Re: Yamaha rx100 restoration starting as noob

Query Approved

It would be great if you went through the many restoration threads on the forum and ask specific questions. This is so vague, that it makes it extremely difficult for anyone to give a helpful response

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If you have all the required tools, go ahead and do it yourself. It is always better than anything. You will be learning many new things and also more enthusiastic. Moreover at the end of the day you will be fully satisfied with your work.

Don't do it in hurry. You will get confused and you will loose the enthu also.

Take your own sweet time & Start doing it by step by step. Only concentrate on a single item until it is fully fixed/restored.

Whenever you are in doubt or confused please post in this thread. The experts in this forum are always helpful and guide you properly on how to go ahead.

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Thanks Monk for the approval & prashanth for the guidance

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Some of d spares purchased

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Rubber kit

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Some more on list

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Pending in list to buy n few doubts
1. Regarding rear shock absorber which one is best for 100
2. Front Mudguard usual chromed one or gladiator
3. Whether gasket is available for inbetween the crank cases
4. Crank assy was idle outside for five years. Whether to change the bearing in it

Re: Yamaha rx100 restoration starting as noob

Good Start. All the best

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Front Mudguard: Please go for the usual chromed one. Which gives the originality and classic effect

Since you are restoring - it is better to replace all the bearings irrespective of if it is good or weak. That way you know all is new and can ride your bike with peace later on.


For Shocks and Gaskets: Some guru's have to help... I don't have much idea on that



You can post queries and any doubt you have. Many people who have done restoration of RX motorcycles by their own will help you out.

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All Gaskets are available, you need special tools to open the clutch, flywheel and forks, its better you do not invest in those now(just my suggestion)

Get the engine and front fork work outsourced, get some reputed mech to build the engine fully, including the crank and you supply the parts

Attacking the cycle parts is easy, I usually takes me a whole day to finish the re assembly of the bike with a sealed engine and wheels completed. It should take you the same amount of time. Do the tear down your self, so you will have an idea of what goes where. Get a friend helper to click pics videos of the dis assembly so you don't risk shattering the screen of your phone or soiling it. Get small plastic bags(pouches) and a marker to label each part. once everything is tagged and bagged, make a list of things which needs to be zinc dipped and take pics before you give them for dipping. Change all oil seals, no matter how good they look, change all bearings, especially the crank, bottom/top end and wheel bearings. Change the reed and clutch plates for sparing you from troubles later, get new kicker boss, change all cables. Replace the oil tank if its cosmetically bad, replace the petrol tank instead of repairing it(you will thank me later on this)

Restoring 2 stroke bikes are no rocket science, if you follow the manual to the last letter, make sure all wearable items are within company specified tolerances.

If you have anymore questions feel free to ask and people on this forum would help.

Pramod

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After getting useful suggestions from this forum, I replaced them with bajaj discover SNS type shockers. Riding her is very comfortable now [emoji4]

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Today did some measurement's. crank width is 56.1mm, which manual says to be 55.90mm ~ 55.95mm and big end side clearnace is 0.5mm by manual to be 0.2mm ~ 0.7mm

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I was thinking to get Splendor Pro Classic's handle bar as I didn't quite liked the clip-ons. [MENTION=37005]davidlivi[/MENTION] are you planning to keep everything stock?

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1. Gabriel make rx shockers do nicely. Stay away from the new escorts type.

2. Use a chrome mudguard. Metal trumps plastic in classyness always.

3. There is no paper gasket between the cases. If you have leakage, fix the mating surfaces. Use any liquid gasket maker like anabond to fix both the cases. Change all oil seals and other packings as well.

4. As a rule of thumb you should change the main bearings everytime you open the engine. Get the crank rebuilt properly.

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Handle bar, ll stick to original one.. Ya, trying to keep it stock except d seat..