Hi all,
Things are not going as fast as planned.... but hey, there's still progress and winter is coming to, so time to get it going again!
I'm still tinkering with the exhaust. It has been welded perfectly, but after that of course it does not fit the same way before welding.... To be expected, and not a real problem.
But mounting it is more difficult than thought of before, so the question is: Split it in two? or keep it in one piece with the difficult mounting? Decisions...
I had a bad luck day as well a week ago. I dropped a small ring into the engine while mounting the RPM sensor wheel....
Problem could be solved by removing a side cover and use a magnet
Only a day and a new gasket lost... phew. But shit wasn't over yet
While opening the side cover the magnet that is mounted inside the engine was full of metal:
So I thought my engine was history... Luckily some people at the dutch forum told me that it was OK, the magnet is exactly there to catch all the metal from the starterclutch (and the starter clutches are not known for quality
on the Yamaha XV's)
All in all a bad day but that was it. After that things were going a bit better at least.
I (or actually my colleagues) made me a small oil-tank like box to house the electrical parts of the bike, it goes between the triangle at the back of the frame:
And in general some smaller details were taken care of. The engine mount at the rear cilinder is mounted (was ready a long time ago), the steering head was re mounted with an extra nut to make the tightening a bit easier and ajustment more precise. And finally all the connectors for EFI are in and the fuel hose is cut to length and needs to be mounted between the pump, injectors and pressure regulator. All these things need a final place know
So that was progress on my bike, but i'm not the only person working on bikes in this workshop my colleague has finished his CB400f:
Rides great and looks as a cafe racer should in my opinion
only a seat and a front fender...
Best regards,
Loek