What did you do to your Yamaha today?

I think you're probably right. There haven't been any present on any of the XJs that I've worked on.

 

Needs more duct tape.

 

We're planning to roll out the new, improved line featuring yards and yards of DT later this year.

Can hardly keep up with orders as it is........

 

I rode my new (to me) 1982 XJ650 for the first time today. I had it for two weeks but I had to wait for a replacement brake lever.

 

Ah the joys or reassembly- I mean this no room for ring compressors fingers worked great just took it slow and used plenty of oil in the cylinders and rings. Just finished up the cam assembly and installing the carbs. Cams took awhile, remember this is my first time so I wanted to make sure they were lined up. off a tooth one way then another. Ah they are in and I rotated the crank several times no resistance other then expected. As I mentioned carbs on throttle cable choke now just the little stuff radiator exhaust fuel tank.
Hour here hour there should or hopefully be riding by this time next week.
Thank for all the advice to those who have posted to this site.
And a big thank you to Chacal order Wednesday have it by Saturday !
Oh also rechecked my valve clearances and all are with in range-actually right next to max limit just the way I wanted them. No valve adjustment for 24,o00 miles!
Have a good Easter

 

you should have posted a no coffee while viewing alert

 

That's what I thought. But there has never been anything there since I've had the bike. I may check my spare engine and see if it has them. Seems that all those 12 bolts and grommets should be sufficient.

 

Today I reassemble / rebuild calipers with new pads and seals.

 

I took it out for a ride, but this afternoon may involve re-sync and colortune.

 

got ready for the second ride of the year, was meeting up with 3 mates, went to top up with fuel ,,,,
aaaaaaannnnnnnndddddddddd,,,, filled up with DIESEL, "knobhead."
one hour later after limping home, removing tank and emptying fuel out, refilled
and went for ride .
stu

 

Limped home- When did you realize that you put diesel fuel in? You didn't have to clean the carbs? Looks like you got real lucky on that one.
Glad everything worked out.

 

realised when I went in to pay, and it said diesel on the till.
I ran it half a mile back home, ran fine after

 

Removed wheels in preparation for new tires. They had a little dry-rot



Old and new: side by side


While I had the rear wheel off; replaced rear brake shoes.

 

I had a set of those new tires. I got 12,000 miles out of the back hope you do as well.

 

This weekend, I cleaned up the gas cap and replaced a couple of parts, then rebuilt the petcock. I've run out of reasons to postpone tackling the carbs. They should come off tonight, if all goes well.

 

When trying to figure out where my ticking noise is coming from, discovered (not the cause) that I've got a valve cover bolt that was literally falling out. Why? Because it was completely stripped, and someone attempted (badly) to repair it with a helicoil. Helicoil firmly attached to valve cover bolt, just sitting in the hole but in no way threaded anywhere and the bolt threads a nice smooth shaft of "lol this aluminum used to be part of your engine!"

Now I need to add "repair cylinder" to "need to check valve clearances."

*cries softly*

 

Got my bike running this evening here's a short video
Still need to do carb sync and Gunson Colortune Yet she lives!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Looks like I'll be riding by Thursday!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

What type or year do you have? Does the valve cover bolt thread into the cam cap? Just asking cause that's how mine does on the xj700x. Right through the valve cover and into the cam cap.

 

Congratulations!

 

82 xj750. Yeah, the valve cover bolts thread into the cylinder head. Clearly the last guy tried to fix it after stripping the head, but failed. I need to look into some better thread inserts, give fixing his botched fix a go. Fortunately the valve cover isn't seriously torqued down,so maybe I can find some more success.

Congrats on getting yours running!