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SimsonS51E wrote:Ps ..  .. Can you remember who did the kicker onto an RE recently ??
Someone deffo did, recent ?

 

I did both the kickstart and the tacho onto an RE engine recently. Worth the effort in my humble...

Sorry, no photos, was too keen while doing it, if you see what I mean ;)

Easy enough though - the only pisser was I didn't have a donor engine and had to buy the engine internals for the tach from Yamaha dealer, cost about 50 quid! The clocks are off a 2001 model, and one or two of the wires need rearranging, but at least i got a freetemp gauge into the bargain. Oh, and the clutch needs to come off to get the drive worm gear in position (b1tch if the engine out of the frame).

Most of all - if you're even remotely handy with the spanners, you'll do both jobs easily. And if i can offer any advise in the meantime, please ask!

SimsonS51E wrote:

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Malc wrote:

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SimsonS51E wrote:Ps ..  .. Can you remember who did the kicker onto an RE recently ??
Someone deffo did, recent ?

 

 

I did both the kickstart and the tacho onto an RE engine recently. Worth the effort in my humble...

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And Mine M8 ...  and mine !

You do any photos ??

Will PM you when i get round to approaching this lot ...

Kicker & Tacho .. Impressed ! 

 

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-- Edited by Malc on Wednesday 2nd of June 2010 07:52:27 PM

I done away with the post 04 speedo and lights assy altogether, and fitted the pre-04 instead. You need to be creative and make a couple small brackets cos the whole assy is slightly longer. I'll take some photos of mine on Saturday and post them.

I kept my original speedo assy cos the mileage was lower (vain) and now have a temp idiot light but not connected - simply rerouted the wire to the temp gauge in the tacho. The pre-04 engine will have the tacho drive, etc in, but the whole lot is mounted on a pin which is pressed into the crankcase, if you can get this pin out it can be re-used, otherwise you'll need a new one. The post 04 cases still have all the castings in place for the pin, etc. No new temp sender in the cylinder head is required - both models have the same piece fitted, its resistance is the same, only earths a different gauge, thats all.

Kickstart assy is a piece of cake to fit - again all the castings are in place, just remove the blank and put an oil seal in its place, fit the kickstart shaft in place, and while you got the casing open, make sure when you push the kickstart it meshes with the idler gear, and unmeshes when you "take your foot off" again. When you open it up to do it, all this will make sense.

SimsonS51E wrote:

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So ...

You actually took off your speedo with the hi temp light in the corner ...
& the idiot light cluster ..

& replaced the whole lot with Pre 04 clocks ?

Sounds good ..

because i have a Pre 04 engine kicking about ...
[Pre 04, but not too early as it has the later shaped 2T oil pump cover arr' !]
which has the kicker, so will have the tacho drive too !?

Did you have to fit a different temp' sender ????

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-- Edited by Malc on Thursday 3rd of June 2010 11:56:49 AM

wHEN I WAS A TEENAGER , MANY MOONS AGO , i got thrown clean off my uncles norton commando after tryin to start it for him (kickstarter) hit compression n then i hit the floor .. lucky it was on the stand , my point is they do need muscles n dts n 2 strokes in general dont ,you just press down !!!

I'm going to have a bash at this conversion. Not 100% on all the parts I need though :S

Damn thats a darn right good deal. All I need now mate is the Idler gear and the two circlips?

Yeah i hear you man. But like I said I've already purchased the Kickstart lever and the cog. I only need the Idle Gear and the circlips. If you have those bits lying about in useable condition then i'll happily buy those off you :D Be doing me a favor!

Yeah thats spot on mate. Let me know your Paypal and i'll wire the money over :D

Hhmmm :\ I don't have online banking. That and I have absolutely no idea what that is! 

Would it make it easier if I payed the Paypal fees for you?

Aww your a top fella! I should have sent the payment buddy.

Any news about your bike?

It was stolen wasn't it?

Thats bad man. I'm sorry to hear that. I've recently been in a very similar situation recently so I know how it feels :(

 

Thanks for the parts :D

Thats real gay mate!

Having your bike nicked. So frustrating. When my bike got nicked it was all over Facebook. I found out who it was. Knew where they lived and their names. Couldn't do **** all though. Overwise I'd be branded the criminal.

Yeah. I started going on this forum just as it got nicked. I didn't hear what you had done to it.