Posted by Dean H on February 14, 2010, 6:08 am
> They had all 3 been painted with a THICK coat of GLOSSY black paint.
On a related hijack:
I got my flywheel puller and air filter in the mail yesterday.
Nice little MotionPro unit popped the XR80 flywheel off for me. It was
rusty so I cleaned it all up with some wet dry paper and masked the
inside and mating surfaces fpr spray paint - Light coat of primer and
a light coat of Rustoleum Honda Red - Bake at 200 for ten minutes...
Why is it that all XR80s are missing the sprocket side cover? They
must chuck their chains a lot.
I neglected to mask the little tab on the outside that whizzes by the
spark timimg pickup gizmo. This is not an electrical contact but a
magnetic one, I believe. How much does paint insulate magnetic, er...
forces? Should I buff the paint off that little tab?
The air filter is also for the XR80. It is one of those pre-oiled
profilter units. The seam on the filter is already completely failed
and I haven't even opened the package yet. Oh the joys of web
shopping. We will see how good the profilter customer service is.
Simple damned filter. I could'a swore I saved some of that bulk
foam...
tia,
d
Holy Krylon Batman, we have no spark!
Posted by The Real Bev on February 14, 2010, 10:47 am
On 02/14/2010 03:08 AM, Dean H wrote:
> The air filter is also for the XR80. It is one of those pre-oiled
> profilter units. The seam on the filter is already completely failed
> and I haven't even opened the package yet.
A needle and dental floss if you're impatient.
> Oh the joys of web
> shopping. We will see how good the profilter customer service is.
> Simple damned filter. I could'a swore I saved some of that bulk
> foam...
--
Cheers, Bev
Far away in a strange land
Posted by Volker Bartheld on February 15, 2010, 5:07 am
Hi!
> [Painting a XR80 flywheel]
> I neglected to mask the little tab on the outside that whizzes by the
> spark timimg pickup gizmo. This is not an electrical contact but a
> magnetic one, I believe. How much does paint insulate magnetic, er...
> forces?
I wouldn't worry about the pant influencing the timing. It's actually quite
hard to shield from magnetic fields and unless you're not using some really
strange paint, you should be save.
> Should I buff the paint off that little tab?
Have a look if there's enough freeplay so the flywheel can spin without
contacting the sensor. Clearance can be pretty tight there and you won't
want to risk some goo being sheared off there.
> The air filter is also for the XR80. It is one of those pre-oiled
> profilter units. The seam on the filter is already completely failed
> and I haven't even opened the package yet. Oh the joys of web
> shopping.
Well, my OEM Yamaha Filter pretty much desintegrated while washing/rinsing
it in hot water with some dishwasher soap in there. I've never seen
something like this, neither with TwinAir, ProGrips, ReadyFilter or other
brands. Seems that the glue has failed when it had to face those high
temperatures...
You can probably re-glue if you're on a tight schedule. Or buy a different
brand. TwinAirs and ZAP (dunno if they're available at your place) seem to
last quite well.
Cheers,
Volker
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Posted by Dean H on February 15, 2010, 10:19 am
On Feb 15, 5:07 am, Volker Bartheld wrote:
> Hi!
Howdy, V!
> > [Painting a XR80 flywheel]
> > I neglected to mask the little tab on the outside that whizzes by the
> > spark timimg pickup gizmo. This is not an electrical contact but a
> > magnetic one, I believe. How much does paint insulate magnetic, er...
> > forces?
> I wouldn't worry about the pant influencing the timing. It's actually quite
> hard to shield from magnetic fields and unless you're not using some really
> strange paint, you should be save.
Nothing fancy, and a very light coat.
> > Should I buff the paint off that little tab?
> Have a look if there's enough freeplay so the flywheel can spin without
> contacting the sensor. Clearance can be pretty tight there and you won't
> want to risk some goo being sheared off there.
Whoa! Hey, feeler gauges don't have much feel when they're all sucked
up next to a magnet. I'm guessing about .400mm clearance there. A
matchbook cover slips through without friction. I think we're good.
re:filters...
> You can probably re-glue if you're on a tight schedule. Or buy a different
> brand. TwinAirs and ZAP (dunno if they're available at your place) seem to
> last quite well.
I think ZAP might have been the OEM filter on the GasGas. Or maybe I
just saw the ads in one of the Euro magazines at some point...
How could one resist a product called ZAP?
***********
Further to the title of this thread...
I've got the cottage to myself for a few days. The 2000 XR80R is in
the living room surrounded by boxed up 1980 XR80 parts, XJ750 parts,
and a few straggling XL500R parts.
I'm pretty tempted to do the full tear down restoration on this little
pit bike. The other stuff goes on eBay to pay for bike parts that
might actually be useful to me.
This place will probably revert to a bachelor pad by summer time.
<something about a fork in the road, or the road less traveled, high
road vs. low road, the horse I rode in on, or the highway to hell...>
Perhaps the Bachelor effect is some obscure thermodynamic concept.
What's that one about Hell being exothermic?
I believe I need more coffee. Or something...
Posted by I am Tosk on February 15, 2010, 10:41 am
dfhyman@optonline.net says...
>
> On Feb 15, 5:07 am, Volker Bartheld wrote:
> > Hi!
>
> Howdy, V!
>
> >
> > > [Painting a XR80 flywheel]
> > > I neglected to mask the little tab on the outside that whizzes by the
> > > spark timimg pickup gizmo. This is not an electrical contact but a
> > > magnetic one, I believe. How much does paint insulate magnetic, er...
> > > forces?
> >
> > I wouldn't worry about the pant influencing the timing. It's actually quite
> > hard to shield from magnetic fields and unless you're not using some really
> > strange paint, you should be save.
>
> Nothing fancy, and a very light coat.
>
> >
> > > Should I buff the paint off that little tab?
> >
> > Have a look if there's enough freeplay so the flywheel can spin without
> > contacting the sensor. Clearance can be pretty tight there and you won't
> > want to risk some goo being sheared off there.
>
> Whoa! Hey, feeler gauges don't have much feel when they're all sucked
> up next to a magnet. I'm guessing about .400mm clearance there. A
> matchbook cover slips through without friction. I think we're good.
>
> re:filters...
> >
> > You can probably re-glue if you're on a tight schedule. Or buy a different
> > brand. TwinAirs and ZAP (dunno if they're available at your place) seem to
> > last quite well.
>
> I think ZAP might have been the OEM filter on the GasGas. Or maybe I
> just saw the ads in one of the Euro magazines at some point...
> How could one resist a product called ZAP?
>
> ***********
>
> Further to the title of this thread...
> I've got the cottage to myself for a few days. The 2000 XR80R is in
> the living room surrounded by boxed up 1980 XR80 parts, XJ750 parts,
> and a few straggling XL500R parts.
>
> I'm pretty tempted to do the full tear down restoration on this little
> pit bike. The other stuff goes on eBay to pay for bike parts that
> might actually be useful to me.
>
> This place will probably revert to a bachelor pad by summer time.
> <something about a fork in the road, or the road less traveled, high
> road vs. low road, the horse I rode in on, or the highway to hell...>
>
> Perhaps the Bachelor effect is some obscure thermodynamic concept.
> What's that one about Hell being exothermic?
>
> I believe I need more coffee. Or something...
Well, hopefully her side of the "fork" doesn't include an interest in half of
your beach house;)
Scotty
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