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Airhead

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  1. yeah mines a small bath but not as small as some, I can do a carb body with turning it over occasionally as its not completely submerged. Dont expect miracles they arent industrial ones after all! Mine is big enough to fit a CD into. This one in fact http://ie.farnell.com/duratool/d00351/cleaner-ultrasonic-1-4l/dp/1316381 my bike is more of a rolling restoration than a full on one, it has been rough in the past...I owned her from new and used as a winter hack for many years. yours looks really promising I must say, should come up really nice, If you decide to do her up nice why not show us in the projects forum...it would be good to follow and try to answer any questions you might have. Let me know about the spigot...that carb body is at work. I dont want to pull it out for nothing.
  2. Neutral light on Aidan, choke in UP (ON) position
  3. Airhead replied to Chalorr's post in a topic in Yamaha Workshop
    here? http://www.downloadweb.org/minimal.php?acode=084243855820f9ca47f466f645784636&q=virago%20xv125%20service%20pdf&r=4megaupload.com
  4. I didnt use wire brush..take care with that, needs to be quite soft or one of the brass ones. First was ultrasonic cleaning bath followed by plenty of gentle crud scraping in the nooks and crannies with a scratch brush (ebay), then plenty of polishing using T Cut rags and cotton buds, Heres mine if you can see it
  5. I have a spare carb body for 175, you verify the hole goes through to the inlet and i'll knock out the spigot and send it you
  6. mine arent either mate, sometimes a magnifiying glass is useful I havent any experience with the spigots but i would imagine they are a slight taper fit and tapped into place, if i might suggest you shove something into the RD spigot that is a good fit (a welding rod for example) this will support it from crush damage as you remove it, also wrap a piece of rubber around it to protect the ouside from the pliers...I reckon it should pull out easily really
  7. Having read again what tony said and looked at your photo, I too would lean toward the fact the spigot has actually gone missing from the hole, like I said a breather spigot will have no ridges around it and the one in the photo looks like a breather spigot! of course its possible that the picture I found on the web is also wrong eh? see if theres a hole right through the apparent hole heres my 175 carb for what its worth, you can clearly see the difference between the oil and breather spigots
  8. Airhead replied to trumpetdude's post in a topic in The Bar
    you have done it?
  9. Airhead replied to funkymunkydavid's post in a topic in Projects
    have a word with Paul Dawkins on the DT forum david, he can do this for you I think http://yamahadtclub.proboards.com/index.cgi?action=newestthreads
  10. Airhead replied to weimieman's post in a topic in Projects
    its not just the yamaha club meet weimi, its the 2 stroke rideout, you would definitely regret not being a part of it me thinks! 2 wheels came from Southern Ireland on his DT125R...via Scotland...you should do it in 3/4 hours easily
  11. err well that was my first thought but I found this picture which seems to suggest the one you think it may be, having said that oil spigots tend to have pointed rings around them to grip the pipe and breathers ate smooth with a bulbous end Have a poke through that spigot to make sure it is a clear passage into the carb venturi and away you go
  12. yes thats a breather roffster, a picture of the other side perhaps?
  13. yep a sure way to cause damage to your pride and joy but a necessary evil to keep the roads safe
  14. were just about to give up for the year (well the part timers) because of the road salting season in UK
  15. that explains it...it hardly rains there eh?...she's a beauty
  16. Tell me...that pic was taken the day you bought her? Greetings old fart
  17. Airhead replied to weimieman's post in a topic in Projects
    Hey you were lucky to find that 'Tower'..? carrier weimi...just the thing for a weekend camping at squires...the perfect place to showcase her...
  18. Airhead replied to Stued's post in a topic in New Members Welcome Area
    wow thats going to be a beast, show us when its done stu
  19. so theres nothing wrong then, but you are concerned about prolonged high revving of the old girl? If thats the case I would just fit whatever was the standard...I think that was 15T on my 175
  20. greetings Henk, not many of those around these days, we dont often see them in here. How about a picture?
  21. Hi

    Airhead replied to Madug's post in a topic in New Members Welcome Area
    Greetings Ian hoping to see the month out here before they start salting John
  22. interesting so there more to be had somewhere when does it do this?...any clues, like running on to reserve
  23. Greetings Chris
  24. Ahh I thought you had problems with the wiseco, so you fitted a yamaha piston and you still have problems with power output? why would gearing down solve the problem? surely the bike will just be slower
  25. standard yamaha? I thought you had fitted wiseco with a different cutaway for the intake