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Post by tacky1 on Jul 11, 2020 23:19:29 GMT 1
Any YSR500, oops, YSR50 love out there  Picked up both these in San Francisco for a song, Boxes and boxes of spares, Both are running, Little flyers, Came with a bunch of nice goodies, Team Calamri wheels, triple and fork clamps, handle bars, fork spring conversion kit, exhaust, 24mm carb kit and fancy fuel cap and a few other bits.
I stripped the Red/White down during the week and sent all the metals out for powder coat, its a matching numbers bike, The other bike is going to my eldest son for a project, I swapped over the bits I needed and hes good to go.
Engine stripped down, I'm replace the main bearings and seals, the left seal was totaled, It passed a leak down test, but the seal splits when pressed, it was rock hard, glad I got in there, The cylinder is lightly ported, Might be a Calamari job, I sent the cylinder out for a rebore, Its in good shape, but the piston is a little worn, They are going to fit a Wiseco, The bead has been modded, squish was machined etc. Rekeyed the ignition and helmet lock, Both on a set of A-Keys and barrels I had in the key bin.
This is as far as I got, pics will follow as I go along
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Post by Jethro5 on Jul 12, 2020 4:28:36 GMT 1
Not YSR50 but this YSR30 is for sale on the Australian VJMC site. They are asking more than a song though.😂  |
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Post by veg on Jul 12, 2020 18:42:03 GMT 1
lovely called gag bikes over here
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Post by tacky1 on Jul 16, 2020 23:48:58 GMT 1
More progress, Wheels were stripped and the metal polished!! I dont like polished metal..... BUT, It is what it is....... Hubs sanded and repainted, Engine is back together, New crank bearings and all seals replaces, Waiting on the cylinder to come back from a rebore. New clutch plates and springs, gaskets etc, Stripped and painted the outer covers, They were pretty badly corroded, Look a lot better now Switches stripped and painted, waiting on the decals to finish them off, Lots of other bits and pieces completed, all wiring has been repaired, harness all cleaned up and re-taped. Waiting on the frame and all the metals to come back from the powdercoater.      |
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Post by JonW on Jul 17, 2020 4:56:58 GMT 1
Said it elsewhere, but wow this is coming on fast! Love it!
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Post by LC_BOTT on Jul 17, 2020 17:28:39 GMT 1
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Post by tacky1 on Jul 17, 2020 19:38:53 GMT 1
Now that is really nice, Fantastic condition.
Zipping along with it, I have a week in it roughly at this stage.. Late nights in the garage, beats watching crap on the tube....
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Post by tacky1 on Jul 18, 2020 2:12:01 GMT 1
Engine is complete, Carbon reeds fitted and I modded the cage, get more of a flow through it.I also fitted a new 24mm flatslide carb, A lot better than the stock 16mm carb!!! It was a PITA to get the OEM throttle cable to work with it, I want to keep the oil pump, No pre-mix... I drilled the carb and fitted an oil injector.. I removed the little cable end and cut back the outer cable, Got my length right and re-soldered on the end, Works perfect, nice to have an OEM cable, they just work that much smoother. The oil pump cable is held in with this snazzy little clip, Nice, havent seen one of these before I also drilled two little holes in the barrel fin right beside where the exhaust bolts to the cylinder. The OEM way is the shits, this way the springs will be good and solid. Still waiting on the frame and bits.....     |
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Post by veg on Jul 19, 2020 18:17:40 GMT 1
I love these things 👍
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Post by tacky1 on Jul 25, 2020 3:12:52 GMT 1
More progress, We have a roller Easier to shove it in the corner now  Switches are stripped and repainted and greased and new decals. Forks have new Yamaha Seals and dust covers, 15w Bel Ray fork oil, This has the Calamari fork conversion, These little bikes only came with one fork spring, Strange,,,,.... So Calamari do a kit, a spring and a machined spacer to fit in the bottom of the right fork to make up the length. The bottom of the frame and engine will never look this clean again, Its a lot easier to get the wheels in, chain, brake hub stay and engines bolts in when its upside down, Kinda like working on your bicycle All new Yamaha nuts and bolts fitted, Toomey exhaust with TZMike can, looks a lot nicer than the HUGE Toomey can. Wiring tomorrow and hopefully fire it up, Dropped all the bodywork off today to get her all painted up and pretty..... :smt023           |
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Post by veg on Jul 26, 2020 16:17:29 GMT 1
Damn you this is now on my to buy list, one sold recently for £1500 from D&K
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Post by tacky1 on Jul 26, 2020 16:47:56 GMT 1
Damn you this is now on my to buy list, one sold recently for £1500 from D&K Lol, you’re welcome 🤪 The little bastids are selling for a lot more here. One just sold on bringatrailer for $5500!!! |
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Post by veg on Jul 26, 2020 16:49:54 GMT 1
Jesus H they are generally £1500 to £2500 over here certainly those I’ve looked at. That’s the best part of £4000 bloody hell rarity value?
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Post by tacky1 on Jul 28, 2020 5:07:06 GMT 1
And we have a runner, Lots of bits and pieces over the last few days, getting the brakes rebuilt, all new seals and pistons in the master cylinder and caliper, and then bled, Foot pegs all reassembled and rear brake hooked up, Wiring harness fitted and a few gremlins ironed out, couldn't get the lights to work, Bad wire in the block, cut and re-solder and all good, oil pump tank fitted and pump bled and set, battery box fitted and tail light fitted, I also made up a paddock stand, fired up the welder and some one inch GB, Works great Funny thing happened, So I gave it roughly 8-10 kicks and nothing happened, So I pulled the plug cap and got a new plug down and fitted it in the cap and then used the plug in the engine as the ground, I was kicking it over to see if it was sparking and it fired up, This is fackin priceless, the plug outside was sparking like crazy across the electrodes and the engine was running, I did not know an engine would fire up with it set like that, Now just waiting on the painter....   |
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Post by Yogi on Jul 28, 2020 5:41:29 GMT 1
Love it,that sounds wicked
What a great little build👍😂
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Post by tacky1 on Jul 28, 2020 13:12:09 GMT 1
Love it,that sounds wicked What a great little build👍😂 The beast 😂 |
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Post by JonW on Jul 28, 2020 14:19:58 GMT 1
Not only does it sound great, but wow! Thats incredible, never have i seen such a thing happen. very cool. Funny thing happened, So I gave it roughly 8-10 kicks and nothing happened, So I pulled the plug cap and got a new plug down and fitted it in the cap and then used the plug in the engine as the ground, I was kicking it over to see if it was sparking and it fired up, This is fackin priceless, the plug outside was sparking like crazy across the electrodes and the engine was running, I did not know an engine would fire up with it set like that, |
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Post by tacky1 on Jul 28, 2020 18:01:05 GMT 1
Not only does it sound great, but wow! Thats incredible, never have i seen such a thing happen. very cool. Funny thing happened, So I gave it roughly 8-10 kicks and nothing happened, So I pulled the plug cap and got a new plug down and fitted it in the cap and then used the plug in the engine as the ground, I was kicking it over to see if it was sparking and it fired up, This is fackin priceless, the plug outside was sparking like crazy across the electrodes and the engine was running, I did not know an engine would fire up with it set like that, I’ll get a video of it. 😂👍 |
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Post by tacky1 on Jul 29, 2020 3:30:36 GMT 1
Vid of the plug sparking and the bike running, This is a first for me |
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Post by JonW on Jul 29, 2020 8:35:16 GMT 1
Thats mental! Love it!
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Post by tacky1 on Aug 2, 2020 1:35:04 GMT 1
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Post by veg on Aug 2, 2020 9:09:28 GMT 1
That is awesome can’t wait to see her with all her clothes on. 👍
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Post by tacky1 on Sept 26, 2020 3:14:15 GMT 1
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Post by JonW on Sept 26, 2020 3:50:43 GMT 1
Said it elsewhere, but so nice and a credit to you mate.
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Post by LC_BOTT on Sept 26, 2020 8:25:16 GMT 1
Ooohh that turned out nice, good choice on the indicators, never been a fan of them stuck in the seat unit, even if it does clean the rear end up.
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Post by JonW on Sept 26, 2020 14:10:22 GMT 1
Most countries have (had?*) a law about how close an indicator can be to the rear light hence some needed to have them set further apart. Aus is one of those places.
The ones in the bodywork I always thought were there to emulate the look of the 500s upper pipes.
* - many modern bikes have stop/tail and inds in one unit and pass muster, go figure.
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Post by arrdy350 on Sept 26, 2020 14:11:54 GMT 1
That is very nice great restoration job. |
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Post by sidney81 on Sept 26, 2020 15:04:16 GMT 1
That's so cool ,what a lovely job you have done !! I'd like that in my living room , better looking than the TV
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Post by tacky1 on Sept 26, 2020 15:04:24 GMT 1
Ooohh that turned out nice, good choice on the indicators, never been a fan of them stuck in the seat unit, even if it does clean the rear end up. They stick out a lot. But they are the stock ones for the USA. I know the jap and euro models got a nice little set. |
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Post by donkeychomp on Sept 26, 2020 21:56:12 GMT 1
That is awesome can’t wait to see her with all her clothes on. 👍 Not often you hear that said... Alex ps the wee bike looks amazing, great work there! |
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