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What happens if you open the starter jet (inapropriately named ...choke)?

Hello and welcome Paradiddle...

I use one of these To get a grip of the flywheel, while the centre nut is undone, works best with something between the chain and flywheel (strip of inner tube, rubber glove etc) Then use a pupose made flywheel puller (27mm thread) like this to remove the flywheel. The chain type wrench is also used when re torqueing the centre nut on re-assembly. Thats a good point from Cynic though...an easy check to make on the HT cap connection.

Yes dont accept the first offer, trawl the trade ads and try to find similar age same type bikes for sale, try parkers valuation guide, i think they have an online version. That offer did seem a bit low for such a young bike in good condition.

Mighjt be an idea to get a proper flywheel puller first, ( I think it has a 27mm thread) take the flywheel off and have a look at the components of the back plate to see if all looks well, not rusty and full of crud. As for parts.i use ebay, wemoto, motolink, ebay...and for genuine yamaha parts ...fowlers of Bristol

Check the resistance values of your magneto source coil = 420 ohms +- 10%............Brown to chassis Check the resistance of the magneto pulse coil = 12.4 ohms +- 10%...........White / Red to chassis Check the resistance values of the ignition coil, Primary = 1.0 ohm =- 15%, secondary = 5900 ohms +- 20%

look in FAQ's for how to add pics.

as a bodge put a jubilee clip around it with a lump of tinfoil covering the hole, but welding would be better later. dont worry about the smoke yet, the exhaust baffle may need a de-coke, its a bit early to be worrying about smoke, just get it running right and take it for a blast see what transpires...

Although i dont know for certain, thats the way it is with my bike and yours is likely to be the same...dont forget indicators though. Yep check out the switch with a multimeter, it may just need adjusting...pull the thing down more with your hand...if it works adjust it by the plastic nut, or could be a bad connection somewhere.

Good luck with it Foamy, will you have internet there then?

Bill & Ben

Welcome Mogg, great choice of bike...

Thats probably just due to wear though, I think it will be removable in the furthest anticlockwise = OFF and possibly the furthest clockwise = Parking lights (ignition off)...just a guess though. Also check you havnt knocked the kill switch if it has one.

sometimes the key in the furthest clockwise position is the parking light position, if this is the case you would have lights on and be able to remove the key....and ignition would be disabled here! ...Paul

is the key switch fitted? if it is try disconnecting it, if that works re connect the kill switch as a means of stopping the engine

Black/white to kill switch, orange to ignition coil, black to chassis. The other colours from the magneto are lighting and battery charging coils so depends on whether youre going to run with lights and a battery. ...Paul

Take it back, get it fixed under warranty.

Yep, sounds like a new battery would be needed, charge it up first though.

Aagghh! dammit, didnt you leave it in gear?...very painful lesson if the answer is no...

They will do but should stop around 2500 - 3000 rpm, after that they should remain a constant brightness. If they continue to glow brighter its time to measure the voltage...

Also it might be worth measuring the voltage to the lights when the engine is revved, just to test the voltage regulater out, if thats gone you should stop using the bike before battery and other stuff gets fried

Welcome Gail, that blackhat guy....he's scootash so dont know aboot pootles...

Glad you sorted it, thanks for the feedback...

I find Google helps... ...Paul