Sadly, my XRV 650 was destoyed in a pretty bad fire this month.

Just replacing the clutch plates on my transalp - i have both the metal and cork plates but one of the cork type clutch plates has a different part number than the rest - does this plate sit on the outside of the plates?? I've destroyed my manual so cant check Ta sean

Heard about this Sunday morning on the radio. :(:mad: Fire wrecks Sheffield Ski Village - Local - Derbyshire Times Reckon me and the kids won't be having that snowboarding lesson on Friday. :rolleyes:

Started a new contract on the North end of Skye, two jobs fairly close to each other. Here are some photos, not meant to p1ss you guys off or anything ;), just to pinpoint a good location to go for a rideout if any of you are coming up North this year. The area where I am working is just North...

http://news.sky.com/home/article/16154063 This story comes a week after my wife had to put herself between a dog and my three year old daughter. She got clawed and muddy for her trouble but my daughter was unscathed. The mid 40's dopey bitch of an owner was remarkably unconcerned apparently...

As J destroyed my V1 last year at the elephant rally.. i am getting the V2 ready to replace my trusted V1 V1 V2 in stealth black:cool::cool:

Very funny Tweet from Edmund King, president of the AA: How long does it take to fill a pothole in the UK? This Japanese road was repaired in 6 days after the earthquake. See Japan tsunami and earthquake: Road repaired SIX days after it was destroyed | Mail Online

After some complete lunatic caused me to come off my AT yesterday I now need to mend my headlight fairing panel and left side fairing panel which have been cracked (whilst bouncing off the lunatics right rear light of his car). :blob6: Has anyone fixed fairing panels themselves using some...

Hello, had an accident a while back on my RD03, and destroyed the rear wheel. I cannot find replacement RD03 rear wheel, but I came accross an RD07 wheel, which has bigger hub and my RD03 parts do not fit that wheel. Since I have to acquire new parts from RD07 to fit that wheel, my question is...

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...

Well, mixed bag today! I had to take the Landrover downtown to pick up some stuff but the damned thing wouldn't start! Tried jumping it off the van but no go, I think it might be the starter motor. Oh well, job for tomorrow, I'll put my tailpack on the Ickle Beemer and pop down the street. Lost...

Right o here goes then. I got my hands on my brothers Xr400 that has been sitting around not being abused as it should be. Its been off road for the last 2 - 3 years and was in quite a state. This is how i received the bike So out came the spanners and i got stuck in stripping the wee...

I'm getting fed up spending £20 on these pathetic plastic drive gears that wear out if everything isnt 100% clean, greased, straight, etc etc etc !! My speedo stopped working a few days ago and on inspection the drive gear was worn down and a bit chewed up. £25 and 3 days later and the new...

I'm psyching myself up to announce to the twins that one of their poney's has badly broken it's leg & is going to have to be destroyed... I really think they should provide a tube of superglue with these plastic Barbies & their poney's...:thumbup:

Hi, usually I am a member of the German Honda, XRV and Transalp boards and thought I would just hop over the pond (the little one) and check out whats going on here. No really. There is a reason for me being here. Am a big fan of the UK and am planning to do a tour either next year or latest...

While reading this article Woman with 10-minute memory wins £4.4m payout after string of medical blunders | Mail Online at work, it got me thinking about our soldiers who we are doing the charity ride for. Short version, woman suffers undiagnosed brain haemorrhage resulting in her life being...

Hi folks! I'm lucky enough to have a repairable but quite damaged '06 XL650V at my fingertips for a project, and thought I might ask a few questions about tank options in case anyone's been through the same. The bike is in great shape - frame and engine undamaged, but the tank is beyond...