Sir Fallsalot Posted August 7, 2021 Author Share Posted August 7, 2021 On 07/08/2021 at 18:19, XTreme said: I paid €1400 for this in 2010.......1996, 29k kms, and completely original. Expand The key thing here is 2010 it is now 2021. i paid £1600 for my XR400 in 2008 and you wont buy a tidy one for less than £3000 now 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Fallsalot Posted August 7, 2021 Author Share Posted August 7, 2021 On 07/08/2021 at 18:27, XTreme said: Still stuff like THIS available here! Expand Plenty of those here but not what i want Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boboneleg Posted August 7, 2021 Share Posted August 7, 2021 Here's one in France (I can't find any on your Sapnish site) , almost the same year, look at the price. They used to be cheap in France but not anymore........... https://www.leboncoin.fr/motos/2023132125.htm?ac=4051296304 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catteeclan Posted August 7, 2021 Share Posted August 7, 2021 On 07/08/2021 at 17:40, Sir Fallsalot said: @Catteeclan Did you find out what caused the cam wear on yours Expand Same as yours Fred. I checked out the feed pipe after an engine rebuild but after 7 thou I got the ticking tappets. I've been told the "over heating" oil buggas the rubber but I think it's more old age. It's been a prob with Honda on the xl600s too. There's also been a couple of casings fail behind the oil filter too but that's on the Italian crap ones. I'm watching with interest your mod. Think I'd try a circle of pipe to absorb vibration if there was room. Bloody tight spot to mess with. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Fallsalot Posted August 7, 2021 Author Share Posted August 7, 2021 On 07/08/2021 at 19:30, Catteeclan said: There's also been a couple of casings fail behind the oil filter too but that's on the Italian crap ones. Expand Talking of Italian crap ones mine is an Italian import and that would explain this 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Fallsalot Posted August 7, 2021 Author Share Posted August 7, 2021 On 07/08/2021 at 19:30, Catteeclan said: I'm watching with interest your mod. Think I'd try a circle of pipe to absorb vibration if there was room. Bloody tight spot to mess with. Expand I was thinking the flexible part of the pipe was to allow you to get at the frame oil screen without removing the whole pipe but vibration is something i was thinking about 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pedro Posted August 7, 2021 Share Posted August 7, 2021 All this talk of DR isn’t really fair or helpful on poor Dog, fighting to live for ages while dealing with oil starvation while Fred tries to kill it on some god forsaken mud pits 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buckster Posted August 8, 2021 Share Posted August 8, 2021 Six is disappointed, he thought this was a penis thread. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Six30 Posted August 9, 2021 Share Posted August 9, 2021 On 08/08/2021 at 06:56, Buckster said: Six is disappointed, he thought this was a penis thread. Expand Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Fallsalot Posted September 29, 2021 Author Share Posted September 29, 2021 Finally decided to strip the rocker cover off and order some of the parts i need. The cam followers arrived yesterday and i fitted them but after removing the shafts that hold them in place i find some scuffing on them. they will probably be ok but i cant bring myself to use them with the new parts so there's something else to buy This id the old and new parts just a small amount of wear on the old bits 6 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XTreme Posted September 29, 2021 Share Posted September 29, 2021 On 29/09/2021 at 19:05, Sir Fallsalot said: Finally decided to strip the rocker cover off and order some of the parts i need. The cam followers arrived yesterday and i fitted them but after removing the shafts that hold them in place i find some scuffing on them. they will probably be ok but i cant bring myself to use them with the new parts so there's something else to buy This id the old and new parts just a small amount of wear on the old bits Expand 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yen_powell Posted September 29, 2021 Share Posted September 29, 2021 On 29/09/2021 at 19:07, XTreme said: Expand Well, put simply old bean.............Silver treasure what make engine go whizz along him fella. You are Pete Sake and I claim my five pounds. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catteeclan Posted September 30, 2021 Share Posted September 30, 2021 On 29/09/2021 at 19:05, Sir Fallsalot said: Finally decided to strip the rocker cover off and order some of the parts i need. The cam followers arrived yesterday and i fitted them but after removing the shafts that hold them in place i find some scuffing on them. they will probably be ok but i cant bring myself to use them with the new parts so there's something else to buy This id the old and new parts just a small amount of wear on the old bits Expand Horrendous the amount of damage done in so little time. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Fallsalot Posted September 30, 2021 Author Share Posted September 30, 2021 On 30/09/2021 at 06:52, Catteeclan said: Horrendous the amount of damage done in so little time. Expand Yes the camshaft doesn't look as bad but it is. I think I've been scammed on a camshaft the price is too good to be true but it's also too good to ignore. I've paid with PayPal so my cash should be safe going to give it another week to arrive and then start the proceedings to get my cash back really hoping its for real though https://www.getimem.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=801263 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boboneleg Posted September 30, 2021 Share Posted September 30, 2021 On 30/09/2021 at 17:20, Sir Fallsalot said: Yes the camshaft doesn't look as bad but it is. I think I've been scammed on a camshaft the price is too good to be true but it's also too good to ignore. I've paid with PayPal so my cash should be safe going to give it another week to arrive and then start the proceedings to get my cash back really hoping its for real though https://www.getimem.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=801263 Expand If you get it for that price it's the steal of the century 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catteeclan Posted October 1, 2021 Share Posted October 1, 2021 On 30/09/2021 at 17:20, Sir Fallsalot said: Yes the camshaft doesn't look as bad but it is. I think I've been scammed on a camshaft the price is too good to be true but it's also too good to ignore. I've paid with PayPal so my cash should be safe going to give it another week to arrive and then start the proceedings to get my cash back really hoping its for real though https://www.getimem.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=801263 Expand Don't blame you for trying them. Don't think you'll get a secondhand one for that money. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Fallsalot Posted October 27, 2021 Author Share Posted October 27, 2021 My cheap camshaft never arrived so I've had my money back. Bit the bullet and ordered from Honda yesterday, this thing better fucking work after this or i'm going full Basil Faulty on it 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catteeclan Posted October 27, 2021 Share Posted October 27, 2021 You found the cause so all should be well. I undo the cam oil feed ever now and again, makes mess but does show the oil heading upwards. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Fallsalot Posted October 27, 2021 Author Share Posted October 27, 2021 On 27/10/2021 at 18:23, Catteeclan said: You found the cause so all should be well. I undo the cam oil feed ever now and again, makes mess but does show the oil heading upwards. Expand I'm thinking about any other damage caused by the lack of oil that i don't know about yet. As for the the oil feed pipe i'm in the process of putting a temporary oil pressure gauge on there and once i know what pressure it runs fitting a permanent pressure switch with warning light Something like this on the dash will do i think 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boboneleg Posted October 27, 2021 Share Posted October 27, 2021 On 27/10/2021 at 17:06, Sir Fallsalot said: Bit the bullet and ordered from Honda yesterday Expand I just looked up the price of a cam from Honda 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Fallsalot Posted October 27, 2021 Author Share Posted October 27, 2021 On 27/10/2021 at 20:49, boboneleg said: I just looked up the price of a cam from Honda Expand Trouble is Bob it wasn't just the cam it was the rocker arms and the rocker arm shafts as well i saved myself about £40 buying from Dave silvers but still a lot of cash. The parts alone are almost what i paid for the bike 10 years ago 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boboneleg Posted October 27, 2021 Share Posted October 27, 2021 On 27/10/2021 at 21:26, Sir Fallsalot said: Trouble is Bob it wasn't just the cam it was the rocker arms and the rocker arm shafts as well i saved myself about £40 buying from Dave silvers but still a lot of cash. The parts alone are almost what i paid for the bike 10 years ago Expand I really hope it's worth it Fred , the thing is that bike has served you very well in the past 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catteeclan Posted October 28, 2021 Share Posted October 28, 2021 On 27/10/2021 at 18:46, Sir Fallsalot said: I'm thinking about any other damage caused by the lack of oil that i don't know about yet. As for the the oil feed pipe i'm in the process of putting a temporary oil pressure gauge on there and once i know what pressure it runs fitting a permanent pressure switch with warning light Something like this on the dash will do i think Expand In my experience it's always the cam etc that suffers, crank seems to manage the shortage. Unless you run it out of oil. Like the oil switch idea. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Fallsalot Posted October 28, 2021 Author Share Posted October 28, 2021 On 27/10/2021 at 21:44, boboneleg said: I really hope it's worth it Fred , the thing is that bike has served you very well in the past Expand If it works it will be worth it to me. To replace it there are only two bikes i can think of that will do and one is the XR650L and the other is the DR650 but i'd have to spend thousands to buy either of those rather than the hundreds to get this thing going 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Fallsalot Posted November 2, 2021 Author Share Posted November 2, 2021 A few new organs to transplant into the monster were waiting for me when i got home from work tonight not much there for £534 After a few hours on the operating table the monster lives again lets hope it lives longer than a KLR this time. I'll finish putting it together tomorrow night take it for a short run then drop the oil and hopefully an MOT on Thursday 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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