Forum: Thumpers
12-20-2010, 09:26 AM
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Forum: Thumpers
12-17-2010, 12:49 PM
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Come on Mezo...aka can we believe?
http://www.rallye-tenere.net/Bilder/Rallye_Website_neu/2009/Pics/Web/Ettg..gif
Can you believe this? I'm prepping my XT for a *big* trip that's in my (";") 'mind', is fairly imaginative, 'least i...
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Forum: Thumpers
12-16-2010, 08:17 AM
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The 5th gear issue
http://pete-j.smugmug.com/Other/pete-j/oil-jets/1126043100_97dhj-M.jpg (http://pete-j.smugmug.com/Other/pete-j/15040560_bmVwh#1126043100_97dhj-A-LB)
Here is a pic of my lh casing showing oil...
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Forum: Thumpers
12-16-2010, 08:02 AM
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Bearings
[Stopped off at Websters bearings on the way home with my bag of engine bearings. Good news is that all XT engine bearings are off the shelf items. A complete set of bearings. not including the...
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Forum: Thumpers
12-15-2010, 10:08 AM
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Mezo, what year?
http://www.xtreemedecals.com
Knew i'd been here, old brain cells take way longer to fall into place than loto balls.
Never seen the original tank. Only clue is side panels, above site puts it...
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Forum: Thumpers
12-15-2010, 09:50 AM
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Hi Big Ed,
Isn't the 43F a small tank early...
Hi Big Ed,
Isn't the 43F a small tank early ish XT , maybe US spec? Built 'alongside' 34L, the tenere version. 55W fits in here somewhere.
Then came the 1VJ e start tenere.
Think my bike is...
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Forum: Thumpers
12-15-2010, 09:09 AM
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Forum: Thumpers
12-15-2010, 03:07 AM
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aah
Not too bad.
Now we can get on with life:1drink
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Forum: Thumpers
12-15-2010, 03:05 AM
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The bike
http://pete-j.smugmug.com/Other/pete-j/xt-600-2kf/1126043836_mS8HP-M-1.jpg (http://pete-j.smugmug.com/Other/pete-j/15040560_bmVwh#1126043836_mS8HP-A-LB)
It has taken a while to get a photo posted....
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Forum: Thumpers
12-15-2010, 02:38 AM
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parts
Hi Dan,
I'm getting all bits from Yamaha, admittedly with some trouble:wink: My crankpin is 45mm in diameter, so all the bits around it are different. But the parts you need are in stock here in...
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Forum: Thumpers
12-15-2010, 01:53 AM
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Rubbish
At least some of what i have said above is rubbish.
Just spent some time with my carbset and see that the primary jet, the one i called an emusion tube is actualy in the primary carb and...
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Forum: Thumpers
12-14-2010, 10:08 PM
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Hughatthepub
Thanks, nice reply.
Almost certainly you have a mixture problem but it is very unusual and, i have too little experience of these carburettors to advise how they come apart.
Seeing as my engine...
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Forum: Thumpers
12-14-2010, 05:07 AM
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Hi, i'm new hereabouts so hello.
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Hi, i'm new hereabouts so hello.
Hughatthepub, i'm no expert yet on the XT, but been fixing things since i learned how to break them, and a lot of my toys run on petrol.
As you may know,...
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Forum: Thumpers
12-14-2010, 04:12 AM
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Get well soon
Seems you should choose your friends with greater care:D
Sorry the hear you are feeling poorly, and wish you a swift and complete recovery.
There's not much a good long ride won't cure and, if it...
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Forum: Thumpers
12-13-2010, 12:29 AM
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Got it
Mezo, thanks for the info. Been for a look, will dig when there is time.
I'm trying to post pics of my transmission and not having much success.
I want to show the lubrication 'jets' in the...
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Forum: Thumpers
12-12-2010, 02:48 AM
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Thank you all
Thanks Dan, for that link. Not much on offer but i've bookmarked them.
Fantastic to have stumbled onto your thread and thereby the others. All i had found before were threads from long ago, on the...
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Forum: Thumpers
12-11-2010, 07:19 AM
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Step away from that crank...
:rofl
Absolutly want to see how. Please.
Altho' i've found the local crank wizard to do mine (once the correct bits arrive) i still want to know.
From the photos here, elswhere and mine, it...
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Forum: Thumpers
12-11-2010, 06:31 AM
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Great thread and fine work you are doing Dan....
Great thread and fine work you are doing Dan. Also, you seem to have a useful bunch of mates to help with knowledge and advice here.
I took my motor apart looking for a rather sudden vibration at...
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