TonyGee

its good brain food lacing up wheels, very satisfying whats the plan with the suspension ? leave standard or jack up a bit ?

try vacuum balancing

then it should be entered into the dictionary

is that a real word ?

the first cam chain I replaced waaaaay back in the 80's on an XS250 came with only a split link !!!!!!

I wouldn't like to say for definite if it should be plugged or not !!! but when the cover is on it will act like a blanking plug.

ive seen a few crankcases on the bay and everyone has no blanking plug, if they are a tighish fit then they wouldn't normally fall out, but if they are loose then yeah they could just slide out, nothing in the parts diagram ??? did they maybe do away with them and rely on the cover to blank them off ?

feck !!!!!! it will be insane with a TM top end

not quite but we are all made from the same stuff as one

if I remember right I think its Brown !!!!

yes Hyvo's are fun !!!!! I have a little splitter for them which has a small pin. the fun bit is putting the very small plates in when you are working on the head, the big danger is to drop a plate down the cam chain tunnel !!!!!! use a shit load of rags in every hole just in case

I had too swap the pushrod on mine as I couldn't get enough play on the worm drive adjustment screw.

that brings back memories of my very first bike when i was 15, a TS125, loved it. I also put a set of road wheels on a YZ490 way back in the mid 80's just to see what it looked like, never knew anything about supermoto's back then.

B6 sprocket cover, cable and clutch lever assy. I also used the B6 pushrod as they are slightly different lengths.

Doh !!!!!

dyna are good but not cheap !!!! I know genuine aren't cheap either but good used ones are available

all the years of working on and owning bandits ive never had a problem with a coil !!!!! but that doesn't mean they don't fail. also you can clean carbs till the cows come home so they are spotless but doesn't mean they are good to go. if a float valve is leaking it'll never run right. but I hope its sorted.

I thought you replaced the plugs ???? or I would of said put new ones in. ive seen this issue many times but mostly with the 600's. but saying that if you still have a problem with the carbs then the issue will reappear after a few miles. ride it around at low speeds for a while and see what happens.

they are generally noisy engines, out of the 6 ive owned only 2 where quiet.

its cylinders 2 and 4 that are cold !!!!!!

makes no difference, its a waisted spark system, both H.T. leads spark at the same time.

having 2 cylinders clean should be a clue !!!! could be getting washed with excess fuel. what is getting common on older bandits is the float valve not sealing and letting fuel through. are the plugs on the cylinders that won't run sooty/black ?

if the valve is leaking then it'll need replacing.

by doing a bench test. I have a home made stand that I hang the carbs on using my vice. they have to hang straight and level. then hook up a dummy fuel tank above the carbs and let the fuel flow to the carbs. then leave them for a while. a bad leak will show up straight away but a small leak will take longer. if a float valve is leaking you will see fuel coming out of the carb venturi (where the air flows through from the airbox)

I would still look into the float valve though, when they leak it runs very rich at idle and low revs and fouls the plug giving a misfire, giving the impression of loosing the spark. but at high rev's the extra fuel is used and runs better. seen this many times.