paul w

but how do you know whos behind you ?

apply traffic film remover neat to the chain ( and all hard to clean areas) wash off after a few minute's, let it drip dry for a while, then blather in wd40 or some other brand of water repelent spray. i normally do this with the rear wheel off the floor and spray into the chain tensioner as the chain passes through it. works for me.

these are the boys http://www.kais-ohlins.co.uk/

just picked this off the Bradford club website.............very sad loss.

i thought that these barrels were nicasil lined? if that is the case i would have thought it would be cheaper ( and better) to buy a 200 barrel and head. you could always sell your 125 stuff on ebay to ofset the cost.

mustard coloured Y fronts.

if i were you i would take the flywheel weight off your beta and put a fast throttle on it, it feels like a different bike, far more powerfull.

haynes manual, and the honda tool for removing the clutch nut and the oil spinner nut. very easy engine to work on. i think from memory they used to break a bit of case of the inside near the kick start, but its been a few years.

have you got an entry yet? i was told that you could'nt do enduros on a trials bike by one local club.

it could be a lot sooner than you think !.................only thing is it might be in casualty.

try a youtube search for kevin turvey its pre young ones and from the time of the film, i think?

for those of a certain age............was that kevin turvey drinking in the slaughterd lamb?

i get the proper gearne protection 'creme' from rathmells its

"stick to the road boys, stick to the road"

hours of polishing, but i wish i had'nt. the fins need constant attention to stop them furring up, some day i will get round to taking the top end off and painting black. p.s. i know the case screws are a right mess, i could'nt wait to take the photos so i stuck the old ones in.

i rum my ty 175 on castrol tts at 50:1 with no problems, but some people say even this is too lean? as for dating, write to the customer service deptment at Yamaha uk with the frame and engine numbers, they should send you back a dating letter, good enough to get the bike road registered if you want. my bike has got conventional spokes. post some before and after pics so we can have a look. cheers paul.

if the reeds are burnt, that would mean that there has been some ignition of the fuel in the crankcases, wouldn't it? the more probable fault is within the carb itself. its best to disassemble the carb and remove all the jets prior to a full clean like this. inspect by eye that all the small holes are clear. also check the clip on the needle, if this has broken the needle may be droping down in the slide. let us know how you get on paul

likewise, my submarine is causing me some grief, would the innertube superglue remedy work here as well? sorry..........i could'nt resist either !

give these guys a go, they do a lot of other stuff as well. www.kais-ohlins.co.uk

you missed a trick there, you could have killed three birds with that stone. if you had positioned your slghtly rusty cast iron garden furniture just behind the exhaust it would have nicely prepared for a coat of hammerite.............you didnt think it through really did you?

to replace big end, mains and seals, piston and re-line the barrel plus labour in the region of

just out of curiosity, what coolant do you use in your bike? just water or, a 'proper' off the shelf coolant and why?

the turns out depends on each specific bike, its jetting and other factors, 1.5 turns out is a good starting point, but wont cure your problems.

try looking in the screwfix catalogue, or online, i got some stainless stuff last year, very reasonable.

i had a 2005 250. same problem. pre-detonation. i cured mine by going down one size on the main jet. fitting boysen reeds (a big difference) needle in the std position and std pilot jet. sorry i cant remeber the sizes, call lampkins they will tell you. but the main problem was it needs a de-coke, head barrel, piston off. do a proper job and get the top end spotless. i ran a 5 plug this time of year and a 6 when it warmed up a bit. it only occasionally 'pre-detonated' on long part throttle uphil climbs, but that was it.