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4C4A4224.jpgPre front and rear guards, and in glorious colour! Just trying to keep the look of it as simple as I can. I'm toying about a tool roll on the right side beside and below the seat against the frame but I don't know whether I will. Maybe a full paint and clean down the track perhaps.
 
That's a good-lookin' bike you got there. Glad to hear about the tire guards too. Debris loves to make its way into the bike. Also, that light inside the seat is genius!

I've used Shutterfly before for picture hosting but have been on Photobucket for several years. Not sure what everyone else is using.


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OutbackPhil said:
Makes enough sense to me. Especially with the weight of the carbs and pods rattling around, it wouldn't surprise me if that was the source of the leak. I can't really think of anything else it could be. The revs don't stay up, it'll be a couple of seconds or so and then they slowly drop down to idle again. To a less obvious extent it does it when you rev it sitting still, it holds up for a fraction and then comes back down but it's not an issue to me but during a ride it's definitely an issue. I'll check out that site, cheers
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My best guess is the intake boot "O" rings between the intake and cylinder head are hard as rocks and leaking, causing the problem.

I recently picked up an 82 450T in much the same condition as yours was. Its a strip down to nothing project, but at least most of it is original and still there. heh
 
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Very neat Phil! I like it!

I'm also glad you did the rear guard... I followed a fella home from work who had eliminated his altogether and every single bit of left over debris from the recent tarring of the road got flung at me, didn't seem to matter how far I backed off it kept coming...
 
Hey Phil I noticed your location is now Brisbane, you back in the south east again? If so we should catch up and compare 450's at some point, mine's been getting a bit of a refresh lately.
 
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