550 F2 started!

[Laverdaroo]

No Tim it’s a UK bike but as it’s 1995, it’s well passed the date that that came in in. It’s got the Yamaha fitted,  cover plate over the YPVS valve port at the front so it’s never been a full power one.

It’s got the obligatory Fresco pipe on the end and KnN filter, upgraded silly  plug etc but it’s probably still 22hp now. They were good for about 18-21bhp depending on the fettle I their day. They were just the TZR motor and you could make those go like hell but also grenade quite nicely if removing too much of the standard stuff and replacing it with 17 year old engineering
We had a pals clocked at 114mph once which was positively supersonic to us at the time.
I shouldn’t go no the reducer washer has been ground out of the pipe at the front but that’s to come. Took the carb off it tonight to clean up and found this. It works and is sealed but bloody hell, that’s proper gash‍




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[Oddjob]

Same one as this Roo?

Dirt cheap

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/334147945714?hash=item4dccc504f2:g:AecAAOSwhT5hQFn3&amdata=enc%3AAQAHAAAAwITuCRbbcbVn3KV%2BNNuTT%2BMFl%2B9S7KvAicsVcDhlYrZN0fCYTBmNtl91%2F8LC4ZxJ2xoc%2F2Kih7BIW0%2Bh2S7PPNK9wDZineGCklyAl8uTg%2BLCBogyAVMlUTRYJjzJPdfR7kQyL9ui1NLOWdizNw8P9%2FLuy78YuBaRsE%2F6lD%2FbrpPquVYC4K65VdPwkcx%2Fe7tg4aUA2VVIDuC%2BF%2FZLuC4dI5QoNCxJ9%2FPUSgzKgvmk2eDO%2Fl8fODq220VQeH9kcfvYiA%3D%3D%7Ctkp%3ABk9SR9ydgr7hYQ

[Laverdaroo]

Probably but not buying Chinese tat mate, even the ones for the strimmers are crap after a short period. We got one for an Italjet 180 paddock bike a pal had, it  just wouldn’t set up.  Same with the one he bought for an rm250, April’s pegs so etc! He doesn’t learn, think the only one that would set up half decent was for his xl250 which got nicked off his bike whilst parked up at the pub, tje miserable buggers!
I reckon I can get a  float bowl from somewhere haven’t really looked yet. Yambits might do one, they’ve pretty much got most of Yamahas old stock so it’s highly likely.

I did look at that but it’s not worth the bloody hassle mate.


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[Oddjob]

I was thinking of just buying it for the float bowl Roo and the oring, that ones flatter than Twiggys chest.

[Laverdaroo]

Ha haa, that’s a good shout actually, top idea! Now get to bed or you’ll be all cross n moody in the morning

I’ve just come in, been awake with tooth rot so went and did some polishing while that carb pickled in the sonic cleaner thingy for bc a bit. Just climbed back to me put. 🥱


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[Rozabikes Tim]

If you say your mates had that from new, if he did that to the carb, he wants a friendly clip round the ear!

[Laverdaroo]

I think it occurred when his Number One Son took the bike to agricultural college some years ago but nobody is admitting the bodgery.

I wouldn’t either it’s a bloody awful fix. But having been 17 once and needing to fix things on the fly on the way to work etc, I can understand why it’s been done


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[Laverdaroo]

It’s got the obligatory Fresco pipe on the end and KnN filter, upgraded silly  plug etc but it’s probably still 22hp now.

Didn’t spell check that did I, meant to ready, ‘barely 12hp now’


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[Oddjob]

I've got some new polishing weapons Roo, just arrived today. If they pan out ok I'll let you know, in theory I may be able to polish a carb body even into the little crevices. They'll also come in handy for getting inbetween the fins on the barrels.

[Laverdaroo]

Oo, that sounds interesting mate, I I was in polishing heaven last night. The sprocket cover that those muppets did for me started to bloom and looked like it had a load of coffee splashed over it so started to take it back again ast night.
Usual state of soul destroying affairs, you think that you can get that little mark out but as you just get rid of it it starts to grow and get bigger. Getting there now but it was a 2:30am sesh again last night!!

Being sol close to it and working on it for so long last night you notice stuff and it’s fairly apparent that they actually put marks on it in their crap process they do.
Really disappointing.
If you say you’re gonna do something, just do it, that’s what I’m paying for but bar about 5 or 6 companies I’ve dealt with this year, it seems folk just can’t be arsed anymore.

I’ll get it right but it possibly means that this is the most expensive sprocket cover on the planet


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[Oddjob]

Usual to see blooming especially if the weathers cold and at that time in the morning it would be, it's the fact it's polished which makes it stand out, the staining is actually that, oil and crap starting to weep out of the alloy which they should have removed but didn't.

The new polishing stuff is for very small areas only Roo, maybe areas like screw holes on those casings where the polishing mop can't get into and little sunken areas that the mop misses as well, I'd do some of those using a Dremel and a small felt tipped mop but the level of shine wasn't as good as you can't get the same amount of pressure or power in there to get that level of shine. Better than leaving them as dull areas though. The best thing about the new stuff is they don't use any polish, whether that means the finish will be crap is the question, only time will tell.

I found my old brake plate the other day, the one I'd given up on and thrown in a box, I saw it and thought I'd get it ceramic coated satin black instead and see whether I liked it better than the polished one I've done. However after looking at it again I decided to give it another go and see if I can get it polished up, must be 50-60 hours of work gone into that piece, even if I charged £5 an hour that would make it bloody expensive to buy.

Doing the lettering on my switchgear at the moment, done 2 coats and may not at least one more before I clean off the excess. Then fit all the gubbins back inside the 3 switches, and that's one job finally finished, already replaced the external wire sheath and they are looking really nice, better than original in fact. Just got to finish the handlebars and get them chromed and I can finally mount them on the bars. Started to take shape a little, very soon I'll have at least one eighth of the bike finished 

[Laverdaroo]

A whole eighth, get you!
It’ll be the cleanest and shiniest eighth of a bike in existence mind

The blooms I can be doing with, the fact that they grow into puts is amazing. I’ll get there and those little fingy’s youve got sound great, keep me posted. Those area on the downward side they haven’t even bothered with so need doing from scratch, I’m already 12hours into this! No fingerprints left in my right hand, no, not from that Phil


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[Laverdaroo]

New pipes have come for the VFR
She’ll be off the road from next week with a bit of luck for a much needed fettle

Not 550 related but just thought I’d leave it here rather than faffing about with a new post

£200 and a great deal. Stainless steel and lovely welding, what’s not to like? Let’s see if this octopus fits


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[Bryanj]

You never said you had a degree in origami mate

[Laverdaroo]

Bonkers innit


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