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Generally bicycle (and motorcycle) chain tension is adjusted by the position of the rear axle. On bicycles you would move the axle farther back to tighten (forward to 'loosen'). Motorcycles are a little different as there is actually (usually) a specific adjuster for the axle position (same as bicycle though - rearward to tighten/forward to loosen). Hope this helps

300ml gearbox oil

The push start it! See if that doesn't release it.

try replace spark plugs

just ask your motorcyle mechanics

It's a bad seal of the head gasket. You need a new head gasket and to scrape every particle of debris from the cylinder head and cylinder surfaces that mate with the head gasket. Use the factory specified gasket sealing compound and do a clean job - no blobs or pools of the stuff. The head gasket should lay flat on the surface of the top of the cylinder, and you have to make this surface free of grit, leftover sealant and any other foreign matter before you put the head in place and torque it down. Start with the head bolts just finger tight and then go by the manufacturer's specs for the pattern and amount of torque to be applied. Usually it is recommended that you get to the specified torque amount in stages, going around several times and repeating the torque pattern until you get that maximum rated amount. This will prevent the seal from shifting or warping and should make the gasket seal perfectly. This is the old school method of doing this job. and I have never seen this fail to produce good results. Take your time, be clean, and you will have the results you want.

Check the clutch, adjust, clean, or replace

dirty pilot jet, remove it and clean it.

could be the floats sticking.

Over filled and excess oil being burnt in the cylinder. Drain some oil and refill to the correct level.

pls elabret the question .... because if u want to change the turn signal then its easy simply follow the wiring or if u want a parking light style flash then u can get some controler kind of the thing from ebay

The wiring should not be getting hot, but if you are trying to get the engine running with the starter motor and it is not turning the engine over, you need to investigate why the engine is not turning. Put the shifter in top gear and try to push the bike (key off) to see if the engine is free to turn. If ok, remove the starter motor and check the drive to the engine. It may be a broken chain or other interference trouble. Try running the starter with the chain disconnected. If it won't turn (make sure the body of the motor is touching the engine), the motor may be jammed in some way. The other possibility is that the wiring to the starter is grounding out somewhere--maybe the starter solenoid. Hope this helps!

over full sump fuel getting into sump badly worn rings allowing excessive blow by

heat the spark plug up on stove and then try it. it might be you turned it off to soon, think its 2 to 3 min before turning off. floods the sensor.

ok, your problem could be simple or could be quite involved. First thing to do would be to make sure its not a safety cut out i.e. kill switch on handle bar is set to off or is malfunctioning, side stand down while in gear, no neutral light. Also is the battery good?? A poor battery can cause the bike to have no spark as it can act as a resistor and not allow 12v to flow through the system thus preventing enough current for a spark. If its not that, hears where it can get tricky. It could be a number of other things i.e. If it has an immobilizer factory fitted or via an alarm system, Coil (which is usually not the case), Generator stator and pick ups or worse case a faulty CDI/ECU. You may want to get someone who knows about bikes to take a look. Good Luck

you might take the top off the Carb and make sure the float is not allowing the fuel level to get too high in the Carb If that is the problem you can bend a tab, or adjust a screw, to shut down the flow of gas from the tank before the carb gets flooded. Also, check the fuel-mixture screw while the bike is parked and idling to make sure it's not just set too rich. Start by screwing in the mixture screw, half a turn or quarter of a turn at a time. Put the carb back together before doing the running test.

Your clutch basket is the link between the engine and transmission. Your kick starter rotates the clutch basket gear, which turns another gear at the engine crank. Remove either the basket or gear at the crank and see if the engine, and the transmission both turn. Sounds like the engine is stuck for some reason. At least you can cut the issue in half.

Sounds like you have a seized engine.

Sounds like the pressure plate is not fully disengaging.

You have lubrication, cooling, timing, fuel mixture or clearance problems. That's about all that can cause seizing.No oil.Too hot.Wrong timing.Too lean (affects too hot)Too tight.