Yamaha TX500

Workshop Session on Saturday January 08th  2022

Firstly, apologies for mistakenly calling it an XS500, the bike we have is in fact a wire wheeled single front disc TX500, which would have looked something like the bike you see in the picture. This week Amantis painstakingly cleaned up the crankcase gasket surfaces, removing the old material to help get a good seal when the liquid gasket is eventually applied. We are principally awaiting piston kits to get this engine back in one piece as it is, basically a surprisingly sound engine with very little wear.