White Brothers DR400T

[suzuki59]

Contrary to speculation, I am not a native of Inglewood like Marc dot com.
Therefore I do not enjoy providing sexual pleasure to other men-whilst I respect the right of others to engage in such behaviour,this is not a path I choose to follow.

[bazza]

what about the village of the damned (banjo capital of unzud)...lol

[Marc.com]

Therefore I do not enjoy providing sexual pleasure to other men-whilst I respect the right of others to engage in such behaviour,this is not a path I choose to follow.

I heard all about your prison fantasy..... gay for the stay was it

Hey found this shitty old box of NOS Suzuki bits, going to whack it on Trademe for $30

[suzuki59]

Speaking of shitty,I see that the TMGP is a rusting hulk.
Did your cousin take it for a few motos around Barrett park and then pressure wash it with a sand blaster?

[GT43]

Yes HL.  I posted some pics a few years ago.

Thanks Tahiti.
It would of been interesting to compare lap times of a HL versus a YZ490 around Carlsbad of that era.
I think Gally also rode a TT600 83' setup for Superbikes in a NSW event. The bike was a rocket, but had some problems.
I might still have the article on that race meet.

[crs-and-rms]

what rm bits do you have in your box marcFX

[aehunger]

Hi MXers,
My '80 DR400 has a plastic type plug that covers the camshaft on the left side of the motors head which keeps falling out when im riding and when it does engine oil just spews out. Ive brought a new plug and am going to insert this and see if it fixes the problem. Want to know if anyone has experienced this before...the plug is not retained anyway that i can see except for the friction of the walls of its receiving hole.

Cheers
Alex

[mick25]

I had a DR500 for 5 or so years ,never had that prob and done a rebuild in that time.
I ran some silcone around it before sticking the pug in, it never came out

I have had TT500s for 20 old years they have the same pug system and I siclcone them in to and never blew out.
my two bobs worth

[TT5 Matt]

aehunger
never use sillycone on a 4T engine, reasons being that ecess sillycone comes off and ends up in the oil pump pickup and restricts flow or in honda xl/xr small bores as in 80's to 200's and the sillycone ends up the oil restrictor to the camshaft and ruins a head due to no oil feed. with that said theres better sealants like grey 3 bond that most bike shops sell and use and it does a top job provide your surfaces to be sealed are flat and oil free. as to your plug coming out well if its 31 yrs old then it would have shrunk with age but a new one will sort it out

[mick25]

Sorry forgot to say the grey shop stuff  I didnt mean some old plumers roofing sillycone.
I throught he would of know that

[oldfart]

Alex , the cam plug is a metal disc with a very thin coating of rubbber of which gets crushed when the 2 halfs meet .......they are still available new and I replace them each time I do a top end inspection. They are as cheap as chips
While you have the top off check out the cam chain - wear on cam lobs - wear on journals .   Set tappits to zero and back them off 1/8 of a turn  


 

[SON]

Still use the Grey Three Bond With the new cap.

[cloggy]

 I've never replaced the cap, just used a bit of sealer on the old metal one
 

[aehunger]

Hi All,
Thanks for the tips on the camshaft plug will try and insert at weekend and crank her over. Also wondering if there is anywhere you can get an affordable supertrapp muffler, similar to the one in the Clymer manual, locally in NZ. Seems they are available from states for a hefty price. Ive got a pro circuit type 496 that i could fit but might look ridiculous as its a bit longer than the black supertrapp i was after.

[cloggy]

 I had a supertrapp back in the day
It eventually rusted to bits leaving just the discs so a mate made me a copy
 I run 8 discs. Anymore than that and it just seems to get louder but I'm using the SP370 carb which is an oval bore 32. I think TT500s are supposed to run 12.
 The correct period one should have the single bolt end cap fixing.