Posted May 30, 201311 yr 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.
May 30, 201311 yr Hi ritch,, them fork may be overfilled, or is there anti--dive on them,, antway good low milage project,,,
May 30, 201311 yr Author Thanks for the welcome, I will start a project thread, but I will wait until I have more done
May 30, 201311 yr Author 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.
May 30, 201311 yr Author 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 !
May 30, 201311 yr 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
May 30, 201311 yr Author 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
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