Painted parts

After blasting, parts were cleaned, primed and painted. I used spray cans although I could have used spray gun also. But we had cans around so..

Sandblasting

Next step was to sandblast (actually glass blast) all the parts. Pretty easy and neat with blasting cabinet. Needs large compressor though. Some day I will have my own garage with blasting cabinet..

Here is some parts blasted

This is where everything got out of hands :)

Friend of mine convinced me that I shoud sandblast, paint  and fix everything while I was at it..

So I took the bike to friend’s garage, where he has sandblasting cabinet, welding machine, metal lathe and everything else nice.. First I disassembled the frame and cutted off some extra metal supports.

Disassembling the engine

Disassembling was quite sraightforward

Project begins

Unfortenatelly, gear shaft bores gave up and the lever came loose.

It’s possible to replace just the shaft but I decided to change also crankshaft bearings cause I had a pair waiting. So engine off!

And bike was running OK..

Bike was running ok but I still ended up changing also these

• carburator (Old one was leaking and bike was running rich. New chinese carb was cheaper than rebuild kit for original)
• throttle wire (There was loose end for oil pump, which is removed. Replaced with a single wire)
• steering bearings
• front fork oil seals & oils
• brake shoes
• foot pegs
• grips
• bar pad

My son’s PW80

I bought this Yamaha PW80 for my son last fall. Plan was that he would learn to drive and if he is interested, we’ll get him a bigger bike. So there was no plans for restoration, just small fixes to get bike going.

I thought that I need to replace just a stator and silencer (there wasn’t any) but eventually I ended up changing quite a bit more..

• stator
• stator cover
• silencer
• piston
• brake lever

These were mandatory to get bike running..