The shogun was a fiddly bike, lot of un reachable nooks and crannies. It was one restoration I pulled my hair for, fast moving consumables like the carburettor hose, jets etc were elusive and this made me disturbed a lot, people online were asking obscene price for things like carburettor hose and jets. Let me give you a perspective, the carburettor hose was 250 plus shipping(mrp 31) and the carb rebuild kit excluding the atomizer was 1750 plus shipping.
This made me wonder at times if this was actually worth the efforts? however every time I rode the bike even though it was idle surging and leaking fuel from the threads which holds the fuel tap, it brought a smile; and trust me it was fulfilling. The number of stares were also huge when compared to my RD. Then my new friend from Kashmir kept telling me that I was out of my usual league of Yam bikes.
Made me wonder was I really out of my league? I know exactly where to go and look for parts when it comes to Yamaha bikes, I know which shop has what parts when it come to the RX series. I kind of knew the cost of each item, hence I decide that I will get back to the brand of bikes I love.
My team member was looking for a 2 wheeler, his idea was to get a ride which his wife could ride as well, then one day I dropped him home in my RX 100. To say that he was blown away was an understatement. I get a call from him that night and he was asking me if I could build him a bike, he convinced his wife that he would take her for rides and drop her to office every day. I told him that I would let him know.
I got a call about a scrap RX a couple of days back from a parts dealer friend of mine, asked him if its still available, luckily it was.
I met my team mate the next day and confirmed that I can take the project. Last Sunday I and my team member went to check the bike out and what we saw was not confidence inspiring.
The bike was nothing but a chassis, a complete front end, an engine bottom end without the magnet side and the oil pump cover. There was a long list of things missing. But that meant new parts and meant a brand new bike, so still went ahead.
Brought the bike home yesterday and this is what it looked like after the wash.
The good thing, it has a rot free chassis and I got a set of extra forks with the deal and the inner tubes are great. It came with a fury handle and a road king dome, these can be used for another project of mine.
Things missing; I will start form the engine
- Head
- cylinder
- pistons
- Stator coil
- Magnet
- Magnet cover
- oil pump cover
- Kicker
- Gear leaver
- Carburettor
- bend pipe
- silencer
- flute
Body parts missing - Tank
- Side panels
- Mud guards
Things I might get from him - Tank
- Carb
Things I need to procure new - Side panels
- front and rear mudguards
- Rims
- Spokes
- Tyres
- Battery
- wiring loom
- Rx 135 dome
- meter and pilot lamps
- Meter bracket
- rear sissy bar,
- tail lamp bracket
- Tail lamp
- indicators
- chain and Sprocket set(it will have an RXG sprocket if I can find one)
- Oil pump
- Air filter box
- mud flaps
- RD type handle
- cone and race bearing set
- Entire rubber kit
- RR Unit
- CDI rxg
- Ignition Coil
- plug cap and plugs
- castle nut(silencer nut)
- seat
- all cables
- axels
- Leavers
- Rear Brake leaver
- Brake rod
- brake switches
- Handle yokes
- mirrors(chrome)
- Monograms
- lock set
Things I am planning to procure used - Engine side covers(magnet side and clutch side covers)
- Cylinder (first or second over)
- Head
- Silencer(I have couple of bend pipes)
Things I have from previous builds - Saree guard(Brand new)
- Crash guard(bar type)
- Swing arm
- L brackets
- Rider foot rests
- Stand both side and main
- bend pipe
- mud flaps
- Carb jets
- hubs
- brake shoe plates
- rear shocks
My plan for the bike is to keep it stock, with a great paint job and generous amount of bling. which includes, engine, head, fork hubs buffed to mirror finish.
I need suggestions on the colour as he is a middle aged man and I am not building it for a college going kid
I will post each stages in details.
Pramod