viking2seafarer

Hi Kevin, My bike is a blue 1990 which I believe is a Canadian bike. I live in Australia and have done a fair bit of work to bring it back to life. 64673 km on the clock 6'90 jya1umn0 4 ma009126. like your project. has this helped?? regards Ian

Hi Gary, I pulled them down so I could replace the leaking seals. I read that the original springs were weak and that the progressives improve handling so I will probably get a set in the near future. Are you hinting that I should just get rid of the anti dives and not worry about the seal on the UFO??

Hi All, I have got my 1990 XVZ1300 DA MKII front forks apart and I have found the rubber seals on both of the UFO shaped cups at the bottom of the forks have started to pull away. I have attached some photos. I have searched a couple of parts suppliers sites and it appears that these parts are not available any more. Does anyone know where I might find 2 or whether there is some glue I could use to stick the rubber seal back on to the metal cup? Is this seal critical? I have also noted that the anti dives don't seem to move much. Is this normal? I would have thought that the electrical solenoid would have moved the plunger quickly from one side to the other. A couple of other observations that might help those that attempt the rebuild...Pyramid seals are too tall buy OEM or ones that are the correct size and make sure the oil lock has the big diameter to the bottom. Mine was upside down and the narrow end was firmly lodged in the UFO cup rendering the anti dive useless I guess??

I'm at the same point on my 90 VR with 60Kms. I have pulled the forks and inspected the inner and outer tubes and they look fine. Do I really need to replace the two bushes? I have already been caught with the pyramid seals...a waste of money there! By the way I discovered that the oil lock had been installed upside down. Whoever was in there last had put the thin end to the bottom and it lodged firmly into the UFO shaped cup. So there was no movement of the oil lock at all. I am also wondering if the anti dives are working properly. I turned the ignition on and touched the front brake and the pistons hardly move. Should they move vigorously or not. I know I've asked a lot of questions but maybe others will benefit from the answers as well. This is an excellent site. I have learned so much and nearly checked out every area of my bike. Regards from downunder.

Hi All, I bought my '90 VR a couple of weeks ago. The guy I bought it from only had it for a couple of months and said he was out for a ride when it blew a radiator hose. He thought it needed a new head gasket. Anyhow I bought it not going. (I like making things work). I have tested the compression and got 90,100,110 and 165 psi. Added a bit of oil and all four went to 240psi (pretty high isn't it??) I pulled the motor out and have got the heads off. A fair bit of carbon build up on the pistons, top of cylinders and heads. I noticed that the line to the coolant drain was full of sediment and so was the water jacket around Number 1 cylinder. I guess it has been a long time since anyone has given the old girl a good flush out. I've ordered new rings, gaskets and hoses plus anything else needed and now waiting for them to arrive in Australia. I have had a good look around this site and I'm trying to figure out how the oil got into the coolant system. I suspect that the oil seal near the water pump shaft may have let the oil into the waterpump area. there was no water in the oil sump. I've ordered a new seal and mechanical waterpump seal. The bike is faded blue so I hope it'll go fast when I get her back together. It's got 46K on the clock and was imported to Australia from Canada about 6 years ago. Is there any other areas I should check before I start the rebuild??