Another bike for the stable

I just picked up another 900rk for the stable yesterday....it was a gorgeous bike til the previous owner had to flop it quick because of a cage cutting out in front of him. I’ll bring it back to its glory shortly, though—



Dfox

 

beautiful, damage looks manageable, hope the pipe is not too scratched.
How many 900's for you now?

 

Smashing bike Hodfiddles your buying them all up.

 

Well done Dave! Looks like it was well loved in it's previous life. Now come home to be safe.
John

 

Looks to be in great shape...nice looking bike!

 

where does that one sit in your registry?

 

It is in the #10 spot, previously registered.....it was on eBay at some point. I don’t know if the guy I bought it from got it then, or from someone since then.

dfox

 

Even got the tank air scoops l call them at the front. Cannot get them now unfortunately.

 

Yes, the air scoops are still intact

 

Wow, very nice Dave!

To me it looks like the majority of the damage is on the tank and fairing.
Still run and ride OK?

Tony

 

Runs beautifully, the little I rode it feels good.... there is a rattle somewhere I feel— I think it’s a stand hitting a muffler, so a bumper may be missing. I haven’t checked yet.
I’ll start replacing damaged components shortly... just need the time.
I have to swap:
-Tank
-shifter pedal
-right hand brake lever
- a couple signals
-a side cover
-both engine end covers
I have all those.......

I also need to do:
-Left lower oil galley plug/bolt (think I got one)
- both mufflers (got one, still need the other)
-a bar end ( but can wait...barely noticeable nick)

thats about it, iirc

 

do you ever sell any of your bikes?

 

Eventually some, but not the 900’s, or fazers.....

 

Hmm.....

 

Or the big Dog, or the vmaxes....

 

I nave a craving....but the future is not secure enough just yet....hint, hint.

Big Dog used to have a display at ITC (Wichita international Airport). They made good bikes.

 

Nice greenery a bet the Rhododendrons look a treat in spring-time.

 

Excellent find Dave! Have fun working on it!

 

Is that a spin on oil filter conversion on it?

 

Yep

 

Is the bike the exact same model as your showcase machine? Must be got the anti dive on the forks etc.

 

There was only one flavor of XJ900 made, until the Diversion (which NA never got).

 

Ye the Diversons were popular in Europe. A lot of them for sale here on E Bay but my nephew is after my 900f which I don't mind him getting but he will have to wait until I am old. His friend has a Diversion at work so my nephew will have to start with a 125cc and take it from there, do his theory test and riding test. When I passed my test I had a Suzuki GT 250, and there was no theory test although we had to know The Highway Code. The Haynes manual stated the early 900f which was 853cc if my memory serves me correctly had handling problems and Yamaha redesigned it with the fairing mounted on the frame instead of the handlebars and they increased the capacity of the engine too.

 

Oh man.... that’s nice lookin’ bike there except for that damaged fairing

 

I’ll be able to swap out a really nice tank, but it’s gonna be tough or expensive to find a fairing in the condition I’ll be needing

 

i lost track of how many pages of pictures i looked at before i found that girl in front of a happy birthday sign

 

Polock should be Hogfiddles marketing manager

 

Do you think one of those paintless dent repair guys could save the tank? Some amazing stuff was done to my pick up truck after hail damage. For the cost and availability of these tanks it might be worth investigating.
John

 

Possibly.... but don’t worry, the tank is not getting tossed

 

The tank could routinely repaired. Just pull the big dent with those weld on "nails'' and slide hammer. My tank had a similar dent now it's gone took my friend (has a shop) ten minutes to pull it out.
If I saw that tank for sale at a swap meet I'd buy it in a flash.
Cheers, 50gary

 

Ummmm........ the newest arrival—
Just got it home



I have:
-the original exhaust to put on
-the airbox will eventually go back in
-The original turn signals to go back on
-a NOS stripe kit to go on
-a rare option rack/backrest to install!
-a gazillion other NOS parts to install and all swapped out or leftover parts will upgrade another 900rk!!

dfox

 

Here she is with a couple of her stablemates. Yeah, I showed this pic in another forum, too, but figured we need an update here......

 

Have you ever had to weld up the frame Hogfiddles on any bikes where the sidestand is?

 

Nope

 

I just wondered since they can fail in that area and you did welding with the shock absorber mount you repaired.

 

I didn’t do any welding there. Someone had broken the end off of the shock mount, then THEIR solution was to weld the shock to the mount. I ground the weld apart then came up with a proper solution.