COMMENT! YCR ASSEMBLED!!

[Gordon]

Just finished assembling the Yamaha. A little bit of wiring is left, anyways this is the complete product. Washed / polished and shining!
Need some honest comments on it...

- Elongated tank by five inches
- Shorter seat with cowl/taillight
- Larger headlamp
- Converted to 12V from 6V
- New wiring
- New panels and monogram
- New kick lever from a newer model that clears the silencer
- New toolbox
- New fibre front mudguard
- New wheels
- New tires
- New spokes
- New rear shocks
- Fabricated rearsets
- New smaller indicators
- Clip on bars
- New speedometer assembly
- New cables
- New clutch plates
- New bolts/washers/etc
- New battery
- Engine / Chassis restored and repainted
- Open chain cover

Up Next:
- Proton Chamber
- A smaller cowl for the seat

 

[CaTacl1sm]

its beautiful

however i would get rid of the huge console... maybe just do a small tach mounted in the center, it would clean the lines up a lot

 

[Swagger]

I wouldn't change that cowl either...it looks great and is in proportion to hte rest of the bike.

 

[JRK5892]

man dig the seaT! wow that thing is clean brother! very nice

 

[BigBSBusa]

Very nice!

 

[Gordon]

Thanks for the comments. Used the speedo console to retain the originality of the bike. Other meters had different manufacture names on it and some didn't match the cable.

A pic of the seat, I love it but it somehow looks too long for the bike. The longer black seat was my first go at the cafe seat with cowl for the Enfield. I'm happy both have come out seriously cool.

This is the riding position. The clutch cable or the clurch plates have gone, so its a bloody pain to change gears. There is hardly any play in the gear lever. Will get the wiring and clutch issues sorted out today.

 

[DME]

Looks very nice, although I also think the seat is a tad too long for the bike.

Made a quick mod to your pic, sadly it´s not as easy to do in reality....

Original:

Modified:

Just my thoughts...

Cheers
Dan

 

[vwrabbit]

What was needed to convert to 12v? Been contemplating doing the same to my CB125S.

- Converted to 12V from 6V

 

[zixxerboy]

need a side shot to appreciate the longer tank....

looks nice though

 

[Gordon]

What was needed to convert to 12v? Been contemplating doing the same to my CB125S.

Needed to change to 12V flasher, rectifier, battery and complete wiring, and all 12V bulbs.

need a side shot to appreciate the longer tank....

Will post one soon...

Looks very nice, although I also think the seat is a tad too long for the bike.

Made a quick mod to your pic, sadly it´s not as easy to do in reality....

I actually used Photoshop and tried the same thing. I think the smaller cowl looks a lottt better, and I honsetly think I need a black seat cover.

 

[Canuck Plumber]

Very clean looking. I also agree with the shorter cowl/fairing. Great job other wise.

 

[kneedragger]

FWIW, I think you should install fork gaitors to protect those spindly little fork tubes (black gaitors would work fine), and I'd ditch the cheesy chrome shock absorber covers; they'd be more suited to a cruiser than a cafe bike. Of course, if you don't have the tools (or experience) to disassemble your shocks to get the covers off, you could try to find a pair that don't have covers on them. In fact, judging from the looks of things in your photos, you might want to find shocks that are an inch or two longer than the ones you have, to raise the ride height. Longer shocks might even be more comfortable for you, since they would lift the back of the bike, and give you a little more legroom.

I hope you noticed that the "photochopped" picture shows that the arc of the tailpiece would overlap the arc of the tire, if the tailpiece extended towards the ground; that is why the tailpiece in the chopped photo looks more proportional to the eye...

Overall, I like your work, and I agree that you should probably shorten the tailpiece and change the seatcover to black. All things considered, I think you did an excellent job with your Yamahopper.

 

[bones]

I I think with a fly screen or bullet fairing. It would help to hide the cluster up front. The tail is fine but I think something up front would set it off. Looks great. I wish mine was that together.

 

[Gordon]

FWIW, I think you should install fork gaitors to protect those spindly little fork tubes (black gaitors would work fine), and I'd ditch the cheesy chrome shock absorber covers; they'd be more suited to a cruiser than a cafe bike. Of course, if you don't have the tools (or experience) to disassemble your shocks to get the covers off, you could try to find a pair that don't have covers on them. In fact, judging from the looks of things in your photos, you might want to find shocks that are an inch or two longer than the ones you have, to raise the ride height. Longer shocks might even be more comfortable for you, since they would lift the back of the bike, and give you a little more legroom.

I hope you noticed that the "photochopped" picture shows that the arc of the tailpiece would overlap the arc of the tire, if the tailpiece extended towards the ground; that is why the tailpiece in the chopped photo looks more proportional to the eye...

Overall, I like your work, and I agree that you should probably shorten the tailpiece and change the seatcover to black. All things considered, I think you did an excellent job with your Yamahopper.

Will install the fork gaiters later on
Will try to get the chrome covers off and see how they look.
Made a photoshop pic with a black seat. Doesn't look as great as the brown one.
I'm beginning to grow over the longer cowl. Maybe once the registration plates come, it'd look perfect.

The gears used to be super hard to change and annoyingly get stuck in neutral. Have been through numerous embarrasing moments getting stuck in traffic and everyone honking at me from behind. BUTTTT I got the gears working perfectly. Replaced the original short cam shifter at the gearbox with a longer cam. Took a test ride and was astonished with the smoothness. Also, the gears no longer get jammed. The problem was leverage.

Now the major issue is the rear brake rearset. Don't have any pics now, but will post soon. Tried the original brake rod, but it bends a lot. Used a thicker rod, but it failed miserably because the brake pedal is mounted at a very uncomfortable angle ANDDD if you do brake there is not enough leverage for it to work!

Oh and we took the bike out last night for a ride along with the other two Enfield Cafe Racers. The Yamaha chain came off a lot of times from the rear sprocket, we called in a mechanic who shortened it. Still, it kept coming off while we fixed it time and again. Eventually on out way back, it came off and the clutch stopped responding. The chain wasn't moving from the front sprocket even though the bike was in neutral. Kept the bike at a friend's friend's building. Collecting it tonight.

We bought a chamber too, will be fitting it when the chain/sprocket work is on.

Thinking of calling it the Titanic, since it failed terribly on its maiden ride!

 

[boingk]

Gee thats a nice little stroker... I'm thinking of doing something along the same lines with a Honda H100, assuming I can get hold of it before somone else does. Heres hoping it ends up as tight as yours!

Have you got any plans to hot the engine up at all? I've heard of racing spec air-cooled 100cc strokers putting out over 20hp...so surely an extra few hp wouldn't stress it too much. Doubling its original power does have a certain magic sound to it though ;D