My sister-in-law bought a Scarver in 2006, she rode it for 250km then decided she was too nervous to use it. It's done 900km altogether, mostly with me riding it back and forth to places where she could practice safely. It's been sitting on her garden path since 2007, with the engine not even...

Hi all, some of you may know that I have been looking for a radiator. Anyway, I was pointed to one by a kind fellow of this very parish on ebay. I promptly bought the radiator and afew other bits off the same seller. All good and well. So ok, how would you wrap a radiator for shipping? Bin...

Hi guys, Haven't been active for a while as nothing went wrong with my '01 Dakar and then I bought a Yamaha XT660X :oops: Sorry. I feel so dirty.... :roll: My post comes from the conversation I had with the supplying Yamaha dealer about the part ex for my BMW. He insisted that the bike...

Hi, New to the whole bike game having only passed my test two weeks ago :-D . I now have a 2001 GS Dakar which I'm loving, however, I do find getting my feet flat on the floor a bit of a problem (Even though I'm just over 6'0). This means that stopping is not always as elegant as the GS500 I...

OK, I have searched the forums for clutch slip. When I use full throttle, at about 4000 revs the clutch will slip. The engine revs up then grips again and my neck gets jerked off. I get off, go and find my head and re-install it on to my shoulders and off I go again. Before I take the engine...