Premium Member 2and3cylinders Posted January 16 Premium Member Share Posted January 16 A Matchless G80 500 single kick start lever will BREAK your right shin bone! That's why the "Trials" guys wore heavy knee high dirt boots with an aluminum shin plate riveted on. Being a road guy I wore classic American tall shaft black steel toed Engineer boots with the useless little instep strap and buckle. A soccer (football to you) shin guard shoved down inside the front of the right boot along with a couple packs of Trojans was wise protection... I still have no money but can no longer live on $350 a month... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ziggy105 Posted January 16 Share Posted January 16 (edited) I owned a '74 Bultaco 250 Alpina back in the day. It was a GREAT woods bike and many hours of enjoyable riding were spent on it. Fun times. Edited January 16 by Ziggy105 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hollybrook Posted January 17 Share Posted January 17 On 1/16/2025 at 1:08 AM, OZVFR said: Who the hell puts a kick starter on the left side? Apparently it was a fad back then. My 1972 Penton 125cc Six Days Enduro had a Sachs engine with left side kick starter. It also came with lots of extra neutrals in the transmission, especially if the T-bar in the trans was at all worn! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OZVFR Posted January 17 Share Posted January 17 6 hours ago, Hollybrook said: Apparently it was a fad back then. My 1972 Penton 125cc Six Days Enduro had a Sachs engine with left side kick starter. It also came with lots of extra neutrals in the transmission, especially if the T-bar in the trans was at all worn! I rode an old Russian two stroke Minsk (never seen a bike blow so much smoke) through central Vietnam, before taking off I asked our guide what the gearbox set up was, he said three up and a box full of neutrals. There was definitely more neutrals than gears. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McDon Posted Wednesday at 08:30 PM Share Posted Wednesday at 08:30 PM Got my new Bagster (with gel insert) seat today. Quite impressed. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member 2and3cylinders Posted Wednesday at 09:35 PM Premium Member Share Posted Wednesday at 09:35 PM THAT BUMM-STOP OF A PILLION REALLY LOCKS YOU IN IF YOU WANT TO SELL YOUR PILLION, PLZ LMK I HAVE A CUSTOM SARGENT PILOT SADDLE ONLY AND WANT TO LOWER THE PILLION LEVEL WITH THE BACK OF THE PILOT SO I CAN SLIDE BACK ON IT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supporting Member dazzler24 Posted Thursday at 03:11 PM Supporting Member Share Posted Thursday at 03:11 PM Broke off one of 4 of the plastic screws that hold the windscreen on a little while ago and have been holding it on since with 4 x metal screws as I just couldn't bring myself to pay AU$6.27 each for another 4 plastic OEM ones. Recently found a bag of 50 x M5 x 15 black nylon round heads online for the princely sum of around AU$8.00-$9.00 and now have plenty of spares on hand. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member 2and3cylinders Posted Thursday at 03:36 PM Premium Member Share Posted Thursday at 03:36 PM (edited) I didn't trust the plastic ones from day one and did the same thing when I reinforced the shield support structure height adjustment mechanism. The box I got are black oxide finished but are internal hex drive button head cap screws rather than Philips drive. They were also cheap. They're not used when I mount the winter barn door Givi shield. 😝 I never broke one and knew why plastic was used but weighing the advantages, I went black oxide steel. It's a real durable finish. Edited Thursday at 05:35 PM by 2and3cylinders I think I knew why plastique was used but as it wasn't remotely recently, like this morning, I don't recall 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supporting Member texscottyd Posted Thursday at 03:46 PM Supporting Member Share Posted Thursday at 03:46 PM 35 minutes ago, dazzler24 said: Broke off one of 4 of the plastic screws that hold the windscreen on a little while ago… Is the idea behind those plastic screws that they will shear during an impact, and possibly reduce rider injury risk? It’s a legit question, as that’s the only plausible theory I can come up with for the factory plastic hardware on the windscreen. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Anderson Posted Thursday at 04:17 PM Share Posted Thursday at 04:17 PM Speaking of breaking or losing small fasteners, I'm sure many of us have lost or broken those pesky plastic push pin 'rivets' that love to fall into the abyss... I went thru the Partzilla diagrams recently and made a list of all (that I know off) Yamaha P/Ns for the Tracer 9GT rivets. The bottom 6 on the list below are between $1 and $5 each from Partzilla, the top one appears to be the most commonly used one, and I got 100 from AliExpress for $1 plus $5 shipping. Yes, that was $1.00! I've shared a bunch with other Tracer friends 'cause I'll never need 100, but it was a shocking price so I had to try them... they seem fine so far, I have used a few. 90269-06001-00 (most common) 90269-06081-00 90269-06018-00 90269-06019-00 90269-07007-00 90269-07076-00 90269-05079-00 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robzilla Posted Thursday at 06:42 PM Share Posted Thursday at 06:42 PM 3 hours ago, 2and3cylinders said: The box I got are black oxide finished but are internal hex drive button head cap screws rather than Philips drive. They were also cheap. Do you have a link to where you purchased these? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim16 Posted Thursday at 09:21 PM Share Posted Thursday at 09:21 PM I also swapped those plastic screws out for metal ones after noticing two were broken. The heads were still there but the windscreen was pretty floppy and I could tell something was amiss before a ride. It was a bit of a surprise but I was glad to have caught the issue. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supporting Member dazzler24 Posted yesterday at 12:09 AM Supporting Member Share Posted yesterday at 12:09 AM 8 hours ago, texscottyd said: Is the idea behind those plastic screws that they will shear during an impact, and possibly reduce rider injury risk? It’s a legit question, as that’s the only plausible theory I can come up with for the factory plastic hardware on the windscreen. That's what I am led to believe Tex and like you, can think of no other reason why. 👍 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member 2and3cylinders Posted yesterday at 03:18 AM Premium Member Share Posted yesterday at 03:18 AM 8 hours ago, robzilla said: Do you have a link to where you purchased these? PM me your address and I mail you 5 if postage is just st Class but I'll check. I think I bought them from Fastenal and will look at the PN. Good Taiwanese quality 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heli ATP Posted yesterday at 03:32 AM Share Posted yesterday at 03:32 AM Do a search on ebay for... Yamaha windshield screws or 80Pcs/Set M6 M7 M8 Motorcycle Fairing Bodywork Bolt Push Pry Rivets Pin Clips all under $12. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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