Notes from the Solar Shed

Boyd has obviously been running around like the proverbial insect with a colourful bottom, so here's a little update on the motor:

I've got the new tappets, 4 new valves (at great expense for a scotsman), and a whole load of stuff from the lovely folks at Kedo .

Plugs, gaskets, a cam-chain, studs, seals, o-rings and various other essentials for the build.

Just like christmas. But better, as there is no hideous mariah carey or cliff oozing out of every speaker in the land...

Some vinyls I do like though are those I received in the post courtesy of motorbike-crazy.com. These will look great on the fairing.

Team Thumper is ever-grateful for their support!

Chatting to Bill , I've decided to plumb the top end oil line up the outside like the XTZ motor. The XT/SRX aircooled motor has a passageway up inside the barrel and head castings.

He very kindly supplied me with a beautifully made camshaft endplate, which has been tapped to accept an M10x1 banjo bolt. In this case a nice ally Poggipolini item. They also supply the reduced head ally allen screw.

Apologies for the very poor image- it doesn't do it any justice.

And as I am not using the internal oilways, I've had plugs made up in stainless. Thanks to local guys SpacesaversPlus for their help with them.

In the middle is the hollow Yamaha tube which sits between the cases and the barrel, and the barrel and the head. This forms the oilway, with a rubber gasket round the outside. Either side are the blanks, which will plug the obselete oilway. I'm hoping this will keep the oil where its mean to be, and not smeared over the outside of the motor.

Which will look like this:

Its just placed together so I could get an idea of how I could route the oilway. This will be replaced by a goodridge line before the start of the season. However, its unlikey to run without a piston, valves, cam or.... a chassis. So we're looking at a beautiful union sometime mid February.

Watch this space!