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Marque Remarks => Yamaha => Topic started by: ola_martin on November 26, 2010, 11:53:20 pm

Title: I'm stupid.
Post by: ola_martin on November 26, 2010, 11:53:20 pm
I've bought this replica YZ numberplateclips, but can't find any other way to use it but this. Seems unstable...

http://s1222.photobucket.com/albums/dd485/ola_martin/MC1/?action=view&current=Bilde0209.jpg&newest=1

http://s1222.photobucket.com/albums/dd485/ola_martin/MC1/?action=view&current=Bilde0208.jpg&newest=1

Anyone know??
Thanks
Title: Re: I'm stupid.
Post by: IT400C on November 27, 2010, 01:35:54 am
hmmm, I thought it was supposed to just use a single rubber band that went from one clip to the other around the back of both fork tubes....
Title: Re: I'm stupid.
Post by: ola_martin on November 27, 2010, 02:15:12 am
There's two clips and two rubber-rings pictured in the parts catalogue..... ???
Title: Re: I'm stupid.
Post by: Davey Crocket on November 27, 2010, 09:56:59 am
Originally it was 1 O-ring, but most of them had broken before the bikes left the dealers, the most stable way is to use 1 O-ring per clip like the photo. Take one to your local bearing shop and buy 50 of the suckers if you are going to race......change them every couple of months. I always have spare clips aswell in case you have an "off".
Title: Re: I'm stupid.
Post by: Marc.com on November 27, 2010, 11:07:25 am
Take one to your local bearing shop and buy 50 of the suckers if you are going to race......change them every couple of months. I always have spare clips aswell in case you have an "off".

Or spend $42 and fix the problem permanently.... Suzuki ones are the best of the lot

http://www.vintage-suzuki.com/products000029r_hardware.htm
Title: Re: I'm stupid.
Post by: Nathan S on November 28, 2010, 03:59:59 pm
I thought that the earlier bikes had one band, and then as the forks grew in diameter (and further apart), they went to the two bands.

Normal O-rings are rubbish. The ones that you get with the VMX Plastics plates are nitrile(?) or something, that last a LOT longer.
Title: Re: I'm stupid.
Post by: firko on November 28, 2010, 04:55:03 pm
Why would you bother spending $42 on rubber bands and cobby bits of bent tin to hold your # plate on when you can do it and a hell of a lot more neatly and securely with these gizmos.
I've got them on all of my bikes and at $25 a pair they're not going to send you broke either.
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Title: Re: I'm stupid.
Post by: mick25 on November 28, 2010, 06:32:01 pm
Where did you get those rippers from mark,,do they make them in 36,38,43mm
Title: Re: I'm stupid.
Post by: Davey Crocket on November 28, 2010, 08:13:27 pm
Your right Mark, those Suzuki ones are crappola....they scratch the shit out of the hard-chrome on the forks and the rubber bands are a shit to put on. I like those billet ones but have refranned from buying them....yet ;D....I have heeps of the Yammie ones as I sell Scotts VMX plastics products up here. I was thinking of designing a plastic version of the billet ones and getting them made. ;)
Title: Re: I'm stupid.
Post by: firko on November 28, 2010, 08:46:39 pm
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Where did you get those rippers from mark,,do they make them in 36,38,43mm
Mick, there's a couple of different types often found on eBay but I get mine from a guy that advertises on the Vintage Flat Track website.....www.vft.org (http://www.vft.org)  http://www.vft.org/vftforsale2Products.html (http://www.vft.org/vftforsale2Products.html) they are only available in 35mm or 38mm.
 I also found these slightly different and more expensive ones on eBay.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/HUSQVARNA-38-40mm-ALUMINUM-NUMBER-PLATE-MOUNTS-/280329003905?pt=Motorcycles_Parts_Accessories&hash=item4144e92381 (http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/HUSQVARNA-38-40mm-ALUMINUM-NUMBER-PLATE-MOUNTS-/280329003905?pt=Motorcycles_Parts_Accessories&hash=item4144e92381)

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/HUSQVARNA-35MM-ALUMINUM-NUMBER-PLATE-MOUNTS-TRICK-/280329001688?pt=Motorcycles_Parts_Accessories&hash=item4144e91ad8 (http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/HUSQVARNA-35MM-ALUMINUM-NUMBER-PLATE-MOUNTS-TRICK-/280329001688?pt=Motorcycles_Parts_Accessories&hash=item4144e91ad8)

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Title: Re: I'm stupid.
Post by: ola_martin on November 29, 2010, 10:00:38 pm
My forks are 44 :-\
Title: Re: I'm stupid.
Post by: tony27 on November 30, 2010, 05:33:50 pm
Easy enough to get them bored out 1mm