A short list of parts that we want and/or need. Some are for inventory. Others for modification and testing. A few of you have parts bikes. Some install kits and have take-off stock parts. Most everyone with a chain-drive wants to turn it into a café racer. Some of you bend up custom pipes. Ultimately, essentially everyone ends up with spare parts or even spare bikes. Keep in mind that business is very slow and we don't have much fluidity. I also have a limited amount of space; you might have a smokin' hot deal for me and I can't take it. Pictures will be asked for. A short list follows:
Engine parts from 700 and larger XV series bikes
- Piston pins; all.
- Connecting rods; 920 and up.
- Complete heads; all models.
- Bare heads; 700, 920, 1100
- Cylinders; all models.
- Cams; all models.
- Starter mechanisms; all models.
- Pistons; 750s and 1000s.
- Oil Pumps; all models.
- Oil filter covers; all models.
- Gen II+ transmissions.
- Ignition boxes and coils
- Crankshafts; XVS1100.
- Complete engines; all.
- Carburators; Gen I
- Cam chain tensioners and slipprs, hardware.
- Cam chain lower sprockets/gears and shafts, hardware.
- Vented cam caps.
There are many folks 'unrestoring' 920R chain-drives. I can use some of the take-off parts. Some will be preserved as-is. Some will be modified or have light-weight facsimiles made with them as models. Some of this stuff will go into inventory as there actually are a few characters trying to restore these bikes to showroom condition. We want:
Chain-drive parts.
- Fuel tanks and all hardware and mounts
- Stock seats and everything connected to them
- Stock exhausts including mounts and dampers
- Footpegs and their aluminum mounts.
- Shifters and linkage
- Headlights and mounts
- 'Counter-shafts' and sprocket mounts
- Transmission - Middle drive gear
- Dampers around front sprocket.
- Battery boxes.
- Rear sections including grab bars, carry box, and taillights.
- Complete stock tool kits and wheel lock cables.
- Fuse box.
- Complete engines.
- Complete bikes.
- Carburators.
- Frames, sections, swing arms.
- Handlebars that still have both weights (internal)
These lists will grow as I think of things needed. Items will drop off. Remember that I am often broke, so don't high-ball me on parts. A lot of this stuff has little or no commercial value, so keep that in mind. In some cases I will accept some parts as partial payment on stuff in inventory or special order parts. Keep in mind that I don't get big bore kits, cams, or carb setups for free. And I work on a skinny margin.
Other models must be explored for any build. Maybe I'll becomne a clearance house for up-dated running gear. For such running gear I should like to stick to stock, or modified, or replica Yamaha pieces as much as possible. Look up replacement parts in the same place. I haven't closed the door on any model's parts yet, so I'll list a few. Also find engine parts for Yamaha bikes and other makes.
- R1 and R6 Front and Rear suspension and brake parts; 2002 - current.
- Good wheels for the above.
- Any functional Mega-cruiser or sportsbike suspension and brake parts; 2008 - current..
- Totaled aluminum frames, swing arms and linkages.
- EFI induction: ECU, throttle bodies, sensors, air boxes. everything.
- Complete twin engines 1500cc and larger.
- Lights and electronics.
- Stock exhaust with rpm driven valves inside along with the motors and cables.