What did you do to your Yamaha today?

Thought this would be a fun topic..

I don't have too much to add as far as today goes, but I am planning on scuffing and repainting my tank semi-gloss black.

 

sync. and ride. What a wonderful thing.

 

Bought new plugs today, will install tonight and ride the Yama to work tomorrow.

 

Cleaned the turn signal switch and the fog lamp switch...now they all work!

 

sync an waiting for the weather to clear

 

Today? I rode it home from a friends house where it started to downpour last night and he gave me a ride home. Also yesterday, I washed my tank with gas at the BP station. I am a moron.

 

Pulled off my carbs to send to Rick to clean out/check.

I am also using the electrolisys on my gas tank.

 

Unpacked my saddlebags from the trip that I took though Sequoia National park and Yosemite National park. Only used two freeways and they were both less than 25 miles. Only went on the same road twice, They were not thru streets. First one was Kings Canyon, the second was Glacier Point. Wish I would have kept the mileage but the Canadian speedo that I spent a small fortune on would have kept working. Now I need to clean the bike and change the oil, AHH next weekend. The Seca Turbo is actually a nice sport-tourer
Sean

 

got my little ride in between clouds one got me a little,,,,,,,,,I WANNA DO WHAT DINORACER DID,,,,,sounds like my kinda ride....Dan

 

Nothing yet today, but yesterday I almost set in on fire.

 

I finished-up the sculpting I needed to do to make my former Midnight Maxim's seat comfortable, good looking and no sliding forward, now.

That and I cleaned and de-greased the whole bike getting ready to do the pimping-out it get's for the annual death-defying ride to Loudin, NH for Bike Week.

 

Looked at it today realy wanted ride but had to cut the grass. Have not figured out a way to get a mower deck on YET!!!!

 

Nothing today but yesterday...

-synch
-colourtune
-adjusted clutch
-adjusted rear brake
-degreased and washed bike
-swapped coils
-gapped plugs
-drove it like it was stolen!

 

Well yesterday I rode my baby for around 8-9 hours over 700+kms (including stops, actual time on the bike was about 7 1/2 hours)

Great day for a ride too.. considering it's winter here

 

Pulled plugs. Looked good. I've got a stripped screw on one of my turn signal covers, so I pulled the assembly off the head lamp mounts....Started thinking about getting rid of my bendy stays wrapped in black tape....Still thinking.

 

Rode it for the first time since getting it road worthy!!

New plugs tomorrow!

 

Started making a seat pan and I scratched my rear fender. Pretty happy about that one.

 

Replaced Fuse Box with a newer type Buss Holder, Cleaned up Alternator Stator and checked Brushes, and replaced left rear signal, the old one was so rusted, the bulb wouldn't even unscrew (Thank god I kept the front ones when the windjammer went back on her)....... oh and took more Pics of her :lol:

 

over the weekend, nothing as it was raining.. boo.. and then these last two days again nothing as i was at work,
Hoping today or tomorrow to fix my turn signals as they are a little cockedeyed at the moment.. adn maybe clean the turn signal box as right side turn signals is not turning on when i try turning it on..

 

yesterday and today, 82 xl650 Maxim, got my 8,000 mile 600 dollar project machine running sweet. Bought as DOA, no spark, electrical harness been hacked on, carbs had been hacked with, but bike looks sweet.
With help from this board, replaced ignitor box, and both coils that I got locally from a lady that has 3 parts bikes , 60 dollars for all! PLus a little relay under the ignitor box that was missing 10 dollars, now the high beam works! Took the carbs off (by far the easiest carb removal I've ever done) noticed that somebody cleaned red varnish out of them not long ago, cleaned them again, took them all apart, mixture circuits where leaking gas into #2 so bad it dripped gas out of the collector pipe, put those back on, read for 2 hours on various sites whether or not I should make a YICS tool 8O for mixture and vac settings, decided not to after thinking more about it. Set them, then drove it down the road! It was high 40's with wind chill in Ypsilanti Mich yesterday do didn't go far, but far enough to see it runs gooood! :lol: Taking it out today to cruise on. Oh, changing the oil now.
Going to detail it again. My 6 hondas will be irately jelous at this point!!

 

Drove it to class in the AM, broke a signal light, repaired the signal light, removed RS bar-end mirror, glued the RS grip on (kept sliding down), capped the bar on the RS... Drove it to Canadian Tire, Replaced the bulbs in the signals to brighter ones.

Then it started raining.

Should have answered this one yesterday (new shocks / bushings and lowered bike).

 

Got it Inspected.

I had been running around without a valid sticker.
Engine wipe-down with Armoral.

 

Replaced the brake light switch that failed yesterday.

 

Just gave my 1980 XJ650 Maxim a bath then changed allthe carb hats with some nice shiny new chrome ones!! Looks sweet!!

 

I replaced the brake light switch and spring. Everything works as designed now.

Next project... replace front brake rotor, rebuild caliper and install new pads.

 

Kontiki, what shape was your brake light switch in when you replaced it? Was it in pieces or intact? Was the spring broken? I'm interested in the carcass if it is more or less intact. Picture?

 

took it for a ride and brought the baby home for the first time (it was at my friends house while we were getting it ready for the road).........

 

Pimped for the Upcoming Italian-American Festival and Bike show.
Entering in the: "Classic Asian's" Group.

(The stock in Mother's ought to go from 17-1/8 -to- 20 at the Opening Bell of the New York Stock Exchange)

 

I finshed drilling out the brass plugs on my 550r (my old dremel cooked, had to get a new one) and adjusted the mixture screws all to 2 and just a touch over 3/4 turns.

I made a mission to Advance Auto and didn't find what I wanted but did find a replacement antifreeze recovery tank that will make a perfect gas tank for synching and later colortuning. And it was only about $8.

Then a trip to Home Despot :wink: for parts to make a manometer. Got that then found out here I need a 4 way tee to complete it.

I think I can get a tee at Lowes tomorrow or at a pet shop in the fish supplies dept.

I'm looking fwd to tomm. PM.

 

Got my new plate that WV was requiring, inspected it, and then rode for a few hours just to make sure that new sticker and plate hadn't negatively affected performance.

 

Paco:

How's she running?
You able to get to the next Red Light before anybody else???

Got 'er all Tweaked and Dialed-in for Gran-Prix racin'?

 

Painted my bike flat black

 

Therein is the problem we face fixing bikes-up by guessing what could be wrong by reading what the person on-site thinks is wrong ... and has tried doing.

We have to be "Sleuths" ... instead of Technicians.

A good deal of the Posts are like games of "20 Questions"
Eventually, we figure-out the answer.

That's because all the Regular Contributors work like an Emergency-room full of Doctors trying to save the life of every patient brought-in by ambulance!

And we're doing a dam-good job.
We have put nine pretty darn-good, tuned-up bikes on-the-road, this month.

And a couple more ain't far from being returned to "Active Duty" before the end of the week ...

I hope!

 

Bought a new main jet to replace the broken one from my #2 carb. Will continue/finish my cleaning tonight!

 

well,
took diff off the swingarm and dismanteld it,drilled out stripped drain bolt, drilled out naff thread ,helicoiled the thread relaced oil seal and bearing, waiting on thrust washer when that comes, reassemble and shim up

 

Wow ...

We got ALL KINDS of Projects going-on.

Great work XJ-Bikers !

 

What did I do for my Yamaha today? Left it in the garage. 91F and thunderstorms? I just wasn't feeling it.

 

Tonight I plan to Synch the Carbs.

I'm going to pull apart my newly made 4 line manometer and covert it into a 2 line bottle/loop line. It's been almost 2 weeks and I want to ride it again.

So correct me if I am right (that's what I meant, I know how forums work :? )

I'll use the rope/rag tool to block the YICS first.
Synch 3 and four, Synch 1 and 2, then synch 2 and 3.
Repeat and Rinse.

 

I'm stuck, Mommy's car is down and I've got too much homework. The Seca will have to wait.

 

Lol... yeah she's running great. I have been a little heavy on the throttle lately between the red lights. You must've seen me.

 

If you are hooked-up to all 4 Carbs:

Set the Idle using the Idle Adjustment Rod which serves to open #-3.

Then:
Sync 1 -to- 2 (Adjust #-1 Screw)

Sync 4 -to- 3 (Adjust #-4 Screw)

Sync 2 -to- 3 (Adjust #-2 Screw)
1 & 2 are attached and will BOTH Match 3 to finish adjustments.

 

Well I did 1-2, 3-4 then 2-3... Clymer suggested that way.

WOW was that puppy out of synch! Some carbs took 2 to 3 turns to get synched with the other. I wonder if someone in the past turned the 1 and 4 screws just fiddling around.

Now it idles without choke, and power is much better. I stopped to adjust my mirrors and forgot to drop gears. I pulled away and up to speed in 5th gear. From a dead stop! It took a moment, but it pulled away.

Next:
-Work on the front brakes, since they no longer are good enough with the new power, as if they were good enough before.

-Then debug the noises in the front. Replace, lube cables, make sure there's no more buzzing. The pod centered racket drives me insane.

Thanks for the advice from everyone. Without the info from this site I would never have been encouraged to do it. It was easiler that I thought, well worth it and fun too.

 

synched my carbs today.......1&2 werent off much.....3&4 were WAY off...and the 1/2 -3/4 synch was off quite a bit.

zoweeee...this puppy runs great 8)

next project

colotune :lol: :lol:

yeehaa.....my doghouse runs like a sewing machine on crack :lol: :lol:

 

Took the carbs off... tightened the screw that holds the idle adjuster on and levelled them to the intake side....

Now hopefully that will sort out my hunt for idle issue

 

New set of brake pads for the front! Both sides Ferodo Platinum Series.

P/N: FA81 with FDB311P on the bar code.

NZ$15 total

 

I rode it.

 

Where'd you get them from?

Today I fuelled her up and gave her a wash

 

I fabbed some side covers so I can get them and the gas tank powder coated!

 

Today, I threw some forward controls on. Well sort of. I still need to made the connector rods. I took some pics of my current state.

 

TradeMe

Did you see the XJ police Special? It's at $6,500 with reserve not met!

Washed the bike down last week. Next job rear brake shoes.