1st YZ465 project!

['00 WO-YA!]

Dude, one of the local Yammy shops did $500 worth of work on it man, they put a new stator in it & used some chintzy butt connectors & the crimps sucked! Needless to say the splices were poor & fire was hit & miss b/c of the connections. I repaired the wires properly (soldered in new wire & good shrink tube), cleaned the magneto & replaced the plug (again), kicked it about 7 times & the evil began, lol! Damn thing hurts my foot though so I prefer to just run & bump start it. I LOVE this thing! What a rush! I don't even think it's on the top of it's game right now, it's a lil rich, the carb needs a lil fine tuning & honestly the top end is gettin loose in it. If it were mine it would get a bore & new piston immediately. I'd clean up the the ports a lil & consider a new more modern carb fori it. Cool old bike though!

 

[elwood]

really, they used butt connectors, atleaste he paid for the ****** work from the dealer and not you

 

['00 WO-YA!]

I cannot tolerate hackery man. It's one thing to use similar methods for a temporary fix, quite another to do such madness on the stator as a permanent solution & charge such a hefty fee! I'm proud & disgusted at the same time, proud that I was able to accomplish what "proffessionals" charged $500 for yet could notfix & totally disgusted that people actually do this kindd of work, sad

 

[duneracerweston]

ya i get them allllll the time like that the "certified" mechanics at the dealers are crap

 

['00 WO-YA!]

Dude, it's the whole flat rate mentallity that's taken over most shops, both automotive & powersports. Most guys just wanna get the job done & make their money. Personally, this is why I feel that talented individuals trying to make an honest living are the better choice for service, it's more thorough & more attention to detail is paid. I look at everything I do & consider what the person who may come behind me to service the vehicle/quad/bike may think of the work they see before them. I certainly would not like to soil my reputation with similar hackery as to what I saw today! Admittedly, I am not the best mechanic, nor do I consider myself a "technician", that's the biggest ******** title ever given, I am however a good mechanic, I take pride in my work & enjoy feeling accomplished.

 

['00 WO-YA!]

*UPDATE*
Well, today I made some adjustments for fine tuning & blew the carb out one last time, moved the needle up 2 slots to lean it a lil & it's better than ever. Gave it some fresh gas with new 93 & Yamalube too, adjusted the chain, etc, just went over the bike. Honesstly, I'll be disappointed to see it go.
I'm gonna tell the guy that I have dibs if he ever wants to part with it.......best rush I've had for a while!!

 

[warriorgirl09]

you shouldn't move the needle and screw with the carb like that w/o doing a plug chop to see what it needs to be "right". a 2stroke will ALWAYS run better lean but it'll also burn the top end out in NO TIME and thats something you dont want it coming back for.

 

['00 WO-YA!]

It was way rich, that's why I moved it. I had done a plug chop, the plug was coal black. I actually put it back to it's stock setting, I had moved it to richen it a lil while testing to get it running. I wouldn't just lean it & chance ruining it, I check things, record settings & bike performance from that setting, etc, I keep a log on it.