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thunderace woes

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greetings fellow yamaha club persons, my bike which is nearly 30 years old - been off the road for a while -- as you can see i'm having great fun sorting all sorts of niggle type items in the hope of a breakdown free summer.

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Yeah, mines 28 years old...
I need a new radiator..! (

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still struggling on EXUP working following replacement ICU, now fitting new ignition switch, will probably have to fit another generator (used) as regulator is suspect.

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On 18/04/2026 at 23:32, Snakebite68 said:

Yeah, mines 28 years old...
I need a new radiator..! (

trouble is the core part is the bit that suffers so you might as well get your existing re-cored as opposed to trying to find good used.

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I know it's not cheap, but you could always buy a new regulator...
https://yambits.co.uk/yzf1000r-thunderace-regulator-p-58776.html



Yeah, problem is at the moment, I can't find anywhere that will re-core a curved radiator! lol
Or there's always the custom radiator option

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two steps forward and one back...but it is running!

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happy days are here again, back on the road..yippee 🤗

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Yey!

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thunderace is go - went to Great Tew in Oxfodshire with John (my farmer friend) who likes to pull miserable faces in photos, apparently the Beckhams live in Great Tew, we thought we would lower the tone a bit 🙂

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Yes, YES!!!
Lower that tone!!! D

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happy days - this pm at bignal towers 🙂

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