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ajsttr · Member

New scotland member

domski1 · Senior Member

Welcome to the forum Alexander
It looks like a very clean and original ttr you have there.

Adam.

Cubber · Super Guru

Welcome

Your bike looks good enough as it stands - why not get out on the lanes to do some work on her?

Tell you what - you'll be able to stuff bag pipes in the exhaust, especially in 5 days time, and pipe the haggis in. biggrin

Even in deepest Devon there are one or two of us who take of our neeps & tatties on that neet.

Martyn

TTRfan · Super Guru

Welcome Alexander - very tidy TTR you have there biggrin

Brian

ajsttr · Member

Unfortunately their is a rust hole under the seat also when I removed sparplug found it must have crossed threaded when last person put it in. Then there the sump plug seized in and the head of it chewed up so can't get a spanner on it.

barra8 · Guru

Welcome Alex

First off,nice bike

ajsttr wrote:
Unfortunately their is a rust hole under the seat also when I removed sparplug found it must have crossed threaded when last person put it in. Then there the sump plug seized in and the head of it chewed up so can't get a spanner on it.

With the frame.......It is structural rust & the MOT man would not be happy to see it fixed with metal repair Best to patch it with a tig or mig.

The sump bolt issue is one i have had before aswell. What i did was used stiltsons to remove it. It was hard to get it on the bolt though.......Then....because at the time i did not know where to find a replacement. So i put it back in.....later it was hard to remove again as the heat had mad sure it was tight.Yamaha or workshops were not that helpfull as i could'nt get the friggin thing out so they could see it & i obviously could'nt measure it. I was lucky to have an old metal one so i welded a big nut to it. It did come out after that easy as but i still could not find a replacement without paying top dollar through Yamaha & buying the Genuine part. around $40.00 from memory There was no way i was going to pay that for a plug so i used it again with the nut welded This time put it in loosely......It rattled loose....not fully but enough to leak the oil out & seize my bike disbelief

I now have a totally different TTR but that's another story (or epic tale :)

I would advise to buy one of Brians magnetic plugs for when the old one decides it wants to come out.

If you have an alloy plug you could try........using a stripped bolt remover. Failing that you will need to use an extractor or helicoil

As Martyn says for the spark plug use a helicoil but make sure you remove the head first or metal will enter your cylinder

Respraying or powder coating the frame is always going to be worth it as it makes it easy to clean & no rust.

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Jarrah.

-- Edited by barra8 on Tuesday 22nd of January 2013 02:26:13 AM

boredus · Veteran Member

ajsttr wrote:
Unfortunately their is a rust hole under the seat also when I removed sparplug found it must have crossed threaded when last person put it in. Then there the sump plug seized in and the head of it chewed up so can't get a spanner on it.

I have that exact issue on my 93 TTR!

cwvisser · Member

welcome alex that is a very nice ttr

texasT · Senior Member

Howdy ajsttr,
Pity about your head/plug marriage. Same thing happened to me when I bought mine. Someone got in a rush to change plug, no doubt, and was too lazy to remove the tank.
Lots of good help here. GOOD thing you found this site, as there are some real good ideas here.
ENJOY reading all the tips and tricks !
greg