Roadkill's 1986 Yamaha Radian 600

Roadkill · July 20, 2009, 04:43:19 AM

Thought I'd start a separate thread for this as the plan is to keep her for a bit . . .

She's a Canadian import - aay - brought only last week for £445, with 9 months tax and MoT.

PhilO immediately set to polishing the dull orange-peeley paint and checking tyre pressures and generally tidying and setting her up.

She does need mirrors - which we stole off of the Sanya - which i've now just brought replacements for.

She also needs new indicators as the existing ones are dim and work intermittently - I've now just ordered a full set of these, too.

Apart from that she may well need a battery soon but is O.K at the moment.

She handles really well, plenty of torque and smooth at cruising speeds - an absolute ideal commuter.

Pictures to follow later (before she gets too dirty again !!!)

art b · July 20, 2009, 11:26:22 AM

well here ya are, on the 1st trip out on it at the weekend....

Roadkill · July 20, 2009, 12:17:27 PM

Been giving her some beans on the "H" roads today.

Also watching some side panels in the U.S which I'm missing.

Roadkill · July 21, 2009, 05:10:44 AM

Quoting: Roadkill

Also watching some side panels in the U.S which I'm missing.

Am currently winning bidder on both.

F Body · July 21, 2009, 12:37:33 PM

We need some proper pictures please

Roadkill · July 21, 2009, 12:57:22 PM

Quoting: F Body

We need some proper pictures please

Indeed - I thought that last night but it had already got a little dark.

philoldsmobile · July 21, 2009, 02:45:06 PM

absolute bargain..

you gotta wonder - the vendor said he wasn't confident on it, and had a few slides... not surprised really, seeing as there was 12 psi in the front tyre, 20 psi in the rear, and evedence pointing to the valve caps on the front not having been removed in a VERY long time... (lots of white powdery corrosion siezing it solidly on..)

Roadkill · July 22, 2009, 03:40:11 AM

Martyn.

I've brought my camera into work with me so will take some piccies today for ya'.

EDIT - Piccies taken - will post later.

Fieldy · July 22, 2009, 09:34:26 AM

Quoting: Roadkill

EDIT - Piccies taken - will post later.

Incursus · July 22, 2009, 12:49:59 PM

Roadkill · July 22, 2009, 07:01:16 PM

Well - here they are . . . .

Note that the split in the seat on the right hand side has now been carefully stitched up.

I'm intending on getting the seat recovered professionally as it does let the bike down a bit.

Also note that I have now received the new chrome indicators (front and back) which will be fitted this weekend - getting rid of those nasty, cheap plastic "carbon fibre" ones that are on it at the moment.

Ponti · July 23, 2009, 02:42:10 PM

Looks good.

Roadkill · July 27, 2009, 05:10:54 AM

Quoting: Roadkill

Also watching some side panels in the U.S which I'm missing.

Quoting: Roadkill

Am currently winning bidder on both.

Won them both for about £31.

The same seller is apparently selling some other odds and sods I need next week so I'll keep an eye on him . . . .

ianjpage · July 27, 2009, 05:44:52 AM

Shifty · July 27, 2009, 03:29:59 PM

Quoting: art b

well here ya are, on the 1st trip out on it at the weekend....

Dam we got wet that day, Jumped in the shower when I got home to dry out.

Was alot of good stuff there though, was a good trip out.

Roadkill · July 28, 2009, 03:20:11 AM

Just worked out my minimum MPG (all around town / short journies etc . . ) . . . 48.5mpg.

Not bad for a 600cc 23 year old bike - my Jinlun only got mid/late 60's and that was a 125cc !!!

I reckon I could see 60+ on a run.

Roadkill · July 28, 2009, 03:25:54 AM

Sidenotes -

It's costing me approx 67p to get to work and back a day.

It's about FOUR TIMES more economical than the Eldo so it's saving me about £3 per day.

Roadkill · July 31, 2009, 08:15:53 AM

New mirrors haven't arrived yet - have spoken to the bloke and he's chasing Royal Snail.

F Body · July 31, 2009, 08:21:37 AM

Quoting: Roadkill

so it's saving me about £3 per day.

So £445 divided by 3 = 148 working days or 30 working weeks and she's paid for

art b · July 31, 2009, 10:23:42 AM

and more fun too....

art b · July 31, 2009, 10:25:15 AM

Quoting: Roadkill

It's costing me approx 67.5p to get to work and back a day.

is that an exact amount or rounded up to the nearest penny....

ianjpage · July 31, 2009, 04:39:33 PM

Quoting: Roadkill

New mirrors haven't arrived yet - have spoken to the bloke and he's chasing Royal Snail.

blimey that is bad!!

Roadkill · August 04, 2009, 04:06:18 AM

The box the mirrors were in was damaged and they were returned to sender as my address was unreadable !

The seller has repackaged them and re-posted them . . . should be here wednesday.

Roadkill · August 10, 2009, 05:51:25 PM

Mirrors arrived - I gave them to PhilO for the Sanya as I nicked the ones off of that (they're basically the same).

New indicators fitted . . . to get a true idea of just how sh!t the old ones were look at the pictures above . . .

Thanks to PhilO for doing 80% of the fitting while I was off doing other things . . . . . . . .

Pictures :

Rear, before :

Rear, nice vague fitting hole some idiot had hacked into the rear panel :

Rear all done. Pimpin' if you ask me - they really suit the line of the bike - even better than the factory originals.
(Note holes covered by in-keeping chrome surrounds under indictor housings - I had these laying around in my roll-cab !)

Front all done - again a vast improvement and - again - better than the factory pieces IMO.

art b · August 10, 2009, 05:56:39 PM

suits it,