Does anyone have any advice on cleaning the engine inside all the nuck and crannies?

Hi all,as the title says has anyone done it ive dine mine today and it works spot on

Aw ra best when it happens foccer's  :woot

I happened to be looking at a cbr 250r on the net last night during the night shift and i cant believe how rubbish the exhaust made it look, whats the score with these new style futuristic judge dredd exhausts,


Im guessing its to do with emissions and catalytic converters but surely they could come up with better than that,


Anyone know how easy these new bikes are to just take off the can and swap with a more traditional looking can or does it that generally mess up the engine management.


Its the one thing putting me off even considering a newish bike in the future.

Following on from another thread on finding your old bike, does anyone on here now own.
WV52 DVK

Hey guys and girls, hope you all had a good christmas.

The bike had been sat down the end of the garden in it's barn for 2 weeks and I couldn;t bear it anymore, so Saturday I went out for a 40 mile spin, even though we had gusts of about 40mph down here in the South East. Had a blast, bike felt good, having seated the spark plug cap, it's definitely more responsive on part-throttle and through the mid-range.
I also went out again yesterday, roads damper, but much less windy and did an almost identical route.
Bloody brilliant. I have been having dark thoughts about selling it for something with a fairing again, but the past 2 days' riding have put a smile on my face, fresh Pirellis, engine running much better and having got used to my lower bars and clamps.
Can't wait to fit the BMW shock to get more weight on the front and more control at the rear.

Look what turned up with me on Christmas Eve... 

BMW S1000RR shock with almost 0 miles on it.

just need to get someone to drill the top mount out for me now.

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hi people i'm new to the forum and on my second gen 1 which i would
love to personalise a bit
can you recommend a website that does nice bits for gen 1s
many thanks

As made in limited production by Justy, 1 x AIS kit available new and never fitted.
£30 posted
PM me if interested.

Brought myself a toy now that i have a garage to play with

Been stuck in a shed for 2 years then a garden for a year or so.
I thought it was bad but now i have started taking bits off its a lot worse than i thought heheh
never had a project before really other than a trike. so the idea is basicly to get it running and either use it for fun at the local airfield or maybe if i want a lot of punishment then get it mot'd

pictures make it look MUCH better than it is most of the electrics are rotted or held together with block conectors and the paint is screwed, fairing cracked and tank leaks like a tea bag (didnt know that till i filled it up)