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Excellent, thanks wicky. Started using a small drift bar, but I was worried about knocking the bearings and stopped as it was not large enough.

Need some help or guide on what to do, borrowed the right socket and tried taking the swingarm bolt out. It no easy task. Have the engine on block of wood so rear wheel is off the ground, but this bolt is a bugger, can get it so far, but I need to take the weight off the swing arm. What's th best wa...

The big ones always love a good ride, and will do almost anything

Don't know, never taken it off on this bike. But will find it when I clear things up hopefully. If not will buy one in Amazon, they are only a few quid for new socket.

Gonna change right foot hanger today, but can't find my large sockets, is it 27mm socket I need to unscrew the swingarm nut?, also for Chris, agentpinapple and fabiostar. Did you adjust the gear selector and arm to be sitting higher?, just when I was running up and down my road, that it's sitting to...

Can't find my large sockets to remove the swingarm bolt, I know I have 27mm somewhere but fecken can't find it. A trip to halfords for me then later to day or clean out my garage.

Have you taken the carbs off?, if you did re-check that all the connections are seated correctly and screw clips are tight on the carb inlets, eg the rubber inlets to the cylinder head from the carbs, maybe they are perished from sitting a long time and leaking to allow more air in.

Thanks lads, will do that.

Yes try wd40 and jiggle key around, but don't force it. Maybe some debris is stopping it. As for alarm, if it's been fitted in 1997, I would think along the lines of all the owners that it's been chopped and altered or disconnected due to draining the battery etc. I would even consider removing it a...

Thanks for the info Chris, will investigate this, but first maybe a set from a vfr800 may woRk, since the bars are higher, and would imagine the set up being the same bike to bike. Will look into this also over the summer and repoRt back.

Check the main earth to the engine, clean it up and if any contact grease use a dab. Same with main cable to starter.

tried my spare cables from the cb750, and nope it won't work, perfect length but the cable itself is not long enough. It's just too tight when hooking up to the throttle spindle, and hooking up the adjusters. put the originals back on and made some adjustments, wI'll do until winter when I can get a...

Did My Vespa engine cases in the dishwasher also, removed all the hard crud and came our a treat. Wife was also out for the day, never suspected anything apart from noticing I must have used it as the dishwasher as all this clean dishes were put away :roll: . Anyway there is a set of link pipes on f...

Do they make an adaptor for the vtr, tuck it under the front somewhere.

I will recheck them again today, but yes Chris, I did them as normal so maybe to tight at the housing and need more slack for turning right. Will try with longer cables also, if I can find them