the same a premium grade oil, £40 for 4 litres and a genuine filter.

This would be the way I would tackle it,piece of silicone hose on a Hoover.Don't however tape the hose up fully to the Hoover pipe,the extra load on the motor can burn it out,been there done that. What you can't see though is any dirt or swarf that may have fell in the open valves and now sat on top or down the side of a piston. As has been said the dirt can get trapped between valve and seat,bending a valve and potentially failing. No-one on here can say with any guarantee that your engine will be ok, decision and its consequences are ultimately yours. Options I see you have are; Clean it out to the best of your abilities,Hoover's ,airlines etc. Borescope the cylinders If you can.Then pray to the motorcycling gods and run it. Or take the engine apart. We have seen many race engines that have swallowed dirt through bad filtration sometimes it passes through without issue,other times wear seats out,scores the liners or gets stuck on a valve seat losing compression. Just pot luck.

If the bulb is ok its either got no feed or no earth. Use a multi meter to check it out. Front mini indicators on my FZR were forever packing up from bad connections in the bulb holder.

Welcome. Was it running ok before when your Dad had it? Does it have points ignition or cdi? If the former,clean them up or replace points,change condenser. Check advance mechanism. Set points gap and static timing Check valve clearance check air filter not blocked check exhaust not blocked Replace spark plug. Seem to recall old Hondas wearing out cam bearings if the oil level was low or not changed regularly?

If you saw this then that was mine.Didn't see any others while there. Saw an NSR 250 and Laverda Jota amongst all the usual suspects. Daventry is quite a small town and event,only go along because its local, I have family and friends who live there and they attend the event. They have changed the layout this year,the high street has many more stalls, attractions and organised bike displays;all the bikes that turn up are scattered around side street's,pavements and car parks.a bit too spread out I thought. Did 30 miles on the RGV,first proper run since its rebuild and it ran a treat

Went to Cosgrove some years ago with our van,Was ok from what I remember. Used to go Water skiing there aswell. Daughter has stayed at Napton,very peaceful and great fishing. http://www.doglanefishery.co.uk/index0.html If you want entertainment,how about Billing Aquadrome near Northampton?

Been to both for the last 2 years,Rugby is better attended and more going on. However I don't go to these events for the trade stalls,music or other attractions so they don't matter to me if there or not. I just enjoy the gathering of bikes and ride in.

Tomorrow Saturday 9th June. Meet up near Bikersworld for ride in. Going on the RGV http://www.daventrybikefest.co.uk

Currently sat by the pool in Skala,Kefalonia, Last day tomorrow

Took the 380,haven't used it for 6 months but started ok and ran well.It is now mot and tax exempt as of today Ride in took about 25 mins to pass through,Mrs and grandson were watching in Hillmorton. Usual array of bikes on show and a few cars this year.

Tomorrow Sunday 20th ,Rugby town centre. Meet at Truckstop on A5 for ride in at 10am. https://www.therugbytown.co.uk/homepage/10019/rugby_bikefest

Heights do it for me aswell,mainly cliff edges. Cause of this was my youngest daughter. We were on holiday around Swanage when she was about 7 years old,went for a walk around Durlston park . On a cliff top walk she was walking behind us in a mood,I turned around to find her stood on top of a low wall with a 100ft drop down to the sea. I had to gently walk back and lift her to safety. Even now just seeing cliff edges on tv or films makes me cringe.

Welcome aboard. How long has the bike been stood up,just over the winter? Assume it was running ok when you last rode it? A few things I'd check; Has the choke mechanism stuck,gummed up Throttle slides all moving freely.Throttle cable free. Carbs overflowing,stuck float valves. Inlet rubbers not perished or gone hard. Air filter ok. Presume all the basics; points,ign timing and valve clearances all ok? When I were a lad in the 70's a guy in our village had a 400/4 with an aftermarket exhaust,you could hear him miles away redlining the thing

The dickhead in a bmw that was in the wrong lane at a roundabout at junc15A of the M1 and instead of going left decided to carry on around , I nearly stoved into the side of him,had I not anticipated what he might do and slightly held back. I have had this happen at the same roundabout before in my car so that sixth sense kicked in and I was ready for him. Last time in my car,the other car cut across my front and I had to swerve right and do another lap of the roundabout. Numptys.

+1 on this,there are plenty of poor quality bearings around. Buy from a reputable source. We will only use SKF at work from bitter experience.

That's a great photo and interesting family history. You can see that era of bikes at the Banbury run in June. Normally 600 odd bikes present and a sight to see them tackling Sun rising hill. http://www.banbury-run.co.uk You can see the bikes reg no so someone from the club could help trace if its still around?

Anyone going to JHC this Friday?

His shed and buried shows would be more tolerable if they just kept it factual instead of trying to be funny with his beardy sidekick. Too much like Clarkson era Top Gear,old blokes larking around.,not funny,just sad .

Shhh ! Keep it to yourself, he is all powerful. He has eyes and ears everywhere. His disciples will come for you in the night . No they wont,they will be too busy wetting their pants over his latest "fantastic" album.

Total dross. Same as Adele.

You shouldnt be cranking it without any oil in,you will damge the crank and cam bearings,these will be the first to suffer. If you lubed the pistons and bores properly during assembly,these should be ok for a short burst of cranking. If that is the oil pick up pipe,dont try cranking any more until that is back in place,you will fk your engine. Its worth priming the oil pump while its upside down aswell so it draws the oil up right away. When you are carrying out the comp test,do you continue cranking until the pressure stops rising,it will take a few revolutions of the engine to achieve full pressure. You have got a one way valve (usually a schrader),ie when you stop cranking the pressure remains at 100 psi or whatever it achieves and you have to press a button to release it?

Buy something your son wants,not what you think he would want. Friend of mine,heavily into vespas bought one for his 16 yo lad,not interested one bit. When I bought my eldest daughter her first car,old type of Corsa,there was no "oh wow thanks Dad",she said "it's a bit rusty isn't it".She did get to love the car though. Teenagers; tricky things.