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The key symptom seems to be the engine dying after closing the throttle. It's got me baffled. I was wondering if the slides were...

With a single-side swinging arm, the drive pins on the hub need to locate into the holes in the wheel. They didn't, so the pins were in...

Yes, I know I should use straight rate springs but I'm trying to keep the cost down by using what I've already got as much as possible...

A friend who lives near Bath got his TCI box refurbished. I'll find out who did it for him, and I remember the price was very sensible...

Chaps, I'm returning to this as I had to break the forks down to replace leaking seals and ended up also replacing one upper bush and...

Not really a PO thing this time, but more a professional's incompetence. On a recent trip to Scotland, one of us picked up a rear...

OK, not on the XS, but on the Multistrada ... returned last Sunday from a 2000 mile trip to the north of Scotland, taking in lots of...

Thanks, DE & Grimly. I knew my friends here would come up with the goods! Cliff

Yesterday was day 1 of a trip to Scotland for 5 of us on modern bikes. We stopped somewhere in rural Shropshire at Sleap Airfield for...

Fine looking bike, Adam. I can vouch for Hagon shocks and YSS get good reviews, so those are both worth considering.

Ouch!!

I stripped the forks on my SR500 to replace the leaking seals and while I'm in there, fit YSS emulators. Notice anything wrong here...

I'm curious why? To replace with a standard one would seem to be a downgrade. What was your motivation?

A few weeks ago I picked up an alternator at an autojumble for a tenner. I didn't actually need it but thought it would be a handy...

Not today, last Friday actually. I had a maintenance day - changed the clutch pushrod + seal on the XS, did an oil + filter change and...

There's lots of of helmets I can't wear because they don't fit the shape of my head. Must be the same for many of us. Shoei Neotec 2 is...

Check your fuel cap is venting. It takes a while for the motor to starve when there's good airspace ... fill it to the brim and it dies...

I always fit taper rollers on any bike I work on. I remember when they first appeared on the scene and what an advance they were...