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hi guys i overhauled my front end a few years ago and todate the donn,t weep or leak,,,, my question,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, are there progressive springs for the front end for my 1976 front end?????????? regards oldbiker

hi guys well i,ve pulled my cv38 carbys off the bike ,,, and at the moment its misserable ,cold and soaking wet,, so nothing been happening at this time,, i also pulled both boots off the motor ,,,,the right boot under the sheet metal shroud they have ,,had a small hole i think through old age...

hi guys over the weekend i replaced my cv38 carbys after washing them,,, the bike is missing and coughing and carying on like a mungrol ,,, but i really think i,ll have to do a better job of cleaning my carbys so that it will run nicely ,,, any suggestion would be much appreciated remember...

hi guys over the weekend i replaced my cv38 carbys after washing them,,, the bike is missing and coughing and carying on like a mundgrol ,,, but i really think i,ll have to do a better job of cleaning my carbys so that it will run nicely ,,, any suggestion would be much appreciated remember...

hi guys well i,ve stripped and cleaned my cv38 carbys ,,, they were a pig style,, a total discrace ,,but not they are clean ,,, i have a question,,,,,there,s 2 smaller rubber tubes coming out the side about mid way down from the top of the carbys ,,,, they are short and the are clamped to the...

hi guys i,m currently cleaning my carbys and also looking at a few other parts i,d be happty with on my bike,,,, i was looking at the kit mikesxs sells i think they are 45mm with slight kit ups at the rear along with 26" commando mufflers ,,,,has anybody used them and what are they like i...

hi i purcashed a little joey ,,4" made in england about 1950 i got it at my town auction they have every yearup at the oval ,,i think i paid $110 ,,i took it home and cleaned it right up now it works well it only basic lathe the the guy used to make ,,,i did see somewhere that he did make...

hi guys well this will be 3 weeks this week since my local plumber came and found the problem with my lpg gas heater ,,,everdure 7 candle ,,, ,,but its not letting the bottled gas into the heater ,,its got a computer show set up on top right hand corner ,,, 3 lousey weeks while i freeze to...

hi guys i,ve been on mikes and i just cann,t find the correct gasket for my cv38 carbys ,,,,they are the gaskets that go on the head ,,,can anybody help me please ,,,is there a place i can buy them reasonably in expensivewithout the huge delivery bill that i get slugged from mikes regards oldbiker

hi guys i,ve got a reasonably stock xs650 ,,,,but i,m either going to paint the tin myself of get a painter in bordetown south australia to paint them with 2pac and finish with 2 pac clear ,,if i go that way i hope he doesn,t muck me around ,,i seen discussions about engine mounts ,,,,perhaps...

hi guys well yesterday i got my cv38 carbys off the bike,,i also took the boots off but kept them left and right the gaskets are as hard as hell and slight grooves in them ,,,,for nor i,ll take a 12" smooth flat file to the surfaces ,,, and i,ll order some stuff from mikes at the end of the...

hi guys well all night its bucketed down heavy rain in my part of australia,,, ,,,,all my tanks are overflowing ,,which is great,, and i,ve just ordered my first bottle of gas for lpg heating,,, so today sometime i,ve got to clean my gas heaters jets and give it a general clean all the the...

hi guysi,ve done this before ,,,but being a few years,,,, which it shouldn,t be i,ve let them slip ,,,i cann,t remember the trick to removing the cv38 carbys ,,without having to take the boots off ,,, is the somebody can refresh me please.. as my bike is sputtering and playing up in general...

hi guys well this weekend was easter ,,and my town is on the western highway and of course the highway patrol made themselves known to motorists like a hole in the head ours is only a tiny town ,, and motorists never stood a chance hopefully they wont be back for another year regards oldbiker

hi guys yesterday i watched f1 practice , which was in the wet it was great a young aussie will start in the front row on sunday ,,some of the big names got caught shortwith thier engine /frame down fall with all the changes that f1 made over the winter,going from a v8 to a v8 turbo,, they...

hi guys i recently emailed a business for exatra pics of a "new" steel base seat for a gs1000e,,, as they only had a few pics of the top of the seat ,which was no help so i emailed the business and a guy called eric tran emailed 2 days later ,,,saying the seat was bolt on just use you hinges...

hi guys i,ve been reading and following what a few different guys in the australian xs650 club do when they strengthen the rear and sides of the swingarm ,,,,do or have any of you guys done 1 yourself ,,,,, what would i have to watch out for ,,,drama wise,,, regards oldbiker

hi guys,,,, today early,,,, the victorian police raided several club factories and club houses... seizing money drugs cash ,,, weapons ,,,, from south melbourne,,, and outer eastern melbourne as well all at the same time ,,, regards oldbiker

hi guys i,ve been looking on ebay.com.au and mikes for piggy back shocks ,,,,are they up the the work or are they crap and a waste of time i,m open minded regards oldbiker

hi guys well i was up at the local oval in my town in the wimmera australia ,, buy 9-15am,,,and it was already hotish34c ,,,they recton its going to be 42c today ,,,well thankyou very much,, last year on the oval the whole oval was packed with custom cars utes fast gti cars several 1998-99...