69chris

hey guys, finally got the bike together enough to start..............................oil's leaking out of exhaust, as expected as iv yet to sort restrictor out.......................although thats not for the want of trying !!!!! i started out with 3 banjos and 2 taps.........im now down to 1 banjo that doesn't have a broken tap in it you'd think id learn wouldn't ya so, rather than annoy myself any further with my failures is there anyone out there who could/would drill/tap my remaining banjo for me in exchange for some ££££ please ??

hmmmmmm it could have been either tbh but i suspect mine was an early one as they hadn't been out long when i did mine

no mods other than extend a few wires as battery was bit further away/laid down, relocated cdi/fuse box etc dont know anything about the battery im afraid other than it was the battery that came fitted to a standard R6 (Yuasa maybe ??) , iirc correctly it was the same battery that the R1 used so i figured it'd be up to the job, had the bike for a further few years as my daily and it never gave any problem, the bike went onto a mate who did a 1216 conversion and it was still ok if i were buying a battery now id be tempted to go for a motobatt tbh, iv had them on a few bikes and even after being left standing with no chargers they have always held charge.....this one even looks smaller than usual ??? https://www.Eblag.co.uk/itm/Yamaha-YZF-R1-Motobatt-Maintenance-Free-Upgrade-Battery-20-Extra-Power-2004-14/381722766829?epid=600815010&hash=item58e0732ded:g:igUAAOSwSlBYvFqY:rk:34:pf:0

many moons ago, just after R6's came out i fitted the complete subframe/seatunit/undertray - inc battery on my 1100l, never had any probs

tbh i just got one that popped up on that site, its a sytec motorsport universal thing with 10 - 20 micron of filtery voodoo........dunno what that means tho

just at the 'laying out of pumps/reg/fuel lines etc' stage and thought it 'd be wise to add a filter, have bought one off that site but should the order be......... tap - filter - pump - reg - (temp pressure gauge) - carbs or tap - pump - filter - etc etc ?? also, wheres the best place to tap into for boost gauge ? iv got one of those spikey bolt through silicon pipe fittings for the gauge and was thinking of going into the silicon elbow from up pipe to plenum... sound ok ??

is it just a straight forward drill stubs/add hose etc or is there anything to watch out for ? ill do a search

curiosity got the better of me so popped out for a look......there is more of a stub than i had noticed lol !!! deffo something to do once carbs are back off.....although the wording 'just needs drilling through carefully' shits me up ........mr cack handed should be my name

cheers - that is a neat solution !!! i dont think there is a huge 'stub' sticking out of my outer carbs to get the hose onto mind ? tbh i haven't really looked that hard

ahhh i see, i wasnt thinking of replacing the whole tee, just dropping in a small 'dowel' like inset into the tee so the jubilee clip could get a bit of a squeeze on it, i didnt know there was an option of outer feeds ????

some hpi checks will give you reg from vin, just cant remember where i saw it being offered !!!!

blimey theres some speedy fingers on here

in-line fuse holder with 30amp fuse is what i used after reading about it on here somewhere

thought i was missing something as usual

hahahahahaha given my luck lately im not totally surprised by that Eblag it is then !!! cheers bud

hopefully a nice easy one for someone.... would a curved gsxr11 oil cooler and lines bolt on to a mk1 1200 bandit with no or little messing around ?? cheers

thats my kinda cheap

no idea yet bud, was just thinking of other (read cheaper) options as the cooler is my next hurdle - thanks tho

cheers chap, i know proper fittings look nicer/work better etc etc but unless i can find a complete used set up (still off work with no sick pay so pennies are too tight for a new kit ) ill resort to some jubilee clip hackery until i can afford the proper kit

tbh it was more of a convenience thing as, frankly the whole AN size's thing confuses the fudge outta me recently won a complete used cooler/hoses/fitting on Eblag, then the sellers p/pal account was suspended so couldnt pay, asked for bank details to send payment and got sent wrong numbers.....now the chap wont answer messages....... awesome lol !! so, got a brand new Setrab 19row cooler......didnt realise that needs metric fittings so looks like i'll be needing adaptors (which leads me back to the confusing AN stuff !!) hence the question as a couple of barbs at the cooler end would solve the problem cheap looking is ok.........dont need lipstick on a pig

possibly opening myself to ridicule here (sadly a common occurrence!!) but ..................... is there any reason, other than perhaps aesthetics, that the oil lines to the cooler cant be secured using barbed/slip over type fittings and jubilee clips ?? over the years have fitted loads of aftermarket oil coolers to cars using the above method with no problems, or am i (as usual) missing something ????

self cancelling perhaps ?????

cheers bud, i looked into that option as a 'bolt on' option but the yam bolt spacing is only 34mm(iirc) so ok for bandit's and slabbys (again, iirc) but no use for 44mm slingshot spacing, would need a spacer/adaptor making thus increasing height or welding a new mount into tank to suit, have modified my original tap to non vac now so still have off/on/res......................fingers crossed my hackery holds up lol !!!!