Yl 3 c/t

Hi chaps thanks for letting me join. I am looking for any one who may be able to assist me with contacts for spare parts for a Yamaha YL 3 1968 not a YL 1 which is very similar. I beleive they were quite popular down your end of the world. Thanks very much in advance for any help.

Yl 3 c/t

demerits is it worth it?

went to New plymouth on Friday last got a ticket for speeding
dam it. now this is my story.
doing 105 ish down a big steep hill just before the awakino gorge some place starting with M but anyway this hill three lanes down hill anyway saw the 50klms temp for road works but rounded a gentle right and pinged at 81 klms not more than 100m in the zone. $300 plus 40 merit points.
I was real nice to the man but he hit me anyway.
so I recon I was real hard done by this time but is it worth writing to the police and point out the sillyness of it all?
Has anyone here ever got a let off for writing in to the police? if so how did you do it? were you greasing or firm whats the secret?
of shall I just pay up and move on? is a court hearing expensive and how much? If there are any traffic Police listening
F**K UP frankly

demerits is it worth it?

this good weather?

Hey...

The past couple of days have been pretty darn good weather, I've been out for a brief ride after work each day. Whats the bet, it's going to piss down on Sat AND Sun :disapint:

It's quite a way from Wgtn to the Rimutakas, just a bit too far for an after work ride! I've had to get my fix of "corners" around oriental bay, and the roundabouts at the entrance to Miramar LOL

Anyone planning on a ride this Sat/Sun, weather permitting?

this good weather?

Increased Highway Patrol presence...

So in the past few days I've noted an increased presence of Highway Patrol units out and about. Earlier than normal, later than normal, further away from the regular hangouts than normal and just more of them. No shortage of customers being pulled over too. Anyone know whether this is a blitz of sorts, a new intake of recruits ready for release, or an effort at more road policing? I'm not bothered by it at all, but it has been very noticeable :devil2::niceone:

Increased Highway Patrol presence...

could this be it...

Wonder if this is what we will see on the show floor....

https://youtu.be/KmVcj6OUaPI



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could this be it...

Black stains inside carb. Really old GL1000.

So with southerly squalls whistling round the shed I decided to leave the helmet on the shelf and give the old GL some love with some well deserved maintenence...

This is what I found when I removed the carbs:

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There is blackness on the inside of the inlet manifold and coming all the way back up to the carb and marking the vacuum piston and carb body.
The blackness isn't heavily oiled and only some is removed with petrol or carb cleaner. More of a stain.

This has been happening for a while and I have noticed it getting slowly worse over the years on all cylinders but far worse on number 1, which always runs a little advanced.

So what do we reckon? Valve guides? Timing? Old age? Signs of impending doom or just a well used motor?

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Black stains inside carb. Really old GL1000.

Imaingine if the title read.....

Imagine if the title read..... "Thieving Maori neighbors have been stealing our stuff for years" instead of "Pakeha"


https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/104...tuff-for-years

Imaingine if the title read.....