👏 Another Your Repairs Project!

From: Haynes - Saturday Oct 07,2023 07:01 am

We asked you to show us how Haynes has helped with your car and bike projects. This time, it's Malcolm Avery and his Yamaha chopper.

Reader: Malcolm Avery

Bike: Yamaha XS 1100 chopper

Malcolm clearly has a soft centre. He’s the sort of man who doesn’t like to see things being abandoned, and would prefer to take something that’s been heartlessly discarded and nurture it back to full health.

So, when a friend of his brother abandoned a Yamaha XS1100 chopper in a barn, Malcolm gathered it up, placed it in his van and took it home. Once there, he put it in his own ICU (Intensive Conservation Unit) department, aka his garage, and began the process to revive and revitalise the patient.

The first step was to dig out his well-thumbed and suitably oily Yamaha XS1100 Haynes Manual, as well as his Haynes Manual on welding, before setting to work on a project that would bring him both joy and satisfaction (as well as the odd grazed knuckle, doubtless).

After that, it was a case of taking one step at a time as he rebuilt the engine and gearbox, completed a restoration of the carburettors, and then carried out a complete rewiring of the entire bike.

But it was all worth it when he connected the battery, pressed the start button and behold – life! The sense of satisfaction was strong. Another cool motorcycle saved from a lonely and dusty demise.

Was he bold? Oh yes. Foolish? No, not at all, because Malcolm is a motorcycle and automotive engineer by trade, and he attributes his entire career in the field to the interest and information he garnered through reading Haynes manuals when he was but a lad.

We at Haynes are thrilled and humbled by Malcolm’s tale, because all of us at Haynes enjoy sorting out our cars and motorcycles ourselves, and if we’ve helped to influence someone’s career, then all the better.

Want to show us what you’ve accomplished? Just reply to this email with a few details and we’ll be in touch!

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