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Had a similar-ish experience - partner/named driver on my car insurance had to claim on that policy ? hey presto, underwriter wouldn?t renew bike policy when it came up. BeMoto staff were super sympathetic to the scenario and had a chat with underwriter, but no dice. They did find me a new...

Good pointer ? but why would Yuasa not have the YTZ12S listed as an option for Gen 3 at https://www.yuasa.co.uk/ ?

Good shout - almost wish there was still a challenging nut on there to give one of these a shot - or a nut splitter. This video had some interesting head-to-head for nut extraction and then a head-to-head for stud extraction at the end. https://youtu.be/EWLxzuDMuhk Rory

Not tackled them yet - plan to refresh them all once engine is up on the bench. Current torch is simply a butane/propane blend - better with MAP to heat the block? Rory

Removal of crusty nuts.

Got them off. By the 3rd nut developed the following routine which worked faster/well for the rest. 1) Cut a square out of the nut and chisel that out, exposing thread. 2) Get some WD40 in there. 3) Use chisel against the faces of nut exposed after removing square to smack the nut left & right...

I?m setting about a rotten gen3 project bike and today was (going to be) exhaust removal/clean day. The OEM manifold nuts had other ideas. Hard to tell if they?ve been rounded during previous ownership(s), but corrosion looks to have removed any chance of getting a 12-point socket to enjoy...

Just pushed a rather tired adopted gen3 RR into the garage - something to keep me occupied through the winter. Shall try to post interesting pics amidst various questions. Anyone else lining up a new project to pass the colder/darker evenings? Rory