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| mikej43 Posted: Tue Jun 19, 2007 8:12 am Post subject |
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| Only about 15 seconds of the clip are in
the 1mpg file, is ther more on the process
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| mrbios Posted: Wed Jun 20, 2007 10:52 pm Post subject |
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mikej43,
I'm not sure what your
question is? Did you download the entire
video? | |
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| carl Posted: Sat Dec 29, 2007 1:31 am Post subject Re: [ KB ] Starter
clutch and idler gear fixing video |
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Informative video, thanks
I noticed
at the end there is a shot of the underside of the crankcase.
My
questions is what is the stuff that looks like plumbers putty
running down the crankcase split.??
Is it there to stop leaks,
and if so does it work??
Carl | |
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| mrbios Posted: Sat Dec 29, 2007 3:15 am Post subject Re: [ KB ] Starter
clutch and idler gear fixing video |
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carl wrote ( View
Post): ›
Informative video, thanks I noticed at the end there
is a shot of the underside of the crankcase. My questions
is what is the stuff that looks like plumbers putty running
down the crankcase split.?? Is it there to stop leaks, and
if so does it work?? Carl
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The grey stuff is standard
automotive store loctite epoxy.
There was oil leaking from
there. I'm not quite sure why but I have some theories: 1. it
appears that the the motor might have been removed at one time and
split. I replaced the clutch a few weeks ago and I noticed that two
giant ~ 32mm bolts had the tab bend down by some backyard hacker.
2. Virago's have very soft coil springs. A few weeks ago I
rebuilt the front forks. There were marks on the belly of the motor
from bottoming out from the previous owner (PO). After applying the
loctite epoxy it reduced the center leak a lot. A year or so later I
saw fresh marks and my friend said he bottomed out going off a side
walk over a curb. That scraped off some epoxy and the leak started
again.
It is important to really clean the bottom well then
use brake cleaner, then sand and dry and apply epoxy. It's worth
doing.
Paul | |
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| dfrank Posted: Thu Mar 27, 2008 10:50 pm Post subject Re: [ KB ] Starter
clutch and idler gear fixing video |
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Matt,
sure appreciate your efforts,
been riding Viragos for about five years, you videos answer a lot of
questions and point out the things I have been missing, Currently
putting a 98 engine in a '90 1100, most helpful. thanks
Dave, Galion, Ohio | |
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| Matthew Posted: Fri Mar 28, 2008 12:20 am Post subject |
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| Its mrbios's video, I just posted
it. | |
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| mrbios Posted: Fri Mar 28, 2008 1:11 am Post subject Re: [ KB ] Starter
clutch and idler gear fixing video |
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dfrank wrote ( View
Post): ›
Matt, sure appreciate your efforts, been riding Viragos
for about five years, you videos answer a lot of questions and
point out the things I have been missing, Currently putting a
98 engine in a '90 1100, most helpful. thanks Dave,
Galion, Ohio |
I'm glad the
video was / is helpful. I learned a lot while doing it. I also did a
big rennovation on my bmw and on the virago this fall. I rebuilt the
virago forks - polished the pits in the tubes and treated both the
main and reserve gas tanks with Kreem. Some time either I or Joe
Monzo will try to get a summary of the work on to the virago forum.
The Kreem really works if you do the prep and use muriatic acid to
etch the metal and disolve rust. Joe's virago - the one in the video
has around 45K miles on it now!
Matt, thanks for getting the
link out to owners that are trying to keep their bikes going strong
or just going, lol.
Take care virago owners!
PaulC
aka mrbios | |
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| Matthew Posted: Tue May 25, 2010 2:36 am Post subject |
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| anyone got a copy of this movie
still? | |
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| Jake Posted: Tue May 25, 2010 9:36 pm Post subject Re: [ KB ] Starter
clutch and idler gear fixing video |
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I have it Matt.
I have in original
Quicktime format at 223MB ( 219MB zipped ) or avi at 104MB ( 102MB
zipped )
Something went wrong with the conversion to avi and
I can't use Windows Media Player for viewing, but VLC works
fine. | |
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| Matthew Posted: Tue May 25, 2010 10:14 pm Post subject |
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upload 1 that works well into this thread.
Or maybe it was just me but the original link in the top
didn't work for me? | |
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| mrbios Posted: Tue May 25, 2010 10:51 pm Post subject Video - Download a
free copy from my website. |
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Matthew wrote ( View
Post): ›
anyone got a copy of this movie still?
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1. Go to to my website:
Click HERE
2. Depending on your browser - right click on "Yamaha_Virago_1100_Starter_Project_MPEG1.mpg"
[630MB] and choose "Save As" to save your own copy. The file is
quite large and wil require a cable or DSL high speed modem.
If you really wanted a DVD I could burn one and mail it to
you for $5 to cover postage & effort. The format of the movie on
my website is MPEG1 (a lower quality version of DVD which uses MPEG2
format). I chose MPEG1 for reduced size and it plays on most PC's
and MAC's unlike MPEG2 which requires a separate codec to be
installed.
Do the same thing for still photos and links:
"Yamaha_Virago_1100_1993_PHOTOS.zip"
[328MB]
If you have trouble send me an email - my address is
in my profile on this site.
Three years after making this
video my friend's virago is still running great - no problems with
the Kreamed gas tank or starter clutch, starts perfect ever time. I
will make a video update at some point.
Paul Cofrancesco
aka MrBios
Photos are
currently uploading and will finish in about 1
hour. | |
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