hi jammie the manual may come in handy

Kevin, this is an "Assembly manual" its not the maintenance manual, its only a few pages long & is designed for the Yammy dealer to bolt the bike together from new out of the crate.

Mezo.


Indeed, this manual contains no information useful for owning or ...

Found more stuff in the basement. Dented heatshield for silencer and a RPM gear unit with broken off wire and screw inside.

Non-OEM 34L MLS head gasket, free to a good home as I have no bike where it fits.
I will however ask for a token sum to cover postage.

Looks like this (apologies for the flash):
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y23/cojniz/XT600Z/XT600Z%20motor/WP_20150423_001_zpsmjkqdtsh.jpg~original


Also found ...

GeoffD wrote:Very nice collection Eric.... can't wait to see how your latest one turns out

+1
The TT swinger looks really good in that Tenere frame. Easy fit?

Of course the value will be next to nothing, the steering wheel is in the wrong side of the car.

XT 500/550 Acerbis ~20l tank w/ petcocks w/o mounting kit.
Tank is now sold.

Random (mostly engine parts)
Parts


Prices are still low!

It's time to clean out the shelves since I sold my Tenere and it's not looking like I'm getting another anytime soon.

So far I've found the following:

2x 1VJ sprocket carrier (g. cond.)
1x 3TB front wheel hub (g. cond.)

1x 3AJ cylinder (overall good - small piece broken of fin)
1x 34L gear box ...

ActionManMelb wrote:Here is a pic from the factory brochure for Germany 1990.

Now my eyes are far from perfect and the small print is a bit blurry, but where it says "vergaser typ", does it say Mikuni Y next to it?

I tried messing around a bit with air pressure after installing progressive fork springs. Eventually came to the conclusion that zero pressure suited them best (manual said nothing about pressure suggestions). Even with a few hg of pressure they became too stiff. The valves then worked fine for ...