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CBR125 - really? Wouldn't have thought it could take the load. Anyone actually done this? Lots of them on ebay, no genuine new honda ones though.

I've read before on here about the rectifier being weak on the firestorm, well mine went yesterday... Luckily I wasn't far from home - still within walking distance! I was lucky, it just popped the master fuse (blade, 30amp, left hand side of rear sub frame) - I have heard horror stories of ...

Twas a proper tool, but a cheap draper one off ebay. Its the 3 legged type with stones. I need to get a dial gauge to measure the bores properly though as I'm only going on what it looks like, haynes book doesn't give the actual clearances. At least I still have the firestorm to play with still. lol

yeah, may have fooked this up spectacularly. spacer is a no go as this isn't enough cam chain slack. also, since the deglazing the pistons seem far too sloppy in the bore, distinct possibility I may have taken too much material out. So erm, shite. Probs gona need a rebore now and a of set o/s ...

tony, aluminium spacer - you are a genius. I was thinking 2 head gaskets together but it didn't look too clever. Think I need to stick an old piston in first to see how much that protrudes from the cylinder(I'm guessing nothing), that will give me an idea of how thick the spacer needs to be. I've ...

Pistons in, engine loosely rebuilt, turn it over by hand and uh oh... its gone solid - piston is hitting the head! Cack, that wasn't part of the plan. So erm angle grinder to the top of the pistons? lol

Think I'm going to keep the rest of the bike standard, quite like the way it looks and it is very comfortable. Just needs that bit more power to make it usable in modern traffic. I attacked the head with a die grinder this afternoon, not sure if it will be worth the effort and time but it had to be ...

http://lh5.ggpht.com/_SwR_1hnj7Co/TKuVDU8ECfI/AAAAAAAAABo/oq5MDrBlaio/s640/05102010523.jpg http://lh4.ggpht.com/_SwR_1hnj7Co/TKuVwnJ68RI/AAAAAAAAACE/PfF6Ct3j_i4/s640/05102010525.jpg Problem solved... Took a bit of a gamble and put a bit more force on the spanner and all the nuts cracked off fine. I ...

OK, not firestorm related but I'm hoping someone has a cunning idea how to remove the head nuts on my Honda Benly and still have a usable engine afterwards. The pesky nuts holding the head and barrel together are seized on to the studs so when I turn them it unwinds the stud from the crankcase and ...

The clutch lever arrived couple days go but only got round to trying it tonight thanks to a random arm infection that has taken me out of action for the last 5 days. Well the news isn't great. Firstly, thanks to the wonders of ebay bike breakers selling on cack, I've ended up with a bent clutch ...

I've found a really useful site for proper Honda parts diagrams: http://www.cheapcycleparts.com/makes . It gives actual Honda part numbers that you can take to the likes of David Silvers and wemoto. It is unfortunately in the US but in general the bike components are the same as the UK except for ...

Cheers Tony. Got it sorted in the end. I took the cam cover off on the rear cylinder in the end just because I wanted to be sure. I'd say its difficult to get the 5mm of free play, chains being chains, you get tight and slack spots which seems to be further complicated depending on whether the cams ...

Well haven't got the clutch lever yet but I have had a set of manual CCTs turn up. Got them wacked in this afternoon and roughly at the right tension. I have had a scan of past posts for advice on the correct tension but I was hoping somebody could clarify the procedure. Can I do it while the bike ...

Counted the clutch plates and discs when they were out, all there according to the service book and all within tolerance.

Clutch places looked OK too, no signs overheating with blue burns in the metal either.

Waiting for a lever to come up and then I can prove my theory.

In the past I have bought bearings from Gem transmissions in Warwick - they specialise in all sorts of bearings and stuff of that nature and you'll save a fortune over a bike spares retailier. Last time I used them for rear wheel bearings in my Honda Benly and they only cost a few quid and they wern ...