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Thanks lads, traced to a dicky top plug cap/coil.

Tried the pulling the bottom leads off method to isolate which side.

Any ideas? Going through the revs it seems to just hesitate as it passes through 5000 rpm, clears its throat and then it's fine. This has been apparent since I took it on a trackday - I had thought it was just a plug dead/on its way out (it's a twinspark) but my recent full service hasn't cured it. ...

Success, that was way easier than I thought it would be, she's now purring like a kitten again :) We only had 1 moment of stress during the service. Refitting the timing hole grommet. After spending 15 mins fishing it out of the engine fins after I dropped it :evil: it was poke poke, get in you bast...

I have a set of carbtune stick gauges and can set up the carbs on my R6 in about 10 mins - I take it these will be ok on the BM?

I've never seen a twinmax....!

Hi guys, I'm a pretty competent mechanic and generally service my own bikes, but I'm taking on the boxer for the first time this weekend, only ever having serviced Jap stuff before. Been reading up on the method for synching the carbs, and I think I get all the throttle cable malarky... but am a lit...

Ok after much ado I have found M8x20mm TORX head screws the same as BMW original but in Stainless steel. £5.50 per set of ten. Or £10 per ten if you want them polished :lol: Plus postage dont know how much but at a guess £1 Can also bring them to Wales if wanted. NOW HEAR THIS FOLKS They are A2 sta...

Update - just found a guy doing a wide variety of "selection packs" of stainless bolts on ebay - for not much more than you'd pay if you cherry picked just the sizes you needed. I've ordered some. :) http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ih=003&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWA%3AIT...

Chris, To get the old bolts out get your blow torch and hold it directly over the old torx bolt head for about 20 seconds and the undo the bolt which is held in with loctite. When fitting the new bolts clean the old thread out first with a tap, failing to do this will almost gurantee that when you ...

Fed up with mine being a rusty mess and going to get some stainless ones.

As far as I can gather from the interweb they are just standard M8x25 Button heads - the wavy washers and spacers can be used again?

Is this correct? Ta!

Dear Mr Gromit. I bought an ABBA stand recently. Looks to me like your back wheel is only an inch or two off the deck. Mine is a full 8 inches and it's a massive heave to get it up and over, as it were. What am I doing wrong?! :oops: Chris - that's coz the BCR's got mega-long suspenders (long front...

Dear Mr Gromit.

I bought an ABBA stand recently. Looks to me like your back wheel is only an inch or two off the deck. Mine is a full 8 inches and it's a massive heave to get it up and over, as it were.

What am I doing wrong?!

That's why I take them loose wheels one at a time. :wink: TBH it's rare these days to find a tyre fitter knowledgeable enough to actually notice that. Though that does sound like a slightly jobsworth attitude. I took them a rear that had an 010 on it and asked for a Metzeler roadtec. They asked me w...

Whoa, that's a bit industrial looking, Grom!

Thanks for the tips - I shall go and look at the ABBA, it's the family after something to get me for Xmas.

Morning chaps -

My S is actually an SS and hence has no centrestand - can anyone recommend a centre-lifting paddock stand that will pick up on the centrestand mounting points so I could get either wheel out?

Is that how the NWS one works?

Ta

thanks Grom - the M1's on the CBR are nearly dead and I was debating a good deal for some direct replacements or going for the M3's - that's made up my mind