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1993 M900- It begins.....

spacemonkey

spacemonkey

I see dead people.
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Well, FINALLY started the rebuild! I've had my M900 since 2001 and it's one of the earliest. I used it all the time until I parked it in the garage with 46k on the clock planning to do the chain and sprockets over the coming winter. Erm... then I got married and never got the time to do it... that was 2009...:worried:


But last year I was going to get it sorted but got carried away sorting my Monkey bike instead, but now that is completed, except for a working speedo- mine reads 40 at 30mph and is waaaaay off the scale when I get it up to a confirmed real 62mph, and it really won't go any faster than that- but for a 70cc on 8" wheels, I'm not complaining!! :thumbsup:

So, last night I got the tools out and started the job which was fun as I need a new allen key set so spent ages finding the right tools, but I'm not in a rush. The bike had been garaged but the past 2 years it has been in my lean to shelter which is open at one end. This year with all the flooding we had for months, it got covered in mould which has not done it much good. I had washed it last summer but it does look pretty manky.

Plans are to remove and paint the engine, and fit al new gaskets in the barrels/heads as well as the valve guide oils seals. I shall also get the valve guides themselves checked while they're off just in case. The rest of the bike needs a good cleaning and frame touching up- I can do a full frame resto another time as I want to ride it asap and I'm planning on moving this summer so it must be running before then- as do the wheels. The carbs have keyholed the brass jets but Dynojet will sell me new ones at £1.50 each. Then hopefully it's just chain and sprockets for now. I notice the neutral light is not working, hopefully this is the bulb as I replaced the switch not long before going off the road, and the throttle cables are tight again so I might as well change them again while I have access. When I disconnected the fuel pip from the filter, the petrol just drained out and would not stop so I guess I don;t have even a vacuum fuel tap. Great. I'll fit some quick disconnect parts instead for the future. The fuel looked clean so hopefully no rust in the tank. I reckon I must have been using Pro FST at the last time and about 10 litres+ came out. Grr...

Ok, here's some pics so far:

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And my other creation...

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To be continued.... :on:
 
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Good work that man!

If Crust pulls his finger out we can get at least 3 1993 bikes together!

Ped
 
The finger is being extracted at the moment.

After sulking against the garage wall, scowling at me while I've been doing the Honda she's playing hard to get. The alternator cover has not been off in 15 years, never leaked a drop of oil, not even a hint of a weep, in the last month - covered the bottom of the motor.

WDW beckons....she knows.
 
Question- my valve covers etc are a dark anthracite grey, yet the 'books' say they should be black. Is this a typical researcher's error, or does any other 93 bikes have the dark grey covers? Anyone found a good paint match for them? If not, I'll just do them black.

I'm also going to need new inner rubber and outer plastic belt covers if anyone has any as mine have cracked.
 
Brave man doing 60mph on a bike with 8" wheels :eek:

A bit of tidying up to do on the Monster. :thumbsup:
 
spacemonkey said:
Question- my valve covers etc are a dark anthracite grey, yet the 'books' say they should be black. Is this a typical researcher's error, or does any other 93 bikes have the dark grey covers? Anyone found a good paint match for them?
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Mine (1993) are dark grey too - when I come back from Halfords I might tell you what matches!
 
I think the 'black' covers and side covers are because the original M900 used the 900SS engine which indeed had black, but I suspect they may have changed the colour on later production runs.
 
Thanks guys. Oh, and mine is one of the original ones... ;)

Nothing done today but I did get some allen sockets/keys. Feeling really ill today- everything aches and dizzy spinning head with a constant ringing noise. Like flu but without any chest/nasal symptoms. Weird...
 
My '97 900 has the dark grey valve covers too and I remember spraying them a few years ago with a Ford colour rattle can from Halfords- I even think it was called something like Ford Anthracite Grey Metallic(?).
 
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Yeah! Funny how both our bikes are the same and 'keepers', and of course the fact that you were the first UKMOC member I met back in the day. Blimey, that was YEARS ago!!! :worried:
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I'd forgotten that! Was at Alton wasn't it? About 11 years ago!

spacemonkey said:
Question- my valve covers etc are a dark anthracite grey, yet the 'books' say they should be black. Is this a typical researcher's error, or does any other 93 bikes have the dark grey covers? Anyone found a good paint match for them? If not, I'll just do them black.

I'm also going to need new inner rubber and outer plastic belt covers if anyone has any as mine have cracked.
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My covers were dark grey but I used a dark grey Smoothrite rather than colour match.

While you've got it in bits, have a look on some of the plastics or footrest hangers for the manufacture date code. Mine is 4/93 in most places so a def early build! Chassis numbers were very random.....

Ped
 
That's right- Alton it was!

I have a build/inspection ticket that I found in the bike somewhere years back and it is dated 10-03-93 at 14:38 hrs. I'll keep an eye out on bike parts as I strip them. Still suffering 'down below' so nothing happening to the bike yet.... :(
 
Right, hit a major stumbling block. Everything is ready to drop the engine. I've separated the shock at the bottom and the rose joints so the back end will lift off but keep the shock and hoop on the frame. The swing arm pivot is drifting out nicely so that good. The big snag is the two engine bolts. They won't shift. The front nut came off, but the main bolt won't shift. I've used plus gas soaking most of the day and I've used my cordless and mains impact guns followed by a 2ft breaker but although the allen socket rotates a few mm, the other side of the bolt doesn't so I'm afraid something is going to shear.

Apart from more plusgas over a couple of days, I'm out of ideas. A blowtorch is out of the question as I am not repainting the frame.


Any ideas? Any stories of bolt removal success or failure after the same siezed situation?



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