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What would be the fix for this? New head?

timeless classics both.

Must admit, the DDX is one of the few bikes that has piqued my interest over the last good few years. Could see one in my garage...... Probably because it looks a little like an XRV750 ;)

Ja- Unit 5, Alpha Park, 17th Ave, Maitland, Cape Town, 7404, South Africa. He used to work at Ducati some years back. Him and Mille Rado (the JHBG Duc wiz)

Ebrahim Darries. (think he operates as "Bike Doctor".)

Those desmo service cost estimates always blow my mind. I've owned a testastretta motor for 17 years, and have done about 45k km. Desmo's have been done a couple of times. Belts are replaced every 2 years. Basically the bike only gets serviced every two years (never do enough km to need an...

I initially ran inline resistors with a standard analogue flasher unit. I just happened to touch one of them one day when working on the bike - the indicator was on. I wasn't comfortable at all as to how hot they became - call me paranoid.....

If your question was directed at me - no, have never done it on a 990. As mentioned above, I didn't realise that they had hazard lights. I suppose the issue would be that the LED / electronic flasher unit won't have the functionality for the hazards. I did it on a Honda. You could simply...

Ah - didn't realise that the later models had hazard lights. No idea how that would affect the LED's.

Lekker description! Glad that you went through with it. Riding and scuba are two of my "core" experiences - both force you to be totally in the moment. I can't think of many other sports / hobbies that force the same. Fortunately for me my father would probably have been more comfortable...

A friend's farm dog started getting bad arthritis in his hindquarters - chased baboons, and whimpered and limped for days afterwards. They got him on reishi mushroom extract - he's back to chasing baboons full time again. Worked wonders - he's an old chap now, about 13, and definitely has a new...

Ja it is sad and a huge problem. NZ and Canada property bubbles are massive. It's catch22 - if property prices drop alot / too much, existing owners lose much of their equity, with a proportionate effect on the NZ economy. If they don't drop, new entrants can't enter the market. Property makes...

it's the dashboard indicator light that causes the 4 way flashing with LED's. Those resistors that people use to fool the flasher unit for LED's are trouble looking for a place to happen - feel how hot they get after only a very short time of use.... Replace the analogue flasher unit with an...

I also think that it's a generational thing. If you look at international bike sale volumes over the last few years they have plummeted. Ok, cost is obviously a big factor. Anecdotally whether I ride a sport bike or adventure bike, there are VERY few youngsters that I bump into along the way...

yup - that's the one. It is / was a beast. An acquaintance of mine (actually father of very ex-gf) raced yammie TZ350 and TZ250 for a while some time back. Bunch of them used to go up to scribante in PE for a while after the local scene fell apart.

Not dirt riding, but same outcome. Until a few years ago, there was a well attended classic bike / superbike class at Killarney (and other tracks). Pretty good fun for all involved. I have a couple of bikes that qualified for inclusion (think pre-1988 was the cutoff back then), and was...

The suspension was starting to feel decidedly 2nd hand after a recent Tankwa trip - actually it had been feeling like that for some time. Last time that shock was serviced was about 10 years and about 50k km ago...... Thanks to Superfoxi for servicing the rear shock, and re-packing the...

Thanks - entering by road. Will hopefully find something online.

Not sure if this is the correct section, but...... Anyone know where I can get hold of an e-sim for Namibia? Any pointers appreciated.

I live close to an extremely affluent area (through coincidence rather than actually having the money). Always joked that the Porsche Cayenne and Macan are the citi golfs of the area - looks like about every household had one or two. In the last two years or so, the number of Haval's in the...