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the_eel |
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the_eel L Plate Warrior
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Posted: 17:41 - 18 Jan 2020 Post subject: Bike maintenance |
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Newbie rider, middle aged, spent 8 years doing the commute on a 50cc (actually it was 49cc lol) but have aging relatives that live a couple of hours away so I needed to step up to something that won't mind doing motorway miles.
so I bought a Yamaha ybr 125 and will need to get something bigger when I (hopefully!) get my full bike license. I never thought I'd get excited by a bike but I chuffing love it! it scares the shit out of me sometimes, though!
I love my bike so want to keep her in good nick. are there websites / youtube videos anyone could recommend that will help me keep her maintained? I have no experience at all but want to learn. I really need a regular schedule that I can stick to and look out for.
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Pete. Super Spammer
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Posted: 17:58 - 18 Jan 2020 Post subject: |
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Grease the chain, pump the tyres, change the oil with regularity. Wash off road grit this time of year but don't go mental around the brake calipers with a jet wash. ____________________ a.k.a 'Geri'
132.9mph off and walked away. Gear is good, gear is good, gear is very very good |
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stinkwheel Bovine Proctologist
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Posted: 18:54 - 18 Jan 2020 Post subject: |
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This guy has some clear, straightforward Youtube videos on the YBR.
https://www.youtube.com/user/ngraphic/videos ____________________ Chances are quite high you are not in my Monkeysphere, and I don't care about you. Don't take it personally.
Currently : Royal Enfield 350 Meteor
Previously : CB100N > CB250RS > XJ900F > GT550 > GPZ750R/1000RX > AJS M16 > R100RT > Bullet 500 > CB500 > LS650P > Bullet Electra X & YBR125 > Bullet 350 "Superstar" & YBR125 Custom > Royal Enfield Classic 500 Despatch Limited Edition (28 of 200) & CB Two-Fifty Nighthawk > ER5 |
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WD Forte World Chat Champion
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Posted: 18:57 - 18 Jan 2020 Post subject: |
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As above
Buy manual, regularly check chain, tyres oil etc.
The Haynes is pretty good, I have one here as the owner has
shown no interest in prising the pages open.
Here's a blog which has some useful tips and pics
https://ybr125owner.blogspot.com/2014/06/yamaha-ybr-125-blog-index-page-contents.html
I haven't examined it in detail, but it seems pretty accurate and if nothing else its handy for reference.
as the colour pics are better then the Haynes. ____________________ bikers smell of wee |
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The Shaggy D.A. |
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The Shaggy D.A. Super Spammer
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Posted: 18:58 - 18 Jan 2020 Post subject: |
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And if you don't have one already...
https://www.dropbox.com/s/1gugn3a6gthato3/YBR125%20Owners%20Manual.PDF?dl=0 ____________________ Chances are quite high you are not in my Monkeysphere, and I don't care about you. Don't take it personally.
Currently : Royal Enfield 350 Meteor
Previously : CB100N > CB250RS > XJ900F > GT550 > GPZ750R/1000RX > AJS M16 > R100RT > Bullet 500 > CB500 > LS650P > Bullet Electra X & YBR125 > Bullet 350 "Superstar" & YBR125 Custom > Royal Enfield Classic 500 Despatch Limited Edition (28 of 200) & CB Two-Fifty Nighthawk > ER5 |
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Kentol750 World Chat Champion
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trevor saxe-coburg-gotha World Chat Champion
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Posted: 21:10 - 18 Jan 2020 Post subject: Re: Bike maintenance |
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the_eel wrote: | Newbie rider, middle aged, spent 8 years doing the commute on a 50cc (actually it was 49cc lol) but have aging relatives that live a couple of hours away so I needed to step up to something that won't mind doing motorway miles.
so I bought a Yamaha ybr 125 and will need to get something bigger when I (hopefully!) get my full bike license. I never thought I'd get excited by a bike but I chuffing love it! it scares the shit out of me sometimes, though!
I love my bike so want to keep her in good nick. are there websites / youtube videos anyone could recommend that will help me keep her maintained? I have no experience at all but want to learn. I really need a regular schedule that I can stick to and look out for.
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Not sure I'd want to be on a 125 on the motorway but here are some little checks to go through, if you don't already. Weekly / fortnightly, depending on mileage. Keep an eye on state of wheel bearings by getting the bike on the centre stand (or paddock stand), and trying to move rear wheel left and right. Front is harder, esp w/ no main stand but if bike has someone, get friend to lean on back of bike to lift front and repeat checks. Any play could be a bearing worn. Any vertical play at rear could be trouble w/ bearings in shock linkages (if it has any). Monitor chrome on stanchions for excess oil - could be sign of damaged fork seals. Feel for notches in headstock bearings - any slight resistance when steering could be an indication of wear, typically at ten and two o'clock. Chain tension is a more regular check esp. this time of year when wear occurs more quickly - just feel for play of about an inch at the tightest spot, and make sure that at the slackest spot there's not a marked degree more. You don't want two inches, really. Clean the chain with decent rags / petrol or similar every 100 miles - lube w/ EP90 or whatever. This will make gear changes much slicker. Do "powder" checks weekly. ____________________ "Life is a sexually transmitted disease and the mortality rate is one hundred percent."
Mobylette Type 50 ---> Raleigh Grifter ---> Neval Minsk 125 |
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Posted: 23:39 - 18 Jan 2020 Post subject: |
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Haynes Manual.. get one. has a list of routine maintenence, how2 sections on how to do it, and at when.
If the bike isn't brand new, get the book, find the list and work your way down, doing everything, on the assumption, NOTHING has been.. 'cos it probably hasn't! Especially on a 125, or of it had, it probably hasn't been done properly"
A few tools might be useful too... dont get over enthusiastic for multi-piece socket sets and power tools... humble hand tools are cheap, they work, and often work most reliably and offer most 'feel' whilst your at it.
Also donnt worry too much about torque settings or torque wrenches. There's not a lot on the routine maintenance list that begs a critical torque; and humble hand spanners are sized to proviode pretty close to the normal torque they need anyway.. hence the 'feel' thing, and on a motorbike, especially a little YBR, the critical torques are usually LOW ones, and quoted to stop you shearing them... gram a typical work-shop torque wrench, sized for the effoff tight torqques of stuiff like car cylinder head bolts.... thje scale probably wont go down LOW enough for much on a motorbike, and you'll pick the closest number on it, probably 3x or 10x higher than you really want, cos the units are different, and consequently actually start shearing stuff, perversely to why the torque settings were quoted to start with!
B~U~T, the answer is:-
1/ get the Haynes
2/ get a simple tool-kit, and follow the list of 'routine maintenence' covering all that should have been done, but probably never has. ____________________ My Webby'Tef's-tQ, loads of stuff about my bikes, my Land-Rovers, and the stuff I do with them!
Current Bikes:'Honda VF1000F' ;'CB750F2N' ;'CB125TD ( 6 3 of em!)'; 'Montesa Cota 248'. Learner FAQ's:= 'U want to Ride a Motorbike! Where Do U start?' |
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wintelf94 Two Stroke Sniffer
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WD Forte wrote: | As above
Buy manual, regularly check chain, tyres oil etc.
The Haynes is pretty good, I have one here as the owner has
shown no interest in prising the pages open.
Here's a blog which has some useful tips and pics
https://ybr125owner.blogspot.com/2014/06/yamaha-ybr-125-blog-index-page-contents.html
I haven't examined it in detail, but it seems pretty accurate and if nothing else its handy for reference.
as the colour pics are better then the Haynes. |
Sure this is more clear. It is worth a look, may just unlock the issue. ____________________ Beyond Limit |
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Old Thread Alert!
The last post was made 4 years, 95 days ago. Instead of replying here, would creating a new thread be more useful? |
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