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Well it made the deadline to have it sorted for the supercars weekend. A great time was had by all, did a wee pest around Taupo but mostly spent the weekend either at the track or in the pool.

Stand down osgc couriers. It’s small enough to put in an envelope for NZ Post haha

Sounds like a business opportunity.

Yes please! If its a screw on cap. All the ones I can find on IMPEX are push in plug type. Are you going to the supercars?

I took it for a lap of the cul-de-sac, made a couple of wee adjustments. Tuned the idle a wee bit, and then rode it to work. Had to hide out at a mates workshop to escape a rain shower, but i made it. It comfortably does 55km/h on the flat. Its otherwise quite slow haha. The tires are a little larger than the originals and the rear is rubbing on the screws for the little mud flap, so I'll whip that off for the trip home and get some countersunk ones.

But then I got it out of the shed!

The last stretch to finishing this hasn't been without drama of course. I seem to have chosen the wrong model when buying parts from IMPEX. i.e "Its the square headlight model" *orders the square headlight from IMPEX* FUCK IT. "Oil tank cap is broken" *orders oil tank cap from IMPEX* MOTHER FUCKER. (Luckily the lid off a tin of thinners kind of nearly fits) The next issue was, that after I ran it up in the video above, I took off to work... and then in the afternoon got a text from a grumpy wife because the entire house stunk of petrol... Turns out the rubber gasket on the fuel petcock doesn't seal any more, so I've made a paper gasket which seems to be doing the trick for now.

/lingpostthreadhijack

Yeah will see what its like to ride tonight hopefully! To be honest, I'm probably not going to be using this for the big adventure rides, this will be for riding to work and taking on camping trips, so hopefully the 50 will be adequate. PW80 does sound like an ideal upgrade though! @alfalfa seems to enjoy his V50.

I got ants in my pants this morning so I took a coffee break from work, connected up the wiring, filled the fluids, primed the auto lube pump, mixed up some oily petrol for safety, and kicked it in the guts. Stoked!

I gave the new lever an absolute hiding with a file. Took if from ~10mm thick to <6mm. I also machined up a bush from an old bolt. It looks like it will fit now, but not properly tested. I've also: straightened and painted the rear rack Waterblasted the cover and put a seat back together for the time being Painted the front end and started to re-assemble that Changed the oil Installed the chain and cover Re-registered it Hoping to finish assembly and fire it up tonight!

Oi, don't get distracted by mercs... Just go and hit buy now on that Jaaaaaag

I re-assembled the handlebars and dash last night. I was quite excited to open my Genuine Yamaha Parts bags only to find that the brake lever doesn't fit I will have a hunt through the shed this afternoon and see what other levers I can find that might fit or can be modified to get me going. Gutted!

so it was bent twisted, and bent all over the place. ive managed to get it fairly straight, and got the front end in primer.