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« on: January 09, 2020, 08:30:02 PM »
The other day I noticed smoke coming from around the left side panel, at first I thought it was electrical like before (I renewed a load of stuff after that) but it really seems not the case. There was a lot of grease around the area of the breather box, that thing for recycling gases below the air box, could that be the culprit, is it normal? I have cleaned up the area with help from gunk by artists brush. I was rained off riding afterwards so I've yet to see results.
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« on: December 28, 2019, 02:40:15 PM »
This morning I washed the bike and it couldn't start....oh well after a while I remove some spark plugs to inspect and clean, and for whatever reason I started the bike again. Alas, not before this ham fisted yokel stripped some of the thread in the right side spark plug hole, only about 30% of the spark plug is screwed in so there won't be any unnecessary riding. Will the workshop be able to retap the thread without pulling the top end off first?
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« on: December 26, 2019, 08:39:17 PM »
Do the clutch cables on a CB400F have a short life span or something, I seem to be needing my third , the one I have is about a year old with 2,500 or so miles on it.... 
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« on: December 07, 2019, 04:00:55 PM »
I had the same thing on my old CB250N Superscream I noticed it felt funny putting my bike on it's centre stand today and the legs where at different angles when I looked. An inspection showed a crack in the right leg. Anyone had this issue before? Looking at the price of a second hand one, does it justify if it's really possible taking it off and getting it welded?
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« on: October 28, 2019, 04:27:59 PM »
With colder weather closing in I might have known better. My bike lives outside and for a couple of nights I neglected to put a cover over her. The other morning I noticed after about an hours ride that there was fluid in my tail light lens....on closer inspection I feel I could have transported a goldfish in it! I'm surprised the light still worked after I drained it. Reminded me of he time I found about half a pint in my Z400J's airbox. What to do and look out for...is drilling a drain hole in the lens a good idea and are there any vulnerable places elsewhere on a CB400F with this sort of thing?
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« on: August 30, 2019, 07:13:04 PM »
Discussing an oil leak on CB400F2 with someone oop Blackheath today and I revved the engine up to the red line a few times in neutral, which I hardly ever do. It produced grey smoke so it must be burning some oil off, but I can't say anything actually sounds bad...your thoughts?
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« on: August 28, 2019, 08:20:12 PM »
 Back in the 1970s I asked my father (RIP) if he ever rode motorcycles, an embarrassed grin split his face. He was still a soldier at the time I asked, and had been when he tried to learn to ride so as to be a military dispatch rider back in the 1950s. Alas, he wrote off two 'Beezers' by skidding into the same Mile Stone on the same corner TWICE. They told him they had no more bikes left....not for him anyway. What did they say about lightning?
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« on: August 19, 2019, 04:22:11 AM »
Most days I ride about half a mile on a cobbled road in ye olde Wapping, east London....there is always a strange rattle coming from the lower front end, which I think is the brake caliper but I'm not sure, there's nothing I can find amiss (now) with them, is this normal, could it be something else?
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« on: August 14, 2019, 05:58:54 PM »
I have an Oxford Monster lock & Chain, but lately the key is sometimes really difficult to turn and I get worried it might snap in there, it'll be the hell of a job on my hands. I've tried WD40 and oil but they don't help much. Said lock and chain is to meet an insurance requirement, it's only 15 months old, I don't want to be buying new ones yet....any suggestions?
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« on: August 06, 2019, 04:47:38 PM »
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« on: July 31, 2019, 11:20:13 AM »
He is a dipstick! 
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« on: July 28, 2019, 11:43:39 AM »
Was this item originally separate from the sprocket? I've looked out for one for more than a year and suddenly they turn up at DSS as part of a sprocket but at a sky high price. Are they worth having for more reason than classic looks?
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« on: July 19, 2019, 03:00:51 PM »
I've just fitted a new caliper housing and metal pipe, now I can't adjust the clearance for the fixed pad. After I fitted the caliper housing the brake was too tight for the wheel to be spun and of course I get the feeler gauge for 0.15mm but discover I just can't make it happen. Slackened the two bolts that hold the housings together and achieve it like that, tighten them and I'm back to square one. It's not as if I haven't done this job before, I can't think what the hell is wrong.
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« on: July 17, 2019, 02:20:16 PM »
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