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  • Five minute fix – Cleaning

    Five minute fix – Cleaning

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    Go to check/replace your front sprocket, grease the clutch push rod, inspect generator wiring etc. and you’re normally faced with something that looks like valve grinding paste lovingly mixed with a cow pat. And that’s

  • 1984 Yamaha TY250 yellowed tank

    1984 Yamaha TY250 yellowed tank

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    Q: Having recently acquired a 1984 TY250 trials for restoration but I find myself with a plastic fuel tank that has a nice yellowy tinge to it. Is there any way of returning this it

  • Moto Morini Corsarino

    Moto Morini Corsarino

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    Q: I’m a long-time reader of your excellent mag and I also suffer from petrol addiction! I have a Moto Morini Corsarino 50cc four-stroke that has started to develop a running issue. After a couple

  • 1979 Suzuki GS850G fuel meter wiring

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    Q: I have recently got my 1979 Suzuki GS850G fuel meter to work but the wiring is incorrect. I cannot as yet find the live feed from the meter to the tank gauge (due to

  • Chain tension and sidestands

    Chain tension and sidestands

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    Q: In a world of no centrestands do you measure chain tension on the sidestand when travelling? Anon A: The obvious answer here is that if the bike was sold when new with only a

  • Five Minute Fix – fragile fixings

    Five Minute Fix – fragile fixings

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    Words/Pictures by Steve Cooper Once in a while there’s a need to tight a nut or bolt on something that’s small, fragile or mounted on a surface that’s easily damaged. If you’re not careful the

  • 1989 Honda CBR1000F-K scuffed cover

    1989 Honda CBR1000F-K scuffed cover

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    Q: I have a 1989 Honda CBR1000F-K and its looks are spoiled by a scuffed round right-hand engine cover. It appears not to have a part number that I can find anywhere, even my Haynes

  • Your Tips – TY250 yellowing tank

    Your Tips – TY250 yellowing tank

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    In an earlier edition of Q&A Lee was asking how to restore the yellowing plastic of the petrol tank on his TY250. I had a similar issue with the expansion tank on my CX500 restoration.

  • Kawasaki W650 Special racing exhaust

    Kawasaki W650 Special racing exhaust

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    Q: I have installed a racing exhaust on my W650, which is pretty much a set of empty pipes/silencers, but did not re-jet (I wasn’t interested in the supposedly four extra bhp it was said

  • 1984 Kawasaki ZX750 GPz A12 torque settings

    1984 Kawasaki ZX750 GPz A12 torque settings

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    Q: Hello! My son is living in the USA and he is in the middle of fixing up his 1984 ZX750 GPz  A12 American spec. He wants to know the torque setting for the bolts holding

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