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Club House => Chatter => Topic started by: guest24 on June 16, 2014, 05:31:15 PM

Title: Marvels of Japanese engineering
Post by: guest24 on June 16, 2014, 05:31:15 PM

It lives! My Yamaha SRX400E lives!

Six years sat sulking in my bike shed with its battery being topped up using a PV cell. Reconnect everything after giving the battery a 30 minute boost charge. Bear in mind it has no fuel tank and so I used a short funnel to get fuel into the carburettors. Hit the start button and away we went!

I am so so pleased. I am also incredibly amazed that it did start so quickly.

Now for the shopping list of bits to buy like brake calliper seals, pads, new tyres, oil and filter etc.

However, this had been a great start to getting it back on the road.

Title: Re: Marvels of Japanese engineering
Post by: Richard on June 16, 2014, 06:50:49 PM

Congratulations. 

Feels great doesn't it  ;D

Title: Re: Marvels of Japanese engineering
Post by: SRXweb on June 16, 2014, 06:58:05 PM

So Nice !

Title: Re: Marvels of Japanese engineering
Post by: guest24 on June 16, 2014, 09:08:07 PM

My biggest piece of work will be the fuel tank. I got a new secondhand one a few years ago and I have to treat it for internal rust.

Practical Sportsbikes magazine has a good article on the electrolysis method and I will be trying that shortly.

Title: Re: Marvels of Japanese engineering
Post by: themoudie on June 16, 2014, 10:20:47 PM

Yippee!  ;D

Congratulations, Hackers.

However, I hope there wasn't any shortage of lube in the 'top end' after lying idle for so long!  :-X

Wemoto or Yamaha for your bits and I hope the electrolysis works OK.

My regards, Bill.

Title: Re: Marvels of Japanese engineering
Post by: guest24 on June 18, 2014, 05:52:02 PM

Lots of cash splashed with Wemoto to get brake components etc.

In terms of oil circulation, it had been spun over a bit before it started so hopefully there will be no damage  :P