My YSR is on it's way!!!!

thanks Jared,
I think the guy from www.ysr50.com is not the same as YSRCali. the guy from YSR50.com is a fellow out of New York I believe. he sounds like a good guy as well. he has many, I mean way many, YSR's up for sale. his basement if choke-full-o YSR's!!!!! yummy for him.

good luck and thanks. I just had a fellow YSR rider do some mods for me here in Ft.Lauderdale area. I've also found him as rider as well. willing to ride with me whenever I get the itch to ride my YSR.

so far, it's a good little bike. fun as heck.

Hey Guys!

YSRCali from TTT (Tony Ticeman's Site), YSR50.com and now PBP are one and the same YES, It's me (lol) and thanks for the props ~smile~

Anyways, I am more than happy to share and help when & where I can. After all, I learned from asking questions too. I wish I could say I was a Pro, but I still have a lot to learn. TCR are really the experts, and I try to help with the things I know.

Which brings me to this question, anybody ever do their own cylinder & head work?

I've replaced the piston & rings and such, and did my first "hone" yesterday......TCR said it's simple. Being a newb at this kind of stuff, it's scary cause I don't want to mess up the bore of the cyclinder. I still notice some visable scuff's (not to touch) and am affraid to hone into the cyclinder too much without taking away too much material for the new piston/rings I'm about to replace......hmmm, maybe I should have had the local shop do the hone for me ($20) .....but I really want to learn, cause I like to tinker.

There also is black/carbon residue on the exhaust side, located on the bottom side of the head/concave. The guy at the local shop said to use a wire brush (not sure if he meant the Dremel type or not) to rid of this......he didn't seem to enthused in sharing his expertise of correctly removing this stuff, so I payed the $10 to have him do it (nicely done too )......I hope it wasn't rude of me trying to get his expert advise so I could learn to do it myself.

Please share any tips/tricks to properly do the job, I am open to any expert advise ~teeth~

Btw, my cylinder exhaust port is still pretty clean, no build up

But before I slap my top end on, I am planning to do my first "clutch" (Barnett) rebuild myself too......which TCR says is a simple job too......wish me luck

Now I'm really confused..........ysr50.com, YSRCali and PBP are the same people? wow......how is that possible?

isn't YSR50.com a person by the name of Jay Root? or Jay Curtis? I'm majorly confused here. And, doesn't the guy who owns the YSR50.com website a guy out of New York? Yet YSRCali is out of California? some one please clarify for me.

thanks...

Cali, goodluck on your work. I'm just getting into the head (internal) stuff as well. I've did a little polishing work (head) by hand, I didn't know how much was to much. It seems to work nicely though. I've got a guy teaching me slowly but surely, so far it's been mostly trial and error.

The clutch is super easy, the same way it comes out is the same way it goes in. I did it w/out a manual. I pulled everything out and set it down on the table in sequence.

Lane

Barryallen,

Sorry to have confused you. I am YSRCali, the same person that you see posting/replying here, PBP, Tony Ticeman, YSR50.com and under the screen name Manimal on Barf (Bay Area Riders Forum). Does this clear up your confusion?

Well, I talked to Susan from TCR, she said I am alright in regards to my cylinder concern. The "Bead" brush I used (purchased from TCR) doesn't take a lot off as if I were using a "Stone" brush when honing a cylinder......whew! I hope she's right........not that I took a lot off. It's just since I didn't have an experienced person near by to give me the thumbs up.......lack of confidence.

For the carbon build-up on the head, she recommended fine grit sand paper......I'm still a little hesitant to tackle this one. And tbh, I don't mind spending the $10 to have it done correctly

thanks YSRcali for clearing it up for me.........whew...I thought I was going insane for a sec there.

good luck on the engine work........all you guys are experst compared to me...........I'm just learning how to take a tire off and gas tank off.

what year TZR are you getting? how are you getting it into the states? ive been looking into either one of these or the 05 gpr.we have a i guess you could call family owned 99 R1 and another yamaha would be great.

Cali, I used 1200-1500 grit. I did it really slowly. Basically I sat in the shop and watched the owners nephew prepare his head (Street Magic)for the race the next day. He just walked around the shop rubbing it until it was smooth as glass. He did this before every race. It killed all of the carbon build up, and didn't take as long the next time around.

Then his father drilled holes in his cooling fins. It really dropped his temperature, during the race. I'm like a fly on the wall, watching and learning.

clane531.......

Yeah, when TCR said find sand paper, I went ahead and purchased a sheet of 1500 & 2000 grit. Tho' I was still worried about doing any damage to the concave of the head, that I spent the $10 to have the guy do it.
However, I did some practice on a Alum piece of metal and it seems it would take some effort using either grit paper to do real damage and does take patience. Funny tho', after thinking about it, the $10 was worth it, 'cause it would of prolly taken me more than an hour to do it myself ~cry laughing~

I started the clutch job yesterday (first time)....easy as pie. The instructions say to inspect for warpage & burn spots on the metal clutch plate. However, I did notice a faintly, blackish stain if you will, around the circumferance and one side of the plate.....hmmmmm.

At that point, I got distracted by a phone call. When I returned, I noticed a surface difference between the each side of the metal clutch plate (flat vs bevelled....kinda like a washer) or does it even matter?. So now I wonder which side faces which.

I planned on calling TCR anyways to see if I need a new one (metal clutch plate) or if it is still good to use for one more season of street/practice. The clutch pads wore thin, but not all the down to the center/core. I think next time, I'll just order one just in case Will keep you informed

It's a early 90's model, I forgot exactly which year but it has a kick start not the eletric start like the late 90's model. I'm getting it from a importer out in CA: http://community.webshots.com/user/jtrading