Tiggie

I just wondered when you said you had an oil change. have you ridden it since that? I have heard of older bikes having leaks after fully synthetic oil being used. I'd wait until someone a bit cleverer than me chimes in first though

Whats the oil level? has it been overfilled?

Just out of interest when you say you were unscrewing it the wrong way do you mean the sump turned out to be reverse threaded? I've never come across that before but have only ever worked on older vehicles so just curious if thats the case for newer ones

not forgetting to put a lollipop stick between the spokes for that authentic motorbike sound

can you use a helicoil to fix the bolt hole or have you bent it out of shape with the breaker bar?

I was going to post a picture of a shelf I put up but I'm feeling quite inadequate in the face of the competition

Found this in Halfords, is this what you mean? [mention]Speedy23[/mention] https://www.halfords.com/motoring/paints-body-repair/adhesives/supafix-apx4-ultra-strength

I've got tons of old drill bits in my garage, will you make me one?

I'd look at dropping the old oil and putting fresh in. If its a carbed bike I'd drain the float bowls too

Skip to 2.12 they don't mess about over there https://youtu.be/3n8KrdixvZc

[mention]Slowlycatchymonkey[/mention] What a waste, that building is stunning

Looks great. I love abandoned buildings and want to go exploring some that I've seen. There is an abandoned sanatorium in Wales that I really want to look around I think it stems back to an old abandoned factory I played in as a child. All the machinery had been removed but there was still a lot of fun things for a 10 year old to get up to

my bike would go until I needed fuel so approx 150 mile to 180 mile Why don't you have a look at the coolant in your bike to make sure its full. But I think you are worrying too much, Bike engines get hot, According to the manual for your bike it say if the engine gets too hot it will come up on the screen saying High Coolant Temperature Have a look at the coolant level for your own peace of mind but my advice would be to ride it and enjoy it

Hope this is useful to you

Keep us posted! Sorry it wasn't an easy fix, but if you really don't feel confident with what you're doing its loads better getting someone else to do it rather than making the problem worse

Good old Windsor, at least you didn't post one of his other famous sayings or the whole thread would of got locked down

Think some people might of misconstrued what was meant in the original post. worst meaning crap jokes!!

https://www.manualslib.com/manual/538488/Triumph-America.html?page=80

Before taking it to a garage, its worth having a look to see if the push cable has popped out of the throttle body. Trace the throttle cable from the handlebar down to the engine and you should see it goes to something that will look similar to this Have a look around and you should be able to tell quite easily if something to do with those two cables has popped out of place like on the photo below

I'd remove the heated grips and see if the throttle responds normally. If so you know where the problem lies

I used to pay around £140 TPFT for my 125. That was as a 30 year old male, no car license, just a CBT, kept outside with a Bradford postcode

A new monk arrives at the monastery. He is assigned to help the other monks in copying the old texts by hand. He notices, however, that they are copying copies, and not the original books. So, the new monk goes to the head monk to ask him about this. He points out that if there was an error in the first copy, that error would be continued in all of the other copies. The head monk says, "We have been copying from the copies for centuries, but you make a good point, my son." So, he goes down into the cellar with one of the copies to check it against the original. Hours later, nobody has seen him. So, one of the monks goes downstairs to look for him. He hears sobbing coming from the back of the cellar and finds the old monk leaning over one of the original books crying. He asks what's wrong. "The word is celebrate, not celibate!," says the old monk with tears in his eyes.

[mention]rennie[/mention] I was shocked when I saw a post by Techno!! I thought he'd returned & then I saw the date of 2010 [mention]Oliver[/mention] Both of those roads are fine for 125 use. Its only motorways and any A roads with an M in brackets eg A1(M) that you cant use