TheCafeKid

[Ironriot]

fortunatly for me i'm in a good union.we work 4 nine hour days.but since i start at 6 pm our shift premiem is classified as an afternoon shift so i only work 4 eight hour night and paid for 36 hours\\/

Very nice!

[TheCafeKid]

And referring to the PM I also hear you about those triples. Odd numbers on engines don't sit well with me. Although Triumph triples are supposed to be pretty hardy. The reason I asked about yammies is because my uncle has an '80 XS11 Special sitting in his shop. I was wondering if there was anything special about it. I think I might be able to get it off of him cheap. LIke do some work on a weekend for him cheap

Those Elevens are quite sought after so i hear...i also have read that they were probably the best yammies of the era...dunno for sure as ive never even seen one in person..

[neil young]

fabricating eh.i have a portable band saw,cordless sawzall and a 4 and half inch grinder.
the reason i bought my house was 1 it had a garage and 2 it has 2 220 sevices in the garage.im getting a welding machine this winter (stick)
a low and behold a ton of my local 46 friends are welders:-D

[TheCafeKid]

sweeeeeeeet i wanna welder...i did a bit in metal shop and had a pretty good hand at it my teacher said...i just cant justify the cost at the moment...having a running bike and car come first...

[neil young]

ya you must be tired because i posted a question on your for sale thread hours ago:shock:

[TheCafeKid]

holy moses..its 5 already??? HA!...man ima have to try to hit the rack now...the conversation has been good fellas...we'll continue on the morrow...

[TheCafeKid]

Peace and Grease..neil Riot...and everyone else wondering wtf is the matter with us...lol...


TCK

[Ironriot]

sweeeeeeeet i wanna welder...i did a bit in metal shop and had a pretty good hand at it my teacher said...i just cant justify the cost at the moment...having a running bike and car come first...

Hit up Northerntool.com they have a sweet little MIG welder that is also a wire feed. Its pretty cheap the last I checked. After I get the bike done I think I might spring for that welder

Hmm highly sought after you say? Well I started looking it up and low and behold I found some on craig'slist going for $2500. I think I know what my next project will be. Unfortunately I hate selling anything. Chances are I'll get it, chop it, make it my own and then have a liter bike to play with.... wait where was I going with this. Thats a good turn out

[Ironriot]

Tck Pray For My Bike!!!!

I got around to checking those valves today and needless to say I'm a little scared. Well first things first, turns out that the feeler gauges I got aren't small enough. The smallest they go is .06. Which is no good because all the clearances are smaller than that. Like WAY smaller than that. I think they're all gonna need to be reshimed . Which I was hoping wasn't gonna be the case. Well tomorrow I'm gonna pick up another set and I'll take another stab at it.

GRR and to top it off my carbs didn't come into today. The guy told me he was gonna second day air them to me. Oh well atleast they're coming USPS so I might get them tomorrow.

And on another note spraying clear on is hard. Doing the black went alright. The clear just plain out kicked my ass

[TheCafeKid]

I got around to checking those valves today and needless to say I'm a little scared. Well first things first, turns out that the feeler gauges I got aren't small enough. The smallest they go is .06. Which is no good because all the clearances are smaller than that. Like WAY smaller than that. I think they're all gonna need to be reshimed . Which I was hoping wasn't gonna be the case. Well tomorrow I'm gonna pick up another set and I'll take another stab at it.

GRR and to top it off my carbs didn't come into today. The guy told me he was gonna second day air them to me. Oh well atleast they're coming USPS so I might get them tomorrow.

And on another note spraying clear on is hard. Doing the black went alright. The clear just plain out kicked my ass

You might ask Steve on here what/where he got his feelers...or check Z1 Enterprises...they have a little pocket set, like Steves got that are pretty cheap and they go down to .01 or maybe even smaller...He's the one who pretty much showed me how to do it on these bikes too, good guy.

[neil young]

speaking of shims.on the hondas its simple to adjust the valves.
so are all shims for a suzuki the same IE 70's to 90's models?
are they tough to remove and reinstall.gasket is pretty much pooched after removal i assume.if so are they still available at part suppliers?
any thing you can tell me would be great.im going to check them soon.
unfortunatly im finding wires cut everywhere on this bike.i recieved a new manual a couple of weeks ago but i have been busy doing other ****.i started the bike only once.tried again but im afraid im going burn the starter out.i wish it had a kick start.it hadnt been run for over a year maybe more.

[TheCafeKid]

Actually, its not that tough of a job at all..and if you're carefull and keep the gasket to the engine side, you prolly can get away with re-using it. im not sure to the 90s but 70s thru 80s are the same...but they arent the same diameter as hondas...KZs and GSs use a 29.5mm shim..everyone else uses a 29mm...if you have a tappet depressor tool its even more cake..but all in all its pretty damn easy..hardest part is the math..lol :shock:

[Ironriot]

Yeah a good walk through would be the one on this thread lol. Just go to some earlier pages. And if you need a visual check out BassCliff's page. He has a pic tutorial. Pretty easy for the most part. You just need new shims if you're clearances are out of wack. Oh and a new gasket if you trash the old one

[neil young]

the good thing about the feelers from Z1 is they are individual and bent on an angle (about 45 to 60 degrees)and cheap i think the whole set is $25.00 or $3.00 each.i have a set they are awsome.

[Ironriot]

Alright TCK I gots another Yammie question. Sorry you've become my resident Yammie advisor lol

Which yammies come single cylindered?