the colonel

Hi, I need to fit an engine kill switch to a 1960 Greeves with 250 villiers engine. The switch I have is a standard Yamaha TY replacement, with one back wire and one black/white lined wire. Can anyone tell me how easy this is to fit, I understand that one wire should be attached to the coil and one to an earth, but to be honest I'm not at all good with electrics and stay well clear of them usually! Any help would be appreciated Thanks

HI, Thanks to everyone for your advice. I stripped the entire clutch assembly, filed some grooves out of the basket, serviced the activating worm, replaced the friction plates, cable and lever and the whole thing is working much smoother and lighter now. I think the biggest impact was made by the cable, which according to the supplier was the bikes original cable (coloured grey!). Thanks again...I'll be back with any other probs. Keep your feet up.

Thanks for all the advice. I'll check it all out and hopefully be able to make the clutch more useable for him. Cheers

Hi, I've just bought my son a TY80. The clutch is pretty heavy, I can work it fine with adult hands but his younger fingers aren't strong enough to cope! I've seen in some sellers adverts for these bikes that clutch modifications have been made to make the clutch much lighter. Any one out there able to telle me these mods are or how to make the clutch lighter to use in anyway? Thanks for any help.