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Hi Reg, Welcome to the YOC, always nice t hear form the colonies. My Bro lives out in the sticks somewhere in the ACT. Lots of guys/girls on here with loads of knowledge about most yammies so if your stuck post in WORKSHOP and someone will have a fix or workround for you. Take care, remember blue up black down.

There are some things I DO NOT want a picture of floating about in my head thank you, now how the fuck do I forget this bloody thing of your hairy/hairless arse. BOLLOCKS!!!

HI Chris, It's polite to intro yourself BEFORE asking for help mate, so if you would be so kind as to go to "new members" and tell everyone who you are and where you hail from, THEN go to "WORKSHOP" section and post your query there, then someone who knows about R1s will have a stab at helping you out, there are a lot of "one hit wonders" about who ask for help and then disseapear off into the distance and to say it gets a bit tiring is putting it mildly.So Welcome to the YOC and we hope you will stick around and be a part of the forum for a long time to come.

Hi Rich and welcome to the YOC. Always nice to have new blood in the forum.

Welcone to the YOC Davie, good luck with your project.

Hi Dan and welcome to the YOC, always nice to have a project and as the lads have said your spanner skills will come in handy when you start work on your bike, Oh one other thing you RIDE a bike and DRIVE a car, you'll know what I mean when you get it going, stay safe and ask for advice BEFORE getting it out on the road, car drivers are oblivious of bike riders so it's a completely different set of rules when your out and about. Good luck.

Hi Frank, Welcome to the YOC, good luck with your resto send some pic when you get started.

Already done it, got email from BENNETS but about time they included a mention for the poor sodding motorcyclist, the first they know about us is when we appear up their bonnet.

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Go on Mick do as Blackhat say's its easy really, a few bolts and half a dozen screws and your inside before you know it, a real easy fix if you read the manual and then you can fix the rest of it and save a bundle.

Thanks sniff, my laugh a day has just gone up to laugh till you wet yourself, love it. Oh and where do I go for them there BENEFITS could do with a few weeks in Barbados.

Hi Packers and welcome to the YOC, nice little bike you have there and you seem to have the mechanicals all in hand so just hang around a bit and some one will come up with some advcie on the chain and sprocket prob though with only? 3700miles on it I would say that a good clean and some fresh oil it should be ok and if the sprocket is not hooked then that should be ok as well, stay safe and get some miles under your belt and good luck when you take your test. Let us know how you get on. P.S if you get no joy with your question here then try the "WORKSHOP" section and ask again, this area is only really for you to say Hi and tell everyone who you are what you got and where you hail from.

er Hi yourself, bit short as an intro but ho hum.

Ok I take it back that looked like fun and smoking the rear wheel was more than I expected, concider me put in my place.

RACING PASSOLA! that I gotta fucking see! havent had a good laugh in ages.

Sorry Bryce but that has to be the biggest load of old bollocks I have ever heard, you don't take a bike apart cos your curious and there MIGHT be a problem with the gear change, you ask around and find out first before taking the thing down to the last nut and bolt, as Drewps says offer him a couple of hundred and see what he says if he still wants loads of money then go buy one in working order even if it's rough and repair it your self, nothing like putting an old bike back into running order (providing of course that it is in one piece to start with) plus you DON'T want to be trying to rebuild a bike that somone else has already turned into a pile of scrap parts and lost interest or is to dumb to remember where all the parts go, in fact thinking about it walk away from this dog now and find something better, ask your mates and see if they might know someone who has an old bike in the back of their shed/garage/lockup that they don't want or need and buy that instead, ask your family to help out as well somone will know about an old bike that needs rescuing. good luck mate.

Hi Rob, Welcome to the YOC, always nice to have a project just take your time and ask LOTS of questions, as above photos are great for finding out what you have forgotten and a manual is a must, also try to take photos of the bikes you want to copy so you know where your going with it. Lots of luck and let us know how your doing with it.

Hi Sean, welcome to the YOC. BIG big in the BIG country show us a photo then!

Hi Hobbit, It might be an idea to intro yourself BEFORE asking any questions, only polite when you think about it, you don't just rock up to a stranger and start asking for help, you introduce your self first and then move onto other things, lots of nice people on this site who are always willing to help out a struggling biker but they like to know who they are taliking to, So don't be a stranger or a one hit wonder tell us who you are and then help will come from all over. Go to "new member section" and start again from there, always nice to have new members in the forum

Hi Bryce, it looks like a good bike BUT and it's a big BUT, are you SURE that all the parts are there, not saying the seller is telling fibs but even the smallest parts can make for a major pain in the arse and the wallet, in the engine there a loads of valves and small ball bearings that are really important plus wiring and relays have to be tested before installing and a million other things that might be missing or broken plus WHY is in parts in the first place? what made the previous owner take it down to the component parts and then walk away. If your really good at the mechanicals then go for it otherwise RUN don't walk away. Or you could buy it and sell off the parts to make a few dollars but you will always end up with bits that no one wants so storage is going to be a problem over the long term. Sorry to be negative about any bike but some are best left under the rock you found them.

Ok I'll play along. 1968 is when I started. Fanny barnett 200cc from my Bro who bought his first car. AJS CSR14 250 Bonny 650 in a Hagen frame, lethal round corners but terrifying in a straight line, Oh to be young and stupid again!! Honda 125 thing, bought it after coming out of hospital from previous bike, 2 broken legs and a smashed right arm, Christ that hurt! Honda 400T nice bike but bland Suzuki 250 THING that was more rust than bike, dreadful. Plus other bikes inbetween that I either forget or want to forget. So from 16 to 60 and I still love the feeling of being alone and having more fun than anything else. OH almost forgot Present ride is XJ750 and MAXIM midnight 750.

Hi Blade, Signed it.

Hi phantomaz and welcome to the YOC, it's usually best to intro yourself BEFORE asking questions (new members) section just as you would if you were face to face with someone, only polite really so tell everyone who you are and where your from and THEN ask in the (worshop) section about your problem, otherwise people (me) get grumpy about one hit wonders who take advice and are never seen or heard from again until they break some thing. Dont get scared off were nice people but like to know who we are talking to. P.S lots of guys and girls on here who know every thing about yams so someone will know about your problem/difficulty.

Hi Keith and welcome to the YOC, nice bike the 600 and easy to work on, more or less the same forks as my750 which I have just removed the forks and sent off to have rechromed, renewing the seals it easy AFTER you have removed the upper stancion from the lower one, the bolt that goes into the upper stancion from the lower fork is the onlly bit you might have trouble with as it turns the upper leg as you try to undo it (it has LOCKTIGHT from the factory) so put it in a vice with plenty of packing to avoid damaging the chrome on the uppper fork and it comes out after a lot of swearing, you can make up a sort of holding piece that rests on top of the offending part but to be honest you will need 3 pairs of hands and some luck to get it to work down inside the lower fork leg. If you need advice give me a call and I will try to help out. Good luck with your project. Martin. P.S If you mean the fork head bearing they are easy to do you just need a puller to get the ball race out.

Thanks Alex, thought I had gone blind then thought I had upset someone and now I find it's you messing about, only joking, nice one Alex thanks for keeping those bloody spammers out. Martin.