5lv-28356-00, not 'bent' or damaged from any droppings please. otherwise condition immaterial as it will be blasted and powder coated.

 
must be perfect condition - by which i mean flawless!
 
i rather stupidly scratched mine. i could paint it but don't have any other painting projects on right now, so if there's none offered i'll live with it scratched until i am commissioned to paint some thing(s) next.
 
 

 
slinky glide clutch cable. i bought it new and fitted it recently, but after only 300 miles bit the bullet and bought a genuine yamaha cable.
 
i don't rate it very highly, but if somebody wants it i'll post it for free. otherwise it's another landfil item.

 
i check the oil and water levels and tyre pressures when i clean the bike, at least once a week. bike is always left in the same garage place on the centre stand so oil level readings are very consistent. i changed the oil 2 or 3 months ago and did my usual trick of slightly over filling and letting some out and it's been fine and very level with the 2 dots on the sight glass since. except for the last couple of days however where it's very nearly at the top of the sight glass!
 
do you think any of the following or another reason?
 
- my concrete garage floor has had quite a severe subsidence in the hot weather without cracking at all, causing it to tilt
- the bike has decided to fossilise various engine / geaarbox components and thus create oil
- a mischevious burgler has been breaking in and filling my bike with oil on the sly
- i should commit myself for i am obviously losing the plot
 
fuzzled as puck.

 
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/360457843158?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1423.l2649
 
if they shine as brightly as the blurb suggests they might be excellent! if nobody has tried them i'll give them a go and report back...

 
my rear brake reservoir has started leaking. am i unlucky or have others suffered this?
 
i've ordered a replacement reservoir, cap, rubber and bush, hose and clips. not perhaps the cheapest solution but i figure it will fix it...

 
is this guy the real deal? he certainly looks it to me. he's the best i've seen since a certain v. rossi came on the scene...

 
hello all
 
my clutch has not been right since i've had this bike. i adjusted the cable (at 21k) and this improved matters no end but last time out on the bike i had to hold the lever right to the bar to keep the bike still while in gear. only half a mil out and the bike started creeping forward. bike has 22k on the clock.
 
having read up on here it seems several others have been along this road and there's a plug in the main clutch shaft that comes out and needs putting back in. towards this i removed the outer casing, springs, outer plate and all the inner plates today. i have not found a plug loose inside however.
 
i've never been inside a bike clutch before so my questions might be basic...
 
is this the plug that i'm looking for - in the end of the shaft in its correct place? (red arrowed)
 

 
or do i have to remove more parts?
 
my haynes manual tells me that i have a lot of measuring to do now, any recommendations for a cheap but good vernier caliper?
 
work is a bit thin on the ground right now so i don't have any spare money to pay anyone for this, hence diving in myself into what, for me, is uncharted waters.

 
just curiosity....
 

 
and...
 

 
my akrapovic is the sp series - baffle in for mot day and sat nav listening and out for riding with the boys. i have noticed however that when riding on my own because i need to be somewhere i'm mr sensible with the baffle in and mr revit hard i'll race you no matter what you're driving/riding with the baffle out.
 
so i've settled on leaving the baffle in. i figure it saves fuel and my licence and reduces my chances of putting it down. am i alone in this? or is this normal...?
 
anyone know what's happened to the old forum and why this change?
 
bludclot