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I lost my black keys some along the line while the missus was tyding up the house. Lucky enough she had not lost my red key in the process. I just went down to the Yamaha dealer to buy a new black key, which I had cut up down the road at the shoe repair guys who cuts keys. I then followed...

Thank you all. I will try this over the weekend. I need to fit this before the horrendous english weather gets worse with the rain forecast come down heavily

I want to fit a scottoiler onto my FZ6N but don't know how to find the vacuum pipes that I need to use. I have checked the manual and the scottoiler own instructions but I guess I a noob to grasp it. A nice picture showing the vacuum pipes would do me good. A nice picture with a fitted...

I think you can just buy the ones mentioned in the bike manual. what year is your bike?

I had looked to buy a centre stand off ebay but I eventually went to buy from a yamaha dealer to cater specifically for these issues, coz you get all the required parts for the installation.

When I woke up on Saturday morning for some reason I can't yet explain I had a naggin question at the back of my mind: If ever I was involved in an accident would I be able to press the engine cut off switch? The weather was bit drizzly and I was coming from a church service and was...

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On friday coming from work on the road, while I was filtering nicely I was cut off by the infamous white van man. Now usually I just let these things go because its fair game on the road. But that day I was feeling a bit combative. I rode right up to his window and made sure that my bike was...

And I thought I was alone. I am looking at buying a GS sometime next year to satisfy my adventure urges. I'd like to do some safari tours and was thinking the GS Adventure model is the one to have coz of the long range tank mileage. I am using the website Horizons Unlimited - THE Motorcycle...

I bought my naked from a chap in Whitchurch. I am in depending on day, am also self employed. I am in Chigwell, London

I got a slow puncture and of all things caused by a bit of hard plastic. After work I realised I could not get home about 15miles away so I pulled into a garage to try to put more pressure but then some twat had cut off the front end of the pressure pump. But as luck would have it, there was...

Sad to read the tragic news. Drove in SA last year and you really have to keep your eye on the traffic if there is no electricity.

How old is the battery? Is it dead because of being started/stopped many times. I had an instance where I thought my battery was dead about a year ago, but I just bought a charger. The other time I push started it and rode it to work and it was fine after that.

i bought the bike because I love to ride. I call it being free. I did not enjoy the train/tube/metro rides into work but now i free far much better. That part is missing on your calculation. Freedom - priceless As for the simple weekly expense maths I spend roughly £17 on fuel whereas to buy a...

Thanks Andz, this is the part which got me thinking about bringing my bike (yet to be bought) along. is that 5 years with the bike or a cage license.

The cop that was with me on the bike safe day said it depends on the sort of bike you are riding and your stability (due to road slop) when you stop. While I was using my left leg to touch down and cover my bake break, he was using both feet on the ground because of his hulk bike. He said there...

The bike safe thing is really good. You get a chance to ride with the coppers and not worry about being arrested. things that I took away from my time at the bike safe: 1. the chap said our bikes have a high threshold in gear 1 & 2. I used to move gears up to 3/4. but now I hold steady in...

Thanks hotlips. I think you can post the long response here for others. I will pm you my email in case you still think its ridiculously long. One of the tour operators I'd cheked was also talking about having the bike license for something like 5years if you want to hire a bike, but alas i...

Thanks Hotlips. I am planning a tour of South Africa, Botswana, Zim, maybe Namibia. At the moment what is clear in my mind is that I want to tour. My two choices are renting a bike over there or shipping my bike over. I think the tour will not be less than a month but definately not more than...

Hi guys, Has anybody shipped a bike to Southern Africa before from the UK. I'd really appreciate it if you could tell of your experiences. Sometime in the future I want to go on a southern africa tour and am trying to gather as much information as I can about the logistics of moving a bike...