Hi to all. My name is Haydn and I live in South Wales, UK. I'd like to share some pics with you of a TDM850 project that I've recently completed. It is a 1994 (L Reg) MK1 in cyan that I bought as a none-runner (no spark) from eBay. The electrical problem turned out to be a broken earth (black wire) to the ignition unit. After starting it the engine sounded pretty sweet so I decided to do a bit of work on her and keep her for a while as I've always liked these. I prefer the smaller turnable fairing/ screen style so I fitted one off a Triumph Street Triple. Other mods/ alterations are:
Delkevic 2 into 1 exhaust, Dominator/Street fighter Headlights, Suzuki 1200 Bandit headlight brackets, Digital Clocks, Renthal Bars, Home Made Crash Bars, Hagon Shock, Seat & Cover, Custom Paint by myself (was a professional painter but recently had to give it up for health reasons).
The frame was stripped of all unwanted brackets and sprayed with Upol Raptor, so was the engine cases. Tyres are Heidenau Scout K60's which seem to give fairly good grip for a chunky like these.
As previously mentioned I did not strip the engine but I did change the valve seals. This I did without removing the cylinder head so I've added a few pics here to show the trick if anyone needs to do the same. Here's a brief 'How To':
1. Rotate engine till no1 cylinder is TDC (top dead centre).
2. Take off the cams, shims, buckets etc until you have access to the tops of the valves and tie cam chain to stop it dropping.
3. Carefully rotate engine backwards (keep in mind the loosely tied cam chain) until the piston is about half way down the cylinder.
4. Thread some soft rope (golf ball sized amount) through the spark plug hole.
5. Slowly rotate the engine forward and bring the piston up until it squeezes the rope snug against the valves inside the head.
The valve springs can now be compressed and removed to renew the seals. The tool was made from a piece of pipe and a flat bit of bar.
Note: The tool pics was taken after finishing the left cylinder and before threading the rope into the right cylinder.
If anyone has any questions about the whole thing, don't hesitate.
Thanks to everyone and take care.
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Looks fantastic!
Welcome to the forum Cesar, got any photos of the four bikes to share 
