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R1 Newbie - North Lincolnshire
Posted: Mon May 25, 2015 4:11 pm
by 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
Re: R1 Newbie - North Lincolnshire
Posted: Mon May 25, 2015 4:19 pm
by 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
Re: R1 Newbie - North Lincolnshire
Posted: Mon May 25, 2015 5:05 pm
by samr1
Hi Matt welcome
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Re: R1 Newbie - North Lincolnshire
Posted: Mon May 25, 2015 5:38 pm
by 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
Re: R1 Newbie - North Lincolnshire
Posted: Mon May 25, 2015 5:58 pm
by R1Clarky
Welcome in mate - bike looks tidy & in the best colour
Sent from somewhere in the midlands by Paul
Re: R1 Newbie - North Lincolnshire
Posted: Mon May 25, 2015 6:09 pm
by 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
Re: R1 Newbie - North Lincolnshire
Posted: Mon May 25, 2015 6:26 pm
by petepassion
Hello, welcome
Re: R1 Newbie - North Lincolnshire
Posted: Mon May 25, 2015 6:35 pm
by Lee in scunny
Hi and welcome from a fellow north lincs member.
Lee
Re: R1 Newbie - North Lincolnshire
Posted: Mon May 25, 2015 7:20 pm
by srad34
jompy wrote: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!
Re: R1 Newbie - North Lincolnshire
Posted: Mon May 25, 2015 7:58 pm
by jompy
I can't help it I'm off over to the puter to do a bit of copy & paste
Re: R1 Newbie - North Lincolnshire
Posted: Mon May 25, 2015 8:03 pm
by jompy
jompy wrote: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!
Re: R1 Newbie - North Lincolnshire
Posted: Tue May 26, 2015 10:09 am
by 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
Re: R1 Newbie - North Lincolnshire
Posted: Tue May 26, 2015 11:09 am
by Bub
Welcome to the forum pal
Re: R1 Newbie - North Lincolnshire
Posted: Tue May 26, 2015 9:08 pm
by srad34
Cheers chaps, appreciate the welcome!
Re: R1 Newbie - North Lincolnshire
Posted: Wed May 27, 2015 9:46 pm
by LOCKE
Welcome in mate. Enjoy the forum.
Colin