Rowlly21 Posted November 6, 2014 Report Share Posted November 6, 2014 http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Yamaha-Ybr-125-2009-/151440004077?pt=UK_Motorcycles&hash=item23428713ed Ybr 125 for sale please pass the message on as I really need it gone !!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forteh Posted November 6, 2014 Report Share Posted November 6, 2014 I'm also selling, pair of cut slicks, track only, not bothered on what they go for but taking up room http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item.view&id=261652811048&globalID=EBAY-GB&alt=web Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monkeyseemonkeydo Posted December 7, 2014 Report Share Posted December 7, 2014 Quite entertaining. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Harrison Posted December 7, 2014 Report Share Posted December 7, 2014 That was good, would love to go to that one year. There's something about owning a bike... Today me and the girl went across the city (Bangkok) to pick up a pair of rear shocks I'd bought for my cafe racer project. Afterwards we headed over to this little street full of bars and restaurants where all the tourists go just to chill out for a while. As we were leaving afterwards, the guy who'd been sat next to us with his wife suddenly appeared, watching us start the bike up. I lifted my visor and said hey what's up! Turned out he had SR500s and XT500s back in France. So I put the bike back on the stand and went back to the cafe to have another drink, and give him some web addresses to buy parts over here (unfortunately he's leaving tomorrow morning). After that we went to this cool night market where they sell antiques and stuff, and pulled up at a bar where the bike crowd usually go, and got welcomed in by the other riders (who barely speak any English) and invited to a big bike party next weekend. It's funny, it's like you buy a bike and you're immediately inducted into a kind of brotherhood. Doesn't matter who you are, where you're from, just the fact that you ride bikes, that's enough. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trials owns Posted December 7, 2014 Report Share Posted December 7, 2014 That's what i love about bikes! even going out for a quick blast & getting nods of all the bikers has a great feeling! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monkeyseemonkeydo Posted December 15, 2014 Report Share Posted December 15, 2014 Well worth watching the first section (once it starts) just for the 'what the f**k were the organisers playing at' ness and also for race 2 which is all kinds of crazy. Some impressive crashes too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muel Posted February 1, 2015 Report Share Posted February 1, 2015 Shamless copypasta from facebook...Went out on the bike to get it warm and evaporate off any condensation that was building up under the cover, but got it plastered in salt again... Soaked everything that wasn't rubber in WD40 and threw the cover back on so hopefully it'll be alright now. Nice and toasty warm for the next hour or so until the damp starts to set in again.Anyone on here use their bikes over winter? Any tips for keeping them nice when stored under a cover outside beyond regular running to get everything warm and liberal application of WD40? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HippY Posted February 1, 2015 Report Share Posted February 1, 2015 Shamless copypasta from facebook... Anyone on here use their bikes over winter? Any tips for keeping them nice when stored under a cover outside beyond regular running to get everything warm and liberal application of WD40? full tank of petrol, also check your fuel filters as well. Petrol nowadays is more than just pure petrol, and every additional stuff can sunk down creating gunk Check your oil, whether it is actually works at cold temperatures basically that is it and what you said (coming from my 2 stroke "golden" era) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forteh Posted February 1, 2015 Report Share Posted February 1, 2015 Acf50 Buy it, apply it, keep your bike clean and salt free 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muel Posted February 1, 2015 Report Share Posted February 1, 2015 full tank of petrol, also check your fuel filters as well. Petrol nowadays is more than just pure petrol, and every additional stuff can sunk down creating gunkCheck your oil, whether it is actually works at cold temperaturesbasically that is it and what you said (coming from my 2 stroke "golden" era)Petrol won't be an issue, it does enough miles to mean it need a full tank every 2-6 weeks.Checked oil was correct for the temp as well when I last changed it. Acf50Buy it, apply it, keep your bike clean and salt free £15 a tin? I'll stick to the WD40 I can get for free. Just need to keep it looking OK for another month or so until it's time to sell it on. I've had 7000 miles out of it but it's tired now. Oil burning issue is getting worse and there are a few knocks and rattles that are getting worse. Will miss it though, it's an awesome bike. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HippY Posted February 1, 2015 Report Share Posted February 1, 2015 Petrol won't be an issue, it does enough miles to mean it need a full tank every 2-6 weeks. Checked oil was correct for the temp as well when I last changed it. The reason for the petrol is that if you leave your metal tank open for months, the petrol fumes and air can corrode it badly. But if its being used, it is fine then! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muel Posted February 1, 2015 Report Share Posted February 1, 2015 The reason for the petrol is that if you leave your metal tank open for months, the petrol fumes and air can corrode it badly. But if its being used, it is fine then!Aye most important thing IMO is to keep getting it out and getting it hot so that when you throw the cover back on everything gets nice and warm and it can dry everything out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forteh Posted February 1, 2015 Report Share Posted February 1, 2015 £15 a tin that you apply once and only wash it off once the shite weather has passed, when you wash it off all the salt and road muck comes with it. Is your time spent spraying the entire bike with wd40 multiple times over the course if a winter worth less than 15 quid? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muel Posted February 1, 2015 Report Share Posted February 1, 2015 to be honest I'd rather wash it and reapply WD40 multiple times rather than leaving it covered in crap all winter. I enjoy farting around with my bikes haha. Also think it's important to spend time washing bikes regularly as it forces you to spend time staring at your bike in detail, so you spot stuff. (Comes from riding trials bikes, looking out for cracked frames etc).If I bought that stuff I'd go through a couple of tins per winter at least, so no I don't think it's worth it. Either way this bike will only get washed and WD40d again once before I sell it, and that's for taking pictures when it comes to advertising it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Harrison Posted February 2, 2015 Report Share Posted February 2, 2015 That's what i love about bikes! even going out for a quick blast & getting nods of all the bikers has a great feeling! The guy actually came back from France a few weeks ago on another holiday and had got in touch with me beforehand to see if I could help him source some Yamaha parts. So I took a day out to take him to my main supplier on the outskirts of the city, and Thierry was like a kid in a sweetshop. Filled a massive box with 1000EU of stuff, which made the shop owner pretty happy. Also Thierry had brought two decent bottles of red wine from his local vineyard for me! Can't believe it's a whole four months nearly since my post about my bike. It took several months to get the paperwork done, and I didn't want to start work without that - so now the bike is legal and registered to me, I'm good to get it finished. However one of the most frustrating things here (Bangkok) is getting hold of parts. There are some Facebook groups, but otherwise it's shops tucked away in the backend of nowhere who don't really do much online, don't speak Thai and don't answer emails. It's taken ages to find everything I need, but a chance meeting in a convenience store with a guy from US saw me recommended a Japanese mechanic who's fairly local to me. So with xmas out the way I rounded up a few more bits (a couple of raw fibreglass seat bases, headlight mounts) and spread it all out on the bed to take stock... The speedo/rev counter is really nice. Original early Yamaha SR part, in stunning condition. The rims I bought last year for the equivalent of £200, which isn't actually that cheap, but they are Japanese-made Excel ones. They're both 18", which means a 1" reduction for the front wheel which is currently a 19". Suits me fine though. They are brand new, pre-drilled - I just hope the drilling is suitable for the drum hubs I have in mind. Most of that stuff, and the bike, I dropped off at the Japanese mechanics place a week ago. I'd love to do all the work myself but I don't have the space or enough tools, and I don't really want to be buying a whole load of stuff. Not only that but I'm struggling to find much time to do anything on this project, and as I said it's been 4 months now. As for the rims, I strapped them to the back of the bike, took them to the aforementioned Yamaha guy who dug out a couple of hubs. A wheel build here is the equivalent of £4 in labour... The drilling in the rims could be at the wrong angle but it 'looks' right. The rims were sold for this make/model of bike, but the disc hub is much smaller in diameter. Anyway I left all that lot at the shop a week ago, so on Wednesday I should find out what's going on and if they were able to build them up without any issues. Meanwhile at the weekend I saw a couple of SRs exhibited a local bike festival. I'm pretty much decided based on them, and other opinion, that the Bridgestone Battlax BT45 is the tyre to have. By the time this is all done, it'll be a fairly pricey wheelset I have. Hanging up on the ceiling at the shop I spotted a grubby looking Manx Norton style tank, built for the SR. It's got a lot of charm to it actually - it has that home-made feel to it that I've seen on privateer classic race bikes, the kind of machines people prepped in their workshops at home. Most importantly though the fit on the frame is spot-on. I wasn't against paying £300+ for a brand new one (I paid £120 for this one) but the ones I've seen advertised don't look right somehow. They don't sit down on the frame properly. Anyway I took it from the Yamaha shop to the Japanese mechanic, and he's going to polish it up, flush out the inside and hopefully find a petrol tap for it. The Japanese chap is also making up a couple of custom cafe racer style seats - one for two people to use with the original tank, another shorter one for with the alloy tank. Another finishing touch is this beautiful top yoke. Made by Peyton in Japan, apparently replicating the ones fitted to the TZ Yamahas in the 1970s... Other than all that I still have a few bits to find - small indicators, a better headlamp. The Japanese guy has sent the fork uppers off for rechroming, and he's doing a load of other work too. Also I want to find a capacitor kit to replace the battery, so I can ditch the whole battery/air box for a cleaner look. Just itching to get this thing done now. If I'm lucky I'll get it back for the weekend, and then it'll go back in next week for the wheels to be fitted and the tank/short seat to be finished off. I'm also toying with having the engine completely rebuilt, but if I do that it'll be next time I have a few weeks out of the country so that it's not an inconvenience. Anyway, more pics in due course, and I hope I'm not boring everyone with this ; ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CC12345678910 Posted February 3, 2015 Report Share Posted February 3, 2015 (edited) Bt 45s are what i'll be using when I get to that stage, direct equivalent to a TT100 but sticky. And I've been next to enough 70's TZ racebikes to say that they deffo look based on genuine yokes, but I couldnt tell you how well done they are without having them next to each other. I think you scored either way. Edit: some tasteyness Edited February 3, 2015 by CC12345678910 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Harrison Posted February 3, 2015 Report Share Posted February 3, 2015 Thanks for the feedback, that's good to know - they seem to be the pro choice of tyre. Awesome bike in the pic. I like the red and white colour scheme - my dad has a couple of TZ250s (an E and a J) and they're just insanely beautiful bikes. Here are the two SR400s I saw at the weekend... They look like they've been built with no expense spared. This is eventually the standard I want to get mine too: The mechanic told me today that he's hoping I can have the bike on Friday and then next week I can take it back to sort the tank, short seat and wheels. I'm just itching to have a midnight blast on it. This weekend coming there's a big SR meet in a nearby city, so it'll be interesting to see a good selection of bikes that other people have modified. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bing Posted February 6, 2015 Report Share Posted February 6, 2015 You wanna see some bike porn from my various trips out and about with father? One of my old mans mates 94 tz250 4dp01 Dads mates supercharged TL1000s hillclimb machine Me racing my old mans 93 tz250 4dp The old mans Ducati 999s. What a machine. So much midrange grunt it's unreal. It just goes, and pulls like a goddam train Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monkeyseemonkeydo Posted February 7, 2015 Report Share Posted February 7, 2015 It's that tl Sam's? The chap that also has an er6? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Harrison Posted February 9, 2015 Report Share Posted February 9, 2015 You wanna see some bike porn from my various trips out and about with father? Some lovely machines there. I think the TZs are awesome-looking bikes. I'm spending this summer in Europe and I'm thinking I should set myself the objective of trying one on a track, or at least doing a parade lap at a CRMC meeting... As for my bike, I got it back from the mechanic on Saturday after the first lot of work was completed. A few little issues to fix, but liking it so far. The riding position with the clip-ons is obviously much different to how it used to be, but it's tons of fun. Today I went to check up on progress on my new wheels... Only laced so far, yet to be finished-off. The guy at the shop is going to source some Bridgestone BT45s, then when everything is ready I can take the bike in and get them changed over. Meanwhile the other shop has polished up my alloy tank, so I think I might just have this thing finished in a couple of weeks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bing Posted February 9, 2015 Report Share Posted February 9, 2015 It's that tl Sam's? The chap that also has an er6? Yeah that's right. Unfortunately he's not riding anytime soon due to a rather nasty head injury Some lovely machines there. I think the TZs are awesome-looking bikes. I'm spending this summer in Europe and I'm thinking I should set myself the objective of trying one on a track, or at least doing a parade lap at a CRMC meeting... As for my bike, I got it back from the mechanic on Saturday after the first lot of work was completed. A few little issues to fix, but liking it so far. The riding position with the clip-ons is obviously much different to how it used to be, but it's tons of fun. Today I went to check up on progress on my new wheels... wheels.jpg Only laced so far, yet to be finished-off. The guy at the shop is going to source some Bridgestone BT45s, then when everything is ready I can take the bike in and get them changed over. Meanwhile the other shop has polished up my alloy tank, so I think I might just have this thing finished in a couple of weeks. There's a more than good chance we'll be at CRMC at donnington again this year, as I'm going to miss Cadwell due to being on holiday. You have to have a go on a tz on track. They handle like nothing you have ever felt before. You can push the front so f**king hard it's unreal Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monkeyseemonkeydo Posted February 9, 2015 Report Share Posted February 9, 2015 Yeah that's right. Unfortunately he's not riding anytime soon due to a rather nasty head injuryimage.jpg f**k, how did he manage that? Was that at an event? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bing Posted February 12, 2015 Report Share Posted February 12, 2015 Yeah. Think he was moving the bike round on a car park without his helmet on and the bike toppled over and he cracked his head on the floor. Proper nasty Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Quigley Posted February 14, 2015 Report Share Posted February 14, 2015 Opinions please.... Triumph Daytona 675 (not R) or Yamaha R6. I fancy trying a sportbike and I've seen a couple of the above that I like and shall be test riding both, just thought someone here may have some experience of owning either that they may wish to contribute. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bing Posted February 14, 2015 Report Share Posted February 14, 2015 Get a 675. All the magazines rave about them. My old man had a street triple 675 and loved the engine. You'd be better off with the R, the suspension and brakes are in a differerent league to the yam, so much better Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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