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 :\
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..
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..
(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 :thumbup
What 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.
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.
. 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..
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.
