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Messages - Don R

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Everything K0 / Re: Found another one, late K0 project.
« on: December 06, 2023, 04:02:29 pm »
 I haven't stopped by for a while. The coating is Eastwood inside the pipe exhaust paint. I'm hoping it will keep rust at bay for a long time. I'm not a fan of the repro 341's on the K0 and have ordered two sets of Busso no stamp exhausts, one will be for each of the late number K0's I have. (assuming we ever get them) then the 341's will go on my brothers one owner K4.

 Does anyone know when, as far as serial number the lower fork legs went from the Early K0 type with the more ridged top to the K1 type tapered top?  I have both and want it right.

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Front End and Suspension / Re: Fork Q?'s
« on: August 07, 2022, 01:30:20 pm »
14,100 diecast got its early forks back. I'm currently working on a set of sandcast forks, they got new replacement tubes and seals. I'm currently cleaning up the aluminum and deciding on a finish.

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Since this I've added a late K0 in gold to make a set of all three colors.

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Member's Bikes / Re: My 3 1969's help me identify please
« on: May 04, 2022, 11:54:02 am »
1367 is a sandcast the other two are K0 diecast. 11624 probably made in 10/69 and 17026 dec. or jan 70?

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Front End and Suspension / Re: help please dismantling K0 front forks
« on: April 12, 2022, 12:45:13 am »
 I ran into this myself, I have a set of early fork 46mm lowers (ugly as the dirt I found them in) but cleaned up well. Apparently I have no 46mm early fork hardware to assemble them with. Probably another display of my earlier ignorance of what I had. The new plan is to buy new tubes and use cut down 48mm parts to rebuild them.

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 Used take-off parts will be scarce and expensive, as is restoring your original ones. Keep anything original that you replace in case later you discover differences. The odds of finding nice used parts are becoming less and less although as you've discovered the bikes are still out there.
 Your late number sandcast will share more correct parts with a diecast or other 1970 than a very low number bike will. Part of the fun is learning the differences.

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New Member Introductions / Re: Early KO 10 hole seat pan
« on: April 10, 2022, 11:27:05 am »
 Recently Yamiya has not had the red foam or any replacement seats with red foam. Hopefully that will change in the future.

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Parts Wanted / Re: Take of parts needed, 69 sandcast
« on: February 12, 2022, 11:51:24 am »
 Z1 parts had a set of original shocks listed recently, as well as repro sandcast that are pretty good except with a 5 way adjuster.

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Everything K0 / Re: Found another one, late K0 project.
« on: April 15, 2021, 07:26:32 pm »
 The comment above led to me buying a gold tank set from a member and  since no number pipes aren't available right now, I got a set of 341's from cmsnl. I'll coat them inside with the Eastwoods coating like I do the no number pipes and this bike may borrow them until PMC or M-TEC repros are available gain. Then they will go on my brothers one owner K4.
  I've concluded they are made when excess production capability is available and Many factories in Asia were closed for an extended time, now they are booming and trying to catch up.

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It's a wee bit ragged. If a guy had a nice diecast parts bike, it might have a chance.

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Front End and Suspension / Re: Fork Q?'s
« on: March 20, 2021, 05:07:48 pm »
 Thanks, I learned a bit from the other fork post that oz had. There are 4 total K0's in the shop.
   This began when I was working on #3  and I noticed 5511 had stepped forks,  43,000 + had stepped forks, but 14,100 had tapered.  A swap may be appropriate, but  I have an even newer 1971 K0 frame and engine, those tapered forks would be more appropriate on it. That's the transition bike they might have come on.
   I do have a proper set of early fork lowers that are in rough shape, but I've cleaned up worse and have the old rusty top tubes with most of the parts and have a couple more tapered forks just in case I need parts.
   There's a good chance I swapped those forks onto there because it was my first 750 since I was younger and I just wanted it rideable.
 I am hoping to own all three K0 colors, I got a gold tank set from Mark B on here. 

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Front End and Suspension / Fork Q?'s
« on: March 20, 2021, 04:24:32 pm »
 Does anyone know how long the sandcast style forks were used on the diecast or 70 model bikes? I know they were 450 size for the seals. I'm assuming my 14,000 should have them.

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Fenders (mudguards) and Seats / Re: double cut Q?
« on: February 10, 2021, 12:52:50 pm »
 I was hoping to hear they  found the Honda tooling and these are now just like new oem, or at least much improved since the original posts. 
  I made a 9 bolt clutch cover once, a couple guys wanted one and I got hate mail from others.  It did look and work right and completed an engine that I drove halfway across the country to get other parts for.

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Fenders (mudguards) and Seats / double cut Q?
« on: February 07, 2021, 02:25:42 pm »
 I was on ebay looking at the Vietnam double cut front fenders. I see different prices and wonder if there is a quality difference and how they compare to Yamiya.   Any recent experience?

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Fenders (mudguards) and Seats / Re: Yamiya Seat Foam and cover
« on: January 20, 2021, 11:39:21 pm »
 As far as I know, recently it was out of stock too. 
  I was told a small slice of red foam stuck through the seat pan looks authentic, I tried it on a late K0 seat that had red and yellow foam, it could work until you can get a red one. I replaced the red foam on my sandcast and put the original cover back on. Avon skin so soft bath oil has worked wonders on it.

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