Yamaha CS5

[Johnwebley]

  the bike is now mobile,

  refurbed the rear brake,greased pivots etc,re assembled and refitted

[Johnwebley]

Just had my registration returned,

Said I hadn't established the age sufficiently

I included specific details, explaining it was a  stop gap model, only made in 1972,

But not enough,

I am sourcing a dating certificate from the Aircooled RD  forum



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[Bryanj]

They wont accept any "info" that does not come direct rom a recognised "official" source

[Laverda Dave]

Have you tried the VJMC John. They do a dating service if you are a member.

[Oddjob]

Will they accept the manufacturers date plate Bryan. Gonna get round to doing the VT1100c soon.  It’s a 1985 so just over the 40 year mark.

[Bryanj]

Not when i tried it Ken but if it has a V5c they should take the date from that but its a wierd formula something like from the April AFTER its 40 before January 1st, not 100% sure on specifics

[Bryanj]

Found the below on mr google

[Oddjob]

Well it qualifies under INF34 as it's a motorcycle. I'll have to look on the import form to see if the first registered date is shown.

[Bryanj]

If its an import you will need a dating letter Ken

[Johnwebley]

Quick update

After much headscratching,lots of splinters,


I was in the area of despairation

I decided to clean the comutator,

It looked good, no visible wear,
Using a narrow blade screw driver I cleaned the gaps,

Bit like under your nails,

Yes debris came out, good wash with cleaner,

Reassembled,
Tried it,starter worked better, charge light went out!

Successful

But, it didn't look like it needed doing

Picture of before doing



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[Bryanj]

On the bigger stuff at sea Ted we used a ground hacksaw blade to undercut the segments, my aged memory tells me a motor is different from a generator on undercutting but cant remember how and it dont help on a dynostart that does both!