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@XTremeI think there's something wrong with the poll. It says I've only got 1 vote.

On 20/12/2020 at 21:39, James in Brum said:

You can be a pendant and attend to politeness and kindness. Or you can be a pendant and a twat. 

You twatted yourself right in the twat there @James in Brum

I haven't voted yet. Reason being they're all twats. It's just too close to call. However someone is bound to make a proper twat of themselves in the next four days and earn the victory

@Tiggie Have you got money on me winning MOTY or something?

What size is the rear that's on it?

50 minutes ago, Gerontious said:

Weirdo

I presume that's at me? I couldn't think of anything you did so I went with the name

It's a tough choice.

@dynax advising newbs to buy lexmoto and other such crappy bikes that will rust/fall apart/blow up

@Gerontious for having a difficult name that I always read as genitals

@husoi building a trailer for his bike. It's like having a speed boat and putting a shipping container on the back

@James in Brum getting five speeding tickets in a week from one speed camera

@raesewell correcting grammar on a motorbike forum when people are trying to get their vehicle back running

@rennie for being polite and saying hello to everyone

@Six30 gifs

@Stu updating the forum and causing mass panic among themotorbikeforum regulars

@XTreme causing the good people of Spain to lose all hope and abandon their towns and villages

If he got carbs off a different bike would he have to jet them to suit his bike or could he just run them?

That's what younger brothers are for

If the carbs ran dry from the loose vacuum hose maybe one of them hasn't refilled properly and the bike is running on three cylinders now. Try throwing some water on the headers and see if they all dry at the same rate or is one colder drying slower than the others. You could suck on the vacuum line on the tap and then open the drain screws on each carb and make sure you have good flow to each carb

The warranty on those bikes is a con. They set ridiculously short service schedules that you have to follow or the warranty is void. If you look at the link, you would have to pay for 7 services in the first 2 years done by a proper mechanic or the warranty is void. https://www.dundeescooters.co.uk/lexmoto-lxr125/

You can get lowering kits for bikes that drops them down a few inches and you can modify the seat to make it lower and narrower.

If the in line fuel filter was empty I think the problem has to be before that filter not after it. Could be a kinked vacuum hose not allowing air into the tank, blocked fuel tap, corrosion on the vacuum side of the fuel tap, split vacuum line, blocked fuel filter in the tank, something like that. Is the fuel level low? Can you switch it onto reserve and see if it's better? Is it old fuel in the tank?

1 minute ago, Tiggie said:

Keep the NHS stuff to the coronavirus thread!!  Can't be having political debates across the entire forum 

Yeah this forum is for boasting about threesomes

I'm starting to think the man of the year prize should be an all expenses paid trip to an STD clinic

9 hours ago, Mississippi Bullfrog said:

Apologies for a bit of an off topic - but thanks to @TimR advice the council meeting last night agreed to install 30mph repeater signs and also an interactive speed sign on the hill.

Result!

@TimR aka man of the year?

Did the bike have a standard exhaust or a "loud" one?

This is turning into one of those team bonding day outs that inevitably ends in a punch up

For building a trailer for his bike and doing a very good job at it, surely the most twatish thing a biker could do. @husoi gets the nomination

Not sure if I can nominate a second person but I think @linuxrob deserves to be on the list (a lot more than I do cough cough). He has posted some brilliant threads. Always with clear step by step instructions and lots of detailed pictures

I nominate whoever voted via PM

I thought @Six30 was the nailed on winner for all those bloody gifs but @raesewell may have just launched himself into the lead

@Tiggie Did you ever figure out what caused it?  Looked like the check engine light was on in your video? I had that happen on a bike. The insulation on the speedo signal wire had rubbed through and it was grounding on the front suspension so the speedo was all over the place and the miles were counting up when you stopped

Your brake calipers probably need a clean. Try spinning the wheels one at a time. They should rotate at least one revolution if you spin them. It's pretty common in the winter for a layer of dirty/brake dust/corrosion to build up on the pistons and the brakes start to drag and eventually they stick on. A can of brake clean and a toothbrush should clean them up. If the rear caliper hangs under the swingarm that is likely the one that's sticking. If you take the caliper off and you see a dust seal poking out around the piston you will need new seals.

Just now, linuxrob said:

thanks Stu, Will mod my coils to run of relays too as i did on my Z500

Another top class write up @linuxrob Measuring the length of the mounting bolts to get the alignment close to where it was before was clever thinking. I wouldn't have thought to do that.

21 minutes ago, Tiggie said:

Faulty memory chip possibly? does it retain any new mileage put on since it wiped?

Could be. The mileage is saved on a chip. I think it's called an EEPROM chip. It doesn't need power to save the mileage.. Here's a video of a guy reprogramming one.