SCRAP A BIKE?!?!

[EnergyInducti...]

Just been on the phone to my mum, Asking for money to replace my fuel tank, and she's on about scrapping the damn BIKE!
She says there's too much wrong with it and cause she paid for it, She has all the say...
Not much needs doing =(
Indicators need wiring
Footrest bracket needs replacing or welding
Fuel tank needs replacing or fixing
Left hand fork seal needs replacing.
=(
So far it cost
£100 for bike
£106 for insurance
£20 for spare carb
£15 for rear light assembly and new brake lever assembly
and 2 spark plugs....
=( Dont scrap the RXS!!!!
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Riding: Yamaha RXS100
Aiming for : RD350 + Test
Dream bike: Suzi RG500 Gamma

[Blau Zedong]

£50 and a days fiddling to sort that lot. Still be on teh road for under £300 which isn't too bad in this day and age.
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[MarJay]

If you don't like your mum's opinion on the bike, fix it without her knowlege. I don't think there would be too much of an issue to cobble on an alternative fuel tank from another bike... Or perhaps buy another £100 RXS100 as a spare bike.

I have bought, paid for and insured every vehicle I've ever owned. I've never asked for handouts, but I did occasionally ask my Father for help in doing maintenance. I'm not really into this whole "asking the 'rents for money" thing.

If I were you I'd be on Partfinder or Partsearch and Ebay looking for an RXS tank, or alternatively ANY fuel tank that could be cobbled on with some ingenuity. If you haven't got £50 to spend on the bike, then spend less on booze and fags (or whatever your other vices are) until you do have enough money for a useable fuel tank.

In fact, there might be someone on here with a fuel tank they don't want any more who would be willing to sell it to you for a nominal sum. Its better that you give them £20 and use it than it sit in their garage and gather dust for example.

Stick an ad up in bikes and accessories asking for an RXS100 tank. Indicators can be had cheaply from Halfrauds. Fork seals and oil are cheap, you just need to borrow the tools and a space to do the job. There may even be someone on here who has a welder capable of fixing your footrest bracket.

What exactly is wrong with the fuel tank on your RXS?
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[Robby]

A couple of bits of been there, done that advice.

1. The important one. Keep the RXS. Keep it forever. It's more or less worthless, and the sort of bike you could never make a profit on it. If you sell it I can guarantee that you'll look back in 5-10 years and think, "I miss my RXS, why did I sell it for £200". I have similar sentiments towards my first CB250RSA.

2. You are mechanically inept. I assume you're 17. You may not yet have realised your ineptitude, but it is strong. There will be mechanically adept BCFers near you who will quite happily come along and spend a sunday helping you out and chatting shit about bikes as long as you provide plenty of tea and biscuits, and providing fags is polite. Don't be a cocky shite, but don't be scared to ask. If I lived near I'd be over on sunday with tools, a welder and experience.

3. None of the things wrong with it are difficult or expensive to fix, they need time and patience and preferably experience.

A fork seal can be done properly in half an hour, but change both. You don't need expensive fork oil, I chuck in either ATF or 10W40 motor oil. Whichever is in my garage and cost me the least.
A blob of weld (on steel) is free from someone with a welder. If it's alloy then you need someone with aluminium MIG wire, which we don't all keep a spool of (I do).
Fuel tank can be brazed or chemical metalled, again you need prep and patience. Tank needs to be empty and dry, which means emptying it and leaving it somewhere vaguely warm to evaporate the dregs. The metal around the hole needs sanding back to bring metal before applying chemical metal or brazing.
Indicator wires should be on the indicators and the wiring loom. Again, sorting is easy. You need a wiring diagram (in the haynes) a soldering iron, connectors/crimps/shrinkwrap to do a good join and lots of patience. Wiring diagrams need to be traced very carefully, then double checked to make sure you're looking at the right wire. Being impatient or impulsive will mean mistakes, and if you're the kind of person who gets angry you'll end up breaking something. Anger has no place near bike maintenance.

You may be able to get an MOT without indicators.

So find a local BCFer to give you a hand. Bear in mind that if you come across as an irritating little bastard they'll never help you again. So far the bike has cost you next to nothing - wait for my CB250RSA restoration thread to see how you can spend on a bike for an equally unimpressive result - and is practically roadworthy.

[EnergyInducti...]

I know what I'm doing, It's just that my mother wants me to take it to the garage and pay £40 an hour labour.
The trouble with the indicators is the 6v electrics. I baught a set of Motrax indicators, Micro oval. Problem is that the 6v bulbs have a different alignment for the pins.
I dont smoke and I dont drink. I live on my own in a 2 bed flat, having to work a month in hand (so wont get paid till last working day of this month) and most of my money pays bills.the rest buys me shopping so I can have lunch at work.
But I could do with the hand of someone more experienced here if I'm honest.
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Riding: Yamaha RXS100
Aiming for : RD350 + Test
Dream bike: Suzi RG500 Gamma

[27cows]

The RXS is one of the simplest bikes ever made and probably the easiest to work on of any I've owned (165 or so different models to date). They are worth spending a few quid on to sort properly as they will give years of reliable service.

Should have stuck with the original indicators (and indeed the original everything non-consumable).

The wiring is very easily fixed/bodged/

I've had a leaky right hand fork seal for five years - but it's never worsened to a point that it won't pass an MOT with a bit of tissue secreted under the seal cover

Footrests are easy to come by but you should be able to get yours welded for peanuts.
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The RXS100: vehicle of choice for Chuck Norris

[MarJay]

[Kickstart]

Hi

How old is the RXS? If old enough then remove the indicators and get good at hand signals, or stick with standard ones. Personally don't bother with any cheap and nasty mini indicators (6V indicators are bad enough as it is, let alone a 6V bulb in a cheap mini indicator when there is a poor or even no reflector behind them).

All the best

Keith
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[chris-red]

[Kal]

[MarJay]

[c_dug]

Can I just suggest that if you are going to do the work yourself take your time and think things through, especialy when your workinh on the wiring loom.

When I had my TDR250 I rushed into things without thinking and tried to bodge things when I could, I ended up setting the bike on fire by accident, re-wired it three times, replaced countless parts.

Pretty much made the job 1000 times harder!

Take your time and be patient!

c_dug
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[c_dug]

Also I take no responsibility for any bad things that come from this, but if you pull your dust seal up and stuff some old rag or tissue inbetween the dust seal and oil seal it will stop the leak from showing It will get you through an MOT if needs be.

c_dug
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[EnergyInducti...]

[EnergyInducti...]

[c_dug]

Pub/club work

Im doing 9-6 or 12-9, 5 days a week at the moment, and im still looking to get extra work around that to fund my next bike

Means having next to no social life for a while but that will probably help with saving money to be honest.
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[27cows]