Cynic

Might want to try the thundercat 2 up before selling. Its doubtful as to how much better it would be for the pillion.The FZR is old skool cool and a constant talking point at bike do's. Very blingable too with trick parts still out there. The Thundercat, hmmm, well, its a good all-round average Japanese middleweight motorcycle, same as many others. If it was a car it would be a Mondeo. If you look 1500 Is a bit salty for a cat unless its really low miles or has lots of desirable goodies. Plenty out there for 11-1200 quid, that's a grand or less with some haggling. Just sayin. you said ANY advice.

Not good, do the revs drop quickly enough otherwise. Are the carbs properly balanced. Start easy and work up.

Probably not, my TDR is an import (similar vintage) and that had a kph clock. Swapping out for a MPH unit was all I needed to do. You should have noted a specific speed in a specific gear before swapping the clocks, say 100kph (60mph near as) what the rpm's were. Then you could easily check after.

Missus asked what the TDR is worth as I have been jealously muttering about my neighbours new (old) vmax. So I used ebay, then worked through all the other sites like auto trader, gumtree etc. I found 5, in TOTAL, not per site. There was one that must have had gold plated parts at over 4k, 2 others at around 2.7-2.9 and a non runner, non registered dog for 1500, last one was a bitza basket case worth nothing but hassle. Search other stuff like RD400 or 350ypvs or lc. Kh(of any cc) and there are plenty. I knew they were rare but!

Who?

If the tank is that bad and while your changing the line take the carb off, well the main body, leave the slide and such attached to the cable and clean the jets. They may be covered in crusty fuel crystals that will block things up. No point cleaning the tank and the lines to leave the carb dirty. I would leave that plug though, would not be the first time I have bought new plugs and found one to be a dud. Not often and does happen so unless that bike was parked for an issue there is no reason the old plug wont do just fine, UNTIL ITS RUNNING.

That's the thing, with the way the tdr is put together with all the fun stuff behind the exhausts or the front fairing panels its spanner time to do anything. 2ft of hose and a bucket was all I needed. Could the useless herberts in the fuel station get any of that. yep, the bucket.......... So emergency what if option c

Finally done it. Got a diesel car, drive a diesel truck, it was only time before I put petrol in the car or......... Yep, sussed it at 3.96L, same label, same Ultimate logo, just one is red the other black. Guess how they do it at BP! Anyway the 'eastern' staff were as helpful as the handbook permitted and I had a flat phone and 50 miles to do. Well once upon a time my old man did the same in his car, his solution was more fuel. So I brimmed it for want of a better timely solution. Well it worked, mainly because of the vacuum fuel tap meaning the bugger would start cleanly because the carbs were uncontaminated, then a VERY smoky trip home. It did stink, no exotic 2 stroke smell. More like a bad traction engine rally. So a TDR 250 will run with over 25% diesel mix lol. Not bad for a 'fragile 2 stroke'. Still got to drain the bad fuel out but it got me home.

Aside from the fuel I would leave the other fluids etc, they will not have broken down far enough to be a problem yet. Turn the engine over a few times by the kick start slowly or pushing in top. Just to get the oils moving about a little. Then have a brew, then try starting her. You might just save a bunch of seals that way. It would be prudent to strip the clutch pack and clean it up. It will suffer from something called stiction otherwise and may never properly free off. Just take it apart. Give em a wipe and put em back. Otherwise get it running, then start changing things, the less you disturb the better till you know it runs however badly.

In the late 80's I wanted a TDR250, had one for the last 5 years. Now have an issue, I also wanted a Vmax. There may be a change in the wind, boss dependant ofc they are not cheap. Except the cheap ones and they will bankrupt you.

OOhhh, pucker factor got to be a 10.5 there.

Bit of an intro about yourself and your bike would be time well spent. Lot of one post wonders after information that take what their given and naff off. Makes people very reluctant to help. For what its worth try these people.. http://www.ydsparts.com/yds3ym1chassis.htm

I had allspeeds on my old lc many years ago. And yes I wish I still had it. Known as engine killers in the day, more extreme than the microns. But looked much better, sounded nasty too. Stock carbs is a no no. Personally I have no clue today as to the settings you need but I expect you will need to re jet with those pipes or your pistons will die. An absolute must will be use premium fuel. She will be a nasty bitch around 5500-6k anyway all yam 2 stroke twins are, they kind of stop and take a breath before the power kicks in, my completely stock TDR does it, just not as extreme thx to the pv and being stock. But it still fafs and farts about a bit if you don't boss it about.

As a picture paints a thousand words, use this link to see the exploded parts view from the fowlers parts site. Very good people that I use a lot. https://www.fowlersparts.co.uk/parts/4231834/xvs950a-26p2-2010-060-a/shift-shaft If you have even the slightest mechanical savvy you should know what to do.

My old Suzuki was the same, had to change into neutral before stopping or shut it off. Had a seriously heavy duty clutch in there though which would not have helped, but as she was making 40% more power than the stock bike

hmm, don't fancy riding 180 mile round trip to a bike do and missing the main reason for going.

Encouraging noises from the boss. Looks like i can pop up and join the party.

I use the site from my phone. No sidebar on the mobile site.

Your not the first to be sold a 'rebuilt' engine thats a dud. Looks like your in control now though.

Thats great. Might be an idea to tell us what bike it is....

That means the vibes are coming from the front sproket and an almost certainly fubar outputshaft bearing.

Ok. Any chance of some pictures. Also how exactly do you tension the chain as 700 miles is ridiculous.

What condition is the chain tensioner in.

And what size are the sprockets then.

Yep, phosphoric acid in there so would do just as well.