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Name is Billy, just got my first bike, coming from cincinnati, Ohio
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Welcome in billy, what bike have you got. Give us some details of your bike and post up some pics.
Welcome to the uk forum, we have a very British, or should I say, English, Scottish, Welsh and Irish sense of humour on here, peeps help one and other out and lots of good humoured banter.
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Welcome to the uk forum, we have a very British, or should I say, English, Scottish, Welsh and Irish sense of humour on here, peeps help one and other out and lots of good humoured banter.
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Hi Billy and welcome to the forum mate

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Welcome in dude. I think you maybe our first American member.
Get some pics up.
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Welcome in Billy, so what bike have you got then ? is it slammed and stretched like lots on your side of the pond or are you a real rider with a normal bike
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I picked up a wrecked 1998 yamaha yzf600r thundercat, it has about 25xxx mile, I don't know what that converts to in KM
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Nor do I, we work in miles too bud!billy.redwine.4 wrote:I picked up a wrecked 1998 yamaha yzf600r thundercat, it has about 25xxx mile, I don't know what that converts to in KM
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I just ordered a bunch of parts for it, I'll give it a month by the time I have it looking good
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Are there any common issues with these bikes
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to be honest we don't deal too much with thunderpuss's on here & i don't know of any issues & my Mrs who managed the parts & garage depts for a yam dealer says she can't think of any .
did they have an Exup valve ? if they did check that but watch out for bolts sheering
did they have an Exup valve ? if they did check that but watch out for bolts sheering
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No it does not have a Exup valve, the bike is pretty mechanically sound except for slipping out of second gear, that's something I need to look into
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The slipping out of second gear could mean the gearbox has bent dogs, not a cheap fix but easy enough in the right hands
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Nice pics billy.... Jompy will like them in particular as he is a tad eccentric ...... Fir some reason he buys a beautiful r1 and then takes all the fairings off to improve the looks......
Seriously we are all here to chip in with answers to any questions you may have so don't be afraid if asking. You maybe on the other side of the pond but hell.... That makes no difference. ..... Other than we drive on the right side of the road..... Which is the left and you drive on the wrong site of the road.... Like they do in Europe which is right
Good look with sorting the bike out and please keep us posted


Seriously we are all here to chip in with answers to any questions you may have so don't be afraid if asking. You maybe on the other side of the pond but hell.... That makes no difference. ..... Other than we drive on the right side of the road..... Which is the left and you drive on the wrong site of the road.... Like they do in Europe which is right
Good look with sorting the bike out and please keep us posted
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There's only one person he's gonna think eccentric steve............sat there in your smoking jacket and cravat.
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Thanks Steve I will...just ordered a bunch of parts so there will be questions a foot
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gary-o wrote:There's only one person he's gonna think eccentric steve............sat there in your smoking jacket and cravat.
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Welcome to the world of bikes Billy, enjoy the forum, hope you get our sense of humor
Now do tell me is that a Trans AM I see lurking in the background, or Pontiac Firebird or

Now do tell me is that a Trans AM I see lurking in the background, or Pontiac Firebird or


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well spotted , i looked at the pic on my phone so didn't spot that !PJC wrote:Welcome to the world of bikes Billy, enjoy the forum, hope you get our sense of humor![]()
Now do tell me is that a Trans AM I see lurking in the background, or Pontiac Firebird or
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