June

How can I restrict a Honda VF400F?

25 June 2012 by MCN

Q. I am looking into buying a Honda VF400F. But I can’t find a 33bhp kit or any legal way of restricting it. I have tried as many people and places as I can think of, including Honda dealerships and...

Will WD40 damage tyres?

25 June 2012 by MCN

Q. My son can be a bit like Frank Spencer sometimes. When cleaning his chain he often gets WD40 all over his rear tyre, too. Despite me warning him not to, he declares: “It’s OK, I clean it off...

Why is my ZX-6R’s front end juddering under braking?

15 June 2012 by MCN

Q. When I brake at slow speed on my Kawasaki ZX-6R J2 track bike it feels as if the brakes are only working intermittently and at higher speeds the front shudders a lot. The brake pads are new, the...

How to remove a seized bolt from CBR600F Sport’s radiator

07 June 2012 by MCN

Q. I’ve a Honda CBR600F Sport and was just about to give it a good clean today when one of the bolts on the V-piece under the radiator just kept turning. So I thought I’ll take the left-hand fairing off and carefully take the V-piece off with the left-hand fairing. All was going well until I found another seized bolt in its rubber grommet on the left fairing. How can I get them out? Dom501, MCN...

Have my wheel weights been wrongly fitted?

07 June 2012 by MCN

Q. I have just had new Bridgestone tyres fitted to my Gold Wing by my local Honda dealer. The rear tyre has not got any weights and on the front they have put all the weights on one side, 2 x 10 and 3...

Why is my almost-new Kawasaki Z1000SX rattling?

07 June 2012 by MCN

Q. I have a new Kawasaki Z1000SX with 900 miles on the clock, which has a faint rattle. It comes in when I am gently opening the throttle at low revs in the low gears. It’s similar to pinking or a...