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Anyone got any tips on freeing off a sticky gearbox. Ive just fitted a heli-coil on the magnetic sump plug and now it wont change gear. My guess its got some swarf on one of the shafts. It just about changes if put some pressure on it with your hands, but it aint good at all. Im supposed to be...

I have a 2000 FE 501 that is sticking in gear when I try to up-shift under power. 1st to 2nd is fine but all the rest do it. I have tried clutch no clutch, rev it a bit all to no avail. I don't seem to have any trouble on the trails only when I hit an open section and nail it.Especially on the...

While working on my brothers forks we thought we sholud grease the steering head bearings, but we cant get the stem out? From what i read the stem is pressed on earlier models, but in the manualt it says that it should be enough to tap the lower clamp lightly and the stem should come out...

Problems keep on and on... very dissapointing... messed another ride today... While riding, the bike kept on kicking to neutral, and I had to change gears all the time in order to go on. After a while the rear wheel was stuck and the bike stoped. The bike was not moving even when pulled the...

poor MotoXotica is trying to replace my water pump seals, say they can't get the kick starter off my bike. This is the kinda dirt bike mechanic stuff I dread. I hope they get my bike fixed and back together today so I can ride it this weekend. wish em luck. story is 140 hrs on the bike and...

Hiya Okay, sooo i changed the oil 2 weeks ago saturday (i didn't overtorque the oil drain bolt, made sure of it.)....went for a ride on that sunday....... this weekend i wanted to do a service (oil,oil filters,airfilters,etc.) BUT...the freakin oil drain plug is stuck like a sonafabeech...

Hello gents, This past weekend I had a three day trip up to the cinder OHV area in northern Arizona to do some high altitude (8000ft) Forest riding. The bike ran pretty good seeing as I didn't re-jet from my 2000ft elevation. Last day of riding and about 5 miles from camp I lost all ability...

heard a slight knocking noise out in the middle of nowhere. backed off til i rejoined group. stopped, restarted, ran 3 more miles (not knocking anymore) to wait for rest of group. shut off, never restarted. found that knocking noise was prolly the disintegrating cam bearing (left side)...

Hallo! I´m on my way to change the swingarmbearings. I have loosened the rear shock, and the the two screwbolts on the shaft. But when I try to knock the shaft out it´s stuck! Is this a common problem? Any tips to get it out is very welcome! Thanks. Rikard aka boheme

After a good trashing on friday the berg (2000my fc501) is now stuck in 3rd gear. The oil is clear with no bits in any ideas ??. The gear lever will move slightly but will not engage any other gears. Also has anybody seen a quiet core insert for a fc exhaust. Thanks

yesterday i rode my 99 fe 600 for near 700 km (435 ml) straight from one town to the other on the highway every thing was going fine until about half an hour from my destination the bike dies completely and i have no compression so anyway long story short my right hand side exhaust valve is...

Hi, I am no chain expert so many questions occur when I look around for information. Neither have I got any response from the companies this far. It seems that the timing chain is an ISO No 06B chain. Since my best friend is order, the fist question is if it’s possible to use another chain...

After a cam bearing failure...now I got a trany problem. Where I can find something about this problem? Thanks again

I have a 2003 FE501E which I always start with the magic button. On the ride on the weekend I had to zip tie the kickstart in to frame as it was flopping out and snagging my leg. At the time I thought it just wasnt engageing the nylon plug that it rests against but closer inspection after ride...