Is there any reason a CDI from and SLR wouldn't run in an FX650? You'd need to chop the FX CDI plug from the loom and wire in the SLR CDI plug. Then the ignition rotor would need to be changed (the FX on has more pips on it). I'm sure the TPS is the same on both bikes. The only casualty I think...

Well we've been hearing about everyday for about the last two years one way or another and i've got to say i've lost interest in all off it and can't be bothered to watch any of it, it's all just done my head in hearing all the usual drivel about over budget, finish times for building etc and...

Any one booking a holiday here this year or already has booked one may think again bit of bad news. Wife was at work today,at an industrial estate in Falmouth around midday the air was stinking in smoke and it filled Falmouth. Apparently on the 3rd floor a fire broke out over 100 fire fighters...

I have the flu, and it's really boring. So I spendt some time reading on the Internet. I have never been to Zeebrugge, zeebrugge - Google Maps but if I do, I will take a few minutes to visit the locations of this event. The Zeebrugge raid 1918. I have downloaded som pictures and facts on my...

Why don't things go as planned?? the wife went out to do her CBT today so i decided i would take the boy down to Crowlas to watch a trial. Got down there parked up and walked about 1 1/2 miles down the steep fields into the bottom of the Valley where the stages were. We watched about 3 stages...

Hi all... have just managed to change the chain and sprockets on my 650. all is ok and well....and I am extremely chuffed since this was an extremely big challenge for me:p. the only casualty is that I managed to destroy my chain wear decal/sticker in the process.:( 1. Can I live without this...

Had this e-mailed to me today from the council road safety unit, not sure if they are concerned about what the public think from a biking point of view or whether they have just run out of ideas themselves about what to put on the signs. Both the roads they mention are accident blackspots and...

Well,we left for the National via Edinburgh on Sunday:iconbiggrin: Never been to the place,been past it on a few occasions, so we thought we might as well have a wee look.Boris offered us kindly to stay with him and then travel down to the national with us on wednesday. So the plan was to pack...

S'been a busy week. On Sunday morning I dropped the Vigor on the Limestone way. The front wheel went into a rut and down we went. The casualties were, bent bars, bent rear brake lever, smashed front indicators, smashed front mudgaurd, broken headlamp fairing, pulled muscle in leg, bump on shin...

Should I get a Barbour Six Days or International jacket? or a Belstaff Trialmaster? Are one manufacturer better than the other? They are not that common here in Sweden, so it's not easy to look at the jackets IRL //Kjell

Just watching the BBC news. There has been a MASSIVE earthquake in japan. The pictures of the disaster and the Tsunami and the after effects are just jaw dropping. Sympathy to the japs and makes you glad to live in good old England. Edit - just been on the news, one of the Tsunamis was...

We are working on our campaign for 2011 and would like to know if you were confronted with this image, would it make you think? If not, how could we do it better? Look forward to hearing from you. John John Macneill Project Co-ordinator (Road User Awareness) Road Safety...

Hi there, just about to embark on an engine rebuild. My bike is an XL125 (mid 70s) and it has a CB125S (early 70s) engine. After a mammoth clean-up operation I've removed 20 years of crap from every part and found that luckily most of them have survived. visit my blog for pics...

Have a look at the conditions the pilot landed in to rescue two casualties at the weekend. It's on here

So it seems that the spluttering and backfiring from Miss O on the final leg back to London was more than a passing complaint of fatigue :(. I stepped out the door on Friday morning to head off to Glastonbury and the lady was having none of it. She makes a dreadful noise when I try to start...

Latest transport department statistics show that 472 motorcyclists died in 2009, down 4% on 2008. The number reported as seriously injured fell by 4% to 5,350. Total reported motorcycle user casualties fell by 4% to 20,703 in 2008, yet Motorcycle traffic rose by 2% over the same...

Death from the depths With the emerging evidence of fissures, the quiet fear now is the methane bubble rupturing the seabed and exploding into the Gulf waters. If the bubble escapes, every ship, drilling rig and structure within the region of the bubble will instantaneously sink. All the...

NOW SOLD (18/07/2010) I have a "C reg, 1986? I think" (Twin Headlamp) XL600LMF which has been lurking in the back of my garage for some time. I've now decided to sell this bike. I bought for restoration in the future, well aware that these twin headlamp models are now getting rare...