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Hey, nice Toaster! Welcome aboard.

Thanks Rob, this is a great list to start troubleshooting. Bike is a 74, produced late '73, so of the first /6. So no clutch switch, only the neutral switch. No clicks or any other sounds when hitting the starter button. It will be some days before I can get round to start troubleshooting, will get...

Winding up to high revs in the low gears is where I get the clunky and potentially destructive changes. My approach is to change from first to second at quite low speed, usually within 25 metres from take off. Second to third can be more difficult, especially when accelerating uphill after a hairpin...

Phil Yes, ok, I get it. I am just so enthusiastic about the light and precise controls on my old dear (it's taken 20 years to get there) that I want to shout about it from the virtual rooftops. Re the UTMC, I wonder if anyone has had one sleeved down to 13mm. Can't be too hard, I imagine. You seem t...

Yes Kurt, Phil’s request was pretty clear but he is an old fart like me and probably has hands that have been over used and abused like mine, so I thought it worthwhile to mention my solution. Lessening the effort required to pull in those levers and shifting the engagement points so they are closer...

Phil, there are work-around solutions. The UTMC is a horrible thing - squeezing the brake lever feels like trying to crush a lump of wood with little result. A bar mounted 13mm MC from a later model or aftermarket makes a huge difference to braking force and the engagement is closer to the grip. The...

melville wrote: ↑Sun May 07, 2023 5:39 pm ... But I am getting to finishing the current pillion audition--I quite like the gal and my spare gear almost fits her.
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It is Spring in the "Up Over" hemisphere, when a young man's fancy turns to auditioning a new pillion. So romantic - well done, Mel.

I'll add to Rob's advice above that replacing just the throttle tube and cam gear may not be sufficient to give a smooth and snappy throttle since the 'axle' in the housing and the locating lug in the top cap can also wear quite badly. I replaced the tube and cam in mine and still had a horrible not...

Phil, here's a simple tool that will pull the RMS to its rightful place: RMS.jpg Thanks Charlie, how thick did you make it? I think it's 16mm MDF. Doesn't matter much, anything that is stiff enough would work. I don't recall the thread size. Take one of the bolts to your favourite fastener supplier...

Phil, here's a simple tool that will pull the RMS to its rightful place: