What did you do to your Yamaha today?

Nothing&;&:$@;; I'm painting today!

 

I'm guessing you haven't been riding it lately

 

hah yeah I have been, 50km/day. It felt kinda sketchy in certain situations (that is, if my weight is forward on the bike, it gets a bit... weavy) but the rear shocks are terrible (on the list of stuff to replace), and when I'm sitting back on the bike, it's steady. I figure because it drops so far when I sit on it, that puts most of my weight on the rear wheel, and holds the swingarm in place.

Needless to say, I'm gonna stay off it till I can get a new set of bearings in. I get that you can adjust play, but... I'm pretty sure that's past adjusting

 

I like to think it's a feature - dynamic alignment adjustment!

Steering: It's not just for the front end anymore!

 

Don't ride again until you replace the swingarm bearings and shocks. Tankslappers are not fun, and often lead to additional expenses of a medical nature.

 

I'm jealous -- I know once I put mine back together and push the button nothing will happen. It's just my luck.

 

1 down - 3 to go.

 

Yeah. Despite countless miles over decades, I've never experienced one, and I'm really not very interested in trying it.

This does explain some strange behavior I'd noted but written off as "just me" - a tendency to very briefly feel like it wants to move off to one side when you crank open the throttle - could never really tell if it was the bike or just me, as it'd vanish pretty much instantly. Likewise sometimes feeling like it wants to track out a bit under heavy rear braking. Subtle, though, and because of how one automatically compensates for things, hard to tell if it's actually happening or not. Will be interesting to see what it feels like with that fixed up.

 

It took some time to run, definitely not right away, and I am still getting everything sorted. I think I might take it for a ride tomorrow to remind myself what I am working towards.

 

rrrrrr...today I took my "generic starter rebuild kit, not all parts fit all starters" and thought I got it smooth enough to go but no dice.... broke down and made an order from Chacal... yet another week without riding.

 

You are a wise man , and your starter motor should get there was before the weekend!

 

I make it from aftermarket for honda cb.

 

Prepare handelbar with wires inside

 

Reinstalled bar end mirrors.

 

Have a close look at the U-joint , that slop may have put a lot of stress on it

 

Removed the rear wheel, rear brakes and final drive
Removed the front wheel and speedo cable
Removed the engine side cover & shift lever
Removed the shocks
Removed the exhaust
Removed the rear grab bar
Removed the tank and side panels, gas cap, fuel valve, emblems (out to paint)

Oil in my pumpkin (final drive), still trying to figure out how to fix that.

this comes after:
Removing the front brake caliper, master cylinder
Removing the valve cover & gaskets
Removing the carbs (sent to Hogfiddles & returned)

 

Polished my back test bar.

 

I'm itching to polish everything up -- I just got my g-pops OLDD bench grinder. I'm hoping i can attach a buffing wheel to it.

Anyway, today I assembled everything from Chacal, including the new logos, foot pegs, fuel filter, small misc doo dads and also put the header pipes (re chromed), exhaust, gas tanks (new paint) back on and she started right up!

Oh yeah -- I also snapped a header pipe mounting stud cause I'm a dufus and I don't know how to use a torque wrench. So, there's that.



EDIT: added 2 pics of fuel filter and new pipes with those mounting brackets that took me forever to polish (no buffing wheel).

 

Waited impatiently for my swing arm rebuild kit to come in.

Got my new handlebars, though, so decided I'd take a look at how it looks.

Of course, my risers had 12M bolts, and the studs for the stock square buckhorns are 10M. So... Now I have 12M holes. Not going back to the stock bars on this crown. I've a new master cylinder on the way (that's not tilty) but put everything together to see how it works with the existing cables.

Clutch cable is sketchy; gonna cut it back myself. It will probably remain sketchy though, as the real problem (that is, the non-cosmetic problem) is that the Atari is huge and the clutch cable is impossible to route around it without being more bent than I'm comfortable with. Brake line will *probably* be fine with the new master cylinder, as it's outlet is on the "front" (facing forwards on the bike) which should help. Took the tilty one off again to avoid damaging the existing brake line.

Bar end mirrors, new grips, and new indicators are on the way. Should arrive later this week.

 

Bench grinder with a polish wheel is what I use. Works great.