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sorry I have to agree with davefly, and I like other road users to see I am turning so the bigger the better for me, within reason Keith

just a quick comment here, I have had 26 bikes to date and been riding for ever and an ex Rocker, I have never ridden a bike with the balls of my feet on the foot rest we were always taught not to do that, except when racing so you do not stick your boot in the tarmac on the corners, also the reaction time is more than sliding your foot from the side in an emergancy, re the brake pedel, is there no adjustment on the height either with the pedel itself or the linkage to make it more comfortable ? there normally is. Keith

It might also be water or crap in the tank and carbs, have a look in the tank with a torch and drop the float bowls or carbs off to check them out, oddly our Postman runs a Bandit 600 and that just stopped one day and it took me ages to find the fault, it was a multi connector under the seat which was not making proper contact, I would also suggest cleaning all the connectors you can find with electrical cleaner including in the headlamp. good luck keith

sounds like you have moved the gear selector drum/linkage and it is now in a position it should not be, as said above take it apart again and inspect it all and make sure the selectors are in there detents correctly. Keith

You will have to check it all out because if you have a stuck piston in the caliper it will heat the disk and warp it, also check ball joints, tracking, disk and wheel nuts, wheel bearings, track rod ends, you will find it if you look carefully, but it is not good to drive it like that it will possibly cause more damage. Keith

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Get hold of a wall drive socket, they do not use the corners of the nut/bolt to grip on just the flats and it should come undone. Keith

Use a bit of heat as the alloy will expand before the bolts and make them easier to get out, Keith

check for an air leak i.e. vacuum pipe off or split rubbers on the carbs or the rubber blanks missing on the top of the carbs. Keith

Just for the record the breather hole is to allow the diaphragm to move up and down without causing a vacuum behind it, which would stop it moving and opening and closing the tap. Keith

You have not got water in the tank have you ? Keith

Just poking my nose in here, first of all are you sure the lines were there when thay did the seals, or has it arrived since ? if you decide to have a go your self you might be lucky and be able to use a very fine stone and remove the lines so long as they are not to deep, if they are the seal will not be able to take up the difference, I have done this in the past. Keith

Also if you are carefull you will not need cam cover gaskets they are rubber, but if you do they are expensive, make sure the gaskets for the spark plug holes are in place when you lower the cam cover back in place, you can withdraw the spring and plunger for the tensioner but if there is no slack in the chain when you remove the cam cover I would not worry about it, but if you do decide to have a look at the spring and plunger (they can stick sometimes) make sure the rachet is retracted when you re fit it as it will spring forward when it is in its location if you do not you will cause a lot of damage. Keith

If I understand you correctly, the snap in valve pulled through the rim with a tool and has a mushroom behind it to seal against the inside of the rim with the pressure, and the clamp in type is much the same but has a nut and washer on the outside of the rim which forces the mushroom on the inside against the inside or the rim with the thread, this type was common on older bikes and is still used on some tyre tubes, it stopped the tube sliding on the rim. Hope this helps. Keith

Well I tried to watch the vids but they kept stopping half way through, I updated windows media player but it made no difference has anybody got any ideas what is wrong please Keith