Yam_Tech314's official build thread

[5twins]

Yes, I guess you could say that. You can get them clean as a whistle like this, especially the lower bottoms where all the sludge is sitting.

As far as fork seals go, many times a slight leaker is only doing that because it's dirty. Dirt gets forced down into the seal over time and with use. Just cleaning it out will often times "fix" it.

 

[DanielBlack]

Let me know when your ready to buy. I've got a front mag.

And I've got a rear with the disk for just the shipping as long as I can ship this weekend.

 

[Jim]

And I've got a rear with the disk for just the shipping as long as I can ship this weekend.

Now there's a deal too good to pass up....

 

[G_YamTech_314]

And I've got a rear with the disk for just the shipping as long as I can ship this weekend.

Private message me kind stranger!!!

 

[G_YamTech_314]

Am I crazy, or are the front and rear hydraulic calipers the same...?

 

[Jim]

Am I crazy, or are the front and rear hydraulic calipers the same...?

Bleeders are positioned different because the rear line runs across the bleeder. Other than that, I believe they're the same.

 

[G_YamTech_314]

I see! Attention to detail apparantly is not my strong suit. Thanks for the pointers. Literally!!!

Also. Huge thanks to Daniel. Parts came timely, and seemed to be more than half decent. Thanks buddy!!!

 

[G_YamTech_314]

Good evening guys...

My girlfriend made one hell of a cool discovery that I'm almost certain no one caught...

If anyone HONESTLY had an inclination that my seat was original please speak up because you've got a good eye.

In pics of my bike in it's early stages you can see the big honking BSA seat on it... Or SO WE THOUGHT. but take a closer look at the lines...

What do you all think about this???

 

[member28833]

My girlfriend made one hell of a cool discovery that I'm almost certain no one caught...

If anyone HONESTLY had an inclination that my seat was original please speak up because you've got a good eye.

It looks like somebody put a cover on it that almost fit
Check out your pan for a match to this-

 

[G_YamTech_314]

Check out your pan for a match to this-

Yup. Pan matches!

 

[member28833]

Good news.
You may want to peel that cover off and find that your original torn cover is under it. We can see the “piping” seam making the outline of the original cover in your pic
Re covering the repaired seat foam is really not too bad of a job.

 

[G_YamTech_314]

You may want to peel that cover off and find that your original torn cover is under it. We can see the “piping” seam making the outline of the original cover in your pic

I have a confession to make...

Already did that the night I posted the pics but I wanted to build anticipation.

It's definitely not in good shape but it's salvageable.

PICS PICS PICS

 

[member28833]

I have a confession to make...

Gotcha, you are going to have to get trickier to fool us

 

[G_YamTech_314]

My original comment was to ask if anyone on here, anyone at all... noticed the original seat hiding under the BSA cover before lastnights original post.

No one ever mentioned it so I'm sure it went unnoticed.

 

[member28833]

Saw it right away

 

[G_YamTech_314]

Saw it right away

Impeccable eyesight, friend!!

 

[G_YamTech_314]

So the seat pan is metal. I don't know why that surprised me given when it was made... But the metal isn't in great shape. So I carefully took the seat apart, and was able to successfully separate the foam from the pan. Gonna blast, paint, and rebuild. I think it's important to be as thorough as possible, and since it's needing new skin, why not make it right?

Bonus picture of my bored brother because his face is hilarious.

 

[Raymond]

Gonna blast, paint, and rebuild. I think it's important to be as thorough as possible, and since it's needing new skin, why not make it right?.

You're being thorough!

 

[ThatXS650Guy]

That is not bad at all. My H1 pan was definitely worse than that and I was able to save it with some patching and POR15.

 

[JAX71224]

While working on your seat, you might consider a gel pad cut to insert between the old foam and the seat cover. I saw a couple of different thickness of 25x25 inch raw gel material on Banggood and am looking into doing that myself over the winter.......