TY175: Paint

So, here's some pics of the tank, headlight bowl and exhaust guard at the painters. I sent the decals (from eBay) to the painter too. So, he painted, applied the decals and lacquered the whole lot. I believe the paint used was Yamaha Clean White. Very nice job.

 

 

And here I've rebuilt the petcock with all genuine NOS gaskets, etc, and added a brand new filler cap, cork washer and breather tube, and NIS rubber mounting damper. The exhaust guard is also mounted with NOS genuine Yamaha fibre anti vibration washers and NOS Yamaha screws.

TY175 - Exhaust Update

Since my last post on the exhaust I bought a Soda Blaster from Millar Soda Blasting and what a great bit of kit that is. The media is expensive (particularly when you add P&P), but it works a treat. I blasted the main part and the tail pipe, and sprayed them with Hycote Barbeque Paint. I've had the exhaust guard painted, and with a genuine Yamaha fitting kit, these is the Before & After results:

TY175: Exhaust Tail Pipe

This is the one that came on the bike.

It's rusty, the pipe part has been bent in half, and restraightened and hence kinked, the baffle end has had a plate welded over the larger exhaust hole, with a smaller hole in it. Generally, it's a mess.

This is what I have now. A very good, almost unused main pipe from eBay, and a brand new baffle from CNSNL.
The main pipe just needs a tickle with a file on the end (to let the baffle in nicely, a clean and a repaint, and this part is as good as new. I'm on the lookout for a good condition original Yamaha front pipe / expansion chamber....