Just put together my parts list so's I can get my dad to replace the exhaust manifold studs, gaskets and nuts on Bess, and the official Yamaha parts total comes to €62.00 on cmsnl.com (One of the few places that seem to sell by Yam parts number.)

4x Gaskets @ €4.50 each
8x Studs @ €2.50 each
8x Nuts @ €3.00 each (WTF?)

Seems a bit out of whack, frankly. Does anyone know of a website that will show you equivalent non-yamaha parts, because close to 90 EUR seems a bit stiff for maybe a hundred grams of metal... Or better yet, does anyone know anyone who sells the Yam parts cheaper?

I am considering getting an r6 shock and am feeling out if anyone would be interested in my old one, Ive had it refurbed and a hyperpro spring put in about 3000 miles ago cost of £180  which was a big improvement but am curious about the r6 so.....
Ive seen them on ebay advertised by breakers, out of an 04(same) totally standard no stated mileage for £75-£100

Basically the bay was very tight this morning managed to get the bike between two scooters caught my boot a few time whilst getting off the bike when i took my boot of in work this popped out , had a good look aroung the bike an the two scooters for the life of me cant see where it came from bike road fine for my 12 mile commute home no leaks of any kind baffled for sure its about the size of the top section of a little finger .

Finally got the old girl out today - hardly been used for a year... and was very rough at lowish revs - even got the odd backfire.

Carbs were balanced last year, but I reckon could be out again - does this sound likely?

I bought this a Helmet recently on spec totally mint and unused . It originally was a small but i converted  it with with a new interior  bought this week for £80 to medium . I made a big mistake in not trying the medium on in the first place as I assumed a medium would be fine. Unfortunately it is still a little to small for me . so I just want to get my money back. To recap this is totally unused! sold together with the small cheak pads and centre pad ,+ manual and bag. unopend anti fog strip and anti wind guard .best price I have seen on e bay for a medim is £260
asking £170 + £10pp pm I have 100% feedback on e bay with 240 items
see Kitcar0 . pm me for more info

Hi all
Back into biking 15 years after selling my 1994 CB500 twin.
Spent a couple of months reading the posts on here and magazine reviews and narrowed it down to the Hornet or

Fazer.
The Fazers looks and tank range swung it. Finally found a 2002 FoxEye in yellow from a dealer with FSH and 18k

for just over 2k - perfect.

The downpipes and collector box appeared to be in good shape, however after 3 months and some spirited! riding

the collector box blew a nice big hole.

More reading of the posts on here followed and a set of Delkevic stainless downpipes ordered from Ebay ...
(http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/270998876733)
...now they have another set which slightly more expensive and comes with the balance pipes so contacted

'Delkevic' and was advised that they have just updated the design and if I ordered the cheaper ones, I would get

sent the revised design anyway.
So fair play to them and they arrived next day !!  (http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/290760812562)

Also ordered new stainless dome nuts which are perfect ...http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/180914741372

Local dealer couldnt fit them for two weeks, so after 3 days prepping the header nuts with WD40, as suggested on

here, and being no mechanic, yesterday I plucked up the courage to have a go at fitting.  The header nuts came

off surprisingly a lot easier than I'd have thought and confirms that the previous owner had looked after the

yellow peril.

Plenty of coffee breaks and relatively few swear words later it all lined up perfectly and is now running sweet.
Tip1 - make sure you push the collar (flange?) on cylinder 2 past the frame before lining it all up !!
Tip2 - the socket wont go past the frame when tightening the bottom nut on cyl 2 either so stick the socket on

the nut before threading the extension bar through !!

Next job, fender extender to protect them.

Some before and after photos...thanks to the previous posters of all the threads that I read !!

Cheers Neil.

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Im after a 110/70 front tyre as cheap as possible  (hence partworn) just to get through an mot. Preferably in the dudley area. Any help would be great.

Going to Europe on Thursday and need a spare bulb kit. Do I need H1, H4, Or H7? Or all? Halfords do one of each at a tenner a throw. Manual not clear which one. Mine's a 2001 FZS 600. Cheers.

A few weeks back my dog was savaged by another dog, this happened the morning my wife and i were going away for the weekend camping. The vets bill was £350 and we also put in a claim for the holiday, the 2 nights camping was £80. The small print said that the holiday claim could only be made if the injury was life threatening with the vets report. The vet said a hole in the neck was usually life threatening so we put the claim in. Tesco came back with the reply that camping in England could not be considered a holiday so that claim would not be honoured but the vets bill minus the excess.
I can feel an argument with a jobsworth coming on????


Mickey

Some douche decided it'd be neighbourly to back into the gazer and crack the screen (as well and bending the right fairing mount and scuffing the mirror and cracking the fairing). May the wrath of faze be upon them. Screen is most urgent and it flaps around at 50mph now.


Also, anyone know if it'll get through an mot with a cracked screen as mines due in a few weeks...


Cheers all,