I measured those and they tested good. It also wouldn’t explain the premise of the video… that the exact same bike with just the injector swap runs rich and with the others it doesn’t…

Hi! Yes, absolutely! I’ve just been busy with many other things and then another moving now… I’m planning to release a full video from 0 to ready once done. Is there anything specific you’d like to see in more detail? Cheers

Oh brilliant that's good news, I have got a Daytona also that was stripped apart when I got it so these videos are brilliant 👍 A video of the engine and wiring harness going back in the frame would be amazing 👍

Yes, I totally agree that he kept adding oil too! I think it might have been partially becuase the valve at the bottom of the oil tank didn’t function due to all the gunk and he just kept topping it up… It’s really crazy, especially because he had the bike for 11 years… and his brother bought it new..

I’ve now done the entire cam train, replaced the chains, guides and tensioners with new. It has improved on the sound! Thanks a lot for your comment! Keep up the good work on yours! I definitely think that a 950 or 990 adventure is going to be in my garage at some point!

@@volimoto Improved but you still hear it right? I noticed lot of engines of dukes, honda ,kawa and bmw can make some camchain noise..

@androidoszpsz5873 yes! I definitely can still hear it… But it did signifanctly improved😁

That makes me very happy to read! Thanks very much for your kind comment! Go for it! You can do it!😎

Do you mean that oil is seeping from between the 2 halves? Have you reused the bolts that hold them together? Did you torque them to spec? What about the O-ring in between? Did you use a quality replacement? I haven’t tested these yet to be honest, but have never had an issue before.

@@volimoto Hi, yes I cleaned everything nicely , fit new OEM triumph seals , no torque settings available so I went with similar suzuki settings 25nm , the problem is the inside calper half is flexing alot when I pull brake lever, the result being a very firm but spongey lever, and the slightest bit of fluid weeps out as the 2 caliper halves are essentially opening up.

Glad you liked it! Thanks for the tip! In the forks of my K75 I have actually installed Wilbers progressive springs! You’re very right that it’s a massive improvement.

Thanks a lot! The tool is UNIOR 3200/2BI. I haven’t used it for very long but been very happy with it so far.

Thanks a lot! I couldn’t work on it every day. Just on weekends and some afternoons so it took about 3-4 months from start to finish.

@@volimoto pff thats some time, but totaly understandable. Got myself a (unwanted) tenere 660 '93 project, starts really difficult or not at all.. runs good tho no idea what could be wrong. Cleaned carbs and all

@bve7397 yes, but it was a winter project so it was no issue. That sounds really fun though! I just got a 600 tenere from ‘86🤣 it’s in very rough condition so will give it a full rebuild and probably a USD front-end. Will make a video of it, but timeline is unclear when can I start on it.

@@volimoto Yea but im so afraid its the piston or rings 🥲 really dont feel like tearing the engine apart rn. Was hoping to ride it the last bit of summer..

Yes. It also seemed like they put extra oil in too… I think the valve at the bottom of the oil tank failed due to the nasty stuff in there so a lot of oil has gone over to the crankcase and then I think they kept topping up the oil tank…

Yeah! I'd expect more milkiness of the oil if water was "the main ingredient" of that soup. He definitely seems to favor oil over water! An explanation is, because the LC8s are difficult to measure oil levels (on the stick) and don't have a glass window, he must have poured oil like a firefighter pouring water on a blazing house...Crazy...

What I do know for sure is that the water pumped had failed and the previous owner didn’t notice. Additionally for some reason the engine was extremely overfilled with oil, which then hydrolocked the engine. There was also the broken spark plug, which I have no idea why had happened. For this reason I needed to check the cylinder walls and pistons. Because the oil pressure issues I wanted to take the engine case halves apart just to make check the condition of the gearbox, crankshaft and main bearings. This was when I found some of the bearings to be not perfect. If I really didn’t want to do much, I probably would have gotten away just by fixing the water pump, but I didn’t want to half ass the job. Hope this makes sense.

Very happy you liked it! I tried to make it so it doesn’t take over😊

Thanks so much! I’m glad you enjoyed it! And thanks for the feedback. It’s always really difficult to figure what’s the right volume so the music doesn’t overpower the noises from the work itself😁

Thanks for the info! I’ve been successful at bleeding air just by running the engine with the cap off. Your bike sounds awesome!!

How do get through MOT with the all the missing emission control stuff? Imagine how the KTM engineers would be disappointed after all of their work to get this V2 120 HP engine sorted out! Or do you live in the far east?

Uk geezer, & it was OK for Italy too, where the bike came from. If you want to just one thing, change the final gearing drop 1 tooth off the front, add 1 to the back.

@@petereeves1354 Sorry to follow, but in mainland Europe the MOT examination includes an Exhaust test which in your case would render the bike illegal..it would be also impossible to sell the bike in this condition if not declared strictly a track bike!

Bike has passed UK Mot test, including DVSA import test. (3 Akraprovic internal Cat inserts).

Hey! Thanks a lot! This bike had 43k kms. If the PO had noticed the failing water pump, there most likely wouldn’t have been need for such a huge rebuild. The biggest warnings sign for a failing water pump is in the oil filter. Best is to use a paper filter like I have in the video, that’ll show if there’s any water in the oil by starting to wave up. The water blocks the oil from passing through and the pressure will start creating the waves in the paper. You can see how it has happened in the video even after running it for very short period with the failed water pump seal. So watch out for that when you’re chaning the oil and filter. If you don’t notice in time on the filter, the next thing will be louder timing chain and potentially flickering oil pressure light. If you get the flicker you will almost certainly have water in the system and the pressure drops, creating intermittent flicker. Hope this helps!

Do you really think so? In my eyes it is the most tidy and reduced engine of them all..almost Bauhaus style = form follows function!

@@dipling.pitzler7650 I’m viewing it more from a stripping down and reassembly point of view 🍻

That’s a really cool idea! The only thing I have to figure out is how will the jack slide as the lifting point moves around. Are there scissor jacks with wheels? I haven’t seen one before. Thanks a lot!

Mount jack perpendicular to current direction so handle comes out the side. Angle the jack mounting so travels the direction you need to push. Hard mount (weld) ​Possibly mount upside down so the jack travels up down with the table. Less bending. Caster suggestion was for the table itself to move around when loaded. @@volimoto

Just reviewed again and noted you already have a swivel on the top where jack contacts, you may need a swivel on bottom point but I think scissor jacks for cars usually have mounts with a little swivel already built in. Technically it is traveling in an arc not line, but you may have enough play to get away without a bottom swivel point. I was pondering if possible to reverse your whole mounting to push down from table instead of up from floor? May be significant rework though at this point. Would be sweet from an operator perspective if controlled from the table instead of the floor. Also noted another hole or 2 in the bar where the lock pin is, would allow different heights of work surface. May come in handy with only the investment of drilling another hole. Sorry for geeking out on this but I used to design work stations and assembly fixtures.

@kradschutze very good points! I’m liking the idea of the rotational force, aka being able to use an airgun or dc gun! I think reworking to lift from the table top might be a bit too much work, but it’s worth looking into. I have by now already drilled 2 more holes to be able to fix it at different heights😁 - and not at all! Thanks for your input and any ideas, keep them coming! Thanks!

Yeah, tell me about it! I got her fairly cheap because of it’s issues, but I didn’t expect to have to replace so many things so the cost added up quickly.. probably ended up the same as if I just bought a known good one, but at least I have the piece of mind now, knowing I’ve gone through and fixed all the issues.

@@volimoto with your workshop and your knowledge I'd do the same (provided you got a generous discount on the purchase price). If you were able to shave 2K-3K Euros on the asking price (if it was inflated to begin with), then you just saved yourself a lot of money. Well done!

Thanks so much for your comment! Really cool that you worked at a KTM dealership as a kid! And enjoy the Yamaha, those XSR900s look amazing!🏍️😎

Thanks a lot for your comment! The supermoto R sounds very fun! Yes, I was really short on time so I ended up just doing the timing chain replacement off camera… to be honest the hardest part if it is removing the woodruff keys from the balancer shaft. The rest is pretty straight forward.🏍️

I would absolutely love to have an SE as well! They’re awesome! And thanks so much for your very kind comment! I’m glad you enjoyed the video!

@@volimoto SEs do come up for sale, and there are a few SE FB pages where we owners keep up with each other -- only 3,000 or so were made, it's a small universe. I have a friend with an SM, which I've had a few quick little rides on. It's geared low, and goes like a bullet. He rides it on the track and says he passes more people than on his Aprilia track bike. This iteration of the LC8, though it had it's gremlins, is quite extraordinary. I think you will love riding that bike. You can also notch up the HP by 10% with a few mods.

@paulfenn5060 I know it’s an entirely different ballpark but I just acquired a Yamaha XT600 ‘86 (1vj) for dipping my feet into the offroad world. It hasn’t run for 10 years and I’ll have to rebuild the engine from ground up due to worn output shaft, etc. I’ll be doing some modernization to it, brand new wiring harness, and maybe suspension upgrade and some nice LED lighting and a digital speedo. I’ll be making a video of it at some point, but it’s not on the priority list right now with all my other projects slacking behind. Maybe at some point I can get myself an SE… I also looked at just finding a 990 adventure😎🏍️ thanks for the info!

@@volimoto Good luck with that project. You have a vastly different constitution than me. I get panicky and frustrated with mechanical work and make costly mistakes as a result. Thus I give my knowledgeable friend beer to keep my beast running well. That said, it's long past time to check the valves on my SE, everyone's too busy to help, and there's no way I'm doing that myself -- I'd have a fn nervous breakdown...

That’s awesome to hear you have been running trouble free. 😊This bike would have probably been fine had the previous owner noticed earlier the water pump failure. It must be beautiful riding in Costa Rica! I’d like to visit there one day😎 thanks for your nice comment!🏍️

How can I identify as soon as possible if the water pump is failing?

@spddd79 hi! The quickest way to test is by checking the oil filter. You can lean the bike on it’s right side and take out the oil filter without spilling much oil. You can check for “waving” in the filter element. If it’s all good, you can just put it back and you’re good to go. Otherwise it’s checking at every oil change, and some people treat the water pump rebuild as a maintenance item, doing it every 15-20k km.

Nice video, I bought my 990 superduke new inn2005. Only problem was a failure of the clutch master cylinder seal, the bike and engineering quality are the reason I still have it in my garage and have so much fun on the roads

@nickmurray721 that’s fantastic to hear! I feel like almost all who had ridden an SD loves them.

Thanks so much for your nice comment!🏍️

I also had noticed that quite often I can ride just by engine braking into a corner. It’s certainly a fun beast!😊

I think this entire rebuild was almost a 1000€, not counting of course my work. Thanks a lot for your comment!

Hi there! There is no demand for more fueling, and no other mods. That’s exactly the issue. These injectors based on spec should deliver the same volume, just result in better combustion with the finer spray pattern. The problem is exactly that I don’t understand and can’t figure out why is there more fuel with these injectors.

I never made the video. With the build taking so long due to many other projects going I also keep re-evaluating my choices and I do think I’ll probably replace the forks with a pair from a 390 adventure instead. The triple tree and the rest is good as is, but I miscalculated with the diameter of the wheel and I’d like some more clearance between the bottom of the triple tree and the wheel.😊

The problem was that the water pump seal had failed but the PO didn’t notice and that had caused the problems with the bearings and the nasty gunk everywhere. I didn’t need to replace the valve guides, but the seals were britle so those did get replaced.

@@volimoto yeah the valve seals are one of the first reasons these start burning oil. There's a 990 adventure owner on FB (group) with 300K MILES on the original engine (and as far as I recall he hasn't put in new piston rings!) ! I sold my first 2009 990 Adventure with 110K kms (from new) and I'm on my second with only 40K kms (bought used with 32K km and a pain in the ass to sort her out as she was sitting in a closed garage for 10 years!). I haven't done the water pump yet but it's definitely on the list but after 2 oil changes everything works and sounds good.

@C_R_O_M________ that’s really awesome! I’m also certain I’ll have a 950/990 adventure in the stable at some point! Keep on rocking with yours!😎

Test ride it, it’s fast but very jerky at the throttle. Can be tamed but after 2 hours you are just hanging on for dear life. At first it seems very cool but the engine compression gets annoying

There are a lot of forum discussions of the jerky throttle and some have more issues than others. Mine is actually pretty good, but I just fitted the different throttle tube from the RC that has a progressive profile. There is the issue with the closed loop/open loop switch around 3000 which results in some jerkiness, but if everything else is good with the bike it shouldn’t be too bad. There’s also some option to play around with the sprocket ratios… I’m also thinking about going for a smaller front and larger back because below 50kph I can’t use 2nd gear with the original gearing.

@@michaelrieser9928 Not sure whether its the profile of V-twins in past generations that gives that vibe. Have ridden 1000cc cat bikes and you will always have to hang on to dear life. No doubt about this one.

@zergothikaify hahaha, that’s true for sure! The bike’s very torquey!

@@volimoto Nice update. I doubt that the change of gearing will solve the jerkiness but hey, it's all up to individual expertise. 2nd gear change under 3000 rpm may not click it properly. Prolly you have to rev above 4k to get that smooth change. The older they are, the stubborn they will be till you hear them sing.

Thanks so much for your very kind comment. Much appreciated😎🏍️

Thanks so much! Yes, the bike is really fun to ride! 😎

🤣🤣 well, good thing I ain’t going anywhere near Germany! But jokes aside… It would probably pass a “custom” inspection.