What did you do to your Yamaha today?

Absolutely- spring hopefully is just around the corner just as daylight savings time comes this Sunday.
Be not judge mental the riders of thy steel horse for those who have never embraced thy steel horse shall always be wanting behind their vocalized connotation of the steel horse.

 

sounds to me like some of you guys need a cold shower

 

Freak in beautiful day outside- nice and sunny and dry temp is 60 F and climbing-
What am I doing reading on how to properly set my float levels. This is a good thing although for some reason I feel as though I am dragging my feet.
Kinda off topic-
Going to go with my grand kids to Ashland Oregon to play with all 6 of them. This by far is more important!!
I really want to build a bond between myself and them.
Well crud I got dissed for their little friends- soon the will want to borrow my car or bike LOL
Happening faster then I thought
Oh well guess it is on to setting the wet set for the carbs
Or let me think about this- I haven't been at home alone in the last four years but twice- oddly quit here NICE I get what my father had told me about enjoying the piece and quite-enjoy while you can.
The sun is high in the sky !

 

All I really need is a good gully washer rain storm to clear the sand off the roads and then temperatures to rise to at least the 40's. Vrooom vroom!

 

I just ran across the original spark plugs that I took out when my bike had its mechanical break down. Surprising clean they look any thoughts about how the bike was running prior?
Also thought I would upload a few pics of my exhaust -this is going to take some elbow grease !
Two weeks left of the winter term then one week off and Spring term begins

 

The prodigal bike is now home......Picked her up in a blazing snowstorm this morning------

What she used to look like:



What she looks like at the moment before pushing her onto the truck:


I think I heard her say, "I'll be bock"

 

Amazing what can happen with just a few owner changes.
Still has the potential to be in its original glory.
Nice

 

Little tramp left home, stripped down and put on red lipstick. Now she's come back home! Treat her right and she'll be a good girl from now on.

 

Oh yeah....

( for Matti's sake)

I rolled her over, pushed her into the bed, and strapped her down tight. She couldn't move at all for the rest of the way.

 

Anyone here seen Black Snake Moan starring Christina Ricci and Samuel l Jackson?
Dave's post is wandering into familiar territory.

 

worked on polishing the exhaust before work. Started to take one exhaust pipe off at a time and polish with Mothers Mag Polish.
Also ran across this article at maximum maxim.com web site. Interesting to read.

The X kicks so hard above seven five its midrange feels wimpy by comparison. From 7500, it will rev quickly past its 10000 rpm redline - quickly enough to lighten its front end exiting corners and trigger its 12000 rpm electronic rev limiter if you're not careful. Those who aren't careful may find reason to be - the Maxim continues to make serious power deep into the red zone and will pull to redline in top gear at 129mph.
Just read this and was surprised to see that there is a rev limiter at 12,000 RPM.

 

Did we ever tell you that you basically own an FZR700?

Also, it's http://www.maxim-x.com , though I did appreciate the VW bus article, and the bathing suited women.

 

No, not that I can recall- but I sure am glad that I got this bike!!!!!!!!!!!
Funny when I was looking for a bike I just posted an ad on Craigslist looking for a bike and 1300.00 to spend. With in an hour a got a post from a guy in Grants Pass Oregon four hours later I was sitting in front of his house installing a battery and off I went for my first ever ride on my own XJ700X.
I really just lucky with fate ! Since this was my first bike I was really just hoping not to get screwed and boy I didn't- I scored!!!!!

 

Yup.... You found 'the X-factor'...... You don't even get into the power band until you hit about 6500 and even as it rolls into it, once you hit that.....hang-on because, as you found out, she'll turn into a screaming banshee.

The other reality is, that ALL of the XJ's do that......it's the X that does it waaaay more. Now, if you REALLY wanna feel something unwind, take a spin on a 900rk!!

 

Would love to!
As you have asked before yes the X has glued my butt checks to the seat, thankfully the seat has a lot of cushion.
My friends always seem to give a hard time about it looking a bit grandpaish until they pull up beside me at a stop light and I promptly blow there doors off!!
Followed by their SILENCE

 

Egg-zack-ly

 

Yesterday evening when I got home form work I read a post that said that I could check my valve clearances while the head is on the bench-so I started to do that. Got the exhaust side done and today after work I will complete the intake side. Going to check them twice just to make sure that my measurements are good.
Getting closer by the day to complete reassembly of said engine.

 

1030 pm on the west coast- realized that when I first painted my valve cover I accidently or inadvertently painted the end pieces all black as well. Only noticed when I was looking or admiring xj700x owners bikes that their valve cover was shiny on the ends. Thus the process of taping off what I don't want to remove has begun, followed by sanding with 1,000 to 2000 grit sand paper to get the proper shine. This may require polishing as well with another three coats of clear gloss.
Also picked up some buffing wheels various sizes to do the exhaust. Tomorrows my Friday so I will have the following two days to get some polishing and painting done.
Along with the honey due list-LOL
still waiting for the wrist pins and piston rings.
This rebuild was started on Jan.17th 2016 and continues on. Boy sure does take along time waiting for parts and such-
Still a very informative learning experience.
Cheers

 

She is aged a bit, but lost some weight on her backside....

Looking good!

 

Since I got off of work I have been polishing up the ends of my valve cover. Trying to get them to shine so I could shave by them LOL I am not that much of a restorer YET-
Probably be nice If I had another though to do all the pretty up on. For me getting back X into reliable running condition is foremost. Nothing worse then letting a bike sit around collecting dust-
Every bike should be ridden as much as possible- My goal this year is ride so much that my scion battery dies from lack of use. Well realistically probably not gonna happen have to many g babies that I enjoy spending time with-which requires a more conservative transportation option.