A Blog about Motorcycles. Also at www.OldMotoDude.Com, on the OldMotoDude YouTube channel, and Pinterest. The motorcycles are mostly vintage, but really anything that catches my eye. 99.99% of the content on this blog is original material. Comments are always welcome. Use the search bar... you never know what you might find.
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| It was rainy and windy at Tieton. The Yamaha ran good all morning... and then wouldn't restart after a pit stop. Changed the spark plug and still no luck. Back home I pulled the carb apart and found all sorts of crud. Cleaned the carb, replaced the plug and she started right up again. |
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| Various photos of mud caked bike. |
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| After new piece is welded in. |
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| Broken mount |
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| Heated and reshaped... |
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| Decided to cut out completely, add new piece and drill. |
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| Fenders, foot pegs, coil, cables, tank pads, and rear brake mechanism have been removed. The axles, shock bolts, and swing arm bolt have all been loosened. The next step is to remove the suspension and prep the frame for paint. |
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| I tried to start the 490 yesterday and my foot kept sliding off the kickstarter. Close inspection revealed the lever had worn to the point where the lever was engaging at about a 95 degree angle. This made it difficult to kick over without my boot sliding off (and getting a chunk taken out of my shin). The fix was to get out the TIG welder and build up both sides of the lever. Now it works as intended again. Phot above is after the fix. Photo below is before. |
