Thanks for the welcome. And yes, the bike is going to be a rider. On beautiful, warm, dry days when I don’t want to be on my Tuono I’ll be on the VF/R.
I took the bike out in the alley last night and ran it around for about 15 minutes. The engine didn’t crank over once before it fired and settled into a steady idle.
Temp came up, fan came out. Idles clean and pulled clean but really, I’m in an alley with no helmet and no insurance … I’m not pushing my luck. But it sounded dead sexy. The only nerve wracking bit is the clatter at idle (about 1000-1200RPM), mainly from right side. Are they a loud engine? How bad is the cam issue on the R models? Is the external oil line upgrade a requirement?
Looks like a set of HEL brake lines are on order. Also new rubber since the BT45’s on it are at least 7 years old. Barely worn, but old. Any suggestions for tire (tyre) options? I see Pirelli Sport Demons and Avon AV45/46 are out there … opinions?
Welcome along, sounds a beauty youve got yourself there. Its easy to get paranoid about these bikes and their cam "history". My understanding is that it was the 750s that suffered by far the worst and that was if people put poor grade lube in and didnt change it regularly.
My own humble opinion is also that the filter/strainer in the sump can easily get gundged up so on older machines thats a must and not too difficult to get to. Im thinking that the noise on the right side might just be a little backlash from the cam gears ?
Anyway, pets see some pictures aye ?
Martin
That is an absolute beauty! Im green with envy too! Lol. Someone mentioned the cam thing, well there is plenty writen about but I beleive that with modern high performance oils there is little issue now. There are a couple of points though, when adjusting valves adjust them in pairs to account for any rock in the follower fingers and change the oil at a lower mileage than service data will read. I carried out the oil mod on mine & have been happy with it.
Thanks guys but I can’t take any credit for it. It’s only up to me to keep it that way.
Went on and did a 250 km shakedown run today. Flawless. Gotta get some new brake lines, sort out and service the suspension and then ride, ride, ride… on the dry days.
Very Very nice. braded brake lines are reasonable on ebay and Very well worth every penny, i put a set on my ‘HO’ and was very surprised at the diference. (shame it didn’t stop for the cow)
Cheers.