My new project

We need to talk on Saturday mate?
Les, bog off baldy

 

'Shaddap' says Mr Long Legs:

 

Get back in yer kitchen and yer eggs Finchy!

 

Alan - how about this one?:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Yamaha-TZ...0238649?pt=UK_Motorcycles&hash=item460157bfb9

 

A guy I used to go racing with had one of those. Ran 9.5s on nitrous. Loadsa fun.

 

Good find, looks a fun project. I cant wait to see it with extended pipes, clip ons + fairing.

 

Alan now known as sleazy rider....!

 

Well me n Deano81 went to pick up the VN yesterday. I must say I was a bit disappointed when I saw it. The front discs are knackered, the tank has a lot of filler on it and there seemed to be a lot of bits missing. Most of them, but not all, were in two plastic boxes! Anyway a deal is a deal , so I strapped it onto my trailer and got home about 1700. Did some work on it today. Eventually found a 18mm socket to remove the plugs, all 4 of them, squirted some WD40 in the combustion chambers and put the plugs back in. The headers had nothing holding them onto the heads and I thought I would need new ones, but today I found the split collars and rusty domed nuts to hold them in. Limiting myself to just doing work to start the engine, so I tried to refit the battery box that carries the solenoid, reg/rec, and coils, but it won't go under the seat until I remove the rear wheel. will de-rust and paint it tomorrow and refit it on Tuesday.
Massive thanks to Dean for the company and help gettin bike on and off trailer!
Some pics;

 

That will keep you busy for a wee while!

 

Not wrong there Sharon. There's no throttle , driveshaft is in a box and tank is full of rust!!!

 

Boxes are meant for shafts aren't they?

 

But the potential is there, and you have the know how

 

Thanks Sharon, gonna need as much encouragement as I can get. Main thing is engine starting first, then driveshaft and forks. forks don't leak, but seals look rotten!

 

Starting an engine blind after 3+ years of sitting about in (suspected) poor storage, you're a braver man than me. Wear some padded clothing, eh

 

Shall I fetch a shovel tomorrow to dig a VN size hole?

 

Bloody ell Dave, weren't you listenin yesterday. Gonna give it plenty of WD and oil and turning over by hand before I spin it on the starter motor. Don't wanna remove the heads unless I realy have to

 

I was listening fella, but for the time involved personally I'd have the heads off and see what's really going on before i possibly score the pistons / chambers and fill the head with crap. I can understand the eagerness to get it running though. 3 years isn't that long, providing there's always been plugs in it the risk of water getting in is slim.

 

That said, if you do score the chamber you could overbore it

 

Gonna have a look inside the rear cylinder , it's at BDC ,with a boroscope this week.

 

you forgot to mention cheers to dave for the tea and chat nice to see you matey ....
Any time you need a hand alan just let me know , im getting good at this rebuilding lark lol ..
I did however get the fork seal sorted today, and started sorting some bits on the ninja..