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Sorry guys, out of the loop there for a day. Final impact, my heads up to members was just a prompt to go listen to your bike when pulling the lever. No gear selected but with engine running obviously. if that puller bearing is shot (#7) there will be a clear rough whirring sound made by the...

My 08 S2 is now up for sale. Interested? Email me [email protected] I'm going to miss this community but have to trade up to a proper tourer for me and The Pillion. A mate just sold me his Beemer

Sorry to lead you astray Carlos, Scott is of course correct. It seems most bike make a little noise - though interestingly not the BMW F800 I just bought. I've had a good listen to my Fazer clutch, in neutral with the engine running, and looking down at the clutch cover on the right side...

Yeah, I don't hang about when I'm on a mission. Phoned bearing supplier (note NOT stealership) ascertained stock then at 16.30 drove all of 8 miles each way in Friday rush traffic that's 16 miles in 105 minutes. That's London for ya. All for a £6 bearing! Reassembly took all of 30 min and then...

I follow you Scott! So. Here's the skinny. Pulled the cover again. Nice quick job. And..Oh dear, what have we here? Too put it bluntly the bearing could not have been more knackered. Where the pull shaft flange yanks on the pressure plate it had all but pulled the inner shell right...

Ok, thanks Scott. Just went to check. Put her up on centre stand. Cold. Stood on left side of bike leaning over to see clutch actuator arm from above. Pull lever. The arm has an elbow to allow the end to swivel keeping the cable lined up. Using that elbow point as a datum pulling the lever...

When I took the old clutch out I noticed that in fact it is in good condition. No evidence of burning/slipping or warpage. All steels look like new too. I was also careful to put the pressure plate back correctly aligned. As I'm a design engineer, the first thing I noticed was the alignment...

Thanks Erci and all for the tips. Ok. My day. New clutch went in this afternoon. Easier job than I expected. New gasket too. Went back to the Motul double esther oil as their tech dept said it should not make a huge difference over standard synth. I actually removed the new oil filter and...

Thanks guys. When I did the oil change a couple of weeks ago I also properly adjusted the clutch cable incl taking up some slack at the mid point. I have to say that then it was working just fine for over a week. Like new in fact. The bite point was as per manual with recommended play at the...

I agree re the false economy opinion. I also though about an upgrade chain from DID. in the end the OEM chain was actually cheapest and made incidentally by DID for Yam. I'm sure other voices here will also mention that if your chain has stretched it will have worn the sprockets. It is not good...

I know the subject of oil has been done to death but please humour me for a mo. My s2 has been running quite happily (I think) on Motul 300v 15 50 synthetic for over a year. I know its way above spec but I came by a load of it cheap. Came time for a service recently and I changed to...

I know the subject of oil has been done to death but please humour me for a mo. My s2 has been running quite happily (I think) on Motul 300v 15 50 synthetic for over a year. I know its way above spec but I came by a load of it cheap. Came time for a service recently and I changed to...

Man that last line should appear on road signs every mile for the benefit of the dumb! :thumbup:

Another term often used is 'short shifting'. Basically the technique of 'snap' acceleration and close together quick gear changes. This may sound like you are opening the throttle wide and using more gas but you will find you get up to cruising speed quicker. Its acommon practice in economic car...

Ahh, of course - the faster blue!:thumbup: Congrats and welcome to the community mate! Sounds like your support group is already revvin up to take you out!! Remember. Shiny side up!

I'm with Yamahaboyz on this. I did my TB's about 8 weeks ago. I recently re-checked my TB's and they were still off by 20mm on one barrel and generally not level. So I got obsessive, did it again and re-checked at 4000rpm - tricky as the idle screw doesn't allow - you have to hold her steady...

Just rescued the grubby bit of paper I wrote the measurements on from the garage... As stated earlier, I took my datum from the recommendations of a website (quoted above). They look like this: Static sag: Fr 25 - 30 mm Rr 5 - 10 mm My actual: Fr 30, Rr 5...

"Was that it?"

Reading through some recent threads has reminded me of a belief that I've been barking on about since I was a kid of 20. World governments are completely stupid not dealing properly with the situation that the road is a dangerous environment populated by the skilled, the lazy and the...

Plus its a great shame that cagers don't learn until they've killed/hospitalised a biker.