Hi.I had a small query.How often do you replace the speedo worm?like after how many kms?

Must-read article on Ideal-Jawa and the legend of the Co.

The Melting Pot: Re-living the Legend ....

I got an article from M.Pradeep - my good friend from mysore who had preserved this clip immaculately. I have put up the copy on my blog - its a great read.

PS : All copyrights to Star of Mysore newspaper.

Classic/Roadking the mod is simple. 5K. RD forks - rampant mod job in blore. But not required and I agree that the old front suspension has a charm about

@UAV

Wow, sorry, did I just say that??

I TAKE IT ALL BACK!!

While fork problems are standard with the Roadking and many opt to switch, they are few and far between on the Classic. I was thinking about the Roadking when I wrote that. I've actually NEVER seen a Classic with swopped forks.

Don't ever change those forks man!! They're lovely. The ride is really something.

Don't add a disc either. I don't know the year of manufacture on your bike but it HAS to be before 1990 I'm thinking. Which makes it a 'classic' (pun intended) bike. Adding a disc will require all sorts of welding and suchlike, completely destroying the originality of the bike.

Seriously, please don't. Someday if you want to bring it back to stock (or sell it for that matter) you'll kick yourself for it.

If you want more braking power then either take out the brake pads and sand them down or find softer-compound brake pads to replace them with.

Cheers

Rahul

Never heard of mating just the disc to the Yezdi forks. You'd be better off changing the entire front fork setup (something I would die before doing even though I'm having trouble with my forks - there's a charm about the original that can't be replicated).

If you do that, then the best match is the front fork setup of the old FURY. Considering that bike is more extinct than most others, it would be pretty hard to find. In which case your next best bet is the RD350. Nowadays (as many of the RD-fanatics here will attest) those parts are becoming hard to find as well. The forks you do find will have to be inspected very closely for bends and defects as most of them have been well abused before being discarded.

Let us know how it goes.

Cheers

Rahul

Hi Shawn,

No you wouldn't know me from the club as I was a sort of 'shadow member' and joined only recently. I did post a couple of times about a RK manual. I also have a few of the articles you wrote about Yezdi carbs and suchlike. Thanks for that info

As for Jain motors, I did some checking and apparently now the trend has reversed and you have peeps from Mysore coming down to Bangalore to look for parts. If you do happen to find out something please let me know as I'd be interested in picking up some engine parts myself.

I need some help here

What is the company recommended float height for the Pacco carburetor on a Roadking?

Basically my bike has been tuned very rich since the time I got it. This is because it had been re-bored and so had been tuned for the running-in. Now I've been running it as such for a while and will run it for another 200 kms as such since my piston change. After that though I would like to tweak it a little and make it leaner. I'm currently running so rich that I'm embarassed to post the mileage here. Not that I'm complaining, since I have NO starting issues thanks to it.

I would however like to have the figures if I choose to make it leaner.

I've searched everywhere including the manual, various forums and the net and I can't find anything.

HELP!

Thanks.

Rahul

Cost of adding new front DISC brake

What would be cost of front DISC brake for Yezdi Classic 250? Also what size would be appropriate for Yezdi's power and size/weight?

Jain motors chap has a lot of original stuff but he is wily chap. Couple of the items i bought from him turned out to be duds. ..a jikov carb for two k was wasted. ..

Better be a bit careful with him.


BTW here is my Yezdi sans the mirrors. Got a pair of Fiero FX/F2 mirrors today - they look ok. Will post a pic tomorrow of the full setup.





Here are some more pictures :

@ Ray 13

Hey thanks for the info! You might be right about Jain stores. However I do know of a guy from here in Mangalore who had to do his Roadking completely, including crank & piston, since everything had just seized & rusted up. He had asked me for Jain's no. which i gave him, and he went and picked up almost everything from there & some place in Bangalore. Now the guy's gone to the gulf and I don't have his contact, unfortunately.

Yep, that's me. Would I know you from the club? Dr. Amit,'s working on a different site and he still has all the info, might take some time though!

Regards

Shawn C. F.

Jain might have it. I say 'might' because my friend was trying to get a stock bore and piston a while ago and he tried Mysore but no dice. Its apparently all being hoarded now and prices are obnoxious if you can actually find them.

If somebody knows something to the contrary I'd be very happy to be corrected and would love to be added to the list of people who'll buy.

The piston,rings, gudgeon pin and circlips cost me 450 for the whole set. If you go to a retailer it'll cost 800 - 1,000 but I went directly to the place on JC Road so got it at their rate. 450 bucks makes it definitely worth the experiment as far as I'm concerned.

Btw, are you Shawn from the now-defunct jawaclub.com?

Cheers

Rahul

Yezdi Deluxe

BTW - does anyone have pictures of the stock Deluxe? Rather like the stickering and want to do up my Deluxe the original way.

What were the colour options?

Thanks guys!

Regards

Shawn C. F.

@ Ray13 - You think Jain Auto Stores at Mysore would have them?

How much did the piston set up (local type) work out for you?

Regards

Shawn C. F.

Anybody have any ideas on where and how to pick original Mahle bore-piston kits and oversize pistons?

My Roadking purrs along beautifully until I hit about 80 - 90 kmh. Have got any number of compliments from random bikers on the road about how clean the beat of the engine is. At that point though (about 85 kmh) she just seizes. I bought the bike six months ago and I love her but this seizing has been bothering me. I'm no reckless speed demon but I like to know my engine is performing to its potential and the factory rated top-speed of the Roadking is supposed to be 120. So, I opened up the bore to figure out the problem and found that the piston is a local (unrecognisable one). Thought it might have been an uneven re-boring job but the bore looks just fine while the piston was burnt all around. Turns out the metallurgy is just bad and so expansion of the piston is greater than the bore causing it to seize.






Finally, I swopped the piston and rings with another local make but one which is very well known and costs more than twice any other piston. Vijaydeep Agencies on JC Road makes it. The set came with original Goetze rings so I'm rather happy about that. They are the best people to go to for re-boring since they use computer calibration to carry it out. Hoping the metallurgy matches the same standards. As of now I'm running it in for 500 kms and then I'll see what happens.



However, I would like to try and get a Mahle piston if at all possible and stock up on spares too. I'm running a .5 oversize now. Any suggestions?

hey,i m also from lko.have a rx100..can you source a used block kit for my YAM