mattycoops43

I don't understand why you would be friends with a bellend like that?

A smear of grease solves it though.

Many bikes don't have an oil pressure light, only an oil level warning light. I found this out when I changed the oil pump on my fazer and found it still flickered the light on after 'sustained acceleration' (Severn bridge drag strip, I mean tolls). It was burning a bit of oil over time and then when it got a bit low (still over minimum) it would swirl in the sump and show as low level, Lots of bike engines burn a bit of oil through use, and have small sumps so show as low quite quickly. Get it assessed by someone to find out. You could still be being paranoid because the light came on. A preliminary check would be free or very cheap. (it would be if you came to our garage anyway)

You need to get someone who knows what they are doing to have a proper look. Its all guess work otherwise. However, unless you were screwing the engine at the time, they can run for a short time with low engine pressure before major damage occurs. If you're not in the know, the sound you are hearing could be something minor or it could be major, it's possible you're hearing a noise which is nothing drastic, but are paranoid about it because of what happened. Check for oil leaks first, is it losing it in a big way?

Many will disagree, but unless you ride like Rossi, as long as it is the same class of tyre, you won't have a problem in normal day to day use. Just make sure they are similar softness. I have don e it myself and bought various bikes with mixed tyres and never had an issue. What you don't want is a hard tyre on the front and a soft on the back, you always want the back to go first if one has to go.

Try putting your helmet by your back wheel, that's the sign.

Possible change of hours at work coming up meaning I would be able to come up and see me butties! Just hope it comes off!

could use a lathe down this end mate!

Quite frankly mate, that's awesome! The kind of thing many want to do but don't have the cahunas! Really wish you the best of luck and hope it all goes to plan. Matt

I like special people!

"any ideas as to how these work.." Well, you fit it, stand back and go 'oooo that looks pretty', then you fire it up and think ' oh, it's a bit lumpy at tickover now', then you go for a ride and think 'oh, it's not pulling like it did before'. Maybe it needs a service. Then you run it for a while, and the oil on the filter picks up dust as it should and it starts to richen up (assuming you don't strip it and clean it about once a month as it's now an exposed filter) so it goes better for a while, then it gets more dirty and it starts to run like a bag of poo as the filter gets more and more dirty, then you think, sod this, can't be bothered with the hassle and you fit the original back on and get an immediate power boost and reliability increase. They know what they are on about those Japanese guys!

Yes, dead easy. Get a tool for about £30 the one that is like chunky pair of pliers is best as it can be used in place on the car, not just in a vice. Obviously that's to flare the ends. Get a decent selection of male and female ends too, they are pennies and the old ones always gets wrecked undoing as they are invariably seized in.

Oh gosh, lets all comment on someone else speeding because we all ride to the speed limit ALL THE TIME! To be fair, the rate he is going past them it looks to me like the other traffic is going really slowly, and at the speed he is going, they wouldn't be able to swerve across in time to hit him because of their slow speed. Very hard to judge without being there in the flesh, but certainly not the worst crimes I have seen on the road TODAY.

Who you calling stoopid? Dems fighting words!

I'll be your fwend!

'MORE POWAAAAAAA'

Have a great one matey.

Fanks peeps. Should be 39 but IU have decided to count backwards from this year, so I am celebrating my 37th year.

Have a great day Gill.

One word. 'Denplan' I went private years ago and pay £20 a month and have had hundreds, probably thousands of pounds of work done and I don't pay a penny when I go in. I have to have hygienist every 3 months due to my diabetes so that's paid for half my monthly fee. Two root canals last year, each one the equivalent of about 5-6 visits for a filling. I reckon I am quids in. Any issues, just have an x ray, I get nice white fillings which are more expensive, and as a result my teeth are now excellent and I am a brushing and flossing nut. I got in trouble at work this week cos I told someone ever so nicely that they needed to brush their teeth, after all I could smell their breath from 5 feet away which I think is a bit excessive and it was putting me off my food! It didn't go down very well unfortunately. I would rather someone told me if my breath was bad, it's horrible, although I am a bit sensitive about it after years working in a sainsburys petrol station and having people come in at 5am breathing their breakfast breath over me, YUCK!

I have a 6mm kit that was £9 and its fine.

Dead easy into Ally. You should get everything you need in the kit including correct size drill that is good quality.

Just trying to help, tossers. That is how it was explained to ME by OUR council. I don't need 3 people to tell me how wrong I am . Thank you.

Round here it is approx £500 for the rights to do it, then about the same again for the work itself. The reason you have to pay a fee is you are buying the land between your property and the carriageway, this gives you the right to use it, and stops anyone else blocking it. Also be aware, if you use the drive without dropping the kerb and the weight of a car breaks a kerbstone, you can be liable for any claims in the event of someone tripping and making a claim for injury, and the council can chase you for the repair cost to the kerb. Never heard of this actually happening though. We park bikes and my car is kept on the 'garden' but I think we will probably do it just for peace of mind and to stop damage to the car bumping up and down.

That way lies pain/hospital visits/death.