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Bring out your dead!

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    Re: Bring out your dead!

    I'm no longer going to be able to call this bike the WReck any more...
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    Re: Bring out your dead!

    Waiiit whaaaaat??

    replacement frame or current one made straight?

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    Re: Bring out your dead!

    Shoulda gone with gold.

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    Re: Bring out your dead!

    Quote Originally Posted by nhbubba View Post
    Shoulda gone with gold.
    It was an option actually. He had a gold paint and candy fleck combo that would have been opulent while matching the hubs perfectly. I decided not to 'over bling' things by going with the white 'vein' with a clear for extra durability instead.

    So yes, this is the same formally twisted and spraybombed mess I started with. Now it's straight and cleaned up nicely.
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    Re: Bring out your dead!

    Thank you for not showing us your white vein.


    Bring back the malemal toe.

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    Re: Bring out your dead!

    Quote Originally Posted by Kurlon View Post
    It was an option actually. He had a gold paint and candy fleck combo that would have been opulent while matching the hubs perfectly. I decided not to 'over bling' things by going with the white 'vein' with a clear for extra durability instead.
    Did you just use the word "opulent" on NESR?

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    Re: Bring out your dead!

    Splendid. Do I have to raise my standard of appearance to retain tenancy?

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    Re: Bring out your dead!

    No, but at my current rate of build/rebuild/repair I'm going to have to raise the rent to afford being able to actually play...

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    Re: Bring out your dead!

    @ post 77 I was going to ask "how much...?"

    but I know what the answer is, and I'd much rather just observe the progress and make zany sound-effect like comments

    RRRRRRing ding ding ding!!!!

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    Re: Bring out your dead!

    Frame straightening + powdercoat is cheaper than buying a new frame, if Yamaha still offered them that is.

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    Cha chiiiiiiing!! (Ding ding ding)

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    Re: Bring out your dead!

    This is as far as I got this weekend. I really should replace all the swingarm / linkage bearings and seals, but I don't have a press yet and what a PITA. I'll be ordering a couple seals that absolutely need to be swapped and have just cleaned up and repacked the existing bearings. I also spotted a couple spots where washers were missing so those will be on order as well. I did go 'works' style on the swingarm, aka I took a scotchbrite pad to the legs and left the castings alone.

    In the mean time I'm working on top end setup, particularly which head I should run and how tight the squish should be. I've already been told by one tuner that I'm going to scatter the transmission all over the track so I've got that going for me!

    Adam - I've now heard from one other person that I should raise the exhaust, suggestion was via a second base gasket, so I'm leaning that way more now.
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    AHHHHHH!!!!!!

    IT'S COMING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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    Re: Bring out your dead!

    Just got back from a quickie dyno. The WR is far from dead. Pull FAR better than I hoped for. Only surprise (other than the final torque/hp) was it's peaking at just over 8k RPM, not 9k like I initially guestimated so I'll have to adjust my gearing to match. I also need to dial in the carb for small throttle operation, wasn't happy there and I can't tell if it's a lean or rich issue.

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    Re: Bring out your dead!

    how many hp???

    I think my '94 was ~43 from the factory...but you have the 265 motor

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    Re: Bring out your dead!

    I'm not telling. All I'll say is I have plenty of HPs and I was not planning on that good a torque number.

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    Re: Bring out your dead!

    I want pictures.

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    Here is as much as I'll reveal for now...

    I'll get pics later, if my clamps arrive tomorrow I'll be ripping the front end off so it'll be a bit before it looks finished again.

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    Re: Bring out your dead!

    Quote Originally Posted by Kurlon View Post


    Here is as much as I'll reveal for now...

    I'll get pics later, if my clamps arrive tomorrow I'll be ripping the front end off so it'll be a bit before it looks finished again.
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    Whoops! That wasn't intentional. Switched it to public like it should have been.

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    viewable now!

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    Re: Bring out your dead!

    Progress report!

    Ok, lack of progress report... still haven't put the retuned top end back on, but I have at least sourced a steering stem and assembled the lower clamp. Now I just need to figure out steering stops.
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    My original theory was a couple posts positioned in the gap between the bike's steering stop welds and the clamp's raised sections would be easy to implement. Unfortunately the aluminum isn't super thick there plus I'd be drilling VERY close to the fender mount bosses. No room to nut from the bottom for strength. Plan B: I'm thinking a couple 'L's cut out of aluminum, bolted on top of the existing steering stops will do the trick without rendering the clamps permanently antique fitting only. Plenty of meat to drill into and tap without getting near anything critical.

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    hahaha...whaaaat?

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