What did you do to your Yamaha today?

All good suggestions!! Thanks

 

No one mentioned just replacing the tubes, but I suspect you'd prefer a less costly option.

 

^^^ Love the looks of that bike. I don't know if I could do those bars that far down for any length of time but the looks is really cool! Yes paint looks spot on, too bad we all over look some things from time to time.

 

yesterday bike didn't run as smooth as usual, seemed like one cylinder was "off". It was due for plugs and oil change
pulling the plugs, #2 rich, why just #2
bike is colortuned and vac/run synced
answer- whilst running with new plugs I noticed fuel flowing though my clear vacuum line, petcock to #2.
apparently, my petcock rebuild is a failure.

 

Could be diaphram leaking and not letting enough air in?

 

Gah I missed the vac line statement. lol

 

Or easier to find, yes

 

Cool bike
Quick question... what are the header pipes covered with?

 

Not sure. It’s some sort of whiteish paint.

 

Probably ceramic powder coat. You can get white header paint but that looks too slick to be paint.

 

snow and Ice melted away yesterday on roads hit 55 F and last night some rain.
today is 45 degrees. weather channel said it was going to stop raining for 90 minutes

so I took my 750 out for the first ride of 2020 did 30 miles fill the tank and brought her home for a bath.
expecting 3/4 inch of freezing rain tonight and 2 or 3 snow storms this week back to sub 32 degrees.

 

I will trade. 70F and rain all week here. In January... AC is on! ugh

 

the storms your having are coming my way but its going to be snow may not get to ride again until march.
in my summer time we only have to use an AC about 6 days of the summer

 

Well I can't advise coming to Wilmington to ride unless you want to end up in the ER. I'll probably trailer my bike out of town to ride. Too many accidents from a-hole drivers running red lights, cutting lanes through intersections and just not caring about any traffic laws. You should see traffic circles being used, if people could drift to not have to yield they'd do it in a heartbeat.

 

Whooh watching the Chiefs and Texans ...might be the best start for any team...and biggest comeback...so temp hit 37 degrees had bike on tender had not started bike In couple of weeks ...started up ran for about 15 minutes ...just enough for wife to yell about the exhaust smell..I want to ride it will warm up in March last year it stayed cold and wet till May

 

Next time she does her nails be sure to complain about the smell..

 

i completely disassembled mine... now off to the powder coating and chroming guys

 

Got a ride in today. So good for the mental health after 3 weeks of snow, rain and a bad knee. Probably pretty good for the battery too Started right up after a new fuse box and battery in the fall.

 

i sit with mine in the morning and have a cup of coffee while wondering if they are warm enough under their blankets.

it will be -11F tomorrow morning

 

Mine taunts me everytime I go in the shop...

 

Walked by the two on the work tables and headed for the snow blower. Should warm up a bit next week so I can finish the shims.

 

mine snicker at me when I get the snowblower.

got about 8 inches of fluffy snow sat night through sunday morning

 

Snow? It has been in the 70s here. So much for winter at the beach

 

the lights on my battery tenders finally turned green, 4 days.
time to take one out to the cub cadet

 

Please can I be helped with the user guide to fix my Yamaha Maxim XJ 400 engine, I've had it for six years and had shitty repair men. I wish to do it myself! Even any xj repair manuals I think will do! Please!

 

is your bike the 4 cylinder XJ400?
motor is close to the XJ550 motor.

 

Repaired an about 1" long crack, tear, crevasse, in the frame at the front lower bend of the left downtube. It was wide enough that I had to make a steel plate to weld over it.

 

SQLGuy, we need pics of this.....pls

 

I can post a pic of the "after", but I didn't take any of the "before".

 

Here's the after of the repair.

 

After 37 years and 40,000 miles, it was time to replace the starter motor brushes. Very helpful video in the electrical section of Len's catalog showed all the steps.

 

it has always been more than a catalog

 

Stared at bike , plugged tender back in , Sunday temp might hit 55 , tempted to pull bike out , of course next week will be DOWN in temp and then DOWN and up slightly . Waiting for spring seem so far away.

 

Helicoiled two stripped valve cover bolt holes, and installed the oil cooler radiator. Still need to make the lines, and see whether I'll need any other fittings to route them cleanly past the headers.

 

Purchased an 82 XJ650, not running, sad, sad shape. $100. Gonna try and bring her back to life. Gonna be a loooooong slow process.

 

https://www.amazon.com/J-B-Weld-501...ocphy=9019366&hvtargid=pla-474011695861&psc=1

 

Helllp. I need help figuring out how this spring installs in the headlight ring. See pics.

 

Thanks, but I've seen that picture and it doesn't give me enough info, like, how is the spring nested below the tab?

 

angle end down on the arns

 

I must be a numbskull because nothing fits. Maybe the ring bracket was tweaked when the bike went down?

 

the loop should go under clip on inner ring (ring with adjusters) and the arms go to outer ring

 

Not working for me, nothing snaps together or even holds together. Still trying to get this together so I can reassemble on bike.

 

I think I have it positioned correctly. Now, to put everything back together.

 

Whooo did first ride of the year, nice warm WINDY day, gusts of 30 mph . So only went 5 miles , but still salt and loose gravel on the road.

 

Replaced battery and filled in a hole on the muffler (last night). Riding it to work this morning speedo and rev meter died, looked down..

 

My XJ is Alive!!!
Cleaned the enrichment circuits, put it back together and it (with a little starter fluid) fires right up! Turned the throttle down to idle, and idles away. Still need to balance carbs, but she runs. Into some cosmetic stuff once it’s dialed in. Thanks to everyone on here for all the tips and tricks

 

New levers

 

Finally got the engine mount insulators changed out on the midnight. Got the swing arm put back in with new bearings and seals tonight. Hoping tomorrow I can get the final drive cleaned up along with the brake backing plate with new shoes and get the rear wheel back on with new bearings installed in it. Still have calipers and master cylinder to rebuild, clutch to replace, air filter to replace, intake boots to swap from the parts bike, and then some mirrors and throw over saddle bags to fit. Making progress slowly but surely. Wont be long and ill have to get some tires ordered for it. Hope all is well with everyone.