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yamaha rxs 100cc cafe racer project

Discussion in Scooter Projects started by lee mason, 18 Apr 2013
lee mason#141
I'll post the title,as for link - eek,like a caveman with
a hangover using a computer.mk.
haha ok:D
lee mason#142
so i have ordered new clutch plates today and booked it in to get them fitted and the bloke is gonna have a look at how bad my seals are at the same time and it also needs new rear wheel bearings:( #moneypit
lee mason#143
got 68mph 2s up carrying 23 stone alltogether and with a slipping slutch and only took 1/4 of a mile to get there:D :D
lee mason#144
so i got a new clutch fitted the other day and it rides so much better for that and i also came off it yesterday night but luckily only damage is a bent foot peg :(
Mark Emerson Trentham#145
so i got a new clutch fitted the other day and it rides so much better for that and i also came off it yesterday night but luckily only damage is a bent foot peg :(
So you'll be able to get your knee down now?. :) .
lee mason#146
So you'll be able to get your knee down now?. :) .

i wish nah just hit the foot peg with a hammer till it was staright
Mark Emerson Trentham#147
i wish nah just hit the foot peg with a hammer till it was staright
That brings back mems,
Hammer,used to use one of them in conjunction with pliers -
then I discovered spanners/my world was never the same afters.mk. :D .
lee mason#148
so cam off it for the second time this week yesterday no reall damage just a dodgy indicator (now fixed) and bent foot peg again all sorted now
lee mason#149
ordering front and rear brake shoes/fule filter/fule hose/front brake cable/horn and new gasket set for it friday giving it a tidy and proberly selling it no engine problems anymore either the oil pump was broke and thats why it was using loads of oil and leaking it, proberly gonna end up with a 06 aprillia sr50
southweezy19#150
yes mate back to a ped sick...
Nathanael#151
How did you manage to crash it twiice in one week?
Alex Barnes#152
How did you manage to crash it twiice in one week?

clearly carnt ride at all no offence lee
scootzmadness#153
clearly carnt ride at all no offence lee

doesnt mean he cant ride, shit happens.
lee mason#154
not that i cant ride it more the fact 1st 1 was dodging a deer at 50mph slid it in to a bank and second time was lost the front wheel in the wet
Alex Barnes#155
not that i cant ride it more the fact 1st 1 was dodging a deer at 50mph slid it in to a bank and second time was lost the front wheel in the wet

thats why u dont use your front brake in the wet n by some chance am guessing u was going fast in the wet
scootzmadness#156
here we go.
its not that you shouldnt use your front brake in the wet. you slowly apply both.
shit happens. it might even happen to you.
Alex Barnes#157
not fallen off a bike since ive been riding n thats been for the last 2 years because its common sence to not use front brake coz theres no weights on it its like with rear wheel drive cars there shit for grip coz theres no weight on the back n ive been out in all weathers sun rain snow ice n never fallen off call it what ever u want most likely luck but the point am getting at is that hes fallen off his bike twice in a week somethings gotta be wrong
lee mason#158
thats why u dont use your front brake in the wet n by some chance am guessing u was going fast in the wet

nah never use a front break and wasnt breaking when i fell off as i was only doing 30 mph max
lee mason#159
not fallen off a bike since ive been riding n thats been for the last 2 years because its common sence to not use front brake coz theres no weights on it its like with rear wheel drive cars there shit for grip coz theres no weight on the back n ive been out in all weathers sun rain snow ice n never fallen off call it what ever u want most likely luck but the point am getting at is that hes fallen off his bike twice in a week somethings gotta be wrong

look we can tell your the best rider in the world so you dont need to get anoying
Alex Barnes#160
i know am not the best rider in the world if i was valentino rossi then maybe

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