Posted December 11, 201410 yr Hello everyone, It's been a while. I still have four DT's, but progress on complete restoration of som, and engine rebuilds on the complete bikes has been slow due to me buying a house 12 months ago. I sold the RS 200 and TTR 250 before buying the house. So I've not ridden much recently either... So I have decided to fix this by buying a YB 100!! I've justified this by saying its a Christmas present for my new girlfrirend. :-) It's got six months MOT and looks tidy. I'm picking it up tonight. I'd post pisctures, but i'm lazy, so here's the ebay link chaps... http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Yamaha-YB100-Deluxe-Motorcycle-100cc-/221623728854?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&_trksid=p2047675.l2557&nma=true&si=rNH2wqMNKByC%252FA9BU1bvOWrlRRQ%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc I'lll let you know how things go in due course. Has anyone got a gift box big enough for a baby Yamaha? Ed
December 11, 201410 yr Moderator Good move Ed all that garage time pretending it's for 'her' benefit lol
December 11, 201410 yr Moderator nice one, get a large box from Aldi, they have Muhassive ones in there
December 12, 201410 yr Author Picked it up last night in the cold street light of East London. Seems to be ok! Gearbox is a bit funky, All four gears down, and it has a daft heal and toe shifter. Seems to run smooth and quiet, almost too quiet after the DT! I'll give it a proper once over when I get chance, bust out teh Autosol and stick a bog bow on it!
December 13, 201410 yr Author Gave the bike a quick once over this evening, couple of things cropped up; carb was over flowing, gave it a tap, seems better now. The exhaust leaked, tightened it up. Went for a ride. I hate the gears. Constantly changing up instead of down going into corners and over revving changing down instead of up!! This caused some problems, as I managed to blow the lights by over revving! Not cool on a country road... I'll post in the technical bit for advice on rectifying this... Oh and it's cold!
December 13, 201410 yr Good news that Edd" is the gearchange a linkage ? my old H2 had 5 down, on inspection someone had cut and welded the linkage,[ for drag racing] I just reverced the weld job, ,,
December 13, 201410 yr Author Lever straight to the spline unfortunately... I'm sure she'll get used to it even if I dont Fix the lights hopefullly and it will be ok!
December 13, 201410 yr I love the little bike! Sounds like a similar shift pattern (and heel/toe shifter I'll bet) as my 80cc. I got used to that then had a hard time getting used to my new bike.
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