What did you do to your Yamaha today?

Fixed the horn, sort of. Seems that the horn often doesn't work. Today I checked first - turned on the key, pressed the horn button, and nothing. Opened the headlight bucket and grounded one of the pink wires, and the horn sounded. OK. Bad switch then. But, then I pressed the switch, and it worked fine. So I reseated the connectors on both horns, and closed it back up. Tried it a few times during the day, and it worked every time. We'll see...

On the flip side... it looks like I have a slow oil leak from, I think, the top where my spin-on filter adapter plate mates to the crankcase. Hard to see for sure where it's leaking from, but it definitely is leaking with like a drop every 20 seconds or so, only when running. I had machined a flat surface for the adapter plate and used Yamabond 4 for a seal when reassembling. I would have expected that to be sufficient, with the nut of the oil cooler adapter holding it tight against the crankcase... but apparently not. May have to pull this all back apart and add an O-ring slot and O-ring to it instead... ala the original filter cover. :-(

 

Got Cylinder head off had to drill out the two seized studs at the exhaust side of the engine. Holes were damaged when I got the bike. Need to get them welded up and redrilled. Now got a seized crankcase to cylinder bolt, be fun getting that one freed.

 

Yesterday actually. Finally got everything off the frame ready for inspecting and cleaning. Found a ding in the left side lower rail a few inches in front of the kick stand mount. From what I know the bike was dropped in like '83 and the sold to my father because the guy decided he wasn't ready for it. It was ridden on and off until about 2011 where it then sat in a "barn" / tractor shed until last year. I think the ding isn't really a problem but what do you guys think. The Frame over all isn't bad, spots just about everywhere, some of the worst is bottom center connecting rail, as expected. And I got my new helmet.

 

I’d be more concerned about all the writing on your face shield obstructing vision

 

Looks like there is room for more stickers.
I finally nabbed some new Willie and Max saddlebags that are small enough to fit and will ride high enough if routed over the grab handles instead of under.
The guy I got these from said they came on a Rokon he bought and he took them off without ever using them.
https://www.rokon.com/

 

I like a challenge so it would make for an interesting ride.

 

Side cover grommets came in. I thank you and Fujin thanks you. Thanks Len.

 

Replacing pic #1 fuse box (insert laughter here)

with pic #2 fuse box.

Thanks again Len.

 

Did a running synch on my XJ today. I haven’t seen my bike run like that before.... and I do actually mean; run well. That’s awesome for the first time I have some pretty solid hope for the XJ. Gotta straighten out some other small things but she will be rideable very soon.

 

went from runs ok to WOW?

 

Brought home a Xj700 parts bike..... only 13k on it. No title/foreclosure on the property/etc..... no key, fork lock set, flat tires....sheesh

about 45 min of huffing and puffing...dead it a couple feet,crab-wise, at a time to the truck, then winch it a couple inches at a time Up onto the truck....geez if he had told me the fork was Locked I could have taken my come-along. But Nnnnnoooooo-oooooooo-ooooooo...... I had to use my ratchet straps— took forever, but I’m home... in the snow

 

How are the handlebars?

 

I’ll be able to get a better look tomorrow

 

More or less; I could get the bike to idle under 1100 rpm without the bike acting like it was going to stall out. Also it had a continuous wandering idles usually about 100-250 rpms above a specified idle speed. And when throttle was blipped or acceleration was induced the bike had a hanging idle. Very slow to return and then would continue to have a wandering idle....... now I can’t start with virtually no choke; and the idle hangs around 1050 pretty steadily and doesn’t have a hanging idle.

 

Here’s the Xj700 I brought home last night—-

yup....May 9, 2020

 

I see you got snow last night I woke up to the same thing this morning.

 

Wow, late snow? Were 20 plus degrees (C) here. Ie summer.

 

I rode between some of my Yamahas today—-

 

Motobikin' in the snow...

 

They’re fair..... straight, but not super shiny chrome anymore, little putting—-they might clean up to be decent, but definitely not near show quality