steve s

thanks everyone ill try that first

do you do that with the two large nuts on the tops of the forks,under the h/bars ?

Hi all, I have just bought this http://i408.photobucket.com/albums/pp169/stevetrina/bikes001.jpg too do up a little over the winter and to use when i pass my mod 2 .have done a few bits to it but noticed today after fitting new handlebars that if i grip the front wheel with my legs and pull on the bars that the front wheel moves and stays of center advice desperately needed please .steve

im as far west as you can go http://i408.photobucket.com/albums/pp169/stevetrina/bikes001.jpg http://i408.photobucket.com/albums/pp169/stevetrina/bikeinbits003.jpg http://i408.photobucket.com/albums/pp169/stevetrina/bikeinbits005.jpg

a bit more than that mate ,i live near lingfield racecourse

thanks for the offer mate may well take you up on it in the near future .as i said i only want to do my mod 2 on it and then it'll go into the garage until the spring .i have got a replacement for it ,an old (30 yrs) Honda superdream 250n.i wanted one about 34 years ago when i bought my first bike,ok it has taken me rather a long tine but i got there in the end .I'm pulling it apart at the moment not to restore it but just to give it a refurb and bloody good clean so as I'm not a mechanic i will probably be asking lots of silly questions over the winter .ill put some snaps on so you can all have a good laugh

well thanks all the other thing is whats the 5th gear for down hills only i would think as soon as i put it in 5th it starts to slow down on anything other that a dead flat road and even then over 40 has no acceleration ,so i tend to ride it in 4th.the thing is i want to do my mod 2 before Christmas so i will want to sell it on in the spring so i want it to run as well as poss for its new owner.its in very good condition just the lack of speed that lets it down .was thinking at 13 1/2 stone i was a little to heavy for it

its a 04 with 17,000 on the clock

hi all ,i have a 125 Honda I'm 6 foot tall and I'm about 13 1/2 stone all i can get out of my little bike is 50 mph,55 with a strong wind behind me .so the question is .should it go faster than this ?

hi .you have to do a min of 48 kph for both the emergency stop and swerve test .but they want 50 kph

thanks all

your so right mate

after 3 practice sessions on my own at a local factory estate using half tennis balls as cones. next stage lessons for mod 2 .i love this bike thing

good luck too you mate

thanks for that