Cheers fellas, she's a very comfy thing to ride and a lot of fun to ride. Total balst.
In other news,
Got meself a new toy off a member on here. A certain yellow yamaha which I took on as a mini project.
Let me just take the chance to thank marksesh. He is a top bloke and very geniune and helpful. Thanks mate.--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Anyway for those interested, I took some pics on the process, got slack with it towards the end but meh. The bike was 100% in running order, just a little project to get blinging and minor mech repairs. It was my first attempt at something like this and I intended to keep the costs to a minimum. SO here goes!
Me and a mate stripped her naked 1 hour after I took the keys.
That evening I proceeded to take the front end off.
Took the forks off, inspected and cleaned. They came up pretty well and no obvious leaks.
Revived the cluster a tad.
Kept on taking bits off. Tank, radiator etc.
Re-gasket-ed the cam cover, had a leak.
Absolutely filthy rear shock. Cleaned that up.
Basically the whole rear suspension area was in the state of that rear shocks. Took it apart and all the bearings in the linkages had seized with grime. Cleaned it all up, re-lubed and and all weird squeeks and noises are gone. All moves freely now.
Cleaned up and painted frame and swingarm.
Repaired cracked stator cover with epoxy and painted.
Now for the speed humps along the way. Front sprocket nut welded to drive shaft...
Attacked with angle grinder...
Drilled and threaded a hole in the mddle of the shaft.
Now a bolt goes in. With appropriately sized washers and spacers, I hope to keep the front sprocket at bay.
Quick bling job on the sprocket cover.
Front end back together with new grips, painted the upper triple tree, H-frame, Master cylinder.
Brake lines from a Zx636!
Calipers thoroughly cleaned, pistons cleaned and new pads. All bled with new fluid of course!
New chain and sprockets! Front already got put on.
Painted the rims satin black
This is what I used to help keep that front sprocket bolt in place. I have every confidence It will btw.
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And now, the finished product!!
New pegs, new rotors, oil + filter, coolant, repaired fairings and painted with 2 cans of paint + 1 can of clear =$45 paint job. Waiting on new mirrors. I intend to wack some good tyres and track it. whether or not this happens is a different matter haha. For now this is it.
I thoroughly enjoyed my first experience of a small project. Definitely satisfying, and learnt a great deal. Glad to report after a few small test rides, front sprocket is holding fine!
Thanks for looking, that is all.