Thank you Fred. But I'm not really interested in opening the engine at this
point in time. When I open her up there will be some major surgery in
there. I have plans. I would rather take her for a good BOOT. This is a
Yamaha . I have many Yamahas. They don't break that easy. Hell, it takes
Hell to break a Yamaha. I have complete faith in my GTS & in Yamaha's
ability to make a great bike. (That's why I'm having a hard time with the
ABS HU thing). The engine doesn't bother me, as it will be refreshed . First
I will have some fun with it. It's also interesting for me to see what
others consider proper maintenance. I bought this bike without even looking
at it. I did buy a used bike after all. I'm not surprised with any of it.
The previous owner did STRESS how WELL he (apparently) took CARE of the
bike. It's a ball to actually see first hand the practice of proper care. My
GTS's miserable days are over . She'll only get better with time,now that
she finally came home.Peter Piazza P.S. This club is great.
----- Original Message -----
From: "fred schneider" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Saturday, February 24, 2001 3:15 AM
Subject: Re: Whatever
> If your valves are to tight the carbonbuilding goes on and the compression
> goes down. If it are the rings. driving on to long can make them break in
> the worse case and that gives a lot of damage. Pour some oil on the
pistons
> and try to measure the compression again. If it's higher then the rings
are
> worn. If it's the same it's your valves. Lift the head and grind the
> valveseats. A lot of work but cheap.
> Fred
> holland
