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Hey guys so i need my Elswick hardtail welded on and i have decided i don't fully trust myself to do it. Other non detrimental parts i'm fine welding but after reading enough and seeing enough bad frame jobs I've decided i would like to pay someone to do it. Instead of going to a actual bike...

just an update, been slow this past few weeks. Got my hardtail from Elswick and im extremely happy! im lovin the stance. ive been waiting on seals and gaskets to come in the mail so in the meantime ive just been messin around with the fitment and trying to decide the overall look i want this to...

Sweet, nothing major so far inside! Needs lots and lots of cleaning. Gonna do a valve job this week!

So! Not enough time for an update recently, but... lots of good things happened. In my search for a crank with good rods i somehow managed to snag up a complete bike with good compression. Appears to of had some wiring issues and has been non running since 2006. So got it all taken apart and im...

just found on on the wiseguys web store, 69 bucks. looks like ill have to drive up there!

What i messed around with so far today

Dang... ok because i just painted all the fins and in theory i was going to just use a flat sanding block on the fin edges then polish it that way. i guess if it doesnt work ill just have to start over! Thanks!

Wait so does wiseguys sell whole assemblies with crank and rods? or are you saying just buy the one off ebay? The whole rephasing the motor seems like an awesome idea that i might do for another build but im just keepin it simple and cheap on this one... hopefully lol i dont have a 20ton press...

ironically i was just surfing ebay and looking at those, and yeah it the brass on the small end im not sold on. Lookin at 80 bucks for that plus 60 for shipping, since my crank is good im wonderin if i should just get new rods from mikesxs for that price?

Update to the night, took a good 3 hours to attempt to split the cases, until my idea got it done in only 15 minutes. It didnt fit in my oven very well and i didnt have a bunch of foil and a spare burner. So next best thing. Bbq at 220ish degrees for 15 minutes. Success. All appears good so far...

slightly dirty, mainly just gunky oil, no hard debris tho! surprisingly way better than i expected, only because i was judging by the outside haha gonna call it a night after that stress, gonna pull everything out tomorrow and start detail cleaning and inspecting. looks like i will need new...

the problem with my oven was too much heat was escaping due to the door not closing so i debated on this and said to hell with it and looks like i came out on top?

yep all good! kept it at about 220 degrees at 15min thanks to some wind, smooth as can be. whatd i miss?

This is the current state of my engine. Fingers crossed.

Holy shit these cases are STUCK. Already attempted the oven idea, after i got passed the screaming wife to the oven only to find out it didnt do a thing. might give it another shot here after it cools back down. Rubber mallet didnt do a thing and im stuck :( And yes... i removed all 18 nuts...

Thatd be awesome man, is there a decent XS crowd in this state? I havent been here long enough to know

Awesome glad theres lots of helpful people on this forum! kinda didnt know what to expect in the yamaha forums, so thank you really appreciate it! Just started to split the cases. And holy crap its dirty. Looks like this things been sitting in a garage for 20 years. Bearings are good kinda...

Hey quick question, im gonna be doin my motor in the same style except in all gloss but im curious in what order you sprayed the jugs/head if you did it all then sanded and polished or if you polished before you sprayed and just cleaned it up? Thanks! Tom

im pullin the case apart here this afternoon so i know what im working with, havent really found in the area anyone whos lettin go of these parts but im keepin my eye open. Regardless of what im gettin im gonna be doing a full rebuild, no short cuts, goal is to ride it all the time so i need it...

So here we go, first ground up yamaha build. Decided i needed a new project for the year and no more space for another rat rod :/ But time for the next best thing! So this is also my first build im going to keep a full log of with pictures of EVERYTHING so that way I dont do something...