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a compression test? its an old old bike...how many miles? Rings ever changed? Trouble is I dont know what a good reading should be on a 4T? is it in the manual? Greetings alan boyle

I did, it didnt go any slower, but probably no faster either...the thing is I did a few things all at the same time so how each individual change worked out was a bit lost! I must say though I prefer the way I did it to the usual one proffered by others

maybe a new set of piston rings would be in order?

did you re-do the chain free play adjustment...this is crucial, i'm not saying its right to use a shock of a different length, personally i wouldnt. But dont let this change bugger your gearbox due to a tight chain!! Feel free to post an intro in 'New Members' forum

Well you did warn us

Not familiar but, did it work previously or is the bike new to you / her ?

oh my the bug is biting and i see another in the offing? at least we get a pic of this one then! so whats the plan...are we waiting for a volcanic ash cloud again

ouch...whats a bit of oil anyway!!!

missed this flaxxa, how did you get on oh and i dont know what you are referring to...dragged?

Greetings Mike I imagine you're right...just keep her well serviced, you seem to know what you're on about

Greetings Phil

Correct plug is BR8ES maty, put that one back in, your whitish plug is most likely the newness of it? but put the right one back

Could it be a loose or corroded battery connection?

Glad you made it back home Joe

Greetings Mark If it aint broke...fix it till it is

Its a robust little bike, enjoy using it... as much as you can Phil

£30 that was a steal, hope its a good un!

Superb pics merv so you are in Germany now eh, whats next?

Have a look at the Subscriptions tab at the top of the screen Stephen

just the points as far as i remember but its been a long long time since i had a points bike, the capacitor is only there to reduce sparking at the points

so it does have one then sacha?...because it seems lots of old yam tiddlers dont! problem is its a rare bike and theres only you has one lol...so how are we to know

Great intro Adil Greetings and i'm moving this to 'New Members' Raise another in 'Classics' about your bike Q's

When you turn on the key, the pv shold do the self clean as has been said, then it should stop and leave the slot in the pulley aligned with the 4mm blind hole in the cyl head. at this point the pv is fully open and the top of the exhaust port should be smooth all the way into the cyl bore...see my 'de restricting' sticky for pictures

is the pv working properly and properly set up maty?

perhaps the piston shattered because the crank was loose in the bearing, its a NO from me...and a new crank is a YES