R1 Newbie - North Lincolnshire

[srad34]

Hi all,
Sort of new here! I had a 5jj couple of years back and joined up, Sadly it did not last long as I sold the old girl to fund trackday stuff.
Picked up a '99 Blue 4XV a couple of weeks ago, pretty much original and standard, just a bit tatty and unloved. New tyres, mot and a bit of tlc and she's in daily use. Pics to follow!

Looking for some wisdom as I have been around bikes for years but not spent a lot of time on Yamahas - time to rectify that!

Cheers

[PJC]

Hi Matthew,

Pics dude pics


Welcome in mate, enjoy your new to you R1, You know this place already and as such we all help when we can

DELETE THE OTHER TWO THREADS MATE

[samr1]

Hi Matt welcome


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[srad34]

First job was to remove and set fire to the set of god awful LED/mini indicators! - Managed to find a standard set and off to Webbs Yamaha in Lincoln to order a original rear undertray, two days wait and £78 thankyou!
Oil and filter plus quick strip and check the Exup valve, all good

[R1Clarky]

Welcome in mate - bike looks tidy & in the best colour


Sent from somewhere in the midlands by Paul

[jompy]

Welcome in Matt
That looks lovely , hope you didn't tighten the sump bolt up to 42nm like in the manual !
Take a look through the newbie posts as there's a fair bit of advice been given there as well as the 4xv/5jj sections

[petepassion]

Hello, welcome

[Lee in scunny]

Hi and welcome from a fellow north lincs member.
Lee

[srad34]

Welcome in Matt
That looks lovely , hope you didn't tighten the sump bolt up to 42nm like in the manual !

Crikey, 42nm? - No chance, I'm a bit old school, all done by feel!

[jompy]

I can't help it I'm off over to the puter to do a bit of copy & paste

[jompy]

As for pictures get yourself a free photobucket account & there's a how to thread in the forum guidelines section on how to post pics using photobucket ,.Heres the link to posting pic's with a photobucket account
viewtopic.php?f=4&t=144
Also a handy app for posting pic's direct from your mobile is TapaWank . . . i mean Tapatalk , i hate it for browsing the forum but its bloody handy for posting pic's
there's a few things that you need to know about the 4xv so you NEED to have a bloody good read through the 4xv section and also the 5jj section as they're more or less the same bike other than bodywork & the added AIS on the 5jj .
DO NOT.tighten the sump plug up to 42 nm as stated in the service & Haynes manuals unless you want a cracked sump its at least half that figure & while the bikes in bits behind the left hand fairing panel there's the main 20 pin wiring loom connector which is white & is known as the route of all evil as the corrode and cause problems , give it a good clean & grease

Ohh although the links to download the 4xv & 5jj manuals in the 4xv & 5jj sections are broken there should be a link to view them on PDF online once you've opened the PDF up there's an option to down load the PDF file , any problems with getting them just pm me your Email & i'll send them to you

hope it makes sense "fast n loud" has just started on tv so i'm off!

[Steve R1]

What a cleaver little monkey you are Jompy

Hi Matt and welcome to the forum, beautiful R1 you have there bud. Jompy does know his stuff about nuts ...... and bananas for that matter

Anyway welcome to the forum and enjoy your new bike

Stephen

[Bub]

Welcome to the forum pal

[srad34]

Cheers chaps, appreciate the welcome!

[LOCKE]

Welcome in mate. Enjoy the forum.

Colin