plastics that fit

[BONEHEAD]

so guys how many races  have those bike done this season and last season, is that a spec of dust on yours DJ? how long have you held the number 1 plate for ? all your swingarms look fantastic
and maybe after next weekend RACING i may clean mine a little better, just you wait the pro fab looks great but what are they doing with the brake rod it looks to be in the wrong way CHEERS BONEHEAD

[BONEHEAD]

ANDREW have you got a pic of the other side?i want to have a look at the rear brake stay rod you have fitted to your bike ,is it alloy? where did you get it from is it like what xyz have on there bikes.
cheers BONEHEAD

[VMX Andrew]

the brake rod on my yz is off a yz250j 82model bike, got it off ebay cheap for 10 bucks....

[TonyB]

Just took delivery of my XYZ extreme YZ yellow yz465 plastics including tank, and all i can say is that the finish and fit is outstanding, very high quality, but one thing i noticed was that the plastic was easy to scratch so i did a little finger nail test with my old blue IT plastic and the new yellows and the xyz plastic is definately softer, but maybe thats becasue its still new?? but i am very happy and they were a pleasure to deal with, just phone don't e mail as he gets too many to answer. I also had personal number plates made up for a 3rd of the price you get them here,. very nice, ....

[YZ250H]

Sounds Good TonyB.  Don't you owe us some photos mate    (EDIT : Sorry they were for the exhaust paint thread.  I'm sure the guys here wouldn't mind you posting photos of the swedish ladies on here though).  Did you bring back some dicounted ABBA albums 
Love to see the xyz plastics fitted up.
Got my NOS front and rear guards.  Very Happy they appear to be the real thing with yamaha packaging etc .
All I need now are the side covers.   
Thanks for the heads up on xyz TonyB.  The complaint I had heard was regarding emails, so phone calls are the go.

[TonyB]

Hi Tony, I am actually still in Sweden !! and now I'm chomping at the bit to get back to my lil project, and I promise when its put together I will photgraph it including the pipe, and the maico 490 owners can drool over a bike that looks better for half the price ( does my jeolousy show?), seriously i owned and raced Maicos in the early eighties and they were'nt twice as good as a YZ465.

[YZ250H]

Geez,
Luckily you are over here in the safety of the Yamaha area.  Otherwise them would be fightin' words  .
I don't give it long until a Maico owner chimes in.
Look forward to your photos when you get back mate.  Try and stay warm .

[krusty465]

any body heading to clarence on the week end,if so call in to windsor wreckers unit 13/46 mileham st (windsor side of the railway line). i have a set of maier,a set of xyz side covers and a nos yamaha left side cover in yellow,for one of my projects.
i havent fitted the xyz covers yet but they look the best.you are wellcome to do the big comparo

[YZ250H]

Any chance some photos of them all side by side Krusty ?  If you don't know how to post them email them to me and I will put them up for you.
They sure would sort out a lot of questions people (including myself) have about what's what.
At the moment XYZ seem to be winning.  Please tell me the picture on their web site is of the opaque one .

[BONEHEAD]

its the opaque one 

[YZ250H]

Thanks Boney.  Or did you just tell me that 'cause I asked you to 
I think it's going to be xyz for me

[BONEHEAD]

opaque and a set of white for me please santa, they look a real good fit going by all the pics of there machines, now lets hope there ordering system is up to scratch.

[krusty465]

i will take some pictures over the weekend,i dont know how to put them on here.the guy from xzy,scott,is hard to get hold of,but he does get back to you.he runs the store when he gets home from work and i think its gone crazy

[Husky500evo]

I owned & raced a YZ465H back in '81 . I now own & race an '81 490 Maico & I reckon that it is twice as good as the YZ pogostick Yamahammer was back then. I give myself an uppercut every time I think back , for not forking out the extra dollars for the Maico in '81. Maybe with the use of modern shock internals the monoshock can be made to work ok these days, but it was certainly the main thing that spoilt the bike back then (as well as the topheavy feeling from the shock high up in the frame). Not that I am that great a rider, its just that the Maico handles that much better & as a package is so much easier to ride than the Yamaha (or anything else of that era for that matter). In my opinion , the next best thing to the '81 Maico in the open evo class is the '83/'84 Husky CR500 (although they don't turn that well). Dennis the KTM fanatic, might argue that the 495 is also a good thing & they have more power than anything else in the class , but they handle like a wheelbarrow full of watermelons & so are only good for winning the drag race to the first corner.
            So sorry, Tony B ,for sticking my head into the Yamaha camp, but somebody has to check up on you guys occassionally to make sure you are not blaspheming Maico's good name.

[paul]

subtle as a excavator on a golf course