at as a teenager, a 3AJ Yamaha XT600Z Tenere whit 71k kms on the clock. The adds pic:
Its a 1990 modell, German import that had 25kw papers but is full power from what I know. The 3AJ was only sold here in Finland in 1988 in quit low numbers.
So I gave it a good wash and looked wath had to be done as all the dirt and dust came off it.
A lot needed to do something about. Tires where 10 years old and cracked
Front faring miss angled
Spokes more or less corroded
Fenders color faded
Mirrors corroded
I realised only later the screen is not a stock smoke version
Odd thing betwen the headlights
And low beam headlights mirror is faded
The biggest thing was that as cold the engine did smell like a 2 stroker if you did rew it a bit.....
I had hoped it would be work piston rings, but as I opened the head, the top of piston was wet of oil, and piston rings like new.
The reason, someone of the former owners had owerheated the engine to a point where the valve guards has let go from the top
Properly some one later had change the piston rings trying to make it smoke less oil...
I got depressed and it did stand in the garage for months until I did find someone that offered to repair the head by time affordable. He still has the head in his shop.
Lately I have found intress to do stuff to it again. this is the progress a week ago
Does not show so mutch, but:
- all brakes are stripped, both calippers as M/C:s
- headlight is fixed, there are now FZR600 -89 headlights for the US market so I get low and high beam in both lights, not low in other and high in other as the German spec was like.
- front subframe adjusted so the top faring sits nice whit the tank. I just wounder if I should try to find a new one, a undamaged one, as current has seen its best days.
I did late last week get the saddle whit its new cover!
Now from here.
I leaning towards getting the wheels and spokes brushed and painted black, as a budget option.
The engine, well it needs a new cam chain, tensioner was one click from full out
The brakes need new seals and rear calipper even a new piston.
I have new tires (Bridgestone TW 301/302).
The fork will get new oil at least.
More for the engine I now in between should I just put it together when I get the fixed head (whit a new cam chain) or should I pull it totally apart, as its basically half done alredy.
Ah forgot the carburattors, that seem to need some love to. Kedo had a rebuild kit for it still this spring but only for the later XT600E anymore.
Well this so far, keep you updated when I get something done.
. The US lights are diffrent, the low beam light pattern is flat, not un-symetrical. I actually been reading that many new japanese bikes comes whit a flat low beam patter, only one headlight needed then for all countrys. There I also see a versalyty of the flat low beam, if I hapen to do a trip to a country whit left side traffic, like UK.
