Recent content by Shoshin

Started my bike this morning to ride to work, opened the choke, and the throttle started high then just escalated to full bore. Immediately knocked off the choke, no effect. Throttle control was not stuck nor would not twist down, pulling harder on the throttle escalated the revs even further. I...

Definitely not broken. The sprung brake bar is attached to the drum using a number of parts, but the flange that holds them just spread and released the end of the bar. I've re-bent it and will be reattaching the wheel shortly, but will be fabricating a new part this week (I love having a...

Good morning everyone.. Green as grass to bikes, and to bike repair. Keeping things simple, doing small tasks, recently changed my tubes and tyres on my 79 CB125s. After reassembly(and a couple spare tubes!) the bike handled well for a few hours. On my way home I applied the rear brake, and...