Having sold number three (pics in the piccy section somewhere) to a mate who's a plumber, for what i estimated to be a bit less than half price (£500) in exchange for putting in my central heating (considering it probably costs £500 to get a plumber out on an emergency call to change a ball cock, i got a bloody good deal) It was time to look for number 4, found her on ebay, a tidy, albeit in bits SRX6 (of course). £300 and 300 miles later she arrived at my Sons house (the scheme is, we will get her on the road, and problem free in time for the trip to the Isle of Man.
well, not exactly a pig in a poke....but in the cold light of the next day it was apparent that there was a lot needed doing
and expensive work at that. firstly a rebore, out to maximum 98mm (only piston we could get in a rush) so that was £130 to start with, removed the oil pump (you just HAVE to do this on the srx, it's such a crappy device, and any failings in that department will cause a new bore/piston to nip up quicker than your bum at the sight of a diesel spill). Yes it was buggered, another £100 into the black hole....add to that the best part of £200 for new tyres and wheel bearings/seals and it's all starting to get out of hand.....AND its still a pile of bits on the garage floor....son wants to spray the frame so looking for a match to the rather drab yamaha metallic grey. I have matched the metallic blue of the tank and sundry bits, so hace tarted up those a bit. Still to buy.....chain sprocket set, oil, plug, oil filter, and a host of nuts and bolts that seem to be missing.
get rearsets modified to fit.....set of stainless brake pipes, new pads......hell! thats enough for now.....more later
