Snakeskin74 Posted May 30, 2013 Share Posted May 30, 2013 Hello all, my name is Rich, 38, and I thought I would join the Yamaha world. I Have recently bought a Thunderace, and to be honest, the guy must have seen me coming ! It is not very well at all, rear shock had no oil in it, forks only compress about 60mm, temp gauge doesn't work, EX-UP valve seized, exhaust end can is held on with a jubilee clip that doesn't actually do anything ! On the plus side, it has only done 25,000 miles with every mot form new to back it up, and loads of service history. So the bike has now become a project now lol. So I look forward to maybe meeting some of you, and lots of advice as I go though the project, thanks for reading. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sacha Posted May 30, 2013 Share Posted May 30, 2013 Welcome to the YOC Rich. Start a project thread if you feel like sharing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator Airhead Posted May 30, 2013 Moderator Share Posted May 30, 2013 Greetings Rich Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackhat250 Posted May 30, 2013 Share Posted May 30, 2013 Hi ritch,, them fork may be overfilled, or is there anti--dive on them,, antway good low milage project,,, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snakeskin74 Posted May 30, 2013 Author Share Posted May 30, 2013 Thanks for the welcome, I will start a project thread, but I will wait until I have more done Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snakeskin74 Posted May 30, 2013 Author Share Posted May 30, 2013 Hi ritch,, them fork may be overfilled, or is there anti--dive on them,, antway good low milage project,,, I took it to a garage, and they said they mite have been over filled. What is anti-dive, is there a way of telling ? Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackhat250 Posted May 30, 2013 Share Posted May 30, 2013 Yeh, they"l be an add on at the fork bottom . resiviore kinda thing ,,, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snakeskin74 Posted May 30, 2013 Author Share Posted May 30, 2013 Yeh, they"l be an add on at the fork bottom . resiviore kinda thing ,,, No I dont think there is anything on the bottom, so could be over filled or what I was worried about, bent ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommy xs Posted May 30, 2013 Share Posted May 30, 2013 Hello all, my name is Rich, 38, and I thought I would join the Yamaha world. I Have recently bought a Thunderace, and to be honest, the guy must have seen me coming ! It is not very well at all, rear shock had no oil in it, forks only compress about 60mm, temp gauge doesn't work, EX-UP valve seized, exhaust end can is held on with a jubilee clip that doesn't actually do anything ! On the plus side, it has only done 25,000 miles with every mot form new to back it up, and loads of service history. So the bike has now become a project now lol. So I look forward to maybe meeting some of you, and lots of advice as I go though the project, thanks for reading. welcome rich! it must have had a hard life since its last service Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snakeskin74 Posted May 30, 2013 Author Share Posted May 30, 2013 welcome rich! it must have had a hard life since its last service Hi, yes tell me about it, it doesn't make a lot of sence really. It has 3 months mot left, so how did it even pass an mot 9 months ago ? All the paper work ends at 24,000, so the last 1000 miles seems to have been the hardest 1000 miles of any bikes life Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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