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I will give G a prod to remind him thar we are meeting you Leaving mine at 1145 to meet you Glorian. Now gonna go prep bike. Will be a good day hell yeah Edit dodgy spell check Glorian became Gloria lol

Lol would have posted on this thread sooner but only just found it. Thanks to Glorian for telling me about it and I will be the one tagging along on my little cb500! Hopefully the weather will be okay.

Well done no stopping you now Cheers

Ps remember to turn your head when using your mirrors then you can be sure that the examiner will see that you are using your mirrors!

Right near me then as I only live just outside of Ipswich! Not at work this week so if you want to go for a ride any time then give me a shout! Hope it goes well tomorrow mate.

Good luck Glorian. Relax and enjoy the ride. You will be fine.

Good luck with your test tomorrow Glorian! Where are you taking your test? I am always up for a ride out so count me in 13th or 14th Sept either day fine. If you want to meet up before 13/14 for a ride then you can always pm me/post on here.

Sounds good 2 me. Doesn't matter that you are on a 125 bud cos we all start somewhere. Let me know when U R back on the road and we will sort something out.

edit - will wait for about 15 mins at bp

Weather looking good so planning on getting the bike out tomorrow for a leisurely ride if there is anyone that wants to join me- all welcome. Planning to go out from about 10am to 3pm (gotta b back by 3 as kiddie care needed). Short notice I know but be nice to have a biking buddy or 2. . Where we go I do not mind. Will be at bp martlesham from 10am as need petrol as I say all welcome including 125s as we all gotta start somewhere.

I live near to Ipswich.

Most definitely it is Mr T. Thanks for your advice - it really helped .

Guys, if you ever want company I am always up for a rideout. Now that I've got a 500 I might be able to keep up

All fixed now - was able to get the switch working correctly. Best thing is I FIXED IT MYSELF

update - today I have unscrewed the indicator housing and discovered that the switch itself had come loose - I have tightened the screw and positioned the switch as best I can however iow have right indicator but not left grrrrrrr. I am not a mechanic but will persevere and hope to get correct postion. The switch was already loose and rolling around inside when I opened it up. Switch does not appear to be broken anywhere - so guess I gotta line it up correctly. If any one knows how to do this do tell??? I plan to try again on sunday - got relatives round tomoroow. if no success on sunday will try and take piccies.

Thank you for the replies - Have got as far removing the seat so far - Too dark now to see clearly to remove battery cover and disconnect battery. Fridays night job is to disconnect battery and then unscrewing and opening up the left hand switch unit. Good idea to take photos to help remember what goes where. I can do this

Hello you lovely people, I require your expertise advice as the cb500 needs some TLC. Today, the indicator switch has stopped working. There is no resistance to the switch at all and it moves freely left and right. I hope this is a good enough description of the problem. I am hoping to fix this myself but need your expertise advice. I do hope its only the switch that's needs fixing and not the electrics as I am not in a financial position to take the bike to a garage. I do not know where to start so any advice on what to do to fix this issue would be most helpful. Is this something that a complete mechanical noob can attempt as I do not want to make things worse? Thank you all.

Thanks for that ninereeds will come in handy when I do it myself

Some sound advice there ladies and gents thanks Took bike to garage - chain has been tightened and no longer rubbing against stand for the princely sum of............. 6 pounds got a thorough soaking on the way home as the heavens opened up and it chucked it down!!. Guess I was lucky this time. Lesson learned - be more thorough with bike maintenance. Intending to look at purchasing some basic tools next payday to enable me to do it myself next time.

you are a source of inspiration littlecat ! seriously though you are right. I do not have endless pots of money to spend on simple things like this. As I need the bike fixed asap (saves on car parking charges at work as bikes don't pay ) gonna get a garage to do it this time . BUT gonna look at building up a tool stock to do things myself. Thank you.

Littlecat: I agree however I am the worst diyer in the world and have broken/bent everything I have attempted to fix in the past........ Tbh I have no confidence in my ability to be able to adjust the train and feel it is best left to the expert this time. I am not confident in how safe the chain would be if I were to do it. It is my mission to become better at this sort of thing!

EDIT: WENT TO TWO SEPERATE GARAGES FOR MOT AND TYRE AND WANT TO MAKE IT CLEAR THAT I AM NOT LAYING FAULT WITH OR BLAMING THEM. I was trying to express that if the chain was that slack then surely it would have been picked up at that time would it not. I have never had to mot a bike before nor replace the chain so its all very new to me. Chain feels as if it has come slack very quickly in my opinion - I am sure I would have noticed it against the centre stand previously when on side stand as I do walk round and look over the bike before I ride it. Done about 300 miles since tyre replaced for info. Hopefully get it sorted at the weekend.

Thanks for all the replies. I lube the chain every couple of weeks and had been checking the tension with my boot - not good enough now I realise. tyres checked weekly. It had a new rear tyre fitted by a garage few weeks back and mot not so long no surprised it was not mentioned - not that I making excuses for my negligence. will try and get it replaced asap - need to seriously consider if its safe to ride though. when I get this fixed gonna take alls advice and keep on top of chain tension.

Hi all, Noticed the cb500 (o3 plate 17.5K on clock) was making a funny noise today from the chain area and on further inspection I have noticed that the chain has become slack to the point the underside of the chain is rubbing on the centre stand when raised . Now I am a complete novice when it comes to motorbikes and am going to be unable this myself as I lack the tools and know how. Does any one know what could have caused this and how to rectify the problem and would it be safe to ride to a local bike mechanic??? Thanks all.

could be worth a look if weathers nice and its free.