skyrider

i used to know a lad who lived near me and he had a plymouth barracuda v8 that in in its earlier life was an indi 500 pace car and he used to run it straight out of the manifold with no exhaust and it sounded mean  

14 hours ago, Pie man said:

Ah the Good old days, thought these were the bees knees in the day 

looks like a ghetto blaster

i listen to music mostly on the laptop not too bad with headphones 

yep happy birthday and keep it rolling 

3 hours ago, husoi said:

That's a given.

You don't come to Scotland without trying:

Midges

Black pudding

Haggis

And....

 

Deep fried Mars bar

once had a battered pizza out of a chippy near glasgow

4 hours ago, husoi said:

Believe it or not.

That's a graveyard

And the view from the flat

that will be a mess then brings a good argument for cremations 

happy new year people and hope you all have a good one 

when grey imports were all the rage a few years ago some bike dealers used to sell stick on overlays i still have mine on the serow

On 24/12/2023 at 08:52, Mawsley said:

00, thank you

 

 

it's dick dastardly and muttly 

yes and the same to everyone on the forum 

yes have a good one people 

15 hours ago, Newbie Rider said:

I did my first oil change on my (new to me) yamaha ybr 125.

 

When I pulled the plug out I noticed a metal coil around the sump plug.

 

It was intriguing but later learned that it was the threads from the case of the engine

 

Clearly they've been striped by the bolt being overtightened.

 

It seems my best option is a Helicoil kit to re-do the threads.

 

However, this YBR125 seems to have a separate metal lining in the sump, which doesn't look thick enough to be drilled out and re-threaded with the Helicoil kit for M12 1.5mm plug.

 

https://imgur.com/a/kX7ZWXS

 

If I drill through this lining and tap into the casing, is that a problem?

 

I can't work out what this metal lining is from any drawings and can't tell if it's on all YBR125s, as I can't see it on pictures of other bikes!!

 

Any guidance would be very appreciated. Thank you!!

obviously some gorilla had put the bolt in 

29 minutes ago, RideWithStyles said:

Why is the bread yellow?? Does that amsay aged 52? Days or weeks old?

probably plenty of mustard added

On 13/12/2023 at 10:37, Fiddlesticks said:

That'll be an excellent gig.

sounds like Gary Numan

Happy birthday 

i had a gs 550e 1980 in blue

i got two at the time , good too  

awesome well done 

some good textiles

Yes happy birthday hope all is well on the rock 

23 hours ago, Pie man said:

To my fellow Lancastrians. 

steak pud

11 hours ago, Mickly said:

Err, Sportsbikeshop

but which one (where which town)

Just now, skyrider said:

ring  them up and give them  plenty of stick about it and say wheres the discount 

which shop is it ?

4 hours ago, Mickly said:

Sportsbikeshop Black Friday sale - absolute joke !!

Had my eye on a helmet, saw it an line at Sportsbikeshop a couple of weeks ago at 

£159.99, eagerly awaited the Black Friday sale & there it was at £159.99 - exactly the same except with a Black Friday banner saying 20% off & a £199.99 banner with strike through - bunch of clowns !!

ring  them up and give them  plenty of stick about it and say wheres the discount 

3 hours ago, Biker pete said:

Just saying hi I have vtr sp1 and rvf400 and cb1000r 

yeah i have a mate who has two of those honda rvf 400's