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Yamaha / Re: help with exhaust bracket id - 79 yz125f

« on: May 25, 2009, 11:18:24 pm »

The guru is here.
It's a cane toad, an introduced species, a foriegner. It's not off a YZ125F.
It's too flimsy to be for a clutch cable holder but may have been a guide.
Does the holes line up with the spark plug coil? As said earlier it was possibly wire guide.
I'd say its off a DT or IT. Does it line up with the reed block bolts? What about tripple clamp bolts? What size are the holes, 6mm or 8mm?
It has a familiar look to it but I cant put my finger on it but it's not original.

Roll on Monza, I promise I wont have more than a dozen the night before.

PS Just kidding on the Guru quip

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General Discussion / Re: 125 OR BIG BORE

« on: February 27, 2009, 04:45:36 pm »

Everyone can ride the ring off a 125 so it makes for close racing.
Always said if you were only allowed to ride one class it would be the 125

Beer time!

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General Discussion / Re: Hey, where's the thread about the missing thread??

« on: February 27, 2009, 12:08:55 pm »

Dont exactly know how it got its name but deffinitely not after Monza imports.
I think it was named after the international track of the same name.

Viper666

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General Discussion / Re: Hey, where's the thread about the missing thread??

« on: February 27, 2009, 10:48:22 am »

I thought it was because I upset someone with my little squabble, tiff.

Viper666

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General Discussion / Stolen Bikes SMS messaging?

« on: February 27, 2009, 10:42:16 am »

This appidemic of stolen bikes really shits me.
Low lifes who take advantage of someone elses hard work & money.
The Police can barely keep onto top of big crime let alone theft.
I am not blaming them, they are underesouced and have to prioritise but usually only come across stolen bikes by accident.

This is why I am proposing something that may help
I have access to free mass text messaging.
If there are interested people I could do a state by state register that also could be used nation wide alert if need be.
I dont need names, I wont send advertising, sell to third parties, annoy you with anything else but theft alerts.
This has been successfull in the recovery of 2 bikes in the Ballarat area.
Please dont hit me with privacy crap or anything negative.
If you dont thinks it's a good idea then simply dont register.
I will guage peoples response by the number of post for it.
I am only after ideas how we could make this work. If no one wants it so be it.
If sufficient numbers are interest then perhaps people wishing to register could give the aministrator permission to send me a list.

Ideas??

Viper666

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General Discussion / Re: Stolen Bikes...again.

« on: February 27, 2009, 10:24:47 am »

The list in order of hatred

Paedophiles
Arsonists
Grany bashers (Usually drug F@*ked rsoles)
Bike thieves

I dont know how we could organise this, maybe through the webmaster, but I have access to a free texting service as some of you already know.
We have had sucess in recovering 2 bikes in the Ballarat area.
Privacy laws aside, I dont need names just mobile numbers, could be split into states.
I will start a separate post for this to see response.
This crap just keeps going on & on.

Viper666

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General Discussion / Re: Fire danger

« on: February 19, 2009, 04:43:15 pm »

Just an update fellas.

The money we raise from the "Come & Try" day at Monza will go to the Bush Fire Appeal.

To "Come & Try" cost $10 & any member of the public can ride. You dont need to be a member of a club or have a licence.

Viper666

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Yamaha / Re: Help to ID Yammy Forks.

« on: February 16, 2009, 11:33:44 am »

Without length measurements I am guessing YZ125D/E, IT175F and various DT125's & 175's. If they are original then they are probably IT175F but many parts are interchangable so if the original ones were rooted then YZ125D/E would bolt straight in but had air caps but may have been replaced.
Viper666

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Yamaha / Re: ignition testing - 79 yz125f

« on: February 10, 2009, 10:03:27 am »

Mailine,

The 1437 ohm coil is a common coil used in most 80's, 125's & 250's, as is the high tension coil (Spark plug coil), from some 78 & most 79 models onwards, its the 500 ohm coil that is the hard one to get. To my knowledge, without looking at ALL models, it was used in the YZ80F to 80K, 125F & G, YZ250E to 250H  only.(Dont quote me there may be more) If you want my advise I would get one from "Bert's Small Coils" in Geelong Vic, last time I checked it was about $150 change over but that was a few years ago. The thing with coils, or anything electrical, is that they really need to be tested under load. Multimeters are a good start but really are just a continuity tester, especially digital ones. Even though they are the easiest to use and read (Digital multimeters) an analogue one is better because it gives real time testing. What I mean by that is while you are testing you can watch the needle for any movement which can be a sign of insulation break down, you know, fine when you first start it then runs like a dog when it's hot. The best way to test would be with a mega that puts 500v though them to check for such break downs.

The other reason to go new is new coils tend to give much better spark in that the build up and release of magnetic flux is so much cleaner & quicker. These coils set the advance/retard curve of your spark as well as providing supply to the CDI. The better the coils the better the spark & the more precise the timing will be. I have seen bikes with different coils and different cdi's, they will give spark and will run the bike but if your lucky it will just run badly but the melting of pistons is a very real consequence.

Hope this helps.

                                                        Viper666


Love & support to those affected by these horrible fires!

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Yamaha / Re: ignition testing - 79 yz125f

« on: February 09, 2009, 11:35:58 am »

Hate to disagree Rusty.
Red to white should be 500 ohms +/- 10%

These are for yz125g and later.
stator readings are
red to white red 270 ohms
brown to red 1437 ohms
10%  variance either way

these are standard readings for nearly all yz125s

The ignition system for the yz125f is actually from the yz80f

Go to this site    http://www.starmotorcycles.com/star/parts/home.aspx   go to parts catalogue and follow the step to what year and model you want then look for "Service data" this will have this info.

Click on the image below to get a larger view.




Neale (666)

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Tech Talk / Re: Highest compression ratio for petrol ?

« on: February 09, 2009, 11:18:01 am »

Correct me if I'm wrong or someone else has already said this but most modern 4 strokes run 13 or 13.5 to 1.
Rejetting will be neccessary but should run fine on 98 octane.
Viper666

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General Discussion / Re: Fire danger

« on: February 09, 2009, 11:00:49 am »

My deepest condolences to anyone who has lost someone, or knows of people lost, in these atrocious fires.

I live in 20 acres of bush but I am surrounded by thousands of acres of it and have had 2 close calls.
The first I packed up the wife and kids and sent them to my mother's in Ballarat.
The fire came within a half a kilometre which may seem like it is nowhere near but I was on the roof with a mate hosing amidst the flying embers and could hear the roar of the fire like it was across the road. A fortunate wind change probably saved us. The second didnt get within about 4 km's of me but what did happen was about a dozen Rovers members turned up to help me prepare and evacuate belongings.
Maybe they were just protecting the place we celebrate Boxing Day every year but the support was phenominal. My wife was blown away by people she didn't know rushing to help a mate in need.

That is about the only good that will come from this disaster, apart from the suvivors of course, the way Aussies will band together to help out each other.

I have been lucky.

Neale

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General Discussion / Re: "GUTS'Y RIDERS"

« on: February 08, 2009, 02:45:12 pm »

The deaf blokes name is Guy Lampard and he and his wife run a dairy farm.
Viper666

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Yamaha / Re: 1980 Yamaha YZ250G Challenge

« on: November 16, 2008, 10:18:25 pm »

Graeme,

We've all been duded at one time or another. One of the first bikes I bought for Steve Sweeney (YZ400E) to do up for him turned out to be a real lemon and I test rode the thing. I wont tell you how much it cost but believe me it wasn't cheap. When I got it home and stripped it just about everything was stripped, broken or worn beyond repair. Virtually nothing was salvagable. Then a call out of the blue from Michael Hughes of Bendigo Dirt Bikes to say he had two for sale, one a goer and the other a rolling frame. I checked out the goer much more exactly this time and found it to be in good nick. A deal was struck for the pair, a good one for both parties and away I went back to the shed. Apart from someone welding a bashplate on it for Enduros it was in great nick and is the basis for a ground up resto I am doing for Steve. I also bought a bike for myself from a mate sight unseen and it turned out to be a waste of money not worth restoring but I dont blame my mate cause he hadn't looked at it either.
So I say stick with it and maybe some luck will come your way. From what I saw it's not that bad.
I managed to pick up one of these (YZ250G) complete but with a broken gearbox and missing the original cylinder and an H one in its place but original plastics in excellent condition for $150. I have since paid alot more for the said cylinder & box but my point is for every dud there is the deal.
Ferris wheels & merry go rounds. That's my motto.

Viva la YZ

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Competition / Re: Viper Rnd 4 Wonthaggi

« on: November 16, 2008, 07:33:49 pm »

Gator, that is just sick. He's not my type.

Paul

I have big enough shoulders to wear it and I stand by what I said. If one day I am excluded from riding for over imbibing the night before I will wear it on the chin and simply watch my mates race. I hope I don’t indulge so much as that was to happen.

To answer your question on where would the club stand?

The club/officials have a duty of care to all and to be held liable in the situation you described.

1. You have to be seen to have a duty of care (Obvious)
2. You must have breached that duty of care.
3. An injury/death resulted from that breach.

Taking your example lets say no one approached officials or the officials didn't notice this person then even in the event of injury/death caused by this person the club/officials are not held responsible.

If they had been approached or noticed this person but was then convinced he was fit to race and the above happened they still would not be held responsible.

BUT if they had been approached or noticed this person but chose not to do anything about it and the above happen then the club/officials could be held responsible.

The person in all this, however, is not only liable to civil action but what a lot of riders fail to remember is that they still have to abide by the normal laws and in this case could be charged by the Police.

Viper666 is out of here