No airhead in my sheds! All jap stuffJocrisBeva;108712 wrote :dizzy: wow thats alot of bikes. A see an interesting bmw airhead there aswell :p
The Motorcycle Thread!
I thought that blue one on the right was a r100 or something. But i am squinting pretty hard on my phone. Is that the rd250?
Ah thats a 76 RD200, electric start might be throwing you off on the side case
back in the Dreamtime I think Yamaha did a 125 cc Twin. ive seen one but it was a long time ago.
There were at least a few Yamaha 125 twins.widmerpool;108805 wroteback in the Dreamtime I think Yamaha did a 125 cc Twin. ive seen one but it was a long time ago.
yeah, ive only ever seen the one. maybe not a big seller.
2 months later
my 68 honda ss50 aftermarked 72 cc big bore kit and 5 speed gearbox conversion
16 days later
Got some new ezy-outs today to finish trying to fix the XT... 2 months after I pulled the cover off... not looking forward to this game.
2 months later
Couldn't help myself I discovered enough garage space for a small bike providing the mower lives outside? 
Nice. What year is that?
Ended up working out what had happened in a number of stages:PaddlerEd;114724 wroteGot some new ezy-outs today to finish trying to fix the XT... 2 months after I pulled the cover off... not looking forward to this game.
1) How to remove the flywheel and magnet bit:
- There's 6 holes in the fly wheel, all with threads.
- There's 3 holes with threads in big magnet bit of the stator, and 3 without.
That means I could get to the back of the threads and drill them out more easily... More accurately, a mate drilled them out for me; one came out on the end of the drill (pushed through) whilst the other needed a bit more work and an Ezy-Out to pull it out.
2) Why had 2 bolts stuck in?
Well, they'd been run through both threads, so they were forced slightly apart and put under a decent amount of load. When you look on the parts list, there's only 3 bolts used not 6, so that's how it's going back together.
Oneway clutch on the other hand - absolutely rooted. About 7 bearings had broken up, so that definitely needs to be replaced. The good news is we can put it back together on the bench and then refit in one piece in the same way it came off.
2 years later
Knew there had to be a thread somewhere ?
thruxton now has 50k on it
harley
I remember taking a Thruxton for a test ride , great bike ?
it's got all the fancy suspension, brakes, blah blah. motor is coming apart over the winter for more cc's and forged internals.
Has anyone had a crack on one of those little braaap ss125's?
The road bike got new chain & sprockets today.
It came with a pair of sprockets and two chains when I bought it. Both chains had been cut too short?!
Have bodged it for now, will buy a proper joining link ASAP.
Also bled the front brakes, they are better but still unimpressive.
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The day I brought the CB400 home. Needs a new chain as the original one on it has 44k on it and is clicking and clattering like mad. I dont have the chain press tool so will probably just pay someone to do it so I can do other things. Other than that its a pretty sweet little bike.
44 thousand kilometres on one chain!! Wow!
nugget_94044 thousand kilometres on one chain!! Wow!
Yeah he wasn't super mechanically minded and was very open about that fact. I guess just riding around the city it didn't really get stressed. It sure does look tired now though.