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MB-Ian My 1979 xs650 makes a single click from the head which has bothered me I would think its one of the tappets. I have had the bike sitting for a couple of days then started it up and used the stopwatch on my phone to take the time it takes to stop. Which has been no more that 14...

Thanks pumps for the reply. I decided to pull it apart and have a look I notice it was making a squeaking noise, a small drop of grease soon fixed that. Then it started to work properly with the drill on it to be honest I don't know what was wrong anyway its in the bike and working...

I had an Iranian guy come up to me out of the blue the other day and make some nice and friendly comments about my bike, which were appreciated. Then he said "I have never seen a bike that size in Iran as its illegal":yikes: He wasn't exactly sure but thought that the maximum engine size...

I went for a nice run on Sunday did just over 400km was very happy with the bike run very well until I saw nearly home then the speedo started to jump around. At first it was quiet slow but before I was home it saw jumping back and forward between 40km/h and 200km/h just going crazy. I'm...

My cable has also just died,inner piece snapped off at the bottom end going down the motorway. Must have been rubbing on the outer case as it was making a loud whining noise before the speedo suddenly stopped work.:eek: It had me worried for a minute as I wasn't sure where it was coming from...