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@dominik22 Well you're doing better than me, once I was rebuilding a TDR250, thought I'd finished and then rode to my friend's house without connecting one of the carb warmer hoses! As you can imagine the temp gauge skyrocketed, luckily it wasn't far and we were able to top it up so I could get home.

Hey, can someone tell me which springs fit in the wr 200 fork? I ride this bike with Supermoto rims. So im looking for stiffer springs.. Greetings from Germany

Motul motocool expert (yellow) and Aisin coolant for motorcycles (blue) I prefer Motul because it's the best I tried,has the least fluctuations in the temp during usage.A little expensive 10 euros per liter.Normal riding city or cruising 65-75c temp,on the high side 87-90c when going up the mountain through steep bad fire roads. Second one is the Aisin,similar performance, normal riding city or cruising 65-79c and up to 95c on the fire roads.5L for 21 euros. All these on Greek hot summer evenings,34-38c. Currently filled with Aisin because I had 3 liters left and doing some work on the bike.

Also got me thinking about that high mileage bike you had maybe it had a slightly diff sprocket setup or something or just a blessed engine my current one pulls so nice with a larger front sprocket I took the Keeway out for a test drive today and man its slow af compared to my DT rid it like a 2t lol trying to get it warmed up but rekon it only hit 40 max on my street my DT would happily hit 60 here hehe can't wait to get her mot'd but really itching to get the TZR running right and having a proper go of her before I decide to keep or part with her do really want the hat trick with a 90s TDR as well though a French import like you had would be the icing tbh

I already ordered what I thought was a full set and everything else is the right colour but the cowl was listed as blue instead of sky blue, it looked the right colour in the picture but it was taken in a shadow so was hard to tell and when it has arrived it doesn't match any yamaha colours, not sky blue, not endurance blue and not deep purpleish metallic blue so now I'm trying to sort it out with them but looking for a genuine one incase they can't get one

Hi did you get sorted out I’ve got the same engine any my loom is intact it’s an import from Europe slightly different to uk model these have a reed switch for restrictor in the headlight

You know thats not a bad idea i made up some gaskets that held and some stuff for a workbench and some pc feet that still hold up cant remember the name of tht printing material but had a nice spongy bounce wonder how well it would take up with the seasons though outside. What came to mind was one of them old girvin flex stem elastimers we used to have in the 90s on our mtbs but bet you cant source them either nowadays just hoping I dont ruin the bushes n stuff when I remove it still in two minds to do the front tyre and get tht mot n prey he dont notice it not as if im going to be doing jumps off road on it now theres nowhere left to ride round here. You got me thinking now though if I can stretch the spring enough and tht printing stuff holds enough for me to slip a rubber printed collar around the shaft happy days. Your more than welcome to come and help me though bro just been reading them blog posts about couple of them builds tht RS n Yamito you got some mad skills n patience would love to restore one of mine and rebuild the engines properly i'm to impatient to rebuild the cvt on her moped lol

Thanks lads appreciate tht will see what I can do with all my old parts hopefully get this old girl growling like she should

I’ve always froze my bearings heated up the hub greased everything up then gave a bit of gentle persuasion, never had any problems the couple of times I’ve done it but that’s a pretty handy trick

I've only used Zeeltronics on all my bikes and they've been great. I'll be picking another one up for my new project in the years to come. I've heard good things about the Ignitech system @Darty swears by them.

SUPER SKETCHY Chinese Clone! https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/323872066584?epid=20025607719&itmmeta=01J5409BPQSJMEWRMJFZ2ATFRC&hash=item4b68478c18:g:U34AAOSwjsplY1HG&itmprp=enc%3AAQAJAAAAwHb9DIbmthsF61tkqjZzw1mmO%2BCIpRFTrxBxiCoNlg%2F6Ia96QZFg%2BQVn9W0EHGUMdESGcPgpBAHub3%2FcfeJfiVHrcRSt0gOftLFhqXVKmFgWq5oUHfp%2FY3l0ODvPwIVdrKe8u9FQCvvdM19TWFtYkfKsxiUEly0bQ9AEOt2SYsjJMgF4x7ewiXeLPZ%2B7%2FotAe7jwxMBtryXU4DTDq9f%2FM%2Fhmpoyrl5G8WfKEmjBbTRO%2BUlm6psilKAdWuv23Bk%2BuEg%3D%3D|tkp%3ABk9SR7y7pYCpZA I mean I wouldn't use it but... [image: s-l1600.webp] Does sat Mikuni on it One from the states looks more plausable https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/387258784286?epid=11020681088&itmmeta=01J540BN34W043QQMWYB8V529Z&hash=item5a2a6c1a1e:g:PkwAAOSwVrRmrNT3&itmprp=enc%3AAQAJAAAAwAnikbBRR1MW0A%2BnPsvSk%2FMQhmjCd%2B0ShOESogilF1WH%2Bdw5nyLSMGboL50qFS8LgviZRVW%2FqEguBjTLQTOcuZd%2B%2BxTAeHcznQWzclSZqHS7mwCf0YHTkX3knvc7ZELI7lRbFx2r0qopvuGrejG3IhNOsvegptFOULiWhOMHbysUoqhOwiHh4%2BEIgNbUJnt5i9pm%2FDVHkBnluGpIog%2B8xR8pMhR6iXb95jMFNiHxg6JhG8mG%2B%2FUqRvcFtfBFyOxZHw%3D%3D|tkp%3ABk9SR9rRroCpZA But looks like it could just be the Chinese one sold off for a profit You used to be able to get these carbs ten a penny...now no such luck

@SpookDog I've had good results with car shampoo in the past, it has the same lubricating qualities as Fairy Liquid but without all the nasty elements which rot the rims from the inside. I used to have this problem fairly often with Avon TrailRiders in the recommended sizes on DTR rims; excellent tyres but it was always difficult to get them to pop the bead and sometimes I had to deflate the tyre completely, remove it and refit 90 degrees around the rim. This is even after blowing them up to 50psi with the valve core removed using a compressor. I've had to leave them at this pressure for 30 minutes or so in the past as well, and resort to other tricks like hammering the sidewall kind of downwards with a rubber mallet at the affected spot (watch the rim!). It was only ever a problem with this particular make and model of tyre, they were ace on the road but Avons have always been a bit strange. Most bike shops fit tyres using the 50psi-no-valve-core-compressor method. This might not be what you want to hear but if your rim responds to this treatment by exploding then it was a pretty safe bet it was sufficiently corroded to be unsafe to use. Slightly off topic but there's a well-known story called "The Imprint of Death" they tell kids at tech colleges about a tyre fitter who was fitting a truck tyre and didn't bother using the circus animal-sized cage they put them in to pop the bead; it went bang and half of him ended up stuck to the ceiling. A bike tyre won't do that but still has a lot of energy stored in it, enough to do someone serious harm if they're stood right next to it. I think if I was worried whether a crusty rim of mine could handle 50psi, I'd be on the lookout for a new wheel to be honest.

Oh nice! Have you got any photos?

@SpookDog On reflection maybe my "dead money" comment earlier was a bit dismissive; I was a bit pissed when I wrote it as I'd had a MTB problem in the rain the previous evening and was looking at the wrong end of spending the day fixing it. So apologies if I've annoyed/upset anyone.

In my opinion is very stupid to stop termic vehicles and force people to reply them with electric vehicles because they are not the main cause of pollution. The governments worry about stopping an 70's year vespa, which can go for 30 kilometers with a litre. But nobody talks about the trucks that travel all day and consume more than every other vehicles. Or the ships and plane, which have no anti pollution law to comply with. And even if we stopped all this vehicles, the pollution will not disappear, because just one country like China or India pollutes as much as Europe and North America together. We should stop to trade with the countries who are destroying the world. The thing I hate the most is that the people who protest against termic vehicles are the ones who daily buy stuff on shein, temu, aliexpress, thinking that there will be no consequence on the environment. Unluckily, who make the laws don't want to understand this. I hope people will become more aware of the real problem, and I hope the eco-madness stops soon.

Nice one, thanks for that suggestion! I’ll give that a go. Ps. Nice name!

@MadGyver Thank you!

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