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by lavy78
Tue May 26, 2015 9:12 pm
Forum: R1 98-99 4XV
Topic: Crash bungs
Replies: 5
Views: 956

Re: Crash bungs

jompy wrote:You can pick up different types of crash bungs from eBay for £30 bud , take a look :)
I've been looking on there but they all require cuttin…login to view the rest of this post
by lavy78
Mon May 25, 2015 8:51 pm
Forum: R1 98-99 4XV
Topic: Crash bungs
Replies: 5
Views: 956

Crash bungs

Unfortunately I dropped my bike the other day. [emoji22][emoji22][emoji22] But thank fook for crash bungs! I have the ones that bolt through the top f…login to view the rest of this post
by lavy78
Tue May 19, 2015 9:29 am
Forum: General Bike Chat
Topic: DVLA
Replies: 8
Views: 490

Re: DVLA

I assume the previous owner got a refund for my tax...still investigating...
by lavy78
Tue May 19, 2015 9:27 am
Forum: General Bike Chat
Topic: DVLA
Replies: 8
Views: 490

Re: DVLA

I recently lost my V5 logbook, so did the simple task of filling out the form to get a replacement from DVLA along with my £25 fee. I waited a few we…login to view the rest of this post
by lavy78
Tue May 19, 2015 7:58 am
Forum: General Bike Chat
Topic: DVLA
Replies: 8
Views: 490

DVLA

I recently lost my V5 logbook, so did the simple task of filling out the form to get a replacement from DVLA along with my £25 fee. I waited a few wee…login to view the rest of this post
by lavy78
Sun Apr 05, 2015 8:35 am
Forum: Newbies
Topic: New bloke
Replies: 65
Views: 2282

Re: New bloke

Hello all, firstly I'm new to forums generally not just this one, never registered on one before but I'm sure I'll find this more than useful and hope I can help others too. I was born in to bikes with the garage always having at least one in it, holidays to donny and brands most years... Bought my...
by lavy78
Sun Apr 05, 2015 8:34 am
Forum: Newbies
Topic: New bloke
Replies: 65
Views: 2282

Re: New bloke

BIG UN wrote:welcome bud,bike looks lovely,had 2 blue uns myself.
and lay off the shiney wheels you lot,
nothing better than polishing yer rim while the mrs is out. :shock:

what exhaust you got on it?
Cheers mate, It's a cut down scorpion end can, I've got a carbon wrap on it now
by lavy78
Fri Apr 03, 2015 10:13 am
Forum: R1 98-99 4XV
Topic: 4 degree ignition advancer
Replies: 1
Views: 877

4 degree ignition advancer

Has anyone fitted the 4 degree ignition advancer? If so is it worth it?
It's supposed to give better throttle response and mid range.
by lavy78
Sun Mar 29, 2015 10:06 pm
Forum: General Bike Chat
Topic: What`ve you done to your bike today?
Replies: 6187
Views: 105482

Re: What`ve you done to your bike today?

Only used muc off once on my old zx9 took the paint off the wheels ! Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk pretty sh!t paint job then I reckon +1 with muc…login to view the rest of this post
by lavy78
Sun Mar 29, 2015 8:12 pm
Forum: R1 98-99 4XV
Topic: Caliper rebuild
Replies: 9
Views: 1120

Re: Caliper rebuild

pod wrote:I didn't. Like I say get 2 out , clean and replace. Then repeat for other 2
Ah ok, half a job then [emoji6]


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by lavy78
Sun Mar 29, 2015 8:07 pm
Forum: England
Topic: BMAD
Replies: 0
Views: 2232

BMAD

I'm not an actual member of bmad, but I do go along and happily donate. BMAD raises money for local charities, unlike most other charities that are major corporations where a lot of the money probably goes to the Mafia. Anyway, it's the first festival of the season 1st May bank holiday weekend. Then...
by lavy78
Sun Mar 29, 2015 7:37 pm
Forum: R1 98-99 4XV
Topic: Caliper rebuild
Replies: 9
Views: 1120

Re: Caliper rebuild

pod wrote:Bloody hell boyz it really ain't that hard, if I can do it in a couple of hrs SOME of you should have no problems
Interested to know how you…login to view the rest of this post
by lavy78
Sun Mar 29, 2015 7:35 pm
Forum: R1 98-99 4XV
Topic: Caliper rebuild
Replies: 11
Views: 1193

Re: Caliper rebuild

It always seems straight forward on paper, but there doesn't seem to be any other way of getting all 4 Pistons out at once without the pliers... It wo…login to view the rest of this post
by lavy78
Sun Mar 29, 2015 7:25 pm
Forum: R1 98-99 4XV
Topic: Caliper rebuild
Replies: 9
Views: 1120

Re: Caliper rebuild

For some reason this thread was posted twice....there seems to be more comments on the other one...
by lavy78
Sat Mar 28, 2015 8:23 am
Forum: R1 98-99 4XV
Topic: Caliper rebuild
Replies: 11
Views: 1193

Re: Caliper rebuild

Threads from a couple of real decent gents on the forum... http://www.yamahar.co.uk/viewtopic.php?f=48&t=8832&p=135512&hilit=caliper+rebuild#p135512"…login to view the rest of this post
by lavy78
Fri Mar 27, 2015 10:04 pm
Forum: R1 98-99 4XV
Topic: Caliper rebuild
Replies: 9
Views: 1120

Caliper rebuild

Does anyone have any quick tricks on removing the caliper pistons? Mine are a binding a bit so need to give them a once over. TIA
by lavy78
Fri Mar 27, 2015 10:03 pm
Forum: R1 98-99 4XV
Topic: Caliper rebuild
Replies: 11
Views: 1193

Caliper rebuild

Does anyone have any quick tricks on removing the caliper pistons? Mine are a binding a bit so need to give them a once over. TIA
by lavy78
Fri Mar 27, 2015 10:22 am
Forum: General Bike Chat
Topic: What`ve you done to your bike today?
Replies: 6187
Views: 105482

Re: What`ve you done to your bike today?

Removed the front end yesterday to replace the headset bearings...taken the yoke in to work today to press the new bearing in place...undecided if I s…login to view the rest of this post
by lavy78
Wed Mar 25, 2015 9:32 am
Forum: R1 98-99 4XV
Topic: Exhaust and tuning mods
Replies: 21
Views: 1347

Re: Exhaust and tuning mods

Yeah tuning carbed R1s seems to be fraught with issues. I've had 3 different slipons and it ran best with the standard one. But I didn't like how it …login to view the rest of this post
by lavy78
Mon Mar 23, 2015 7:03 pm
Forum: Newbies
Topic: hi new on here
Replies: 10
Views: 1029

Re: hi new on here

Welcome mate,

Nice to see another 4XV'er [emoji106]
by lavy78
Mon Mar 23, 2015 3:37 pm
Forum: R1 98-99 4XV
Topic: Exhaust and tuning mods
Replies: 21
Views: 1347

Re: Exhaust and tuning mods

Yeah tuning carbed R1s seems to be fraught with issues. I've had 3 different slipons and it ran best with the standard one. But I didn't like how it …login to view the rest of this post
by lavy78
Mon Mar 23, 2015 2:46 pm
Forum: R1 98-99 4XV
Topic: Exhaust and tuning mods
Replies: 21
Views: 1347

Re: Exhaust and tuning mods

I've spoken to black widow, who make the collector pipe on eBay, he says its for standard set up with no power loss in any range, will only increase. …login to view the rest of this post
by lavy78
Mon Mar 23, 2015 12:10 pm
Forum: R1 98-99 4XV
Topic: Exhaust and tuning mods
Replies: 21
Views: 1347

Re: Exhaust and tuning mods

Moise wrote:I've seen it described in a couple of places but not in enough detail to be sure to do it right. It's probably somewhere on R1-forum.com.
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by lavy78
Mon Mar 23, 2015 10:11 am
Forum: R1 98-99 4XV
Topic: Exhaust and tuning mods
Replies: 21
Views: 1347

Re: Exhaust and tuning mods

Yeah tuning carbed R1s seems to be fraught with issues. I've had 3 different slipons and it ran best with the standard one. But I didn't like how it …login to view the rest of this post
by lavy78
Mon Mar 23, 2015 10:11 am
Forum: R1 98-99 4XV
Topic: Exhaust and tuning mods
Replies: 21
Views: 1347

Re: Exhaust and tuning mods

Yeah tuning carbed R1s seems to be fraught with issues. I've had 3 different slipons and it ran best with the standard one. But I didn't like how it …login to view the rest of this post