skyrider

and not forgetting the chocolate chip cookies

my mate has recently got one and he really likes it and I used to have the 1999 model

Hi Bald Eagle the what they called the speed blocks were the black and white diagonal stripes on the tank, these were stickers and not painted on, a few of the rd yams had them in that era

I have a Haynes manual for a 600 Kawasaki if anyone is interested its in the for sale section

Haynes service and repair manual for Kawasaki zx 600 (zz-r600 & ninja zx-6) 90 to 00 in good clean condition (no greasy finger prints) £10 or if anyone has a manual on a yam srx 400/600 could do a swap thanks

Dead right sounds a decent sort of a guy

I like the colour scheme on that steed

I have always liked suomy helmets the first one I bought was from Bill heads from preston and that shop has been closed a few years now

a lot of years ago there used to be some stuff called oko tyre life you don't see it now its probably called something else

lots of confidence and positive mental attitude wins the day

yes summer is coming sometime in the future

right I was going to say what about the jetting but it has already been changed, so hopefully another member will be along shortly with some advice (did you uprate the air filter that might have something to do with it)

well spotted fastbob

Hi when was the bike last serviced ?

You are so right Snod Blatter

sounds like they want to put it on a rolling road and screw the b******s off it like they do in the pits at the isle of man and just before they do that you will have to sign a form saying if they blow it up it isn't their fault, I would tell them to go forth and not bother multiplying

jammy dodgers are ok too

that could be an interesting few minutes for you if you did do that in the shop

well I bet they still wanted paying though

in October last year I got a Held leather jacket the name of it Is Heros I got it on fleabay as a used item for £65 when I received it the jacket was in really good condition and it has a quilted lining in a silver colour with a map design on it so anyway I will let you know how I go on with it this year

You really don't need a torque wrench for stuff like this . They are more geared towards engine building where precise amounts of torque are specified . For something like a wheel nut , just give it a good hard yank with a ratchet . All you are trying to do here is stop it undoing.

 

To someone with experience a torque wrench is not essential but to someone with limited or no experience i would think a torque wrench would be beneficial .

especially on things that if loose can cause stability issues like axle nuts .

A torque wrench can also be a dangerous tool in the wrong hands that could easily lead to stripped threads especially if they are already worn,damaged or greasy .There is no substitute for " Touch" and that is the only way that experience can be gained .

a few years ago i bought a yam as3 125 and i decided to change the plugs after much struggling with the plug spanner i attached a short length of car exhaust pipe to the spanner and hoped like hell that the plugs wouldnt break off in the cylinder heads anyway they didnt and they finally came out, which gorilla put them in god knows but those sort of people shouldnt be left alone with tools in a workshop

Thanks for the link old-codger I have just had a look at it and I have to say that the more I look at them the more im drawn to them I have noticed that most of them seem to be in grey/silver colour but I don't mind that, the thing im thinking at the moment is if a mag like classic mechanics does an article on them and then their popularity will rocket and so will the price of them :

its probably right when they say be careful what you wish for

well the reason im thinking about an srx is because as Snod Blatter has said they do look well with the underslung short silencer, the oil cooler and the fact that they are light which is what I need because of my arthritis in my shoulders so its either one of those or a modern supermoto which would be ok but wouldn't have the classic look

the first one I had was a 1976 fs1e in baja brown with the speed blocks and I still have it