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Re: Online Bike Show

David S — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 15:52:05 GMT

Sounds great Ed! I'll have to stick with old pics of my R5 as it is stripped down right now for a small renovation. BTW, I liked the kitchen remodel pics in

Online Bike Show

Ed — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 11:52:50 GMT

I'd like to hold an online bike show for the group.The plan is to set up a photobucket account just for this and when I have all the photos entered I will post

Re: a pair of DS7 250cc rings 1st over 54.25mm

David S — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 21:55:56 GMT

That's great Dan, I'm glad you didn't have to pay a small fortune for them! That's always a bonus!! Dave ... nothing" a few weeks back! thanks for getting back

Re: a pair of DS7 250cc rings 1st over 54.25mm

d bauer — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:03:17 GMT

Dave, well ironic because i bought a set of rings "for next to nothing" a few weeks back! thanks for getting back to me, i still appreciate the help, Dan

Re: a pair of DS7 250cc rings 1st over 54.25mm

David S — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 16:49:17 GMT

Dan, My buddy just got back with me about the rings. Talk about a day late, dollar short! He sold a bunch of his spare parts over the summer to help finance

Re: winter riding.

David S — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 22:46:52 GMT

I seem to remeber this conversation from last year. Did you check the battery to see if the cold weather was killing it? That's all I can think of that would

Re: winter riding.

Ed — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 22:19:02 GMT

Your bike shouls start fine right down to temps as low at 10 above zero F mine does.

winter riding.

Kevin Ludwig — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 20:52:55 GMT

so around this time last year when temps dropped below 55 degrees, my bike stopped working. I didn't think much of it (thought it was another problem), but now

heads-up on R5 ring sets

d bauer — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 21:03:50 GMT

an ebayer is selling R5 rings for $14usd... i consider that a damn good price considering many folk think 50usd is "fair". i don't know this seller so take

Re: a pair of DS7 250cc rings 1st over 54.25mm

d bauer — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 17:40:08 GMT

Worth checkign into for sure! Let me know when you know, danWI ... From: David S Subject: [yamaha-r5-group] Re: wanted: a pair of

Re: wanted: a pair of DS7 250cc rings 1st over 54.25mm

David S — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 17:04:11 GMT

I have a friend in PA that has a very low mileage DS7, and a stash of parts. I'll check with him, once he gets moved into his new house, and see if he has any

Re: wanted: a pair of DS7 250cc rings 1st over 54.25mm

Ed — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 14:26:01 GMT

NO! They are unique to that model and DS7's were only made 1 year and not all that popular .Stick an R5 top end on it Dan.

wanted: a pair of DS7 250cc rings 1st over 54.25mm

d bauer — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 12:51:17 GMT

Ed, just out of curiousity, are there other 54mm pistons in the yamaha line? DT1? also, will DS6 pistons work in the DS7 cylinder? thanks for the advice, danWI

Re: wanted: a pair of DS7 250cc rings 1st over 54.25mm

Ed — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 12:10:47 GMT

Oversize DS7 pistons and rings are the hardest parts to get.There just aren't many out there and they will be expensive no matter where you get them. If you

wanted: a pair of DS7 250cc rings 1st over 54.25mm

d bauer — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 00:32:14 GMT

anyone have a set of yama DS7 54.25 rings to sell? not really willing to spend the 39.99 per set on ebay... contact me if you have the rings or some leads!