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Oooops I've bought another gen 1!!! - nickodemon - 11-09-15
Bought this tidy gen 1 tonight. Lovely bike with 46'000 mls full service history. It has a couple of issues i will need to sort. The first is the rear shock which is as soft as sh*te, the second is the exup valve rattles (hopefully just needs adjusted and greased) The third issue is the carb rubbers are cracked. I have owned several gen 1's and have never had any where the carb rubbers are cracked... Do they need replaced or are they pretty thick and should be okay. I always remember my rd 350 lc rubbers cracking. They needed replacing :\
Re: Oooops I've bought another gen 1!!! - devilsyam - 11-09-15
seen worse but there on well thick its just a cosmtic hang up
but looks a good un potential
Re: Oooops I've bought another gen 1!!! - RMT1983 - 11-09-15
Ive got a hyperpro spring and some rubbers if needed mate?
Re: Oooops I've bought another gen 1!!! - nickodemon - 11-09-15
I might get back to you about the spring and rubbers
. I noticed when looking at rear shock it is set on the lowest spring setting? I will adjust up to max tomorrow and see how it feels. It doesn't need to be the best handling bike in the world, as it's purely for motorway slog to work..
Re: Oooops I've bought another gen 1!!! - nickodemon - 12-09-15
Carb heater plumbing has been removed along with the ais kit, so someone who previously owned it has known a few of the mods :thumbup
Re: Oooops I've bought another gen 1!!! - nickodemon - 12-09-15
The shock seems to be okay (for a standard shock!!!) It had all the settings at the softest settings? After some fettling it's better. i am going to take one of the carb tops off tomorrow and check the needles to see if it has been ivanised. It pulls really well and doesn't have the fluffiness of the standard set up. It has also had other mods done, so whoever owned it in the passed knew a thing or two about the mods.. Just bought a race can and link pipe from rmt1983, so i can get rid of the standard can..
Re: Oooops I've bought another gen 1!!! - solorider - 13-09-15
(12-09-15, 12:06 PM)nickodemon link Wrote: Carb heater plumbing has been removed along with the ais kit, so someone who previously owned it has known a few of the mods :thumbupWhat benefits does removing the carb warming pipes make? I have removed mine because one of mine split causing a water leak, as Yamaha want stupid money for them I blanked off the inlet/outlet and removed the pipes.
Re: Oooops I've bought another gen 1!!! - Falcon 269 - 13-09-15
No benefit unless you live somewhere really hot and have suffered from fuel vaporizing in the carbs on a hot day.
Re: Oooops I've bought another gen 1!!! - nickodemon - 15-09-15
Next thing on the list was the rattling exup valve. Unbelievably the exup cover had 3 different bolts fitted and then when i removed the cover the bolts holding the exup to the exhaust were battery terminal bolts! They are as soft as sh*te!! The first snapped the head clean off, but i managed to get the other two out.
I removed the snapped one with big vice grips on the remaining thread and slowly removed it :woot I stripped the exup down thoroughly cleaned it and gave a light rub down until shiny. I then thoroughly coated in high quality heat resistant lithium or ceramic (grey stuff) grease, reassembled, adjusted cables and hey presto a perfectly functioning exup. Oh.. while i remember the spring that sits between the pulley and valve were missing, so i made one and it seems to work well. Fitted flip screen courtesy of clanadam. It was clear from top to bottom, so it showed behind the clocks , i masked it off and sprayed the bottom of the screen with some satin black paint. Looks good, hopefully it will work well. Find out tomorrow when going to work.
Re: Oooops I've bought another gen 1!!! - nickodemon - 16-09-15
Screen works a treat :thumbup
Re: Oooops I've bought another gen 1!!! - clanadam - 17-09-15
Good stuff - bad weather is just round the corner for the full test :lol
Re: Oooops I've bought another gen 1!!! - slimwilly - 17-09-15
Sounds like a nice commuter project going on.
Re: Oooops I've bought another gen 1!!! - devilsyam - 17-09-15
Wot you doing with the double bubble screen nick
Re: Oooops I've bought another gen 1!!! - nickodemon - 17-09-15
It's on feabay... £9.99 http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/141776877098?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1555.l2649
Re: Oooops I've bought another gen 1!!! - devilsyam - 17-09-15
Wot no foccer deal?
Re: Oooops I've bought another gen 1!!! - nickodemon - 18-09-15
I tried that with the bars and bar ends and got dicked about. :o
Re: Oooops I've bought another gen 1!!! - nickodemon - 18-09-15
(17-09-15, 06:57 PM)clanadam link Wrote: Good stuff - bad weather is just round the corner for the full test :lol
I got nice drizzle on way to work this morning...... :\
Re: Oooops I've bought another gen 1!!! - onejay - 20-09-15
im interested in your views of the flip up screen
is it better than standard item
Re: Oooops I've bought another gen 1!!! - nickodemon - 20-09-15
Its an excellent screen. I can sit at 80mph with no head buffeting at all. Here's a pic
Re: Oooops I've bought another gen 1!!! - JKay - 20-09-15
Wots the make of the screen pls m8