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engine back from the Powder coaters, happy with the results looking forward to rebuilding it up, just got to mill the writing on the custom ypvs cover as masking it wouldn’t look right
I also need to spray the plastic covers because these can’t be powder coated
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I cant belive how fantastic all this is looking i really hope mine looks as good at this once its done.
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@Walney-Reptiles thanks for your kind words quite abit to do yet till it’s done, but I really like your project too think your doing a amazing job
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@mhbikesnbits Your welcome mate, and thanks very much
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Happy new everyone and all the best to all!
not had chance do any work on my dt recently unfortunately but hopefully this is the year to get things done on a plus just found this what I think would look ace on the project
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Well been a while since I’ve posted on this article, i just want to say the project is alive and well I’m making some progression finally. I blame a pregnancy and a pandemic for the delay
Forget how I post picture on here will update some soon
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@mhbikesnbits
Sweet, I’ve not seen your project before. Some really nice attention to details
Please, keep on keeping on
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@mhbikesnbits Yes wow blast from the past. Hard to think your last post was pre-pandemic. It's hard to even remember what life was like back then
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@Calum I know I’ve really been slacking I got everything back out the other day to carry on with it had to refresh my mind of what’s, what
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Update 2022
I’ve dug everything back out and got my head back around the project. The excitement to build the bike is Back but have a while to go yet. I started out by tapping out the holes on the parts that had been powder coated.
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Needed to get the engine rebuild under way so I can install the engine onto the frame of the bike to get some weight behind the project.
One of the only issues with the engine components other than the the usual wear on the bearings and seals was the play on the clutch basket.
So I did some research and found out you could redo the rubber bushes in the basket with RD250 bushes and rivets.
they sold them on yambits so I got the good old grinder on the old rivets flatten them with a sanding wheel and knocked them through
installed the new bushes and put it back together the play in the basket was like it would be straight out the factory.
Apologies but I must have forgot to take a picture of the finished basket.
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Had a little play with frame and put on a couple of bits, pressed in the races for the tapered roller bearings for the steering stem.
Love how the black contrasts with the red.
Also placed some bolts for the engine in position ready for the engine.
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Something about putting pristine bits back together. It’s like unwrapping a Christmas pressie backwards!
I had a similar situation with an old Audi project that I left for a year, I couldn’t remember what bolts to use to put certain bits where! I had to relearn something that I used to know like the back of my hand!...
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It was only an old Audi 90 10v that I went OCD on. I put a gas flowed head on it with a fat cam and lowered it. Some horrible little crackhead weighted it in when I got made homeless and wasn’t around, back when the price of scrap went crazy (2010?)
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Pretty much got the engine built just need do some finishing touches on it and order couple of other bits I used high quality bearings and seals and all genuine Yamaha gaskets including the head gasket.
Bore was in good condition I used a 68mm wosner piston To replace the old one
Thinking of putting it on the frame with no oil all in as I’m thinking of setting the clutch up all In one go once the clutch perch and cable is installed with the clutch having 3 places to to adjust it
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