vmax84
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Kinda getting the bug and have had a few Yamaha's thru the years. Snoscoots, Snosports, old Vmax 540's (still have one), Ovation, Vmax4.
Anyway, wanted to say hi and show what I picked up last weekend. 1981 SS440 with 800 miles on it, one owner. Starting to go thru it......polishing the tunnel, tearing the rear and front end apart soon, etc.
Runs nice and the guy I bought it from seemed pretty cool. Gave him $600 for it. He probably would have taken less, but the machine is so nice I didn't care about trying to haggle him.
Question: Do I need to worry about the crank seals on these 440's?
Pic of how it looks before i started to clean it up. If the pic will work.

Anyway, wanted to say hi and show what I picked up last weekend. 1981 SS440 with 800 miles on it, one owner. Starting to go thru it......polishing the tunnel, tearing the rear and front end apart soon, etc.
Runs nice and the guy I bought it from seemed pretty cool. Gave him $600 for it. He probably would have taken less, but the machine is so nice I didn't care about trying to haggle him.
Question: Do I need to worry about the crank seals on these 440's?
Pic of how it looks before i started to clean it up. If the pic will work.

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